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 69
... diameter at the top about 3 inches . Rackets similar to those employed in the game of rackets , are required , only rather smaller . THE GAME IS PLAYED in precisely the same way as lawn tennis , only every stroke must be volleyed . If ...
... diameter at the top about 3 inches . Rackets similar to those employed in the game of rackets , are required , only rather smaller . THE GAME IS PLAYED in precisely the same way as lawn tennis , only every stroke must be volleyed . If ...
Side 75
... diameter , and standing six feet , exactly out of the ground . A crosse , to be of any use , must be made of second - growth hicory , and the best makers are the half - breed Indians of Caughnawaugha . A hickory crosse will stand rough ...
... diameter , and standing six feet , exactly out of the ground . A crosse , to be of any use , must be made of second - growth hicory , and the best makers are the half - breed Indians of Caughnawaugha . A hickory crosse will stand rough ...
Side 79
... diameter , and several inches in depth , are cut in the turf , at distances of from 100 to 400 or 500 yards from each other , according to the nature of the ground . If the lines happen to be broad and expansive , the holes are placed ...
... diameter , and several inches in depth , are cut in the turf , at distances of from 100 to 400 or 500 yards from each other , according to the nature of the ground . If the lines happen to be broad and expansive , the holes are placed ...
Side 84
... diameter measured from the inside , and not less than 3 ounces , nor more than 4 ounces in weight . 5 .-- The choice of sides and the right of serving first shall be decided by toss ; provided that , if the winner of the toss choose the ...
... diameter measured from the inside , and not less than 3 ounces , nor more than 4 ounces in weight . 5 .-- The choice of sides and the right of serving first shall be decided by toss ; provided that , if the winner of the toss choose the ...
Side 86
... diameter . The jack shall not be changed during a game except by mutual consent of the players . The bowls may be changed , but not during the playing of an end , nor after the jack has been delivered for an end . 5. THE FOOTER . - Each ...
... diameter . The jack shall not be changed during a game except by mutual consent of the players . The bowls may be changed , but not during the playing of an end , nor after the jack has been delivered for an end . 5. THE FOOTER . - Each ...
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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.