The player selected to kick the ball must send it at least ten yards
November 19, 2008 on 8:00 pm | In Sports Web | No Commentsinto the opponent”s camp, and it is usually sent as much farther as
the judgment of the kicker directs
The player selected to kick the ball must send it at least ten yards
into the opponent”s camp, and it is usually sent as much farther as
the judgment of the kicker directs. When the ball comes sailing over
into their ranks the enemy catch it and either return it by a kick or
one of them runs with the ball.
While ‘it’ is counting, with his eyes closed and his head bent, his
November 19, 2008 on 6:00 pm | In Sports Web | No Commentscompanions start off and conceal themselves in the neighborhood as
best they can
While ‘it’ is counting, with his eyes closed and his head bent, his
companions start off and conceal themselves in the neighborhood as
best they can. When the count is up, and it is all too soon for the
half hidden boys, ‘it’ goes out to find them. Any hider who can run
and touch the goal before ‘it’ shouts: ‘In free,’ and he is free. But
if ‘it’ spies a boy, then shouts the boy”s name and reaches home
first, that boy is caught.
are fast superceding the old-time kind, and they are quite as easy to
November 19, 2008 on 4:00 pm | In Sports Web | No Commentsmake and are much easier to manage
are fast superceding the old-time kind, and they are quite as easy to
make and are much easier to manage. Here are directions for making it:
They can be made in different sizes and flied tandem, from twenty to
hundreds of feet apart. The longitudinal stick should be of strong
spruce, sixty inches in length and about three-eighths or one-half
inch in width and thickness. It can be of any size, if these
proportions are maintained. The cross-piece should be a similar stick
and of equal length. When in position it is slightly bent, say four
per cent, of its length. The frame should be of light spruce, the same
size as the cross-pieces. Care must be taken to have the angles right.
When the frame is finished, cover loosely with manila paper, so that
there will be some concavity on the face of the kite on each side
below the cross-stick, so that it will belly like a sail; bind the
edges with thin wire which stretches less than string. This kite will
fly in a very light breeze. The string, particularly if you have a
tandem, should be flexible and strong. In a stiff breeze, and with
more than one kite, it is well to have a reel, as in a fishing rod,
for hauling in.
A friend assures me that he has mended a punctured tire with chewing
November 19, 2008 on 2:00 pm | In Sports Web | No Commentsgum
A friend assures me that he has mended a punctured tire with chewing
gum. Now I do not think well of the chewing gum habit, but if the
stuff can be found to have better uses, I am not the one to discourage
it. So it might be well to carry a supply to fill punctured tires.
This is said to be the way to use it. Let all the air out of the tire,
then with a flat piece of wood force the gum into the hole–of course
the gum must be ‘chewed’ first to make it soft. Plaster some over the
hole, then bind the place with a strip of rag on your handkerchief.
This done, pump in the air and ride with care.
Boys from our cities have even a greater desire to get back to the
November 19, 2008 on 12:00 pm | In Sports Web | No Commentsheart of Mother Nature than have country boys, perhaps because they
find a greater novelty in the forests, the streams and the
untrammelled conditions of our primitive ancestors
Boys from our cities have even a greater desire to get back to the
heart of Mother Nature than have country boys, perhaps because they
find a greater novelty in the forests, the streams and the
untrammelled conditions of our primitive ancestors. But even the boy
brought up on the farm heartily enjoys the freedom of the camp, and he
takes naturally to all its requirements.
This consists of half a dozen circular wooden boxes, one within the
November 19, 2008 on 10:00 am | In Sports Web | No Commentsother, the outer box having much the appearance, but being nearly
double the size, of an ordinary tooth-powder box, and the smallest
being just large enough to contain a quarter
This consists of half a dozen circular wooden boxes, one within the
other, the outer box having much the appearance, but being nearly
double the size, of an ordinary tooth-powder box, and the smallest
being just large enough to contain a quarter. The series is so
accurately made that, by arranging the boxes in due order one within
the other, and the lids in like manner, you may, by simply putting on
all the lids together, close all the boxes at once, though they can
only be opened one by one.
which raise such a racket from the trees, particularly at night and
November 19, 2008 on 8:00 am | In Sports Web | No Commentsafter the middle of July, are rather hard to get, but they pay for the
trouble, particularly if you want to tempt pike or pickerel
which raise such a racket from the trees, particularly at night and
after the middle of July, are rather hard to get, but they pay for the
trouble, particularly if you want to tempt pike or pickerel.
In learning to run, breathe as in walking, keeping the body slightly
November 19, 2008 on 6:00 am | In Sports Web | No Commentsbent forward, and the elbows gripped close to the sides
In learning to run, breathe as in walking, keeping the body slightly
bent forward, and the elbows gripped close to the sides. Under no
circumstances start out by competing with any one, or by trying to run
against time. Such a course will result in final failure, and may
bring on a serious injury.
There is no small boat so popular or so generally useful as the
November 19, 2008 on 4:00 am | In Sports Web | No CommentsAmerican catboat
There is no small boat so popular or so generally useful as the
American catboat. The cat can sail into the very eye of the wind,
while before the wind she is a flier, and yet she is not the best sail
boat for a beginner. Let me tell you why: First, the sail is heavy and
so it is hard to hoist and reef. Second, in going before the wind
there is constant danger of jibing with serious results. Third, the
catboat has a very bad habit of rolling when sailing before the wind,
and each time the boat rolls from side to side she is liable to dip
the end of her heavy boom in the water and ‘trip herself up.’ When a
boat trips up she does not necessarily go down, but she is likely to
upset, placing the young sailors in an unenviable, if not dangerous,
position. Fourth, when the craft begins to swagger before the wind she
is liable to ‘goose neck,’ that is throw her boom up against the
mast, which is another accident fraught with the possibilities of
serious mischief.
The brassie is much like the driver, except that it has a brass head
November 19, 2008 on 2:00 am | In Sports Web | No Commentsor plate on the hitting part
The brassie is much like the driver, except that it has a brass head
or plate on the hitting part. It is used for a good send when the ball
is in a favorable place.