BALL TAKEN UP WITH THE HAND.
RULE 15.--Whenever the ball is taken up, or out of a hole, with the hand, during the progress of a game, it must be faced for with the nearest opponent.
ACCIDENTAL GAME.
RULE 16.--Should the ball be accidentally put through a goal by one of the players defending it, it is game for the side attacking that goal.
Should it be put through a goal by any one not actually a player, it shall not count for or against either side.
HOLDING, STRIKING, AND PUSHING.
RULE 17.--Players shall not hold each other, nor grasp an opponent"s crosse; neither shall they deliberately strike or trip each other, nor push with the hand.
CHANGING SIDES.
RULE 18.--After each game the players shall change goals, unless otherwise agreed upon.
PENALTIES FOR FOUL PLAY.
RULE 19.--Any player convicted of deliberate foul play, or infringement of these rules, shall be suspended from play by the umpires, at request of his captain.
DECIDING A MATCH.
RULE 20.--A match shall be decided by winning three games out of five, unless otherwise agreed upon.
AMENDING LAWS.
RULE 21.--Any amendment, revision, or alteration, proposed to be made in any part of these laws, shall be made only at the Annual Conventions of "The National La Crosse a.s.sociation of Canada," and by a three-fourths"
vote of the members present.
R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL.