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 13
... draw . now be added motion of the elbow and perfectly unlimited capacity of action at the wrist . This shifting the hand from front to rear of the handle and back again , to be done smoothly and with perfect facility , will require some ...
... draw . now be added motion of the elbow and perfectly unlimited capacity of action at the wrist . This shifting the hand from front to rear of the handle and back again , to be done smoothly and with perfect facility , will require some ...
Side 17
... Draw . N.B. - The dotted lines only indicate the general direction of each hit . they see the ball is , but where they think it will be . It is true that , if their cal- culation be correct , they are thus enabled , by being beforehand ...
... Draw . N.B. - The dotted lines only indicate the general direction of each hit . they see the ball is , but where they think it will be . It is true that , if their cal- culation be correct , they are thus enabled , by being beforehand ...
Side 21
... DRAW . - Like " slip , " this hit depends mainly for its effect upon the speed of the bowling . A ball on , or scarcely wide of , the leg - stump is met with a full , straight bat , as in the attitude of back play ( Fig . 4 ) . A slight ...
... DRAW . - Like " slip , " this hit depends mainly for its effect upon the speed of the bowling . A ball on , or scarcely wide of , the leg - stump is met with a full , straight bat , as in the attitude of back play ( Fig . 4 ) . A slight ...
Side 28
... draw . In all these places , therefore , the player must be on the look - out for this peculiarity , and be prepared to meet it , or the ball will assuredly elude him like magic , and he will find , to his shame and confusion , that he ...
... draw . In all these places , therefore , the player must be on the look - out for this peculiarity , and be prepared to meet it , or the ball will assuredly elude him like magic , and he will find , to his shame and confusion , that he ...
Side 38
... draw back , and unless he has dropped the ball or actually touched it with his foot , they must again retire to his ... drawn through the mark made and parallel to the goal - line . In all cases the kicker's side must be behind the ball ...
... draw back , and unless he has dropped the ball or actually touched it with his foot , they must again retire to his ... drawn through the mark made and parallel to the goal - line . In all cases the kicker's side must be behind the ball ...
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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.