The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 690
thod is for the strikerto try to hit the ball so hard thatthe cord will be wound one or moretimes around the branch or stick towhich it is fastened. Each has but one trial at a time, and scores asmany points as the cord makes turnsaround the branch. The cord isunwound after each trial so that… … String-sticks.—Fig. i, pass directly through the top of thesticks, as it can be pulled back andforthby theends Aand B. A sharpknife can be passed down betweenthe sticks at C, apparently cuttingthe string, yet it can be pulled backand forth as before. The second il-lustration shows the real arrange-
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