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 75
... wire or sheet , screws or nails , shall be allowed upon the crosse . Splices must be made with either string or gut . 2. THE BALL . - The ball must be india - rubber sponge , not less than eight inches , and not more than eight and a ...
... wire or sheet , screws or nails , shall be allowed upon the crosse . Splices must be made with either string or gut . 2. THE BALL . - The ball must be india - rubber sponge , not less than eight inches , and not more than eight and a ...
Side 94
... wires on the side from which it was played . 7. Ball driven partly through Hoop . - A ball driven partly through its hoop from the non - playing side , cannot run the hoop at its next stroke , if it can be touched by a straight - edge ...
... wires on the side from which it was played . 7. Ball driven partly through Hoop . - A ball driven partly through its hoop from the non - playing side , cannot run the hoop at its next stroke , if it can be touched by a straight - edge ...
Side 95
... wire . ( f ) To move a ball which lies close to a peg or wire by striking the peg or wire . ( g ) To press a ball round a peg or wire ( crushing stroke ) . ( h ) To play a stroke after roquet without taking croquet . ( i ) To fail to ...
... wire . ( f ) To move a ball which lies close to a peg or wire by striking the peg or wire . ( g ) To press a ball round a peg or wire ( crushing stroke ) . ( h ) To play a stroke after roquet without taking croquet . ( i ) To fail to ...
Side 96
... Wires knocked out of Ground . - Should a player , in trying to run his hoop , knock a wire of that hoop out of the ground with his ball , the hoop does not count . The ball must be replaced , and the stroke taken again ; but if by the ...
... Wires knocked out of Ground . - Should a player , in trying to run his hoop , knock a wire of that hoop out of the ground with his ball , the hoop does not count . The ball must be replaced , and the stroke taken again ; but if by the ...
Side 108
... Wire is used for the spokes , and the principle of the wheel is thus altered from compression to suspension . The driving - wheel has been increased to upwards of 60 inches in diameter in some cases , and the trailing - wheel diminished ...
... Wire is used for the spokes , and the principle of the wheel is thus altered from compression to suspension . The driving - wheel has been increased to upwards of 60 inches in diameter in some cases , and the trailing - wheel diminished ...
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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.