Handbook of athletic games for players, instructors, and spectators, comprising fifteen major ball games, track and field athletics and rowing races (1916)
Bancroft, Jessie Hubbell, 1867-, Pulvermacher, William Dean · New York, Macmillan · leaf 553
sts. The distance is dividedbetween several runners, usually four, though thenumber is not invariable. Each of these runs a part ofthe distance, and touches the hand of the next runneron his team, who stands waiting for him, or handshim a baton. This touch-off is the signal for the nextplayer to… … 528 Relay Races and a team is disqualified (loses) if one of its playersstarts over the twenty-foot line without the touch-offor baton. DISTANCES AND TEAMS. — The total distancescovered in relay races vary from 300 yards to 4 miles.As this distance is divided between about four players,each is able…
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