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 3
... inches , nor more than nine inches and one - quarter in circumference . At the beginning of each innings either side may demand a new ball . 5. THE BAT shall not exceed four inches and one - quarter in the widest part ; it shall not be ...
... inches , nor more than nine inches and one - quarter in circumference . At the beginning of each innings either side may demand a new ball . 5. THE BAT shall not exceed four inches and one - quarter in the widest part ; it shall not be ...
Side 9
... inches or so . Thirdly , balance . Badly balanced bats give a sensation as of a weight attached to them when they are wielded , while a well - balanced one plays easily in the hand . Experience alone can teach the right feel of a bat ...
... inches or so . Thirdly , balance . Badly balanced bats give a sensation as of a weight attached to them when they are wielded , while a well - balanced one plays easily in the hand . Experience alone can teach the right feel of a bat ...
Side 16
... inches from its point ; and the bat itself must by no means be made to swing round in a huge circle like a sack or a ... inch of the way from the bowler's hand to his bat , and , waiting till it is just on the point of passing him ...
... inches from its point ; and the bat itself must by no means be made to swing round in a huge circle like a sack or a ... inch of the way from the bowler's hand to his bat , and , waiting till it is just on the point of passing him ...
Side 32
... inches , and not more than 28 inches . 2. The winners of the toss shall have the option of kick - off or choice of goals . The game shall be commenced by a place - kick from the centre of the ground in the direction of the opposite goal ...
... inches , and not more than 28 inches . 2. The winners of the toss shall have the option of kick - off or choice of goals . The game shall be commenced by a place - kick from the centre of the ground in the direction of the opposite goal ...
Side 47
... inches in circumference . It must be com- posed of woollen yarn and of two horse - hide covers , inside and outside , with yarn between said covers . It shall contain one ounce of round moulded _rubber , vulcanised . Section 2. - In all ...
... inches in circumference . It must be com- posed of woollen yarn and of two horse - hide covers , inside and outside , with yarn between said covers . It shall contain one ounce of round moulded _rubber , vulcanised . Section 2. - In all ...
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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.