At the recent annual meeting of the National Lacrosse Association in New York city, the following amendments to the playing rules were made: The most goals won to count in every match; challenging clubs may claim a time limit of one and one-half hours, but play must continue for at least one hour and until at least one goal is won; all rests between goals to count as part of the required time; a player must be thirty days a resident of the city or place from which the club in which he is playing comes; members of college teams are permitted to play with any club during vacations, but must give at least one week's notice on changing from one club to another. It was voted to send an American team to England in 1884, $5,000 having been guaranteed to pay the expenses of the trip. Secretary Flannery stated that he would offer a gold medal to the goal-keeper of the club winning the Oelrichs Cup this season.
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