ICE HOCKEY
From the Drawing by Fleming Williams
For a little while this impressive stillness and depopulation lasted. Then the first “strayed reveller” returned, heavily limping. He took his time, and with a superb, lightning-like shot sent the puck whirling through the unguarded goal. Simultaneously he sat down. Simultaneously a second player showed his head over the ice-bank and shouted “Offside!” Simultaneously also, the puck hit him in the face. It is hard to believe, I know; but I assure the reader that it was harder to stop laughing.
At any rate, here are the rules:
Rules of Match Play
1. The puck shall be made of india-rubber, 3 inches in diameter, 1 inch thick, and shall weigh 1¼ lbs., or shall be of such other size or shape as shall from time to time be decided.
The stick shall be so made that it can pass through a ring 3 inches in diameter.
2. The goal-posts at each end of the ice shall be 4 feet high and 4 feet apart.
3. The team shall consist of six players.