DIME BASE-BALL PLAYER FOR 1876.
Containing the Professional Club Records for 1875, of each individual club; also the Records of the Best Games played by each of the prominent Amateur Clubs of the country; together with the Scores of the Model Games played by each class of the fraternity during 1875. Also, full instructions in the new points of play, and the new codes of Playing Rules of the Amateur and Professional Associations, Batting and Pitching averages, etc. Edited by Henry Chadwick.
DIME BOOK OF CRICKET AND FOOTBALL.
A desirable Cricketer’s Companion, containing complete instructions in the elements of Bowling, Batting and Fielding; also the Revised Laws of the game; Remarks on the Duties of Umpires; the Mary-le-Bone Cricket Club Rules and Regulations; Bets, etc., etc. By Henry Chadwick, author of “Base-ball Player.”
DIME GUIDE TO SWIMMING.
Embracing all the rules of the art for both sexes. Illustrated. By Captain Philip Petersen.
The following is the contents:
Advisory Instructions, Rules upon entering the water, Temperature of the water, Temperature of the body, Time for the swim, the Start, Learning the Hand-stroke, Learning the Leg-stroke, General Directions for Attitude, Management of the Breath, Plunging, the Header, Leaping from a Hight, a Shallow Dive, Deep Diving, How to Come to the Surface, Swimming on the Back, the “Steamer,” Floating, Hand-over-hand Swimming, Swimming from a Boat, Precautions for a Short Swim, the Cramp, How to Swim in Times of Danger, the “Washing-tub,” “Creeping,” Sea-bathing—how to manage the Waves, the Tides, etc., A Chapter for the Ladies, A Specimen Female Swimming-school, How to Manage Cases of Drowning, Dr. Franklin’s “Code” for Swimmers, Concluding Remarks.
DIME HAND-BOOK OF YACHTING AND ROWING.
A Complete Manual of the Science and Practice of the two Pastimes.