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With this revised second edition, one can look up most sports and find the official rules of play as approved by the governing body, playing area specifications, necessary equipment, governing body or bodies with their name, address, and function, and two journals in each field.

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Provides rules for 52 sports plus information on the groups that govern those sports, and lists suggested periodicals about the activities. Most of the rules are reproduced with permission of the governing body and are unedited. The Rule Book, published by Diagram Group (CH, Sep'83), covers more sports and has better diagrams. However, it presents more heavily edited entries based on international rules and is seven years old. American librarians probably will find Sports Rules Encyclopedia to be more useful. The encyclopedia will require frequent updating, however, if it is to retain its value. Future editions would benefit from a clearer explanation of how sports are selected for inclusion. White claims to have excluded sports that involve "mechanical devices as primary elements in the performance," yet cycling and trapshooting are included. Among sports missing are rowing, gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), lacrosse, judo, and triathlon. Reference librarians using this book should remember that rules may vary depending on the level of competition, and geographic location. They can be confident, though, that Sports Rules Encyclopedia is a reliable information source. Recommended. -W. Wilson, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles