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Copyright, 1905
BY
AMERICAN Sports Publishing Company
New York
PREFACE
The preparation of tliis pamphlet has unfortunatf-ly Ijeen
unavoidably delayed. It has had the advantage, however, of pro-
filing by the new Y. M. C. A. rules. In accordance with the vote
passed at the Springfield Conference of Physical Training— "that
the Conference gives its approval to the publication of a set of
rules for basket ball for women, based on the official rules, btit
with such modifications as seem desirable'"— the rules presented
here have been drawn up as much like the latter in wording and
changes as was permitted with the different rulings, and we are
indebted to the Y. M. C. A. rules for whatever we have adopted
from them.
Xo significant changes from the old rules of "Basket Ball for
Women" have been suggested or found necessary. The rules for
boundary lines, the length in the time of the game and the num-
ber of players on a team have been changed. Five players on a
team seemed to us too small a number. It gives too much work
and too great responsibility to the one centre; on the other hand,
ten players proved too many for practically all gymnasia. The
rule has therefore been changed to "from six to nine players."
The length of the playing time has been changed from twenty-
minute to fifteen-minute halves. Twenty-minute halves proved
too exhausting for most players. Indeed, even in the Y. M. C. A.
rules the younger men, or "Juniors," are limited to fifteen-
minute halves. However, teachers and coaches who still think it
wise to play forty-minute games may do so, even with the new
rules. The changes for the boundary lines have been adopted
from the men's rules.
It is apparently impossible to define the rules so that players all
over the country shall interpret them alike. The Committee is
always glad to answer questions. In some cases of misinterpreta-
tion, however, it seemed to us that the players would have under-
stood them better had they read them a little more carefully.
Dr. Alice B. Foster of All Saints School, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, resigned from the Committee appointed at the Springfield
. BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN.
Conference, and Dr. Alice G. Snyder of the University of Michi-
Conterence, present Committee consists of
T "prtbet " W ight Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass.;
Mifs mPerrin,thf Boston Norma, School of Gymnastics.
Bo o.^mL Dr. Alice G. Snyder, University of M chigan. Ann
" Micl; Senda Berenson, Smith College, Northampton,
^'we are glad to hear that these rules are being more and more
•ll used especially in the Middle and Far West. We shall
Tvooh-e letters or articles from different sections of the
"mury where these rules are used in our next edition.
EDITORIAL
Senda Berenson
BASKET BALL was invented by Dr. James Naismitli, about
January of 1892. It was invented particularly for the Y. M.
C. A, Training School, at Springfield, Mass., and in all
probability, Dr. Naismith had no idea it would ever be played by
women.
However, directors of gymnasia for women saw at once that it
was, perhaps, the game they were eagerly seeking — one that should
not have the rough element of foot ball, yet should be a quick,
spirited game — should cultivate strength and physical endurance, and
should be interesting enough to become a part of physical training
for women as foot ball and base ball are for men. They saw at once
that it had many elements of success required for such a game, and
forthwith attempted it as part of their gymnastic work. Its success
proved far beyond their expectations. It was only necessary to try it
to have it become most popular wherever it was played. The col-
leges for women found it a boon. The physical training schools took
it up, and their women graduates spread it all over the country. To-
day there are few gymnasia for women where basket ball is Dot a
part of their curriculum, and hundreds of basket ball teams are
formed yearly in all our cities by women who play the game at regu-
lar times during the winter. It is by far the most popular game that
women play.
Experience with the game, however, soon proved that its one great
fault is its tendency to roughness, and that in order to overcome this
tendency some modifications would be necessary. Nothing is more
conclusive of this than the fact that the majority of women who play
the game, do so with more or less modifications. Dr. Sargent made
some changes and had his rules printed. His Normal School pupils
play the game with his rules and it is natural to infer that the pupils
teach it with his modifications. The Boston Normal School of Gym-
nastics has printed modified rules of its own, and its graduates teach
it with these rules. Miss Clara Baer, of Newcomb College, made
many changes, and had her rules printed, calling the game " Bas*
liASKET BALL KOR WOMEN
he autumn of 1892. The preparatory schools and normal school
who play wuh some changes are too numerous to mention
One has a natural antipathy against making changes in rules pre
viously established. The fact tho^ fi.^ • • r * '" ^"^^^ P^e-
J ine lact that the majority of women find i>
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th^l^ Yl ''™"^" ^'^°"'^Sreat cause for dissatisfaction; namely,
tha scarcely two. nsftufons of education for women pla with pre
ctsely the same rules. Most of them play with changes ofLme so
but each msmut.on uses the changes it has made for itself
At the Conference of Physical Training held at Springfie'ld Mass
from June 14 to 28, 1S99, a committee was appointed to inJe ligat';
th.s matter and ,0 draw up rules which should voice the d ff re"
mod.ficat.ons used all over the country as much as possible
Tins commmee consisted of Alice Bertha Foster, Director of
Phystcal Tratn.ng for Women, Oberlin College. Chairman; E he
Pernn, Instructor o Gymnastics, Boston Normal School o Gym
na ,cs; El.zabe.h Wright, Director of Physical Training, Radc iffe
College; Senda Berenson. Director of Physical Training. Stnifb
The committee offered the following report:
The Committee respectfully recommends
/'>V./-That the Conference give its approval to the publication
of a set of rules for Basket Ball for Women, based on the oS
rules, but with such modifications as seem desirable.
6-.W That these rules be offered for publication either with
he Spalding Official Rules, or by the Spalding Athletic Lbrl
together wuh some articles discussing the use of the game by women'
r^.r^-That the leading institutions wherein the game is played
tlfouXlet:;:^":^' as^ng suggestions as to m^odific^ti^o:^
Smtc^n^ge'" '''' ''''' '' ''''-' '^^ ''^- Senda Berenson of
-^i/V/.-That the changes made in the rules be as follows: ♦ * »
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The report and rules were read for approval before the Conference
and discussed. The Conference voted unanimously that the report be
accepted and rules adopted and printed.
The rules offered in this pamphlet seem to the Committee to voice
the wisest changes of those used all over the country. On the other
hand, they are not put forth as final, and the Committee will be glad
of suggestions from any one who thinks further changes necessary
PhuLo ijy Lcc iiru.. ^j^jyERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF
BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN
By Luther Gulick, M. D.
Superintendent of Physical Instruction in the Public Schools of New York.
IT is not my purpose to discuss the details of team-play, nor to
explain especial plays or formations. I desire to call attention
to the bearings of the psychology of team-play upon some of the
more fundamental matters concerning the nature of woman and her
place in our civilization.
Wy team-play I mean the play of individuals in such a way as to
advance the interests of the team as contrasted Avith the interests of
the individual. To illustrate: a player (A) has the ball and can
throw for goal, or she can pass the ball to a player (B) nearer to the
goal and having a better opportunity to cage the ball. Individual
interest will lead (A) to throw for the goal. She may take it, and
thus win for herself the credit for a brilliant play. This is one of
the faults of beginners and always of selfish players. If (A) looks
mainly to the interests of the team, she must forego her own chance
for prominence and must play the ball to (B) who will secure from
the crowd the credit, much of which in this case really belongs to (A).
In case (A) throws directly for the goal and makes it, she is not thereby
justified in the play; she should be censured by the coach or captain.
In the long run such a player, who puts her own interests above that
of the team, will prove a detriment to the team.
Team-work means the frequent subordination of self-interests to
the interests of the team. The individual shines mainly in the ireneral
glory of the team.
The single instance given is but a simple illustration of what
characterizes basket ball. A team of moderate players, but who
play well together, who play a strong team game, will defeat a team
of experts who play each one for himself. This has been repeatedly
demonstrated. It was clearly shown in the national championships
in which a team of the best of experts was beaten for two years by
teams whose individual players did not excel, but whose team-work
was better.
This subject of team-play has most important bearings. The
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necessity for team-play is characteristic of base ball, foot l)all, ciicVet,
and a few subsidiary games, such as lacrosse, hockey, etc. It is .\ot
characteristic of track and field sports, nor of any other great national
spofts. These games demanding team-play are played by Anglo-
Saxon peoples, and by these peoples alone, and may thus be said to
be a differentiating characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon adolescent
male.
It is also important to notice that these games are not played till
the teens are reached. Little boys may play these games, but they
rarely play more than an individual game; real team-work is rare
among them. This fact accpiires higniticance when we remember that
during adolescence great psychological changes occur in the boy
among which the growth of altruism is prominent.
What is its nature ? What are the mental and moral demands of
teamwork? They are, of course, higher than those of individual
play. One may or may not choose to use the word altruism in such a
relation, but this loyalty to the team when such loyalty puts self in
the background certainly is made out of the same kind of stuff as is
altruism. It is loyalty to a larger unit than self. It is, ethically, of a
higher order than is individual jday This team loyalty is very like
the tril:)al loyalty of early savage life. Those tril)es in whom the
men were loyal to the tribe, even more than to self, would, other
things being equal, conquer those who were still on the individual
plane. The deep nature of the instinct that has led to the develop-
ment of these games is thus shown.
My experience and observation ever since Mr. Naismith invented
the game is that it is more difficult to get women to do team-work
than it is to get men to do so. In what way may this be explained?
It is idle to say that men are more self-sacrificing than are women^
A comparative study of men's and women's relation to their children
is ample evidence on this point. What facts maybe explanatory?
Boys play games in a way that girls do not. Boys play on the street,
and have a kind of rough and "give and take" education among their
fellows that is far more intense than is the corresponding education
of girls. But this is insufficient to account for the marked difference
in the interest and adaptability that women seem to have for team
games. In cases that I have seen where there has been equal oppor-
BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN 1 /
tunity for girls to acquire the team spirit, they have not acquired it
to anything like the same extent that boys have. We must look
deeper than the mere circumstances of early environment to account
for this phenomena. In a careful study of boys' gangs, not yet pub-
lished, that has been made by Mr. T. J. Browne, this spirit of loyalty
to the team, or loyalty to the gang, has been worked out with
thoroughness. He has shown that most boys during adolescence
form spontaneous groups that often maintain their personelle for
years, exerting a great influence upon the life of the individual.
The boy will be loyal to the group to which he belongs often more
than he will to even his own parents. One finds corresponding
spontaneous grouping among girls, but not to the same extent, nor
are the societies so persistent nor so inclusive of all the interests of
the individual.
Another class or group of facts that would demand investigation
bearing upon this general topic is the treatment that women give
each other on the street, in the electric car, and while shopping. It
is a matter of common comment, for which there must be a modicum
of ground, that women are more often inconsiderate of each other as
strangers than are men. I do not attempt to justify the comment,
but suggest the line of inquiry.
It is a patent fact also that men form societies to an indefinitely
larger extent than do women; not only secret societies, but societies
for all sorts of purposes. Man's life appears to take more naturally
to organization than does woman's. Man's life appears to be related
more to loyalty to groups, while the woman's life seems to be more
related to loyalty to the home and its interests. Geddes & Thomson,
Fiske, Drummond, and others, have called attention to the great
signincance of the maternal instinct in the development of altruism
in the individual, and indeed maintain that this instinct is the tap
root of altruism in the race. Without going into an extended discus-
sion of the matter, I w ish to call attention to the fact that the kind of
altruism displayed by men is more related to teams or groups than it
is to the family, while the altruism of women does dominate with
reference to husband and children and the more remote relations that
constitute the larger family.
This apparent large digression I have entered into in order that
BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN jq
we might see the significance of the discipline that comes to woman
through the playing of such a game as basket ball. When it is done
in a thoroughly scientific way with primary attention to team-work,
it calls for qualities that are rather unusual, or at least calls for these
qualities to an unusual extent.
We are in a time of great unrest in regard to the status of woman.
She is entering many lines of work that hitherto have been carried on
entirely by men. We are hearing such brilliant voices as that of
Mrs. Stetson, who voices and brings to consodousness the feelings of
many women. Whatever may be the outcome of this time of unrest,
there certainly must grow among women a kind of loyalty to each
other, of loyalty to the groups in which they naturally are formed,
that is greater than obtains at present. Loyalty to the team and the
playing of team-work appears to me to be no mean factor in the de-
velopment and expression of this quality upon which our civilization
rests— the capacity for co-operation, the capacity for being willing
to set aside a part even of one's own rights in order to win the larger
benefits of co-operative endeavor.
THE PHYSIOl.OC'.ICAL FFFFCTS OF
BASKFT RAIL
By TiuonoKi- Hoicn. Tn.!).
AK1'X"1\N r paper hy l>r. 1 .co l.uut/. i;ivcs rcsulls wliirli aio of
!;icat importance in sUulyiiii; the pliysii^logy of basketball.
In this jiaper it is shown that the anuniut of carbon-ilioxide
given off and of oxygen consuuieil l>v the lunly is vastly greater din-
ing bicycle riding that it is during walking, and (hat it is also iniuh
greater than we should suspect fioni our feelings of fatigue. ll is,
moreover, a common experience wiih most wheelmen that a ride
which involves but little etTort will produce profuse perspiration. In
other words, cvcling involves, e\en on level ground, a vci-y large
anu-iunt of muscular work, and so of oxidation without pioducing
nnxrked sensations of fatigue.
Two points in the explanation of this fact are of importance to us:
First, the feeling of fatigue is not a reliable measure of the amount of
muscular work which is being done; the fatigue of walking, for ex-
ample, comes largely from the joints, aud w hert' we rclie\e these of
the weight of the trunk, anil fiom jar. as we do in whetding, \ery
much more work can be dime with less feeling yi( elTort ; sectnidlv,
while walking ilemands of some muscles, such as those of the calf of
the leg. an amount of wiuk out of all proportion to that which other
muscles perform, bicycle riding makes no such disproportionate de-
mands on any one group of nuiscles; the work is more distributed
and hence is less felt, but when the sum total i^( work done bv all
muscles is added, it is found to l)e much great ei- than was the case in
walking.
This greater an\ount of work involves the proiluction of a gieater
amount of carbon-dioxide and a greater consumiuion of oxvgen by the
muscles; in i)ther words, incrcaseil iliMnands are made on the respira-
tory mechanism, which consists, on the oni- hand, of the nerve centres,
nerves, and muscles of respiration and, on the other, i'>( the heart and
the blood vessels. We can thus see at once that such e\i-rcise in-
volves the respiration of greater ijuantities of air and an increased
output of blood per minute on the part of the heart; and the more or
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less profuse perspiration already referred to is, of course, an effort to
get rid of the increased amount of heat produced ])y the working
muscles.
I have referred thus at length to these observations of Luntz on
bicycle riding because they give us the most accurate observations
upon the physiological conditions which obtain during such games as
basket ball; here again we have a form of exercise which brings into
simultaneous action large numbers of muscles, although no one muscle
is worked excessively; even when the ball is in play in some other
part of the field, a player must be on the qui vive, which means, phy-
siologically, a state of slight contraction of great numbers of muscles;
this of itself involves a considerable sum total of oxidation which, of
course, becomes much greater during the more active work of run-
ning, jumping, throwing, etc. In all such games, as in bicycle
litling, more M^ork is done than we are conscious of, and while this
work does not produce feelings of fatigue, it does involve very greatly
increased efTort on the part of the heart and of the muscles of
respiration.
Considerations of these facts shows us at once when it becomes
physiologically unsafe to play basket ball. It is evidently not safe to
do so when the heart is unable to perform with comparative ease the
increased work required of it; and this may be the case first, in cer-
tain diseases of the heart, and secondly, when the player has not been
taking muscular exercise for some time, and so is "out of training."
This is not the place to discuss the relations of the various forms
of heart disease to such games. In some of them it is unsafe to play;
in others, playing under proper restrictions is a good thing. It is for
the physician to say in any individual case whether it is safe to play
or not.
An equally practical matter is the necessity for training as a pre-
paration for such games. Basket ball does not at once impose on the
heart conditions which are unfavorable for its work; it merely
doubles, we will say, the demand upon it for work; indeed, the key
to the whole matter is that, for respiratory and other purposes, the
heart must pump very much more blood in the same time. A portion
of that part of its cycle which is normally given to the rest of diastole
and pause must l^e sacrificed to the systole, which thus comes to con-
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sume a larger proportion of the total time of the cycle. In this way
are introduced the conditions of fatigue, and it is simply a question
whether the heart can stand this more fatiguing work; in other words,
it is a question of how well trained it is. One may as well expect
good results in a skeletal muscle by going into a four-mile run with-
out previous training as to expect good results in the heart by going
into a game of basket ball under like conditions; and the danger in
both cases comes chiefly from the undue prolongation of the work;
especially is this true of basket ball. As long as play continues the
muscles are producing these largely increased quantities of carbon-
dioxide, and the heart is being stimulated to get this to the lungs for
removal from the body; and, if this demand is made on a heart which
is not strong enough to endure prolonged Mork, trouble may result.
It is perfectly clear that the danger may be diminished, indeed,
practically obviated, if we lessen at first the duration of play and in-
crease the time of rest; or, if at the first we play but one-half of ten
minutes. The danger is also lessened if not obviated by the modifi-
cations used at many of our women's colleges and institutions, and
embodied in the rules given in this number. That these modifica-
tions do avoid the danger is indicated by the following facts which
have come to my notice; no doubt others can give similar evidence:
Two of our women's colleges have used basket ball fur a number of
years. One of them has used the Y. M. C. A, rules, the other the
modified rules; in both of them the players were under medical super-
vision. At the former school there have been a suspicious number of
cases of "bicycle " hearts among basket ball players. At the latter,
not only has this trouble not occurred, but during moderate use of the
game (once weekly, with four weekly gymnasium exercises) from
November to March, several first-year students with exactly this
trouble became perfectly normal and played on the class team. It
seems to me that the division of the field into three parts with the
consequent limitation of the possible amount of exertion gives an
amply sufficient explanation of these results.
This leads us to the great physiological use of games like basket
ball in physical training. Gymnastic work excels all other work in
corrective value, and is needed in the conditions of our modern school
life for this reason. There can also be no doubt that it can and as
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far as possible, ou<;lil to ho i;ivcu so as to train a tu-rlaiii amoiiuL of
what is called eiuluraiuc; that is, the ahilily to inaiiitaiii moderate
work for loiio- periods of time, or vii^oious work for (airly lonj; periods
of time. lUit i;ymnastics is not a convenient, and it is very doulitful
if it is ever a practical means of doing all in this direction that an all-
round physical training demands. With the e\c(.i)lion of marching
and running, gymnasium work involves rather the \igorons usr of
muscles for very short periods at a time rather than the eontinnance
of muscular activity for longer periods of tinu-. It is the hilltr form
of work wdiich adds up most in tlie end, and produces thelaigist
(piautities of carbon-dioxide, and so calls on tlu- heart and the respira-
tory apparatus for most vigorous work. vVnd this vi-ry vigorous work
is the only means of training the heart and respiratory a[)[)aratus to
that degree of strength and endurance which enable them to meet any
demand that the conditions of life may make upon them. 'I'his, of
itself, is a strong reason for the use of such exercises, of w Inch no
better example can be found than basket ball.
We can refer only in the most general way to the hygienic effect
of such vigorous exercise; that is, the effect in nuiintaining health each
day. Muscular exercise is one of the i)hysiological conditions o(
health; it produces conditions in the oiganism without which its in-
herited structure cannot maintain for long a healthy life. These
physiological conditions are numerous and complicated; one of them,
however, is so closely connected with what has already been explained
that it maybe used as an example of the rest: The increased breath-
ing movements make themselves felt beneficially in all parts of the
body, aiding in the flow of the nutrient fluids (lymph) around the
cells and so in the nutrition of the living units of the organism. The
man or woman who does nothing to induce vigorous breathing is run-
ning a far greater hygienic risk than when one ilrinks a glass (J water
from the notoriously bad water supply of some of our American cities.
There is a third important physiological effect of such games. In
the history of individual development no fact is so plainly written as
that "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Especially
is this true of the nervous system which retjuires efficient control
over the movements of the body only as the body carries out, over
and ®ver again, such movements as demand the most rapid and com-
BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN 2n
plicated response on tlie part of the nervous system; and it requires
but a moment's reflection to see that these games meet these require-
ments to a remarkable extent, prol)ably, indeed, as nothing else does.
The writer has heard of a case where it became necessary for two
young ladies who had played basket hall to dodge a runaway horse,
which they did successfully. They themselves believe that they
would not have escaped uninjured except for having played a game
of the kind. The cautious scientist is slow in expressing an opinion
on a specific case of this kind, but he need have no hesitancy in
asserting that such games train to a remarkable degree tlie power of
tiie nervous system to do the right thing at the right time in order to
meet sudden and unexpected situations; and this is a kind of muscu-
lar control which it is well worth while to acquire.
We may sum up the results of the previous discussion as follows:
Basket ball involves a large amount of work with a proportionately
small element of conscious fatigue. It conse(iuently makes larger
demands on the heart and other organs of respiration than the player
realizes, and in this lies its danger. This danger can be successfully
avoided, however, by proper attention to training and by proper
regulation of the game itself; indeed, we may add that few other
games can be so easily regulated to meet this end. When so regu-
lated, it is in every way a good thing for the heart which it trains to
strength and endursnce. It moreover trains the co-ordinating nerve
centres to a high degree of muscular control, and, above all, it is a
most efficient agent in producing those general hygienic effects of
muscular exercise which constitute the chief leason for the use of
muscular exercise at all.
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OAlv i'AKK. (ILL.* liiGH SCHOOL.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BASKET BALL
FOR WOMEN
By Senda Berenson
IN competitive games one of two strong forces must become all-
important. One will either abandon one's self to instinct and
impulse in the (piickness of action and intense desire for victory,
and hence develop rough and vicious play; or, eliminating brute and
unfair play, one's powers are put into developing expert playing,
quickness of judgment and action, and physical and moral self,
control.
Much of the element of rough play in games comes more from ex.
citement and the desire to win at all and any cost than from inborn
viciousness of character. Many players are ashamed of their conduct
in games in their calmer nn)ments. Tliat is as it should be. The
great danger lies in the fact that rough and unfair i>Iay, the results at
first of impulse and carelessness, become strong forces in vitiating the
characters of the players by developing another standard of morals
for athletics than the one held for conduct in life.
Not only is this standard for athletics held by athletes, but a great
number of the community at large seem to think certain elements in
athletics perfectly fair, that from an ethical point of view are as bad
as lying or stealing. "All is fair in love and war" we are told; cer-
tain games are mimic war; hence every action is justifiable in games.
A young friend, apparently earnest, ambitious and honorable, told
me with all seriousness that if you take all the objectionaI)le features
out of a game you take all the fun out of it — there is nothing left;
that it really isn't so bad " to wind " or injure a man in foot ball in
order to weaken the other side. I heard a good old minister, who
was preaching to a community of college men say, emphasizing liis
remarks with his fist on the reading desk. "When we play a game of
foot ball, what is our object? It is to win; nothing else counts; we
go in to 7i7*w." His very tones implied, " win at all hazards, by fair
means or foul, do anything, but in the end win."
The greatest element of evil in the spirit of athletics in this country
is the idea that one must win at any cost — that defeat is an unspeak-
able disgrace. Most of the brutality and unfairness come from this.
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else just tliese elements that women find Jiecessary today in their en.
larged field of activities. I IJasket ball is the came al)ove all others
tliat has proved of the grWitest value to them.' Foot ball will never
be played by women, and base ball is seldom cnlcicd iiilo with spirit.
I'>;»skct ball is played with deep <;ir iirsi ncss :iimI iillcr iiik onsciousness
of self. Cerlain elements of false edu(ulion for ccnl iii ics have nia<|p
woman self-conscious. She is becoming less so, bill one liinb; women
posing even in tennis and golf. \l is impossible lo pos(; in basket
ball. The game is too (juick, loo vi<^M)roiis. ihe a< lion loo (oiitinuous
to allow any element to enter wlii< li is fr, reign lo il. Il rlevelops
(piick perception and judgm( iil in one nioineiif a person nuist judge
space and time in order lo run and catch the ball al I lie right place,
must decide fo wlioin il may best be thrown, and al the same time
must remember not to "fonl." It dev<-lo|)s j>liysi( al and moral
courage, self-reliance and self-conlrol, the ability to meet success and
defeat with dignity.
It is saifl that one of woman's weaknesses is 1m r inability to leave
the personal element out of thought or action, li this is so — and
there is some ground for such a supposition — a competitive game like
basket ball does much to do away with it. Success in this game can
be brought about only by good team-])lay. A team with a niunber of
brilliant individual players lacking team-work will be beaten always
by a team of conscientious jdayers who play for each oihei. This
develops traits of character which organization brings; fair play, ini-
])ersonaI interest, earnestness of purpose, the ability fo give one's
best not for one's own glorificaf ion but for the good of the team — the
cause.
Hut just as basket ball )iiay be made an influence for goofl so may
it be niade a strong influence for evil. The gravest > IIUUI SCHOOL.
JjASKI.T );AI-L hOk WOMfcN 37
are seriously workinj^ to clirninaic from tbciri,. Since a)] ncv/ rnovf;-
rnents swing from the exfrcme of degeneracy or inertness to the ex-
trerne entliusiasm of newly acquired powers, unless we are most
careful we shall allow that enthusiasm and power to run away with
our reason. Jt is a well known fact that women al^andon themselves
more readily to an impulse than men. I.ornbroso tells us that women
are more open to suggestion, more open to run to extremes than men.
'i'his shows us that unless we guard our athletics carefully in the
beginning many objectionable elements will quickly come in. It also
shows us that unless a game as exciting as basket ball is carefully
guided by such rules as will eliminate roughness, the great desire to
win and the excitement of the game will make our women do sadly
unwomanly things.
This lias already been proved. A basket ball match game was
played several years ago between the teams of two of our normal
schools. One team had been trained to play with the Y. M. C. A.
rules; the other with modified rules. Since neither team wished to
change its method of play, the first half was played by each team
according to its own rules. The game was so rough that the second
half was played by both teams with -the modified rulers. Let rne
quote from a paper commenting on this game :
•♦ Probably no finer exhibition of l^asket ball playing by women has
ever been seen in this country than the game played by t?iese two
teams during the /as/ half of their contest. 1 As a possibility of what
women can show in the way of skill, alertness, accuracy, coolness and
presence of mind under trying circumstances, and still be ladies, the
game was a revelation to many presenf.
"To my mind the important lessori of this game, and the one that
should make it a memorable one, is that a courteous consideration of
an opponent, even in an antagonistic game, does not necessarily
diminish a team's chances for victory."
Another instance; a basket ball team composed ol refinerl women,
in one of our New York cities, was challenged to play a game by a
team just out of their town. The occasion was not only to be an
athletic but a great social event. The visiting team had played with
modified rules; the other with rules for men. The playing w»f not
only rough to a degree, but the spirit shown toward the guests vli<»
Photo by Stamp.
ELMIRA (N. Y.) COLLEGE.
BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN ^Q
were beating, by their opponents and their friends, was what one
would think quite impossible in women who had any regard for the
ordinary courtesies of life. Rough and vicious play seems worse in
women than in men. A certain amount of roughness is deemed
necessary to bring out manliness in our young men. Surely rough
play can have no possible excuse in our young women.
Of course, these two cases and similar instances of which I have
heard do not prove that many of our women who play basket ball do
so in an undesirable way. They are sufficient, however, to make us
pause and consider whether they are not enough to prove that we
need to free the game from anything that might lead to objectionable
play. And here a serious question may be raised as to whether it is
for the best interests of women to go into inter-scholastic games.
However, just this fact that women are more open to suggestion is
an encouraging one, for it shows us that they can the more easily be
lead to right thought and action. This can be seen by the splendid
results of clean sport and good spirit gained wherever basket ball has
been guarded by careful rules and strict discipline.
But just here I must say that not only is it necessary to modify the
game somewhat, but the physical director and umpire cannot appre-
ciate too fully the responsibility of their positions. The best of rules
will be no protection to one who does not insist on fair play and does
not umpire most conscientiously. It is also important that the cap-
tain of the team shall not only be a good basket ball player, but one
who represents the best athletic spirit. I may say that the spirit of
athletics in our colleges and schools for women is what the director of
the gymnasium makes it. The right spirit is not gained by autocratic
methods, but by almost impercepti])le suggestion and strong example.
If the physical director takes it for granted that athletics can be no
other than fair and honorable, her spirit will be imbibed uncon-
sciously by her pupils.
The modifications in the rules contained in this pamphlet were
carefully considered and are entirely the fruit of experience. The
two important changes are the division of the playing field and the
prohibiting of snatching or Ijatting the ball from the hands of another
player.
The division of the gymnasium or field into three equal parts, and
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the prohibiting of the players of one division from running into the
domain of another seems an advantage for many reasons. It does
away almost entirely with "star" playing, hence equalizes the im-
portance of the players, and so encourages team work. This also
encourages combination plays, for when a girl knows she cannot go
over the division line to follow the ball, she is more careful to play
as well as possible with the girls near her when the ball comes to her
territory. The larger the gymnasium the greater is the tax on in-
dividual players when the game is played without lines. It has been
found that a numl^er of girls who play without division lines have de-
veloped hypertrophy of the heart. The lines prevent the players
from running all over the gymnasium, thus doing away with unneces-
sary running, and also giving the heart moments of rest. On the
other hand, the lines do not keep the players almost stationary, as
some believe. A player has the right to run anywhere she may please
in her own third of the gymnasium.
The divisions, then, concentrate energy, encourage combination
plays, equalize team work and do away with undue physical exertion.
Allowing snatching or batting the ball from another person's hand
seems the greatest element toward encouraging rough play in the
game. It is apt to encourage personal contact; it has an intrinsic
quality that goes against one's better nature; it has an element of in-
sult in it. When a player gets the ball it should be hers by the laws
of victory, ownership, courtesy, fair play. To prevent this rule, how-
ever, from making the game slow and spiritless, a rule was made that
a player should not be allowed to hold the ball longer than three
seconds under penalty of a foul. Preventing snatching or batting the
ball has also developed superb jumping; for a player knows that since
she cannot snatch the ball away from her opponent, by jumping in the
air as high as possible she may catch the ball before it gets to her
opponent.
When the game was first started many saw the danger of ''drib-
bling." The objectionable element was done away with by not
allowing the players to bounce the ball more than three consecutive
times or lower than the knee. Since then the Y. M. C. A. rules have
done away with dribbling altogether. It seems a good rule to elimi-
nate it when the game is played without division lines — where a
BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN ^q
player by dribbling can easily get from one basket to the other — but
that necessity is overcome with division lines. To allow a player to
bounce the ball three times gives an opportunity for having posses-
sion of the ball longer than three seconds when she wishes to use a
signal or combination play. On the other hand, by demanding that
the ball shall be bounced higher than the knee gives a quick opponent
a fair opportunity to bat the l^all away when it is between the floor
and the player's hands.
Of course, if bouncing the ball becomes a nuisance — and one never
knows what peculiar play will become popular — it can easily be
remedied by doing away with it altogether until the team appreciates
that it is a great advantage if used in moderation, a great hindrance
if used to an extent.
The original rules allow only five on a team. We have changed
the rule to allow any number from five to ten players on a team. My
own conviction is that the smallest number of players should be six
instead of five, for when the game is played with division lines the
work in the centre is much too hard for one player. Some of the
strongest and quickest work is done in the centre. The size of the
gymnasium should decide the number of players on a team. If a
gymnasium is 40x30 feet, it stands to reason that fewer players are
necessary to meet all the hygienic and recreative requirements of the
game than where the floor is ioox5o. In one of our colleges ten play
on a team because the players find they can bring about better com-
bination plays with four centres. The dimensions of their gymnasium
is 108x60 feet — large enough to allow this increased number.
Should people imagine that these modifications take the fire and
spirit out of the game, they can either try it with their own teams
"without prejudice," or witness a game where such modifications are
adopted to be convinced of their mistake. Perhaps it may not be out
of place to quote some passages from an account which appeared in
one of our leading newspapers with reference to a game played with
modified rules at one of our colleges for women : " The playing was
very rapid and extremely vigorous. From the time the ball went into
play until a goal was tossed there was no respite. The playing could
not properly be called rough. There was not an instance of slugging,
but the ball was followed by the players with rushes, much the way
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it is on the gridiron. One who supposes it is a simple or weak game
would be surprised to see the dash and vigor with which it is entered
into. It is a whirl of excitement from start to finish, and yet, with
all the desperate earnestness and determination with which the game
is played, there is excellent control and much dexterity shown.
There is splendid temper and true sportswomanlike spirit in the
game. The services of a referee to end a dispute are seldom needed,
and there are no delays on account of kicking. The amount of phy-
sical strength and endurance which is cultivated is readily apparent.
One might suppose that it would be a namby pamby exhibition with
much show, many hysterical shrieks and nothing of an athletic con-
test; but nothing could l)e more contrary to facts. True, there is no
slugging or exhibition of roughness, but the play is extremely vigorous
and spirited, and is characterized by a whirl and dash that is surpris-
ing to the uninitiated. The possession of self-control, both of temper
and physical action, was clearly in evidence yesterday, even during
the most exciting stages of the game."
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. "04.
REIATIVE MERIT OF THE Y. M. C. A.
RULES AND WOMEN'S RULES
J'
By Augusta Lane Patrick.
Director of Phj'sical Training, High School, Newark, X. J.
"All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience."
Experience has proved to me what many conversations failed
to impress in relation to basket ball, a game which has now
become one of the foremost winter sports for both men and
women. To insure its best results this game must have rules
applicable to all, and so presented that misinterpretations shall
be at a minimum. The question arises : Is it advisable for
women to use the Y. ]\I. C. A. rules?
Three years ago I fully believed in the affirmative. I con-
tended that the game could be played without roughness ; that
under these rules it embodied more skill, developed more "nerve,"'
to use the popular expression, and aroused greater enthusiasm.
To-day I as strongly advocate the women's rules, allowing my
girls to play under no others. This change grew out of Miss
Berenson's remark during our discussion : "Give these rules
a fair trial." I did so, and have become a convert.
Under the Y. M. C- A. rules our teams were not successful.
The girls became exhausted before time was called, due in part
to the excitement of the game, but as w^ell to loss of energy
owing to confused and purposeless movements, a characteristic
of the schoolgirl age. Each game was watched by me with
nervous apprehension, for fear that some heart, through exces-
sive labor, become permanentl)^ weakened. It was necessary to
s'.iorten our halves at least five minutes and sometimes more. Yet
the players were high school girls, strong and in good health,
who, as they matured, were better able to hold their own. Our
record was a series of defeats, the reason for which we could
not fathom, and the humiliation rather dampened our enthusiasm.
When we adopted women's rules our record changed. In con-
vincing others, I convinced myself.
The first year the teams used these rules under protest, but
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l!ic second, llic ^irls r(fns<l-A . ,>. l»<.UMi uu ..^.v >
about oroxuuls una R ]- b']- R 1" l" sluiU soo ibat ibo vo.culaiious re-.
time. spooiui- tb,o ball. i;oal au.l -r.nuias avo a.lluMod
to. r.v uunual a.i;rooniout oi ibo ^apiani-. the
Rb'l-l- Kb' 1- luav allow ahoralu>us in tbo rulo^
roL;ar.huL; ^rounds au.l liino. but not \u -oah
baUor toatus. Tbo K l-l-l" K l" 1- shall asooviairi
boforo ibo ooumionoonuMH >>1 ibo -auio th shall /looulo w hou iho ball is U
and Nvhcn -oal has ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ houi i'. boloUL^-. aiul w bru a -o.il hai.
been u\ade. ,
boon luauo.
Sio. 5. I'bo K1"1"1-U1-1- shall approvoof thi
runokoopor. Soorors aiul 1 inosuiou lu only
t"our liours boforo ibo -auio bo.L^nis.
lull, bow put in Si-v. (. Wboiiovor llio ball is put ni pla.N lH
plav. lossui- 11 up ibr Kb-i'l-Kb- b- shall .lau.l so llui
ho shall ihnnv ihr ball in a piano at n-ht an-l(l
to tbo siclo linos.
t;\ ;KFr ii \i i i m; womkn.
Skc. ;. rilc K'l' i'l'.lx'l'l', sli.ill rail lime ullcn '■■'Minr, ■'linH-.-
neci'ssaiy li\ Mowing; a wiiisllc.
Smc. S. \(. |.la\,r |)iii ill,. (AI'IAIX .,!,;, || K. i, ■,,.•. ;.ll^ (..nl
address an\ oHicial. Ilic K' !• !• I' k' !• I', shall call "" '''"'"' "'"'
a foul lur vmlalion .il lliis inlr. -.|m.;,K.. (.. uiiMiuK.
■'^'■'- <)■ 'l"I>'' InI'M'.K' I''.!': is lllc slipcilnr ..I Ciinnol mIum -I.M 1
liciT (.f (lie L:;iinc and shall deride all (|iiesliniis '•'"" "f inn|.ii when it is held hy
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BASKF.T V.M.I. FOR WOMEN.
two or more ]ilayors for any lon.oih of time. .|
(Rule XI I. seetiiMi y.)
Skc. \(\ Awards point to c^]^posino- team i
when i^-oal is toucheil. (Rule XII. section 12.) )
Sko. 1;. ?^Iakes decisions on Rule XII, sec-
tion 14.
Si:e. i8. Decides on viidatitMis of Rule XII,
section 15.
Sko. u). Disqualities for rouoh play. (Rule.^
XIT, section 2\.)
'>v.c. 20. Blows whistle when hall goes out t
of hounds. (Rule Xll, section 24, \d].)
Sr.e. 21. Decides who touched hall first when
it croes out of hounds. (Rule XII, section 24,LcJ-) >
Duties of the Si:o. 22. Makes all decisions on vicdations of
referee. j^^^j^. Xjj^ scCticMl 24 | j |.
Sf.c. 23. Decides when player has held hall
more than 5 seconds outside. (Rule XII. sec-
tion 24 I i^'l.)
Si:o. 24. Makes ilecisions when liall is
l)ounced, etc.. to out o( hound. Rule XII. sec-
ticMi 24 I a |.)
Sec. 25. Decides when i;oals have lieen made
accordino- to Rule XU, section 2^.
Skc. 26. Decides whether hall was in tlie air
when whistle sounded and whether i;oal counts.
(Rule XII, section 20.)
Si-A . 2y. ^\hen two or more officials hlovv^
their whistles simultaneously the referee de-
cides which one shall take precedence. (Rule^
XII, section 2/.)
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Sfx. 28. Decides whetlicr a o-oal thmwn by
a team niakin,^- a foul ccnints. (Rule XII,
section 28.)
Sec. 29. Decides games won by default.
(Rule XII, section 29.)
Skc. 30. Decides when game has been won
by default according to Rule XII, section 30.
^i:c. 31. Announces the score of a defaulted
or forfeited game. (Rule XII, section 31.)
\ Sec. 7,2. Calls foul for derogatory remarks
about officials. (Rule XII, section 33.)
Sec. 33. Calls fouls for persistent intentional
Relays. (Rule XTI, section 34.)
! Sec. 34. Calls fouls when the tdlowing rules Referee calls fouls.
are violated: Rule \'I, section 8; Rule XII,
section 31 ; Rule XI, section 3.
RULE VII.
Section i. The UMPIRKS in all cases umpires.
must be thoroughly competent and impartial
persons. They shall be chosen one by each
:eam.
Sec. 2. The UMPIRE shall be judge of the Umpire calls fouls
flayers, shall make decisions and call fouls as
follows: UMPIRES call fouls for violations
)f Rule XII, sections 3, 17. 18, 19, 20, 21, 24
'0, 3^^ 37^ 38, 39, 40, 4T. ' ,, .
Sec. 3. The UMPIRES shall make their ^^^rrrj^
Umpires, out:
f. . . . -juestion each
lecisions mdependently of each other, and a other's decisions
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foul cailoa by one shall not bo quest unu\l by •
the other.
Whistle MoNvn Sko. 4. W'houover a foul is niaao the TM--
on foul. riRb^. ealliuL; it shall blow a whistle, an^ iudi- ■
eate the otYeiuler. ami atutounee the nature oft
the foul, so that both the otVender aiul the,
Seorer ean hear it.
Rri.b:\iii.
srORKR. SrorioN 1. bhe SrORl-.K shall be a^p^^int-
ed by the Referee.
Scorers must notify Sko. J. Me shall notif\ the Referee when a
referee about dis- pj-^yer shouUl be aisqualifiea. aeeordiui^' to Rule
.jualifying player. .^^^ ^ ^^^^,^^^^^^ _, ^
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TIMEKEKrKK. Sko iioN I. A T 1 M KK l' l' Rl'R shall be ap-
pointed by the Referee.
Sko. J. Ho -hall note when the i;aine starts.^
lie shall blow his whistle at the exinration of
fifteen, minutes' aetual pla\ in- time in eaehl
half, or the amount oi time a.^reed upon previ-
(Hisly bv eaptains aiul referee, aeeonhn^;- lo>
Rule Xll. seetion o.
Timeout ou Sko. ^^ Time eousumea bv stoppa-es cluring-
referee's order. ^\^^. oame shall bo doduotod only on ortlor of the
re to roe.
RTl.l^ \.
LTNESMKX. S.-OTioN I. Tho LlNb:SMb:N shall he ap-
pointed by the referee.
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S),<. J. 'IImic sliall he lour IJ \ I'.SAl I'.X ;
two from c'K li siflc
Si.(. :]. The I.I.\I<:SMJ^:\ shall slaiHl at flic I'o.i.ionof
four ciifls of flic f'icM lines. 'I'licir particular li'";s"";n.
places sliall Ijc ^iveii fliciii 1)\' tlic referee.
.Sl.( . 4. '1 lie M \I':S.\11''.\ shall he jiul^^es r>f Linesmen call line
fouls made hy ste]jjjiii^'- on or crossing over the ^'>^^^^'
fit'hl lines, anrl shall call such fonls.
KM IJ-: XI.
Sicc'iiox I. CAI'T/MNS shall he iiiflicaterl CAI'TAJNS.
by cacli side; i>revious [o the commencement of
a match ; they must he jjlayers in the match.
Skc. 2. 'I"he CAI'TAIXS shall he the repre-
sentatives of their resjjcctive teams.
Si:r. 3. 'J'lu; CAP'I'AIXS sliall toss for Captains speak to
choice (;f ^'■oals and he entitlcfl to call the at- offujials.
tentif;n of the officials to any vifjlation of the
rules vvhi( h tli<\ think has ])een maHe. The
Referee shall a]j];ly Rule Xll, section 33, tfj
the Captains' coiHlnct when necessary.
Skc:. 4, I'efore the commencc-ment of a
match each CATTALX shall furnish the scrjrer
with a list of his team with their jjositions.
RCLh: XII.
Si:('rioN I. A ^oal made from the fjcM shall the GAME,
count J points; a ^oal made from a foul shall
count as i jjoint ; a j^oal thrown shall count Scoririfr of goals.
for the sicl(; into whose- ^oal the hall is thrown,
even though it was done hy mistake.
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r.all. how and when
inilinplayaUcntre.
Centre to he con-
spicuously marked.
llall to be touched
tirst hy centres in-
dicated to the
umpires.
Two fouls on oppo-
site sides played in
succession.
After "time" ball
goes up at spot
where it was when
time was called,
except when it wa^
outside.
Two opponents
nearest to touch
the ball.
liASKF.T HAl.i. I'-OK WOMEN.
Ska-. ->. riio K1^1^^1<:K1':1^ slmll put the l)all
in plav l>v Ic.ssiiiL; il up to a greater hciolu
than cither oi the centres can feaeh l)y juniiHno^,j
in a plane at ri-ht an-les to the side lines, sol
that It will (Iroi) near the centre of the field,!
which shall he indicated hv a conspicuous mark..
This is to he done at the openino- of the ganie,;
at the heo-innini;- of the second half and after;
' Sec. 3. After the REFEREE puts the ball
in plav^in the centre, it must be first touched
l,y one of the centres, who shall have beer
previously indicated to the TMITRES. Th(
UMPIRES shall call a foul for violation of this
rule. Both players may jump for the ball.
Sec. 4. When two fouls at once, on opposit(
sides, are called, they should be thrown in sue
cession. The ball should then be put in pla^ ii
the centre.
Sec. 5. After time has been called th 1
Rh:FEREE shall put the ball in play by tossiii:
it np in such a manner that it will drop nea
the spot where it was when time was callei
nnless it was held out of bounds. In this ca>
play shall b,e resumed at the whistle of th
REFEREl^. as if time had not been callec
(Rule VI, section (>: also Rule XTI, section 6.
Sec. 6. The two oppoiK'nls nearest this spc
when time was called shall be the first to touc
the ball after play is resumed. They shall b
BASKET HALL l.'il is iiol made and no
lilies ha\'(' hccn violah'd the hall shall he in
|)la\. The players niiisl slay hack of ihe line
iiiilil llie hall has eiilere(l or missed llie J^oal.
The l\ I'd* I'.l\ l'.l\ makes the decisions for viola-
tion ol' this rule.
Si:( . \(). I he hall ma\ he thiowii or hailed
in an\ direclion with one oi- hoth hands.
SiJ . 17. d'he hall shall not he kicke(l or K i(:l^in},' or iisinf^
Struck with Ihe lists. The I'MI'IKh: shall call ''^'^ '"'' -'ili'-wcl.
a fold for violation of this rule.
Si;( . iS. A plaxcr shall not carry ihe hall iJail 11..1. 10 be
while in hounds. She must j)lav it from the *-•'^"■"-■''•
spot on which she cat(dies it. A player while ^
lioldiniL;- the hall may not move more than one
foot, 'ihis shall not Ix- interpreted as interfer-
ini;- with a person's turning- arcnind without
niakino pro-ress. The UiMIMKl^: sliall call a
foul for violation of this ride.
Si:( . \(). When a hall has heen cau,L;hl with r.all shall not 1)c;
both hands it shall not he hounded (.n ihe lloor I'onnded more than
more than three times, and that at least knee """^'^ ^i"""^ "'"•
... 1 • 1 1 11, , lower lliaii knee
lieij^hl, until It has heen touched h\ some other ], .j ,1 ,
player, dhis does not interfere with her ihrow-
iniL;' for i;oal twice or more in successicju, even
if no other ])layi'r touches it hetween times.
Ihe I'MIMKh: shall call a h)ul for violation
of this rule.
Si:<". 20. There shall he no tackliuL; or hold- I l<^l]ier I'.alls and Cabinet.
4 8-ft. Jump Ropes.
4 20-ft. Jump Ropes.
1 Volley Ball Outfit.
4 Jump Frames.
50 Nickel Wands.
1 Wand Calnnet mounted on rollera
for nickeled wands.
1 Game Cabinet.
50 Grace Hoops.
2 Grace Hoop Racks.
1 Pair Physician's Scales.
1 Stadiometer. feter.
1 Chest, Back and Loin Dynamom-
1 Chinning Bar.
1 Pair Wall Parallels.
1 Chin Gauge.
1 Wet Spirometer.
1 Dozen Glass Mouth Pieces.
1 Pair Chest Calipers.
1 Pair Shoulder Calipers.
1 Spirometer — shelf.
1 Dynamometer for Grip.
'"MSss:is#«iisi
.No. 4 — Shows a (.■Diiibiiied horizoiilal and vaulting bar of entirely
new construction. The bars are suspended by overhead guys
and these guys are tightened and the bar drawn into position
at the floor by the use of one lever on eacli upright. The prin-
ciple is radically new. and is certainly most successfully ap-
plied. The bar requires only two floor plates and two points
of attachment at the floor, eliminating the spread of guys, thereby
saving floor space and greatly facilitating the handling of the
apparatus in clearing the floor for other work.
ia. l^i-^^'l^'V'^'' "" ^'•'"', "^ parallel bars, the desi-n of which
was particularly commended by the entire body ot Turn Verein
representatives who used them in the Olympic gymnastic con-
SPECIAL AWARD ANo (RAND PMZE
were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana Purchase Expo-
sition, 1904, for the best, most complete and most attractive installation of
Gymnastic Apparatus and Athletic Supplies show.i at the World's Fair.
(f^'-
DURAND LOCKERS
WERE USED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE GYMNASIUM
OF THE PHYSICAL CULTURE DEPARTMENT
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR AND RECEIVED THE
GRAND PRIZE
rOR BEING THE BEST, MOST COMPLETE AND
SERVICEABLE LOCKER MADE
DURAND LOCKER CO.
Chicago, 111.
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SPECIAL AWARD >nd (RAND PRIZE
were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana Purchase Expo-
sition, 1904, for the best, most complete and most attractive installation of
Gymnastic Apparatus and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair.
Spalding Gymnasium Shoes
Horsehide sole; soft
and flexible; in la-
dies' and men's
sizes.
No. 155. Pair, $3.50
Kangaroo; elkskin
sole, extra light, hand
made.
No. 15. Pair, $4.00
High cut, best grade
canvas shoe, white
rubber sole ; in ladies '
and men's sizes;
men's made of white
canvas, ladies' black.
No. IH. Pair, $1.50
High cut canvas
shoe, rubber sole.
No. M. Pair, $1.00
A. C. SPALDING & BROS.
New York Chicago St. Louis Washington San Francisco
Boston Minneapolis Baltimore Kansas City New Orleans
Buffalo Philadelphia Denver Pittsburg Syracuse
Cincinnati Montreal, Can. London, England
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were won by A. G. SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana Purchase Expo-
sition, 1904, for the best, most complete and most attractive installation of
Gymnastic Apparatus and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair.
BASKET BALL SHOE
Made of selected leather with special rubber sole.
The suction caused by the peculiar construction of
the sole enables the player to obtain a good purchase
on the floor, a feature that should make this shoe
very popular with basket ball players.
No. BB. Per pair, 4.00
For ladies; otherwise same as No. BB.
No. BBL. Per pair, S3.50
A. C. SPALDING Sl BROS.
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baltimore
Denver
Montreal, Can.
Washing-ton San Francisco
Kansas City New Orleans
Pittsburg Syracuse
London, England
athletic contests the implements and ^^^V^f
apparatus must conform to the official rules ^^B Vni
as laid down by the governing bodies of the ^"^ * ''
various sports, the object being to enable all contestants t?;
pete under uniform conditions and with the same kind of an; j
ment, for a record in any sport will not be allowed un
official implement is used. That is why Spalding imp (
are always selected, because they never vary in wei
measurement, but invariably conform to the rules. .
■•■^^
The above illustration ho > ^ the ^"i^uiuai ^t l le ; 1
field was pronounced by experts to be the most perfectl q
designed and equipped by A. G. Spalding & Bros. In
Bros, with a gymnasium exhibit that was pronounced a i
\L
THE officials of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, recognizing the importance
of the OLYMPIC GAMES and the value of
)hing authentic Olympic records, selected Spalding Athletic
uents for exclusive offcial use in connection with the
310 Games (held in the Stadium of the Exposition, from
r) November) because of their acknowledged superiority,
Ity and official standing. For over a quarter of a century
;; Spalding & Bros.* implements have been officially used.
1.1 , in which the Olympic Games of 1904 were held. The
lOi athletic plant ever constructed. The entire field was
i ;he Model Gymnasium, equipped by A. G. Spalding 'mnastic Apparatus and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fail".
Spaldin2:'5 ^'Official" Basket Ball Goals
Orficially adopted and must be
used in all match games. We
I rX- t«s^!^iJ!^2»ftJW«^ '^^"^ equipping our basket ball
goals now with nets constructed
so that the bottom may be left
open in practice games to permit
the ball to drop through. The
opening is closed readily by a draw string for match
games.
No. 80. Per pair, $4.00
Outdoor Goals
Outdoor Basket Ball Goals, Up-
rights and "Net Frame. Designed
for lawns, school yards, outdoor
gymnasiums and playgrounds.
Everything complete for setting up.
No. 160. Per pair, $30.00
Thumb Protector
A substantial sup-
port that phiyers
will appreciate.
No. T. Each, 50c.
Handsomely illustrated catalogue mailed free to any address.
A. C. SPALDING &, BROS.
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Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Kalliiiiore
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Denver
San Francisco
Kansas City
Montreal, Can.
London, England
Special Award and Grand Prize
were won by A. G SPALDING & BROS, at the Louisiana Purchase Expo-
sition, 1904, for the best, most complete and most attractive insUiliation of
Gymnastic Apparatus and Athletic Supplies shown at the World's Fair.
Volley Ball
Is pre-eminently titled for the gym-
nasium or the exercise hall, but
may be played out of doors by
any number of persons. The play
consists of keeping the ball in
motion over a high net, from one
side to the other, thus partaking
of the character of two games— tennis and hand ball.
Made of white leather. Constructed with capless ends
and furnished with pure gum guaranteed bladder.
No. V. Regulation size; best quality. Each, $4.00
No. W. Regulation size; good quality.
2.50
Volley Ball Net and Standards
Volley Ball Standards, 7 ft.
Complete with net, $7.00
A. G. SPALDING Sl BROS.
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Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Pliiladolphia
P.uffalo
Denver
San Francisco
Kansas City
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No. 12-Association Foot Ball
Contains valuable information, diagi-ams of play, and rules for both
the Gaelic and Association styles of play. Price 10 cents.
No. 13-How to Play Hand Ball
By the world's cliampion, Michael Egan. of Jersey City. This book has
been rewritten and brought up to date in every particular. Every
play is thoroughly explained by text and diagram. The numerous illus-
trations consist of full pages made from photographs of Champion
Egan, showing him in all his characteristic attitudes when playing.
These pictures were made exclusively for this bo<.ik and cannot be found
in any other publication. This is undoubtedly the best work on hand ball
ever published. Price 10 cents.
No. 14-Curling
History of the sport; diagram of "curling rink; rules for curling; dia-
grams of play. Price 10 cents.
No. 23-Canoelng
By C. Bo\\'>-er Vaux. Paddling, sailing, cruising and racing canoes
and their uses; canoeing and camping; paddhng; sailing; racing regula-
tions. Price 10 cents.
No. 27-College Athletics
M. C. Murphy, the well-known athletic trainer, now with Yale Uni-
versity, the author of this book, has written it especially for the school-
boy and college man. but it is invaluable for the athlete who wishes to
excel in any branch of athletic sport. The subjects comprise the fol-
lowing articles: Training, starting, sprinting; how to train for the quar-
ter, half, mile and longer distances; walking; high and broad jumping;
hurdling; pole vaulting; putting the shot; throwing the hammer. Illus-
trated with pictures of leading college athletes. Price 10 cents.
No. 29-Exercising With Pulley Weights
By Dr. Henry S. Anderson, instructor in heavy gymnastics Yale gym-
nasium, Anderson Normal School, Chautauqua University. In conjunc-
tion with a chest machine anyone with this book can become perfectly
developed. Contains all the various movements necessary to become pro-
ficient and of well-developed physique. Thoroughly explained and illus-
trated with numerous drawings. Price 10 cents.
No. 40-Archery
By J. S. Mitchel. An introductory chapter on the use of the bow and
arrow; archery of the present day; the bow and how to use it, with prac-
tical illusti-ations on the right and wrong method of aiming. Price 10 cents.
No. 55-OfTlcial Sporting Rules
Contains rules not found in other publications for the government of
many sports; rules for wrestling, cross-country running. shufHeboard,
skating, snowshoeing, quoits, potato racing, professional racing, rac-
quets, pigeon flying, dog racing, pistol and revolver shooting. Price 10
cents.
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No.87-Athletic Primer
Edited by James E. Sullivan, Secretary-Treasurer of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union; tells how to organize an athletic club, how to conduct an
athletic meeting, and gives rules for the government of athletic meet-
ings; contents also include directions for building a track and laying
out athletic grounds, and a very instructive article on training ; fully
illustrated with pictures of leading athletes in action. Price 10 cents.
No* 102-Cround Tumbling
By Prof. Henry Walter Worth, who was for years physical director of
the Armour Institute of Technology. Any boy, by reading this book and
following the instructions, which are drawn from life, can become a pro-
ficient tumbler; all the various tricks explained. Price 10 cents.
No. (04-The Grading of Gymnastic Exercises
By G. M. Martin, Physical Director of the Y. M. C. A. of Youngstown,
Ohio. It is a book that should be in the hands of every physical director
of the Y. M. C. A., school, club, college, etc. The contents comprise:
The place of the class in physical training; grading of exercises and sea-
son schedules— grading of men, grading of exercises, season schedules
for various classes, elementary and advanced classes, leaders, optional
exercises, examinations, college and school work; calisthenic exercises,
graded apparatus exercises and general massed class exercises. Nearly
200 pages. Price 10 cents.
No. 124-How to Become a Gymnast
By Robert StoU, of the New York A. C, the American champion on the
flying rings from 1885 to 1892. Any boy who frequents a gymnasium can
easily follow the illustrations and instructions in this book and with a
little practice become proficient on the horizontal and parallel bars, the
trapeze or the "horse." Price 10 cents.
No. 128-How to Row
By E. J. Giannini, of the New York A. C, one of America's most
famous amateur oarsmen and champions. This book will instruct any
one who is a lover of rowing how to become an expert. It is fully
illustrated, showing how to hold the oars, the finish of the stroke and
other information that will prove valuable to the beginner. Contains
also the official laws of boat racing of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen. Price 10 cents.
No. (29-Water Polo
By Gus Sundstrom, instructor at the New York A. C. It treats of every
detail, the individual work of the players, the practice of the team, how
to throw the ball, with illustrations and many valuable hints. Price 10
cents.
No. 135-Ofncial Handbook of the A. A. U. of the
United States
The A. A. U. is the governing body of athletes in the TJnite<:< States
of America, and all games must be held under its rules, which are ex-
clusively published in this handbook, and a copy should be in the hands
of every athlete and every club officer in America. This book contains
the official rules for running, jumping, weight throwing, hurdling, pole
vaulting, swimming, boxing, wrestling, etc., and is an encyclopedia
in itself. Price 10 cents.
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No. 136-Ofncial Y. M. C. A. Handbook
Edited by G. T. Hepbron, the well-known athletic authority. It contains
the official rules governing' all sports under the jurisdiction of the Y. M.
C. A., a complete report of the physical directors' conference, official
Y. M. C. A. scoring tables, pentathlon rules, many pictures of the lead-
ing Y. M. C. A. athletes of the country, official Y. M. C. A. athletic
rules, constitution and by-laws of the Athletic League of Y. M. C. A., all
around indoor test, volley ball rules; illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 138-Ofncial Croquet Guide
Contains directions for playing, diagrams of important strokes, descrip-
tion of grounds, instructions for the beginner, terms used in the game,
and the official playing rules. Price 10 cents.
No. 140-Wrestiing
Catch as catch can style. By E. H. Hitchcock, M. D., of Cornell, and
R. F. Nelligan, of Amherst College. The book contiiins nearly seventy
illustrations of the different holds, photographed especially and so de-
scribeil that anybody who desires to become expert in wrestling can with
little effort learn every one. Price 10 cents.
No. (42-Physical Training Simplified
By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well-known physical culture expert. Is a
complete, thoi-ough and practical book where the whole man is consid-
ered—brain and body. By following the instructions no apparatus is
required. The book is adapted for both sexes. The exercises comprise
directions as follows: how to stand; how to sit; how to rest; breathing;
exercises for the fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, hips, knees,
ankles; a word about the muscles; the arms and thighs; shoulders and
chest; waist; sides; back and abdomen; bowing; bending; twisting; the
liver squeezer, etc., etc. Fully illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 143-Ondian Clubs and Dumb-Bells
Two of the most popular forms of home or gymnasium exercise. This
book is writt^m by America's amateur champion club swinger, J. H.
Dougherty. It is clearly illustrated, by which any novice can become
an expert. Price 10 cents.
No. 149-The Care of the Body
A book that all who value health should read and follow its instruc-
tions. By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well known lecturer and authority on
physical culture. The subject is thoroughly treated, as a glance at the
following small portion of the contents shows: An all-around athlete;
muscular Christianity; eating; diet— various opinions; bill of fare for
brain workers; bill of fare for muscle-makers; what to eat and drink; a
simple diet; an opinion on brain food; why is food required? drinking wa-
ter; nutrition— how food nourishes the body; a day's food, how used;
constituents of a day's ration— beefsteak, potatoes bread, butter, water;
germs of disease; diseases peculiar to children; digestion — time required;
dieting; milk; alcoholic drinks; tobacco: sliould clergymen smoke? corsets;
methods of training; symtnetrical development : tlie jun-fect man; the per-
fect woman; proper weiglit, lu'ight. and measurement; the secret of not
growing old; three rules for preventing wrinkles; physicians and drugs;
Christian science; catching cold; bathing: the uses of salt; catarrh; a clear
complexion; sleeping; insomnia; the care of the feet; color of the clothing;
breathing; ventilation. Price 10 cents.
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No. 152-Table Tennis
The contents include the official rules and illustrations of the various
strokes, posed by experts. Price 10 cents.
No. 154-Field Hockey
To those in need of vigorous and healthful out-of-doors exercise this
game is recommended highly. Its healthful attributes are manifold
and the interest of player and spectator alike is kept active throughout
the progress of the game. Can be played by either sex and occupies a
prominent place in the sports at Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr
and other leading colleges. Price 10 cents.
No. 156-The Athlete's Guide
How to become an athlete. It contains full instructions for the begin-
ner, telling how to sprint, hurdle, jump and throw weights, general
hints on training; in fact, this book is one of the most complete on the
subject that has ever appeared. Special chapters contain valuable ad-
vice to beginners and important A. A. U. rules and their explanations
while the pictures comprise many exclusive scenes showing champions
in action. Price 10 cents.
No. 157-How to Play Lawn Tennis
A complete description of lawn tennis is found in this book ; a history
of the game ; a lesson for beginners and directions telling how to make
the most important strokes; styles and skill of the experts; the American
twist service; how to build and keep a court. Illustrated from photo-
graphs of leading players in action. Price 10 cents.
No. 158-lndoor and Outdoor Gymnastic Games
Without question one of the best books of its kind ever published.
Compiled by Prof. A. M. Chesley, the well-known Y. M. C. A. physical
director. It is a book that will prove valuable to indoor and outdoor gym-
nasiums, schools, outings and gatherings where there are a number to be
amused. The games described comprise a list of 120. divided into several
groups: simple games for a large number, tag games and racing games;
games for a few; ball games and athletic feats. Price 10 cents.
No. 161-Ten Minutes' Exercise for Busy Men
By Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, superintendentof physical training in the
New York public schools. Anyone who is looking for a concise and com-
plete course of physical education at home would do well to procure a
copy of this book. Ten minutes' work as directed is exercise anyone
can follow. It already has had a large sale and has been highly com-
mended by all who have followed its instructions. Nearly 100 pages of
illustrations and 100 of text. Price 10 cents.
No. 162-How to Become a Boxer
For many years books have been issued on the art of boxing, but it
has remained for us to arrange a book that we think is sure to fill all
demands. It contains over 70 pages of illustrations showing all the
latest blows, posed especially for this book under the supervision of one
of the best instructors of boxing in the United States, who makes a
specialty of teaching and who knows how to impart his knowledge.
They are so arranged that anyone can easily become a proficient
boxey. The book also contains i)ictures of all the well known boxers.
A partial list of the 200 pages of the book include: A history of
boxing; how to box: the correct position; the hands; clenching the
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fist; the art of gaug-ingr distance: the first principles of hitting; the
elements of defence; feinting-; knockout blows: the chin punch; the
blow under the ear; the famous solar plexus knockout: the heart blow;
famous blows and their originators: Fitzsimmons' contribution; the McCoy
corkscrew; the kidney punch; the liver punch; the science of boxing;
proper position of hand and arm, left hook to face; hook to the jaw; how
to deliver the solar plexus; correct delivery of a right uppercut; blocking
a right swing and sending a right uppercut to chin; blocking a left swing
and sending a left uppercut to chin; the side step; hints on training,
diet and breathing; how to train; rules for boxing. Price 10 cents.
No. r65-The Art of Fencing
This is a new book by Regis and Louis Senac, of New York, famous
instructors and leading authorities on the subject. Messrs. Senac give
in detail how every move should be made, and tell it so clearly that any-
one can follow the instructions. It is illustrated with sixty full page
pictures, posed especially for this book. Price 10 cents.
No. 166-How to Swing Indian Clubs
By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well-known exponent of physical culture.
The most complete work on this special subject ever issued. By following
the directions carefully anyone can become an expert. Price 10 cents.
No. 167-Quoits
By M. W. Deshong. The need of a book on this interesting game has
been felt by many who wished to know the fine points and tricks used
by the experts. Mr. Deshong explains them, with illustrations, so that a
novice can readily understand. Price 10 cents.
No. I70-Push Ball
Played with an air-inflated ball 6 feet in diameter, weighing about
50 pounds. A side consists of eleven men. This book contains the official
rules and a sketch of the game; illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 171-Basket Ball for Women
Edited by Miss Senda Berenson, of Smith College. Contains the rules
for basket ball for women as adopted by the conference on physical train-
ing, held in June, 1899, at Springfield, Mass., and articles on the follow-
ing subjects: Psychological effects of basket ball for women, by Dr.
Luther H. Gulick, superintendent of physical training in the schools of
Greater New York; physiological effects of basket ball, by Theodore
Hough, Ph. D.; significance of basket ball for women, by Senda Berenson:
relative merit of the Y. M. C A. rules and women's rules, by Augusta
Lane Patrick; practical side of basket ball, by Ellen Emerson, B. K.,
Agnes Childs, A. B., Fanny Garrison. A. B.; A Plea for Basket Ball, by
Julia EUsbee Sullivan, Teachers' College, New York: diagram of field,
showing position of team; illustrated with many pictures of basket ball
teams. Price 10 cents.
No. 174-Distance and Cross Country Running
By George Orton, the famous University of Pennsylvania runner.
Tells how to become proficient at the quarter, half, mile, the longer
distances, and cross-country ranning and steeplechasing, with instruo-
tions for training and schedules to be observed when preparing for a
contest. Illustrated with numerous pictures of leading athletes in ac-
tion, with comments by the editor on the good and bad points shown.
Price 10 cents.
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No. 177-How to Swim
. ^y J- ?!• Sterrett. the leading authority on swimming in America The
instructions will interest the expert as well as the novice? thelTustra!
tions.were made from photoprraphs especially posed, showing the swim-
mer in clear water: a valuable feature is tlie series of "land drill" ex-
ercises for the beginner, which is illustrated by many drawings The
contents comprise: A plea for education in swimming: sSming as
be^fnfoTV"f /'''■^^''^'^^rT^= land drill exercises: plain swimnSng!
.tvlT ^^^^^I learning: the breast stroke: breathing; under-arm side
stioke: scientific strokes-over-arm side stroke; double over-arm or
n,IVi *!'"''" • ^^troke; touching and turning; training for racing, orna-
mental swimming; floating; divuig; running header; back diveT diving
leet foremost; the propeller; marching on the water; swimming on the
back: amateur swimming rules; amateur plunging rules. Price 10 cents.
No. 178-How to Train for Bicycling
Gives methods of the best riders when training for long or short dis-
tance races; hints on training. Revised and up-to-date in every particu-
lar. Price 10 cents. ^
No. ISO-Ring Hockey
A new game for tlie gymnasium, invented by Dr. J. M. Vorhees of
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, that has sprung into instiint popularity • as
exciting as basket ball. This book contiiins official rules. Price 10 cents.
No. 182-AII-Around Athletics
Gives in full the methotl of scoring the Ail-Around Championship
giving percentage tiibles sliowing what each man receives for each per-
formance in each of the ten events. It contiiins as well instructive articles
on how to train for the Ail-Around Championship. Illustrated with many
pictures of champions in action and scenes at all-around meets. Price
10 cents.
No. 185-Health Hints
A series of articles by Prof. E. B. Warman, the well known lecturer and
authority on physical culture. Prof. Warman treats verv interestingly
of health influenced by insulation; health influenced by underwear-
health influenced by color; exercise, who needs it? Price 10 cents.
No. 187-How to Play Roller Polo
Edited by J. C. Morse. A full description of the game ; official rules ;
pictures of teams ; other articles of interest. Price 10 cents.
No. i88-Lawn Hockey, Tether Tennis, Coif Cro-
quet, Volley Ball, Hand Tennis, Carden Hockey,
Parlor Hockey, Badminton
Containing the rules for eacli game. Illustrated. Price 10 cents. J
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No. 189-Rules for Games
Compiled by Jessie H. Bancroft, director of physical training, depart-
ment of education. New York City, Borough of Brooklyn. The games
described in this book are intended for use at recesses, and all but the
team games have been adapted to large classes. While it is desirable
that all the players should have a maximum of physical activity, it has
been found that some games, which keep only a few of the players run-
ning at once, are of important service for mental hygiene, through their
power of holding the voluntary attention. Indeed, the interest of the
children has been made one test of the success of the games. The games
are suitable for children from three to eight years, and include a great
variety, divided under the general heads of ball games, bean bag games,
circle games, singing games and miscellaneous games. Price 10 cents.
No. 191-How to Punch th© Bag
By W. H. Roth well ("Young Coi-bett"), champion featherweight of
the world. This book is undoubtedly the best treatise on bag punching
that has ever been printed. Every variety of blow used in training is
shown and explained. The pictures comprise thirty-three full page re-
productions of Young Corbett as he appears while at work in his train
ing quarters. The photographs were taken by our special artist and can-
not be seen in any other publication than Spalding's Athletic Library No.
191. Fancy bag punching is treated by a well known theatrical baff
puncher, who shows tlie latest tricks. Price 10 cents.
No. 193-How to Play Basket Ball
By G. T. Hepbron, editor of the Official Basket Ball Guide. Contains
full instructions for players, both for the expert and the novice, duties
of officials, and specially posed full page pictures showing the correct
and incorrect methotls of playing. The demand for a book of this character
is fully satisfied in this publication, as many points are included which
could not be incorporated in the annual publication of the Basket Ball
Guide for want of room. Price 10 cents.
No. 194-Racquets, Squash-Racquets and Court
Tennis
The need of an authoritative handbook at a popular price on these
games is filled by this book. How to play each game is thorougly ex-
plained, and all the difficult strokes shown by special photographs taken
especially for this book. Contains the official rules for each game,
with photographs of well known courts. Price 10 cents.
No. 195-OfTlclal Roque Guide
The official publication of the National Roque Association of America.
Edited by Prof. Charles Jacobus, ex-champion. Contiiins a description of
the courts and their construction, diagrams of the field, illustrations,
rules and valuable information concerning the game of roque. Price
10 cents.
No. 196-Ofncial Base Ball Guide
Edited by Henry Chawick, the "Father of Base Ball," the official pub-
lication of base ball. It contains a complete record of all leagues in
America, pictures of teams, official rules and reviews of the game. The
standard base ball annuiil of the country. Price 10 cents.
SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY
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No. I&7-Spa|ding's Lawn .Tennis Annual
Contai.iS official statistics, photographs of leading players, special
articles on the game, review of important tournaments, official rules,
handicapping rules and tables ; list of fixtures for the current year and
other valuable information. Price 10 cents.
No. 198-Spalding's Official Cricket Guide
Edited by Jerome Flannery. The most complete year book of the game
that has ever been published in America. It contains all the records oi
the previous year, reports of special matches, official rules and pictures
of all the leading teams and individual players. Price 10 cents.
No. 199-Equestrian Polo Guide
Compiled by H. L. FitzPatrick of the New York Sun. Illustrated with
portraits of leading players and contains most useful information for polo
players in relation to playing the game, choosing of equipment and
mounts; contains the official rules and handicaps of the National Associa-
tion. Price 10 cents.
No. 200-Dumb-Bells
This is undoubtedly the best work on dumb-bells that has ever been
offered. The author, Mr. G. Bojus, of New York City, was formerly
superintendent of physical culture in the Elizabeth (N.J.) public schools,
instructor at Columbia University, instructor for four years at the Col-
umbia summer school, and is now proprietor of the Liberty Street Gym-
nasium, at 121 Liberty Street, New York City. The book contains 200
photographs of all the various exercises, with the instructions in large,
readable type. It should be in the hands of every teacher and pupil of
physical culture, and is invaluable for home exercise as well. Price 10
cents.
No. 20I-Lacrosse-From Candidate to Team
By William C. Schmeisser, captain Johns Hopkins University champion
intercollegiate lacrosse team of 1902 ; edited by Ronald T. Abercrombie,
ex-captain and coach of Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team, 1900-1904.
Every position is thoroughly explained in a most simple and concise man-
ner, rendering it the best manual of the game ever published. Illustrated
with numerous snapshots of important plays. Price 10 cents.
No. 202-Howto Play Base Ball
Edited by T. H. Murnane. New and revised edition. Contents: How to
become a batter, by Napoleon Lajoie, James Collins, Hugh Jennings and
Jesse Tannehill; how to run the bases, by Jack Doyle and Frank L. Chance;
advice to base runners, by James E. Sullivan, Secretary-Treasurer A.A.U.;
how to become a good pitcher, by Cy Young, "Rube" Waddell and Bert
Cunningham; on curve pitchintr, by Cy Young, James J. Callahan, Frank
Donahue, Vic Willis, William Dineen and Charley Nichols: how to become
a good catcher, by Eddie Phelps, William Sullivan and M. J. Kittridge;
how to play first base, by Hugh Jennings; how to play second base, by
Napoleon Lajoie and William Gleason: how to play third base, by James
Collins and Lave Cross: how to play shortstop, by Herman Long: how to
play the infield, by Charles A. Comiskey; how to play the outfield, by
Fred Clarke; the earmarks of a ball player, by John J. McGraw; good
advice for players; how to organize a team; how to manage a team; how
to score a game; how to umpire a game; base ball rules interpreted
for boys. Price JO cents.
SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY
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No, 204-OfTicial Intercollegiate A. A. A. Handbook
Contains constitution, by-laws, laws of athletics, and rules to govern
the awarding of the championship cup of the Intercollegiate Athletic
Association of Amateur Athletes of America, the governing body in col-
lege athletics. Contains official intercollegiate records from 1876 to 1903,
with the winner's name and time in each event, list of points won by each
college, and list of officers of the association from 1889 to 1904, inclusive.
To anyone interested in college athletics the book is invaluable as a record.
Price 10 cents.
No. 205-Ofnclal Handbook of the Public Schools
Athletic League
This is the official handbook of the Public Schools Athletic League,
which embraces all the public schools of Greater New York. It contains
the official rules that govern all the contests of the league, and consti-
tution, by-laws and officers. Edited by Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, super-
intendent of physical education in the New York public schools, and
Wm. C. J. Kelly, secretary of the league. Illustrated with numerous
portraits of schoolboy athletes. Price 10 cents.
No. 206-How to Play Coif
No golfer should miss having a copy of this golf guide, Harry Var-
don tells how to play game, with life-like illustrations showing the
different strokes. The book also contains the revised official rules, offi-
cial records, as well as pictures of many important players, and a direc-
tory giving name, address, membership and length of golf course of clubs
in the United States, Price 10 cents.
No. 207-Bowllng on the Green; or, Lawn Bowls
This famous Scottish game has achieved considerable popularity in
America. Contains an account of the introduction of the game in
America; diagram of a green; how to construct a green; necessary equip-
ment; how to play the game, and the official rules as promulgated by
the Scottish Bowling Association. This handbook of the game has been
edited by Mr. James W. Greig, a well known authority, and is thoroughly
up to date. Illustrated with portraits of prominent players. Price 10
cents.
No. 208-Physical Education and Hygiene
This is the fifth of the Physical Training series, by Prof. E. B. Warman
(see Nos. 142, 149, 166 and 185), and a glance at the contents will show the
variety of subjects : Chapter I— Basic principles ; longevity. Chapter II
—Hints on eating ; food values ; the uses of salt. Chapter III— Medicinal
value of certain foods. Chapter IV— The efficacy of sugar ; sugar, food
for muscular work ; eating for strength and endurance ; fish as brain
food ; food for the children. Chapter V— Digestibility ; bread ; appen-
dicitis due to flour. Chapter VI— Hints on drinking— Water, milk, butter-
milk, tea, coffee ; how to remain young. Chapter VII— Hints on bathing ;
cold, hot, warm, tepid, salt, sun, air, Russian, Turkish, cabinet. Chapter
VIII— Hints on breathing; breathlessness, heart strain, second wind,
yawning, the art of yogi. Price 10 cents.
SPALDING^S ATHLETIC LIBRARY
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No. 209-How to Become a Skater
Contains advice for beginners; how to become a figure skater thor-
oughly explained with many diagrams showing how to do all the
different tricks of the best figure skaters, including the MohJwk with
all Its variations; Q's. forward and backward, inside and outside the
crosscuts, including the difficult Swedish style; inside and ouisidi
spins; the grapevine, with its numerous branches, and many other styles
which will be comparatively simple to any one who follows the directions
given. Profusely illustrated with pictures of prominent skaters and
numerous diagrams. Price 10 cents. atci^ anu
No. 210-How to Play Foot Ball
Edited -by Walter Camp. Revised for season of 1904. The contents
embrace everything that a beginner wants to know and many points that
an expert will be glad to learn. An introductory chapter for begin-
ners : how to play and tackle ; back formations, by Walter Camp. Quar-
terback is described by deSaulles. the famous Yale player • how to give
signals IS explained by Rockwell and Hogan of the Yale team who show
with many diag-rams how the big teams make their sensational plays •
Lewis the well-known Harvard player, gives instructions in the methods
of defence, and William T. Reid. the former Harvard fullback, tells of
the duties of the backs. The pictures are made from snapshots of
leading teams and individual players in action, with comments by Walter
Camp. Price 10 cents.
No. 2H-Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide
Edited by Walter Camp. Contains the new rules, with diagram of
held as newly arranged; special chapters on the game, foot ball for the
Bpectator All-America teams, as selected by leading authorities-
Middle West. Southern. Canadian foot ball, records, and pictures of
ail the prominent teams, embracing nearly 3.000 players. Price 10 cents.
No.2l2-Off1cial Basket Ball Culde
Edited by George T. Hepbron. Contains the revised official rules de-
cisions on disputed points, records of prominent teams, reports on' the
game from various parts of the country, and pictures of hundreds of
players. The standard basket ball annual of the country. Price 10 cents.
No. 213-285 Health Answers
Contents: Necessity for exercise in the summer; three rules for bicy-
cling; when going up-hill; sitting out on summer nights; ventilating a
bedroom; ventilating a house; how to obtain pure air; bathing- salt
water baths at home; a substitute for ice water; drinking ice water'- to
cure insomnia; asleep in two minutes; for those who ride wheels; summer
outdoor exercise; profuse perspiration; danger of checking perspiration-
dress, hot weather; light colored clothing; how to avoid catching cold-
eating; a few good rules; drinking; how to go up and d own stairs; the
proper way to breathe; correct position; to secure correct position'; the
right way to sit; when you are walking; perfect freedom; stationary
running; fish as brain food; condiments; internal baths; honey; anemic
condition; high collars; alcohol; measurements of women; process of
digestion; southern corn; children dining: blanched almonds; ice-cold
water; beans; running; insomnia; consumptives; tub bath; codfish and
potatoes; rheumatism; strength begins in the stomach; nervousness;
poor complexions; lines about the mouth, etc., etc., etc. Price 10 cents.*
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No. 214-Craded Calisthenics and Dumb-Bell
Drills
By Albert B. Wegener, Physical Director Y. M. C. A., Rochester, N, Y.
Ever since graded apparatus work has been used in gymnastics, the ne-
cessity of having a mass drill that would harmonize with it has been felt.
For years it has been the established custom in most gymnasiums of
memorizing a set drill, never varied from one year's end to the other.
Consequently the beginner was given the same kind and amount as the
older member. With a view to giving uniformity the present treatise is
attempted. Price 10 cents.
No. 215-lndoor Base Ball
America's national game is now vieing with other indoor games as a
winter pastime. This book contains the playing rules, pictures of lead-
ing teams, and interesting articles on the game. Price 10 cents.
No. 216-How to Become a Bowler
By S. Karpf, Secretary of the American Bowling Congress, and one
of the best posted men on bowling in America. Contents: History of the
sport: diagrams of effective deliveries: how to bowl; a few hints to be-
ginners; American Bowling Congress; the national championships; how
to build an alley; how to score; spares— how they are made. Rules for
cocked hat, cocked hat and feather, quintet, battle game, nine up and
nine down, head pin and four back, ten pins— head pin out, five back, the
Newport game, ten pin heed pin game, duckpin game, head pin game,
Dayton candle (rubber neck) pjn game. New England candle pin game.
Illustrated with portraits of all,' the t)rominent bowlers. Price 10 cents.
No. 217-Ofncial Athletic Almanac
Compiled by J. E. Sullivan, Chief Department Physical Culture, Louis-
iana Purchase Exposition, and Director Olympic Games, 1904. The only
annual publication now issued that contains a complete list of amateur
best-on-records; complete intercollegiate records; complete English records
from 1866; swimming records; interscholastic records; Irish, Scotch
and Australasian records ; reports of leading athletic meets; skating
. records; important athletic events and numerous photos of individual
athletes and leading athletic teams. This year's issue is a special Olympic
Games number and contains the only full account of the Olympic Games
of 1904, and a review of Anthropological Days at the World's Fair
stadiurn, being the first time on record where athletic events were con-
tested in which savages were the exclusive participants, thus forming
the first authoritative basis for a comparison between the abilities of
the civilized athlete and the savage. Price 10 cents.
No.2l8-Ice Hockey and Ice Polo
Written by the most famous player in Canada, A. Farrell, of th<
Shamrock hockey team of Montreal. It contains a complete description
of the game, its origin, points of a good player, and an instructive ar-
ticle on how game is played, with diagrams and official rules. Illus-
trated with pictures of leading teams. Price 10 cents.
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