Spalding's Hand Book of Sporting Rules and Training ~ Paperback ~ Geo H Benedict

Excerpt from Spalding's Hand Book of Sporting Rules and Training: Containing Full and Authentic Codes of Rules Governing All Popular Games and Sports The remarkable success of Spalding's Library of Athletic Sports and its very general recognition as a national authority on all matters connected with the subjects of which they treat, suggested the publication of this the thirteenth number of the Library of Athletic Sports. The rules and descriptions which it embodies, are gathered for the purpose of supplying a thorough knowledge of any sport in which the reader is liable to be called upon to participate, to referee, or to render a decision in any capacity. The laws for the different sports are intended to cover all disputed points, and we desire to see them adopted by common consent of athletes, and athletic clubs. Before signing articles for a contest of any kind, each participant should be particular to become familiar with some certain rules and see that the papers contain a clause to the effect that those rules are to govern the match; by so doing the chances of disagreement or an unsatisfactory termination will be very slight compared to a decision given simply on the judgment of the referee. The object of this book is not to give all the various codes or rules adopted by the various societies under different names, but to give one reliable set of rules governing each prominent sport. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.