This game is played with balls and Indian clubs—half as many as there are players. Bean bags may be used instead of balls. A score is decided upon, and an umpire keeps the record. Each player, in throwing, tries to knock down a club, and this club counts for one or more, up to the number decided upon by the players.
STRING BALL
The players stand in a circle around the ball, which is hung by a string—in the open—from the branch of a tree. A player tries to strike it with her hand. Another tries to catch it before she strikes it again. If the ball is not caught the player scores one. She plays until it is caught. Each has a turn.
CHAPTER XVI
PASTIMES FOR CHILDREN
SUN DIAL—MOTHER, MAY I PLAY?—BLIND MAN'S BUFF—TUG OF WAR—VARIOUS BALL GAMES
SUN DIAL
Draw a large circle; intersect this with lines like the spokes of a wheel, dividing it into twelve sections, and number them.
Put a blindfolded player in the center for a hub, and turn him about a number of times, as is done in "Blindman's Buff." He then walks about. The number of the space he stops upon, after repeating a silly verse to the end, is put upon his score card. If he goes outside the circle, even with one foot, he receives no points.
The player who gets the greatest number of points in a given time, wins the game.