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 151
... marble itself . This toy is seldom now made of marble , only a few , which are called " alleys , " being made of different coloured alabaster . These are the most valuable , and are always reserved to be used as “ taws , ” i.e. , the marble ...
... marble itself . This toy is seldom now made of marble , only a few , which are called " alleys , " being made of different coloured alabaster . These are the most valuable , and are always reserved to be used as “ taws , ” i.e. , the marble ...
Side 152
... Marble . We lay great stress upon this point , as the proper mode of holding and shooting the marble seems to be sadly neglected . Boys have got into a lazy way of throwing or bowling the marble , a practice which was not allowed " in ...
... Marble . We lay great stress upon this point , as the proper mode of holding and shooting the marble seems to be sadly neglected . Boys have got into a lazy way of throwing or bowling the marble , a practice which was not allowed " in ...
Side 153
... marbles , but takes care how he hits them . For example , he will shoot at a marble in the ring , and strike it so as to lay his own taw near that of an adversary , whom he can kill . Or , if he be tolerably near another taw , he will ...
... marbles , but takes care how he hits them . For example , he will shoot at a marble in the ring , and strike it so as to lay his own taw near that of an adversary , whom he can kill . Or , if he be tolerably near another taw , he will ...
Side 154
... marble for each shot . If they knock down the pyramid , they get all the four marbles , but do not have the marble which was paid for the shot . Therefore , a player who wishes to win at this game ought to be tolerably certain of ...
... marble for each shot . If they knock down the pyramid , they get all the four marbles , but do not have the marble which was paid for the shot . Therefore , a player who wishes to win at this game ought to be tolerably certain of ...
Side 155
... marbles which he has won . The stakes are managed differently in different parts of England . In some places cach player has to deposit a marble for each hole , and this we think to be the fairest mode . The marbles are put into another ...
... marbles which he has won . The stakes are managed differently in different parts of England . In some places cach player has to deposit a marble for each hole , and this we think to be the fairest mode . The marbles are put into another ...
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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.