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 98
... kind on record is that of J. Sullivan , who at the " Horse and Groom , " Newington Butts , on Feb. 22 , 1822 , succeeded in knocking down and setting up 110 full frames in 57 min . 57 sec . , he being at that time only nineteen years of ...
... kind on record is that of J. Sullivan , who at the " Horse and Groom , " Newington Butts , on Feb. 22 , 1822 , succeeded in knocking down and setting up 110 full frames in 57 min . 57 sec . , he being at that time only nineteen years of ...
Side 108
... kind in which the riders sit side by side are called " Sociables , " the new kind in which one rider sits behind the other are known as " Tandems . " With regard to machines in general , it will be found advisable to learn on a hired ...
... kind in which the riders sit side by side are called " Sociables , " the new kind in which one rider sits behind the other are known as " Tandems . " With regard to machines in general , it will be found advisable to learn on a hired ...
Side 117
... kind of battledores are those called " drum , " with parchment heads . The shuttlecock should be rather long and the feathers not too wide - spread , otherwise it is apt to be slow of flight , and to require very hard hitting to drive ...
... kind of battledores are those called " drum , " with parchment heads . The shuttlecock should be rather long and the feathers not too wide - spread , otherwise it is apt to be slow of flight , and to require very hard hitting to drive ...
Side 136
... kind , as safe as anything a boy can have . Catapults are now to be procured cheaply at any toy - shop , but they may be made at home much more efficiently with very little trouble . Get a forked stick , the shape of the letter Y ...
... kind , as safe as anything a boy can have . Catapults are now to be procured cheaply at any toy - shop , but they may be made at home much more efficiently with very little trouble . Get a forked stick , the shape of the letter Y ...
Side 137
... kind of jerk , which will soon come of itself to a boy of any natural aptitude , but which cannot well be described on paper . In places where clay is tolerably abundant , a very similar effect may be produced by kneading lumps of clay ...
... kind of jerk , which will soon come of itself to a boy of any natural aptitude , but which cannot well be described on paper . In places where clay is tolerably abundant , a very similar effect may be produced by kneading lumps of clay ...
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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.