The evening times., 1895-11-21
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP.

NAL YIN uoSShs
The new rules in basketball for the sea-
son of 1886 provide for several very
important changes. In It gard 10 the num-
= Der OF o1iic,ais All ac,i ,,Iiil Umpire has
been added, making five instead OF four
as heretofore. There are two nmpircs,
Il re-. efy,, l. scort r Giu d .in,ekeeper.
The number of men who will be allowed
10 play on a team is regulated according
10 the aniunt of playing space where the
game is played. Nine men will compose a
side when the area OF re' M is over $500
square feet; seven men where it Is less
than 5000 but over l 200 square feet,
and five men where IL is less than 500
square feet.
In regard To the free throw" which is
allowed for fouls, the distance In which To
make that threw has been reduced from
twenty feet to fifteen feet.
A player once leaving game for any
reason will hereafter be- disbarred from
again participating in the contest then
going on. This rule is 10 curtail and-ilis-
pensc with the practice of king Off good
player TO gain wind and substituting him
again when he is needed.
Two fouls for rough playing will dis
qualify a player from further participation
IN The game. --fs'.' "r' -
In regard To dividing the floor into three
courts, the rules say nothing, but most
teams have adopted this method and will
play that way.
Charles 7. Essig was among the number
reported hurt in the football game OF three
weeks ago between the Rusll-I-ake Forest
team and the Illinois Cycling Club eleven
at Douglas Park, Chicago. AT the time
Essig thought his injury mere bagatelle.
but since he has suffered terribly, and at
one time it was feared he would lose his
right arm
In scrimmage one of the Rush men
sank his teeth deep into the muscles of the
forearm Of Essig, who had the ball The
next day the wound was badly swollen, and
IL kept growing Worse until the entire arm
was swollen tu a great size, from the fingers
10 the leaders of the neck. When the swell
ing began Essig sent for a physician, who
cautcrizcd the wound. The Illinois Cycling
Club tackle was in fine pit ysic:Il condition, to
which fact the physician attributes The
saving OF his arm. Essig is ROW improv
ing rapidly.
The following extract shows how the
wind blows in New York:
Just al the close of the Stock Ex-
change yesterday afternoon, some OF
the brokers opened impromptu books on
the Yale Princeton football game. which
will be held AT Manhattan Field on Satur
day, but few wagers were recorded. There
was plenty of Yale money. but the friends
Of Prince,on We're scarce. "Dick Pea
body offered odds OF . to on Yale, and
y if more Princeton money does not turn up.
the odds may be TO 3 on the day of
the game"
Hickok the Yale weight thrower, weighs
| about eco pounCs in coed condition. Mr..
HickOk has a number of medals which The
A. A. L. says he must give up. 1t seems
that Mr.. Hickok competed in games un-
sanctioned by the 4. 4 L., hut he claims lie
was reinstatcd. Tic Union says the REIN
| statement was informal, and that lie must
return all the medals he has won in the in
terim. Mr.. Hickok smiles, and, without eN-
panding muscle, invites the Union TO
take them. Unless .Jim" Mitchell can be
induced to talk TO Hiokuk about the medals,
perhaps it would be a good idea TO tempo
rariIy remove Peter Maiicr's disabilities
and send him to interview the Yale giant.