American field hockey rules for 1904, written by James Huff McCurdy
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This document is the American field hockey rules from 1904 at Springfield College written by James Huff McCurdy. This document includes, "Later pub. by Spalding," written on the top of the first page. This document is seven pages and the edges have small tears and glue from previous binding. J. H. McCurdy is typed on the top of the first page and there are 25 rules regarding field hockey throughout the document. Lawn hockey was introduced to the Springfield Training School by Dr. McCurdy in the fall of 1896, and after a season of play the English rules were adopted. As of 1903, the school was the only place in the country to play the English game. The field is a little smaller than a football field. For more information on lawn hockey rules, see “The Games of Lawn Hockey, Tether Ball, Golf-croquet, Hand Tennis, Volley Ball, Hand Polo, Wicket Polo, Laws of Badminton, Drawing Room Hockey, Garden Hockey,” published by the American Sports Publishing Company (New York, New York) in 1903. There are two copies of this document in the same folder. This document includes, "Later pub. by Spalding," written on the top of the first page.
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