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ITS BAS KETBALL NOWNEW WINTt.R sport for in-VOOR PLAYEhSomethlnc AIS™* ^ »« Simple Play WhichGss mnttilum FreqaeatereJf AffordlnsrThroughout tfs» 4 and Recreatfcw-at© hal ves* are played', but th”ft canehanged. u,t the discretion of the catains. The side scoring1 the great* mimV;r of points in the halves is c ! clariyl the winner. If no point h belt;*ri scored by either side the conte j ia ’declared a d rad\In placing each player is supposountry with SExeretse“ vuw uv/ iv vlt;oover as possible.baskejt-or baskets.NDOOR FOOT;ball, or, to term ftproperly,ball, is the thi ag just now. The lively sport promises to .become popular iVds winter. Ball sUvrts frotm circle in cefi ter. Large circles at each end represent the goals Small ci rcles are players.f to cover the opposing man, and it is his interest to keep him as well undThe guards will t and stand between the goal throw and their own goal. If the interf* enee is good the game will be cloand exciting.HANDLES THE BOW.Clever Young English Girl Who Is-Ing a Musical Reputation.Miss Ethel Barns, a very pret j young artiste who was born in Londlt; in 1874, commenced at an early ageon the team and crosses the opposing-placers.1V» dames Naismith of the International Young Men s Christian association straining school at Springfield i® due sill credit for arranging a gaxrtewhich* is to-day furnjshin ’ such a va »t fund otf amusement and ihysical ben e-j fit to t blt; tisands of young and old me4 | Tplayers Ismade up of seven men. They line ’Up with a center, three forwards a nd((all over the country.A teal n of basketballthree bin iks. These are called bynames sim ilar to football players. ' fhe forwards are called goals or £oal throwers, a nd are designated as ri g-ht, left and ci -nter goals. These men should be lift ht and ag;le, good pppjserL and able to t* hrow the ball with actyu- ,to the goal, as the basket, is ; studvracvcalled. Onte r must be a gener al athlete, and able Jto play all over the floor. The righft. left and center guar I should be the heaviest men of the team, and it is their duty to guard tWir goal : from the attack of tBe opposfn g team,' keeping the ball far into the territory 1 of the other side, if possible.| The gaiine is played with a small I llugby or association footbaV 1, and the i baskets, hirng at either ej id of the hall, must 'be large enou# h to allow j the ball to piss through i.vithout eb-| struction. 'Rnere is no bottom to the ! basket, and it is hung about eight feet 1 above the floor. The accompanying diagram will £ ive a good idea of how | the men line u\.’ The captain o f the teai n should be a I good goal thrower, as he baa plenty of | opportunity to leave his position in, covering an oppo nent. If ha were tobe a guard he has not the chance to I move about. Tlr.e cap iain lias com-I plete und absolute cont rcl of the menunder Mm, and his jud/gment should never be questioned. Ci.ually the most 1 expert man ou the team is chosen for tips place. The rukvs oil the game are simple und easily t nderstood. A referee, who can be sitlucted by agreement, is master of the floor, and hisdecisions are unques aenvbie. Fouls | are the greatest and most important things he has to look c«ut for. A foul is any intent to injure a player, run'MISS ETHEL BABXS.the piano and violin, and eve made her appearance on the concei platform at 8 years of age. When sh attained the age of 12 she played th violin before Joachim, and afterwar entered the Royal Academy of Musi and studied under Sainton and Sauret Miss Bains has received eight medah two certificate.-!, the Potter exhibitio prize and the Hine gift for eompositior 81ie was also appointed subprofessor a the above institute in 1892. Afte finishing her musical education at th academy she gave, in conjunction wit Miss Mathilda Verne, the well-know pianist, three recitals, which gaine for her the favorable notice of th principal London critics. She has als written several excellent composition which have.been published, and ha assuredly a bright professional caree before her. Miss Barns lias also mad hermark as a pianist, though it ibelieved that the violin will alwayprove her favorite instrument.ATHLETIC NOTES.The faculty of Cornell universlt; met recently for the purpose of con sideling the proposition of Ur. Wilde to abolish intercollegiate athletic eon tests so far as that institution wa concerned. The result of the confer enee was encouraging to the suppori ers of such conter.ts. although ult;; definite result was arrive^ at, the fina ning with the ball (for a player must | vote being postponed till the seconlt;deliver the ball from the spot on which he catcho® it), tackling, and any unnecessary roughness. A player who commits three fouls in the game is ruled otf. Upon the sound of the referee's whistle players must relinquish the ball, and the referee will jtakdit, tossing it up from the spot where it. was held. He w ill also toss it if the ball goes out of bounds.I 'To give an impression of how the \ game is plaved but few words arenecessary. The players line up asshown in the diagram und the referee takes the ball to the center of the hall. He tosses it ami the centers rush formeeting of the next term. Prof. H Morse Stevens, the popular young'pro fessor from Oxford, spoke in favor o continuing the present policy, and wa ably seconded by Profs, Wheeler ant White, and other prominent member of the instructing corps. The genera opinion is that the games will in nlt;way be interfered with, but the agita tion that is going on will tend to cor rect many of the evils attendant upoi intercollegiate contests.Luttbcg and Reaks wrestled in catch ^ as catch can style at a hall in Cincin cinnati, Ohio recently. After the} | had been engaged on the carpet forthepigskiu. Whichever one gets it he about two hours, without either gainwill try to pass It to one of his goal ing a fall, I.uttbeg complained of bethrowers,ball intoto enable him to toss the I ing sick at the stomach from his exerthe basket. The guards tions, and the referee, with the concover or block him off if possible, at sent of his opponent, declared the conthe same time endeavoring to get possession of the ball, to get it away fromhis goal.The sphere #can only be passed from hand to hand or thrown. No kickingor running is allowed. Each playertest a draw,vided.The receipt* were di-The Quebec (Can.) Amateur Athletic club, at tiieir annual meeting, elected tlie following oflieers for one year: President, W. J. Ray; vice-presidents, A. Picard and W. B. Scott; secretary, F. McNaughton; treasurer, F. A. To* field.antra9 JMV/Oavvs.o ;niN30 ®y O vitF/ oqal at si,% CerrrtR cool a* \at Stt r soslKoAifJiA/J? i. »•7trOD biJ*ISOo7k09 iH9ty IVOVOxOcawex 6UARtLArchie Hunter, late captain of the Astor Villa Football club, and one ol 1 the best known experts at the game in England, died on Nov. 29, aged but 20 years. He had engaged in a number of international contests.Edward Mct’anlley of New York baabeen elected captain of the Naval academy football team for the season1 of 1895.XLtn GUAfiOoft/QHT 004R0,can try to wrest the ball from an opponent by strength, but he must notunfairly or grasp the playersck or Ittackle around the 11 jw the ball it be shouldillhunAin any wav try to landliia own hideHe canpossible, it in theifP'J.VSl€r* t rlt;m3 Vle louder one bide can keep f the ball the tafor is their■ 1• Aft rooti aft one of the croal thro wen ! got* the ball lie akould try to throw it I into the baalcet or pttaa it to one of his fellow goal throwers who is nearer the basket. Of course th© guards will try i to prevent the caging of the ball by knocking it out of the player’s hand or by blocking a throw, lie cuu use his hands uny way possible, except slugging a player. This is one of the ‘ greatest of foula, and the referee willrule off such a player.Putting the ball in the basket counts th tee points. A foul by any man givesI bis opponents a free throw for goal.■ Goals are the only way in which points cau be counted. The length of thej game is decided by the captains of i Uotis Uuuu*. U*u%Ut two \lloiiuff Tabooed In Chicago.A dispatch from Chicago thus sounds the death knell of fistic contests of anysort or description, or for any purposewhatever, in that moral town: “Allexhibitions where fists are brought in contact with face and body, even amateur boxing bouts at the swell clubhouse of the Chicago A. A , have been strictly prohibited by special order of tho ]H)liee superintendent, who isbacked by Mayor Hopkins. The order may even be applied to the theatrical performances of the Corbett and Fitzsimmons order. Tho New Orleans tragedy lias served to make the authorities more determined than ever to suppress boxing The police orderwhich was issued two weeks ago brought many protesting delegations to the city hull from clubs, athletic societies, and even sporting editors, toallow sparring exhibition* for various purposes, some of a benefit character,but all were refused, A $200 tight toa tinit-li was iu progress in the rear of a saloon lust night when the police entered at tho end of the sixth roundand arrested everybody present.•... .11 Hi C AW. E. Page of NeiurU, Wash., hhibiting out there some samples of seal aud sea lion leather, also shoes of the same material, made by hiui. lie says the seals uud sea Jious are very valuable for their hides and oil, and' that they are very easily procured. The {leather is ve y toughtears a doe tinUk.and
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Dubuque Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Wed, Jan 09, 1895
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