Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-12-21
FREMONT SANDUSKY COUNTY, OHIO DECEMBER o. 1866
A Match Game of ssQuoits.u

BY "GRIS.
Two young gentleman of this city went
out to "piseh G;a;citts" yesterday afternoon,
and we went out to report it. We are not
a sporting gpaper-except for the fun ofthe
thing; yet we do not intend to allow i'm
portant matches to pass without noticing
them.
These young men are ambitious to be
considered men of muscle. They have
practiced lifting good deal. One of them
can lift good sized beefsteak, besides
vegetables, with his teeth. He did it the
other day at the St Charles. If they had
not watched him, he would have lifted
their silver spoons too. The other can
stand flour barrel on one end with his
friend inside, and, raising the barrel up
with one hand, hold it out at arms length !
The barrel, we may remark incidentally,
has no heads in it.
Having heard that QUOT pitching was
capital exercise for the developing of mus
Gle, they procured some quoits, and seek
ing vacant and retired lot made up
game for a "pus." After spirited discus
sion, in which they both took the same
side, they decided on rolling hub instead
of fixed one, and laying off their coats,
the game commenced. Each of them had
a small boy to carry the quoits. and there
were three referees on the ground. They
tossed up for the "irst PITCH" and one of
them got 1.-THE stubbed his toe and pitched
on his nose. Referees decided that be had
his pitch and number two took the
'quates.'
He threw the first quot over a garden
fence, eight yards to the right of the hub,
and the second QUOT slipping out of his
hand flew backward, doubling up one of
the referees, whom it struck in the pit Of
the stomach. Loud cries from the pit.
Small boy got over the fence to get the
quot and was arrested by the proprietor
for trespass. Boy bailed out with milk
stool, while the man went for an officer.
No one pitched his frame First quot
hit hen serenely sitting under the fence.
Cries of toVlp He took deliberate aim
with the second quot and lanched it at
the hub.
Hes hit the hubp yelled his hackers,
exultingly; but an investigation proved
that he had hit the hub of broken down
cart wheel by the side of the street, and
odds were no longer offered in his favor.
The referees got clothes line to measure
the distance from the hub, but they had to
splice on a BEDFORD and cistern-pole.
They decided that both pitchers were dis
tanced,' the rules of the game requiring
that in order to count, the QUOT must be
within fifteen rods ard back yard of the
hub. The pitchers of quoits were then re-
freshed with a pitcher of beer.
1t became No. two's shot He took the
Eight red quot in his hand, drew it up to
his eye and sighted across it at the pale
white hub. He shot and 'pocketed his
quot in newly excavated cellar across
the street. He landed the other quot
under bridge. No one objected. He
said he barred the bridge
1t was No ones innings He came up
to the scratch little 'groggy' from pitch
ing in too much beer. When he began
to take his usual deliberate aim the referees
took the precaution to rally on the hub so
rs to be out of the way.
A man who was saving wood about a
square away, received the QUOT on the top
of his head, but sa'O stars. He says quoits
don't strike him favorably. Wood sawyer
brought in the quot and laid it on the
hub, scratching one. That one was the
referee.
1t now became No. ones move He
threw 'skewing' quot barking the shins
of some boys who had climbed on the
fence to be out of the way, and making
pursuing caroom' on the tees of gouty
old gentleman who was passing.
He tried to throw the other QUOT be-
yond the hub, so as to draw back on it,
but there wasn't chalk enough on the
leather of hisshoes; his heels flew up and
down he same. The referee ordered him
up but he said he would refer to pass
AT this stage No. 2 claimed the game,
because No. l had not won it. A referee
who held the sponge swallowed it to pre-
vent deciding the game, but an emetic
was promptly administered to him by the
bottle holder, which compelled him to
Mroao up the sponge.
The victor is to be presented with pair
of gold-hsaded quoits, inlaid with pearl,
and silver mounted hub