ther side.
3. To score a goal the goal must be touched by the ball in the hand of
an opposing player and the greatest number of goals shall count game.
4. The ball shall be kept on or as near the surface of the water as
possible, and shall never intentionally be carried under water. No goal
shall be allowed when scored by an under-water pass.
5. The contesting teams shall consist of six a side, with two reserve
men who can be substituted at any time when the ball is not in play. A
player withdrawn can not return to play. Only six prizes shall be given
to the winning team.
6. Time of play shall be 16 minutes actual time, divided in two halves
of 8 minutes each and 5 minutes rest between halves. Time occupied by
disputes, free trials for goal, repairing suits, and lining up after a
goal has been scored shall not be reckoned as time of play.
7. The captains shall be playing members of teams they represent and
shall toss for choice of ends of tank. The ends shall be changed at half
time.
8. The referee shall throw the ball in the center of the tank and the
start for the ball be made only at the sound of the whistle.
9. A ball going out of the tank shall be returned to the place from
which it was thrown and given to the opposing team.
10. A mark shall be made four feet from each goal on the side of the
tank and an imaginary line between these marks shall be called the
four-foot line. No man will be allowed within this line until the ball
is within it. The goal-tenders, limited to two, of the defending side
are alone exempt from this rule. When the ball is within the goal-line
the goal-tenders shall not be allowed any artificial support other than
the bottom of the tank.
11. No player is allowed to interfere with an opponent unless such an
opponent is within four feet of the ball, except when the ball is within
the goal section, when indiscriminate tackling will be allowed in the
goal section, the goal section to be a space of four feet by eight feet
within the goal-line and between two parallel lines drawn at right
angles to the goal-line and distant two feet from either end of the
goal.
12. Upon a goal being gained, the opposite teams shall go to their own
end of the tank, and the ball shall be thrown by the referee into the
center and play started as at beginning of game.
13. Each team shall have two judges, one at each goal-line, who, upon a
goal being made, shall notify the referee and announce th
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