The playground and the parlour: a handbook of boys\ games, sports, and amusements (1868)
Alfred Elliott. · leaf 54
THE DATS OF THE WEEK. 55 whom the cap Jits, who takes' out the ball, and endeavours to hit one of the fugitives with it. If he can do so, the boy so struck has a pebble or " egg" placed in his cap, and takes his turn in pitching the ball ; but if he fails, he earns an egg, throws again, and… … goes out, and when all but one have been struck off, the " last man " is considered the victor, and commences the punishment of the losers. Thus, each player in rotation bounces the ball against the wall with all his force, and then places himself against the wall with his right arm stretched out,…
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