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 89
... QUOITS . QUOITS is a game requiring great strength in the arms and shoulders , and quickness of sight . It is played with a flattened ring of iron called a quoit , thick at its inner , and thin at its outer edge , and with a pin of iron ...
... QUOITS . QUOITS is a game requiring great strength in the arms and shoulders , and quickness of sight . It is played with a flattened ring of iron called a quoit , thick at its inner , and thin at its outer edge , and with a pin of iron ...
Side 90
... quoit falling on the pin , or upon the distance from it . Thus —a “ ringer ” ( i.e. , a quoit which surrounds the pin ) scores two , and two ringers count four . If a player has placed both his quoits nearer to the hob than his ...
... quoit falling on the pin , or upon the distance from it . Thus —a “ ringer ” ( i.e. , a quoit which surrounds the pin ) scores two , and two ringers count four . If a player has placed both his quoits nearer to the hob than his ...
Side 168
... keeping Jack on his stand whilst the other players amuse themselves by continually knocking Jack down by pitching their balls ( after the manner of quoits ) at hin : from the starting - point . Every time Jack is. 168 INDOOR GAMES .
... keeping Jack on his stand whilst the other players amuse themselves by continually knocking Jack down by pitching their balls ( after the manner of quoits ) at hin : from the starting - point . Every time Jack is. 168 INDOOR GAMES .
Side 178
... quoits to spare , he may try to throw the quoits so as to fall upon the pins , and for every case in which he succeeds , he adds the num- ber of the pin to his score . u l l l l l l l PARLOUR RINGOLETTE . This is entirely a game of ...
... quoits to spare , he may try to throw the quoits so as to fall upon the pins , and for every case in which he succeeds , he adds the num- ber of the pin to his score . u l l l l l l l PARLOUR RINGOLETTE . This is entirely a game of ...
Side 179
... quoit ( see p . 57 ) , so that a spin may be communicated to it , and make it fly steadily to its mark . RULES . 1. The game of ringolette is adapted for two or more players . 2. The first player being decided upon , he places the board ...
... quoit ( see p . 57 ) , so that a spin may be communicated to it , and make it fly steadily to its mark . RULES . 1. The game of ringolette is adapted for two or more players . 2. The first player being decided upon , he places the board ...
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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.