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Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 356
rdian, or It, as quickly as possible replaces his drake, for he maynot tag any one until his drake is in place. There is always an appearance of danger in this gameon account of the flying bowlders, but the danger is onlyapparent and is nothing like, as real as it is in base-ball orfoot-ball.… … Fig. 268.—Brick Skittles. game unlawful. But after the law against nine - pins was passed the proprietors of the bowling alleys hung out signs 7>/z-pins played here, and as the law said nothing about ten-pins the authorities were unable to interfere. Ten-pins thus became the American game. At…
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