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 85
... hole in the other peg . They are used for measuring . STANDARD .-- Some light substance ( usually a straw or reed ) used when a very precise " measure " is required . It can only be claimed when the bowls lie within a yard of the jack ...
... hole in the other peg . They are used for measuring . STANDARD .-- Some light substance ( usually a straw or reed ) used when a very precise " measure " is required . It can only be claimed when the bowls lie within a yard of the jack ...
Side 96
... Hole or on Bad Ground . - A ball lying in a hole or on bad ground may be moved with the sanction of the umpire . The ball must be put back - i.e . , away from the object aimed at - and so as not to alter the line of aim . 35. Umpires ...
... Hole or on Bad Ground . - A ball lying in a hole or on bad ground may be moved with the sanction of the umpire . The ball must be put back - i.e . , away from the object aimed at - and so as not to alter the line of aim . 35. Umpires ...
Side 109
... holes are free from dust or grit , and after oiling , the holes should be wiped , and the covers carefully replaced . With the utmost care , however , dust will some- times get into the bearings , and it is necessary now and then to ...
... holes are free from dust or grit , and after oiling , the holes should be wiped , and the covers carefully replaced . With the utmost care , however , dust will some- times get into the bearings , and it is necessary now and then to ...
Side 113
... hole beaten in the ground by the bat . The piece of wood is called the " splent ; " and much skill is needed in shaping the hole properly , so that the ball may rise fairly . KNURR AND SPELL . This game , otherwise known as Northern ...
... hole beaten in the ground by the bat . The piece of wood is called the " splent ; " and much skill is needed in shaping the hole properly , so that the ball may rise fairly . KNURR AND SPELL . This game , otherwise known as Northern ...
Side 116
... HOLES . Strictly , this game should be played by nine players , and nine only , but the actual number is not material to the ... hole belongs snatches the ball out and throws it at one of the others , who have meanwhile scattered in all ...
... HOLES . Strictly , this game should be played by nine players , and nine only , but the actual number is not material to the ... hole belongs snatches the ball out and throws it at one of the others , who have meanwhile scattered in all ...
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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.