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 132
... string fastened at either end ; one of these strings is looped , the other plain . In using the sling , a smooth stone is put into the leather , the slit in which retains it in its place ; the slinger inserts his middle finger in the ...
... string fastened at either end ; one of these strings is looped , the other plain . In using the sling , a smooth stone is put into the leather , the slit in which retains it in its place ; the slinger inserts his middle finger in the ...
Side 137
... string , beginning about 2 inches from the end and working downwards . Now take a smooth flat pebble , force it well into the cleft or slit , take hold of the stick by the butt - end , and throw . The stone will fly out as if from a ...
... string , beginning about 2 inches from the end and working downwards . Now take a smooth flat pebble , force it well into the cleft or slit , take hold of the stick by the butt - end , and throw . The stone will fly out as if from a ...
Side 157
... string is passed through the hole and secured by a knot . A jacket is then folded up , and placed on a bench or on the ground , and each player succes- sively lays his nut on the jacket , and allows the others to strike it . Perhaps ...
... string is passed through the hole and secured by a knot . A jacket is then folded up , and placed on a bench or on the ground , and each player succes- sively lays his nut on the jacket , and allows the others to strike it . Perhaps ...
Side 159
... string , and those which are spun by means of a whip . Of these games , the first require the most practice , the second are the easiest , and the third afford the most exercise . The common peg- top , the humming - top , and the whip ...
... string , and those which are spun by means of a whip . Of these games , the first require the most practice , the second are the easiest , and the third afford the most exercise . The common peg- top , the humming - top , and the whip ...
Side 160
... string , put the button between the middle and third fingers , place the thumb under the peg and the fore and middle fingers on the top , and take care to keep the string tight , as otherwise it will become unwound , and all your labour ...
... string , put the button between the middle and third fingers , place the thumb under the peg and the fore and middle fingers on the top , and take care to keep the string tight , as otherwise it will become unwound , and all your labour ...
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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.