lways stay back of him, where you can watch him, and
tackle him just in the nick of time if the ball is passed to him.

Many new men have an idea that one knows intuitively how to score, but
it is not so. The various ways must be learned. One only does in a game
what one has become used to in practise, for there is little time or
chance to think in the excitement of a keen contest, and it is those
things which have been ground into one by dint of repetition that stand
by one. To get used to scoring, place yourself three or four yards from
goal and then sink yourself, or let some one else put you under, and try
to come up and hit the board with eyes closed; you will soon find what
a difference practise makes. You must also learn how to hurdle by
letting some one tread water between you and goal and score by placing
your free hand on his shoulder and lifting yourself over.

A short course of the above, and you will be ready to line up.

A FEW POINTS

On entering the tank for an important game, every player should forget
his individuality and submit passively to the orders of the captain.
There must be only one head for a team to succeed, and an order should
be executed without hesitation and without questioning; right or wrong,
the best results come through blind obedience. The man giving the orders
often sees an opening that the other does not.

Let no personal difference affect your game; play to win, not to pay off
an old score. It is the goals made, not the men disabled, that give one
victory, and victory is what every player should seek.

To the forward, discrimination is a valuable asset. When caught in a
tackle so far away from goal that getting free will not help you pass
the ball at once, don't allow your opponent to punish you. But if you
are nailed within easy reach of goal, fight as long as there is breath
of life in you. Never mind how helpless the task may seem, a team-mate
may come to the rescue at any moment, and then you'll score.

The forward should always play the ball in preference to the man and
keep free as much as possible. And above all--play fast and hard.

AMERICAN RULES

1. The ball shall be the regulation white rubber association football
not less than 7 nor more than 8 inches in diameter.

2. The goals shall be spaces 4 feet long and 12 inches wide marked
"Goal" in large letters. One shall be placed at either end of the tank,
18 inches above the water-line equally distant from ei