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 9
... thickness and weight are left to the fancy and capacity of the # FIG . 1 . player . In a general way , a tall man can use a heavier bat than a short one . About 2 lb. is a fair weight for a player of middle height and ordinary muscular ...
... thickness and weight are left to the fancy and capacity of the # FIG . 1 . player . In a general way , a tall man can use a heavier bat than a short one . About 2 lb. is a fair weight for a player of middle height and ordinary muscular ...
Side 10
... thick as the player can well grasp : a thick handle greatly adds to the driving power of the bat ; it is also naturally stronger , and therefore more lasting . A good youth's bat costs about eight shillings . It should be remembered ...
... thick as the player can well grasp : a thick handle greatly adds to the driving power of the bat ; it is also naturally stronger , and therefore more lasting . A good youth's bat costs about eight shillings . It should be remembered ...
Side 80
... thick - shafted , stiff weapon with an iron head , hollowed out in the centre , and somewhat sloped backward . On its lower edge , it is straight and sharp , which allows of its digging under the ball , and pitching it out of " grief ...
... thick - shafted , stiff weapon with an iron head , hollowed out in the centre , and somewhat sloped backward . On its lower edge , it is straight and sharp , which allows of its digging under the ball , and pitching it out of " grief ...
Side 89
... thick at its inner , and thin at its outer edge , and with a pin of iron driven into the ground , called a " hob . " The quoits are light or heavy , according to the strength of the player ; and in playing a match it is usual to specify ...
... thick at its inner , and thin at its outer edge , and with a pin of iron driven into the ground , called a " hob . " The quoits are light or heavy , according to the strength of the player ; and in playing a match it is usual to specify ...
Side 99
... of a certain diameter and thickness , most beautifully polished with elegantly mounted handles , which can be screwed into the stone , unscrewed , and taken home in the pocket . 101 FOOT CIRCLE SWEEPING SCORE 10 5 0 MIDDLE LINE CURLING .
... of a certain diameter and thickness , most beautifully polished with elegantly mounted handles , which can be screwed into the stone , unscrewed , and taken home in the pocket . 101 FOOT CIRCLE SWEEPING SCORE 10 5 0 MIDDLE LINE CURLING .
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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.