Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 37
trikes at theball in tiu-n; while the ball is passing from the pitcher to a,if it be missed, or after it is struck, the first player gets tothe next or a further goal, if possible, without being struck.If he can only get to c,_or d, the second runs to b only, or c,as the case may be, and a third… … CUP AND BALL. In this game there is no infusion of chance, the wholeinterest of the game lying in the dexterity of the player.The cup is a piece of wood or ivory, with a poiut at oneend and a cup—the shallower andsmaller the better—at the other.The ball is solid, with the excep-tion of a hole,…
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