Excerpt from The Game of Ring Hockey Voorhees of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, in 1899. The possibility was first suggested by a rubber tire that had been separated from an iron dumb - hell which had been left in the gymnasium. The pratt'institute High School class of then freshmen, saw the ring and, having wands in their hands preparatory to falling in for drill, began to pass said ring about the floor; The game was played in a desultory manner until, 1902, when Dr. Voorhees figured out a ring with an inner bevel and a stick with a convex playing end, to correspond with the bevel in the ring, so as to limit the possibility of lifting the ring. Inter-class tournaments were arranged and played, creating very much interest and enthusiasm. One must be quick of eye to follow the ring, and quick and accurate of motion to place the end of the stick in the three inch opening of the ring as it is speeding across the floor. The possibility for the exercise of judgment and the chance for team work are unlimited. When the game can be played in a room, say forty by sixty feet, or of approximate proportions, and the side walls are used for boundaries a great deal is added to the game by the possibility of carom shots; goals being made by the ring having been shot against the wall at an angle that the rebound would carry it between the goal posts. Caroms may also be made from the side of the foot placed solidly on the floor in the line of direction of the ring. A room of this kind is also conducive'to a continuous game because there is no out of bounds. When playing in such a room the goal posts must be placed at least four feet from the end walls and the backward feet connected by a white line to be the goal line. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.