Race-ball is a highly interesting game, combining the best points of
lacrosse and chevy. The game is played with five men on a side, each
armed with a lacrosse bat. The sides congregate in their respective
dens, and the captains toss for innings. Let us suppose the captain of C
den wins the toss, the D den side then range themselves in a row on the
line E, and the first man in on the line F, the latter having a lacrosse
ball on his bat, and with this, directly the umpire cries "play," he
tears off in the direction of the "Home" A, and the D side give chase,
the object of the man in being to drop the ball in his "Home" while part
of his foot, at least, is over the "home line"; the object of the
others, to deprive him of the ball and take it to their den. If he get
home, he waits till all his side get their innings, and then starts
again; if not, he is out. Each man home counts one point, and the inning
lasts till all are out, when the total is made up, and the other side go
in, the highest score, of course, winning. When a man finds he can not
get home, he may get the ball back to his den, and then wait his next
inning, but without counting anything for his "failed inning." None of
the in side may help the man in; one minute is given to the out side to
get ready between each man, and three minutes between each inning. The
usual rules as to umpires, etc., will hold good, and the man in may not
run into his opponents' ground or out of bounds, or he is out, and if he
unintentionally run into his own den he counts a "failed inning" as
above.
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"BARTLETT & ARNOLD."