The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports, Games, and PastimesJohn George Wood Frederick Warne and Company, 1891 - 816 sider |
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Side 4
... covered , mown , or beaten during a match , except before the commencement of each innings and of each day's play , when , unless the in - side object , the ground shall be swept and rolled for not more than ten minutes . This shall not ...
... covered , mown , or beaten during a match , except before the commencement of each innings and of each day's play , when , unless the in - side object , the ground shall be swept and rolled for not more than ten minutes . This shall not ...
Side 46
... covered paths , laid out in the shape of a huge diamond . At each corner of the diamond is a base - bag of canvas , filled with curled hair or other material , and strapped securely to the ground . These bags are known as first base ...
... covered paths , laid out in the shape of a huge diamond . At each corner of the diamond is a base - bag of canvas , filled with curled hair or other material , and strapped securely to the ground . These bags are known as first base ...
Side 58
... covered in by a roof well lit with skylights . In a single - match court , the usual area is sixty feet by thirty feet . The " short " line is thirty - two feet from the back wall in the double court , and twenty - four in the single ...
... covered in by a roof well lit with skylights . In a single - match court , the usual area is sixty feet by thirty feet . The " short " line is thirty - two feet from the back wall in the double court , and twenty - four in the single ...
Side 59
... covered with deal board , painted black , like the walls of the court . The object of the wood is to tell by the sound when a ball strikes on it , as in this case the ace counts against the side that struck the ball . Another white line ...
... covered with deal board , painted black , like the walls of the court . The object of the wood is to tell by the sound when a ball strikes on it , as in this case the ace counts against the side that struck the ball . Another white line ...
Side 60
... covered with leather . THE FOLLOWING RULES are those usually observed : - : - 1. The game to be 15 up . At 13 all , the out - players may set it to 5 ; and at 14 all , to 3 , provided this be done before another ball is struck . 2. The ...
... covered with leather . THE FOLLOWING RULES are those usually observed : - : - 1. The game to be 15 up . At 13 all , the out - players may set it to 5 ; and at 14 all , to 3 , provided this be done before another ball is struck . 2. The ...
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Side 625 - These simple machines are the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw.
Side 61 - ... the right and left courts. On each side of the net, at a distance of 21 feet from it, and parallel with it, are drawn the service lines.
Side 766 - Italian player oi some eminence. Walker says this may be classed as the most brilliant and critical opening known, and recommends the student to play it at every opportunity ; he also throws out the warning that an incorrect move may irrecoverably lose the game. The defence is most difficult to discover in actual play.
Side 48 - In all match games, lines connecting the liome and first bases, and the home and third bases, and also the lines of the striker's and pitcher's positions, shall be marked by the use of chalk or other suitable material, so as to be distinctly seen by the umpire. The...
Side 765 - WHITE. BLACK. 1. P. tO K. 4. i. P. tO K. 4. 2. P. to KB 4. 2. P. takes P. 3. K. Kt. to B. 3- 3- P. to K. Kt. 4. 4. KB to QB 4. 4. K. Kt. P. advances.
Side 7 - When there shall be more than four players on a side, there shall be no bounds. All hits, byes, and overthrows shall then be allowed.
Side 650 - I can take it into another room and there fire spirits of wine with it. If while it is electrifying I put my finger, or a piece of gold which I hold in my hand, to the nail, I receive a shock which stuns my arms and shoulders.
Side 66 - ... decide similarly for the second game. The partner of the player who served in the first game shall serve in the third; the partner of the player who served in the second game shall serve in the fourth, and so on in the same order in all the subsequent games of a set.
Side 5 - Or, if with any part of his person he stop the ball, which, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket, shall have been pitched in a straight line from it to the striker's wicket, and would have hit it.