a baseman shall score one point for the side catching it.
The baseman should at once throw the ball back over the heads of the
intervening guards to his own guards for another throw.

The object of the intervening guards is to intercept the ball before
it can reach the basemen at their rear, and to throw it in turn to
their own basemen at the rear of the opposite court, over the heads of
the intervening opponents.

START.--The game shall be started by a referee (usually the teacher)
putting the ball in play in the center of the field. This is done by
tossing it upward between two opposing guards, each of whom shall try
to catch it. The one whose hands touch it first shall be the possessor
of the ball. The guards shall step forward in rotation to try for the
ball whenever it is put in play, so that each guard shall have an
opportunity.

When a goal is made the ball shall remain in play.

SCORE.--The ball shall score one point for a team whenever caught by a
baseman from a throw from his own guards or whenever a baseman gets
possession of the ball by its rolling into his territory.

The ball continues in play when a point is scored. The game shall be
played in two halves of 15 minutes each (for beginners the half may be
10 minutes, until endurance is acquired). There shall be a rest of
from 3 to 5 minutes between halves. At the beginning of the second
half the players shall change goals.

The team shall win which has the highest score at the end of the
second half.

FOULS.--It shall be a foul for any player to step outside of his
assigned territory, either over the side lines or into his opponent's
court. A ball so caught shall not score, and the foul shall be
punished by the ball being given to the nearest guard of the opposing
team, who shall immediately put it in play by a throw to his own
basemen or guards. This rule of overstepping territory shall apply to
both guards and basemen and for one foot or both.

It shall be a foul to carry the ball; _i.e._, to take more than one
step with it.

It shall be a foul to touch the ball while it is in the hands of
another player.

It shall be a foul to hold or push another player.

A foul shall be punished by the loss of the ball, which shall be given
to a guard of the opposing team for a free (unobstructed) throw.

ADDITIONAL RULES.--Should a ball roll or be thrown beyond the rear
boundary line, the baseman nearest the ball shall leave his base to
secure it, brin