The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-06

hesitate to utter but that is no excuse
for the select" la;.guage used on sew
eral occasions by members of the
combil ed team. Those who have play
ed Association football in Scotland q
cannot speak for h g anO know that
the users of such language as / heard
on saturday would have at once been
ordered TO the pavilion, and probably
suspended for a month
I..Cse " no have not played the game
under one of the British associations,
or who have played under different
code. where more lice Sc is allowed,
would do well to mark, read and in
wardly digest the fol owing extract
from Ru'e No. L. which. inter ALA,
says: In the event of any ungentle-
naily b 7havior on the part of any of
tho ayers. the offender or offenders
shall be cautioned, and If the ofrense
be repeated; or, in the case of violent
conduct, without any previous caution,
the referee shall have power to order
the offending player or players off the
field of play, and shall transmit the
name or names of such player or play
ers to his or their (nationaD associa-
ton, who shall deal with the matter"
me disSatiSfa ctiO0, as far as | could
see. was caused by my decision in re-
;ard to "a Back-charging, 90 Throw
ng in from touch, and CD Off-side
Let me deal with these in order %
ar shall not be charged from behind
unless he is facing his own goal, and
s also Intentionally impeding an oppo-
nent." My Interpretation Of this is
that all back charging is illegal unless
where man is while playing his own
goal, deliberately impeding an oppo-
nent. and not attempting to play the
oall. CD Throwing in from touch, rule
}, reads: The player throwing in the
ball must stand on the touch line, fac
ing the field of play, and shall throw
The ball in over his head with both
hands in any direction, and it shall be
in play when thrown in" and in
note, This law is complied with if the
player has any part of his feet on the
inc when he throws the ball in" This
law is clear enough to my mind, ana
l saw no reason for paying any atten-
ton to the repeated appeals for foul
throws which were so persistently
l suppose, never read the rule in queS-
ton in their lives. If they have read
it, they have read to very little pur-
pose. 90 Off-sde: The ofT-side rule
(No. g. has always been a fruitful
source of argument. 1t reads, when
a player plays the ball, or throws 1t in
from touch, any player of the same
side who at such moment of playing or
throwing in is nearer to his opponents
goal line, is out of play, unless there
are at such moment of playing or
throwing in, at least three of his OPP
ponents nearer their own goal line"
All 1 have to say on this point is that
to the best of my knowledge and BELIEF
there was no off-side play in Satur-
days game, although the forwards on
both sides lowered dangerously near
the opposing backs.
! l do not wish to claim infallibility.
but, when I began to referee the game,
| supposed l was among gentlemen.
who would at least give me the credit
of being conscientious in my decisions.
! Might / just remind some of the kick
ers that if they would devote their
whole attention to kicking the ball, in
stead of kicking against the referees
decisions, they would be of more ser
vice TO their side, as they are simply
wasting breath. AS an old player, LET
me just give some of the young play
ers little advice: % Learn the rules
60 keep your hands down. (3) keep
your temper, (D hold your tongue, 60
practice. And above all, practice.
]. CUMMING.