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 viii
... MARBLES 151 CUP AND BALL GAMES WITH TOPS 159 THE FLYING CONE STOOL BALL 159 THE BANDILORE PUFF AND DART 164 THE WATER - CUTTER WATCH SPRING GUN 165 CUPOLETTE RING THE BULL 167 LAWN CUPOLETTE , JACK'S ALIVE 163 PARLOUR RINGOLETTE ...
... MARBLES 151 CUP AND BALL GAMES WITH TOPS 159 THE FLYING CONE STOOL BALL 159 THE BANDILORE PUFF AND DART 164 THE WATER - CUTTER WATCH SPRING GUN 165 CUPOLETTE RING THE BULL 167 LAWN CUPOLETTE , JACK'S ALIVE 163 PARLOUR RINGOLETTE ...
Side 48
... marble or stone , so fixed in the ground as to be even with the surface and wholly within the diamond . One corner of said base shall face the pitcher's position , and two sides shall form part of the foul lines . Section 6. - The base ...
... marble or stone , so fixed in the ground as to be even with the surface and wholly within the diamond . One corner of said base shall face the pitcher's position , and two sides shall form part of the foul lines . Section 6. - The base ...
Side 115
... marbles , which is very popular still in some parts of the country . 66 DUCK STONE . A very lively game for any number of players from four or five to a dozen . Each player procures a smooth , somewhat flattened pebble , and a large ...
... marbles , which is very popular still in some parts of the country . 66 DUCK STONE . A very lively game for any number of players from four or five to a dozen . Each player procures a smooth , somewhat flattened pebble , and a large ...
Side 136
... marbles do very well , and even gravel - stones at a pinch may be made to do good service ; but the first- named are preferable in every way , for range , accuracy , penetration , and portability ; they can be fired in volleys , too. 136 ...
... marbles do very well , and even gravel - stones at a pinch may be made to do good service ; but the first- named are preferable in every way , for range , accuracy , penetration , and portability ; they can be fired in volleys , too. 136 ...
Side 142
... marbles according to their place in the ranks . Thus , supposing there were ten players besides the leader , each would pay in sir marbles or nuts ; at the end of the game these sixty would be divided as follows : the first would take ...
... marbles according to their place in the ranks . Thus , supposing there were ten players besides the leader , each would pay in sir marbles or nuts ; at the end of the game these sixty would be divided as follows : the first would take ...
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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.