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 5
... hand , but not the wrist , be held before it touch the ground , although it ... left the wicket which is put down is out . 32. The striker being caught NO ... hand , it shall be " dead " ; but when the bowler is about to deliver the ball ...
... hand , but not the wrist , be held before it touch the ground , although it ... left the wicket which is put down is out . 32. The striker being caught NO ... hand , it shall be " dead " ; but when the bowler is about to deliver the ball ...
Side 12
... left the bowler's hand . A really fine player " forms , " as the phrase goes , at the very instant the ball is delivered . Demosthenes , being asked the three chief essentials of good oratory , re- plied , " Firstly , action ; secondly ...
... left the bowler's hand . A really fine player " forms , " as the phrase goes , at the very instant the ball is delivered . Demosthenes , being asked the three chief essentials of good oratory , re- plied , " Firstly , action ; secondly ...
Side 14
... left hand from front to rear of the handle as above described , using the right wrist as a pivot : in this position the striker is ready for anything . Should the ball rise or twist , there the bat is waiting for it ; should it give an ...
... left hand from front to rear of the handle as above described , using the right wrist as a pivot : in this position the striker is ready for anything . Should the ball rise or twist , there the bat is waiting for it ; should it give an ...
Side 25
... hand the same general principles will apply : the ball should be received well into the palm . The beginner should ... left hand as it passes him , to run across the path of a ball at an angle , and stoop and pick it up without stopping ...
... hand the same general principles will apply : the ball should be received well into the palm . The beginner should ... left hand as it passes him , to run across the path of a ball at an angle , and stoop and pick it up without stopping ...
Side 48
... hand , and the third base that upon the left hand side of the striker when occupying his position at the home base . In all match games , lines connecting the home and first bases , and the home and third bases , and also the lines of ...
... hand , and the third base that upon the left hand side of the striker when occupying his position at the home base . In all match games , lines connecting the home and first bases , and the home and third bases , and also the lines of ...
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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.