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BY MARVIN DANA.
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More than a score of years ago square
and circle of small golf was popular out
door game In England. Indeed, 1t vet re-
tains its popularity in many districts, and
In others is played occasionally to vary
the monotony of more familiar sports. 1t
country
The game is at once simple and de-
lightful 1t has some OF the cha aracteris-
tics of golf and offers an excellent oppor-
tunity for training to a mastery OF the
latter ravorite pa slime. Not the least offs
advantages is found in the fact that, like
golf. IL admits OF variation in the area OF
the ground played over, while a smooth
surface is not essential.
Whatever the size of the ground deter
| mined, 1t must be laid out as nearly as
possible in square. The diagram sho ws
the method used in marking the ground
For example, the space chosen might
be ten yards square. In that event. the
center circle would be abou, a half yard
| In diameter, the others of the same size.
| Each of the squares would be one yard
| square. In any other extent of playing
| surface the relative area of the parts
| would be the same.
Each Of the pla yers must be equipped with
a mallet, as in croquet, a hockey stick or a
| golf stick. There is no necessity for uni
formity among the players. One may pre-
| fer the mallet, another d curved stick
Each may be guided by his own taste.
fe p-,rl ~ ;.,I, l.,
hard and about the size of the regulation
baseball.
The number of pla yers may be any num-
Der, from two to eight. An explanation OF
the game as pIa -ed by the last named team
will be easier.
The eight are divided into two sides of
four each By any Of the methods usual
In other games 1t is determined which side
will be in" The in side then occupies
the circles A, B, C and d, the ''out'' side
taking the four squares. When all are in
position the player at A strikes the ball
toward B, try;ngtO drive it withinthe circle.
II he is successful in this attempt, the
player at B, in his turn, drives the ball
toward c. The player at C, If the shot be
accurate, sends the ball to ID, If possible.
The player at ID must then drive it to o.
If this is done, the game is won. In the fol-
lowing game the positions of the two sides
are reversed. OF course, with ordinary
players on an ordinary ground, success is
| nevereasy. 1t israrely that it is done under
the most adva nta geous circumstances.
1t is in the failure of the strokes that
causes of battle lie, and these are or
dinarily such as to make the game not
only amusing, but exciting as we'll. II
the player at A fails in his shot the paly
err at 1 has the ball, and taking it to
his square, drives it toward 2. II the
ball gains that square, the ''out" side
continues with it, endeavoring to send
it from square to square, until the center
is reached, when the game is won by
that side. The rule is Mat whenever u
player fails in shot, the player Of the
opposite side, whose location is nearest
the balls stopping place, gains posses
sion OF the ball for the next shot The
most important positions are those of the
players at and ID Since II. when they
gain the ball, they fail to place it In o,
they lose the winning stroke. and the
| player of the opposite side nearest whom
the ball is, gains the mastery of the
ball.
Inc Dall must never De touched dtteT
| it is driven until it has fully stopped.
If it is interfered with while in motion,
the last player may repeat his shot II
the ball passes beyind the limits of the
course at any time 1t is next played
from the square or circle nearest the
point " here it left the ground.
When only two players are engaged in the
| game, one occupies In turn all the circles
the other all the squares, according to the
| requirements of the game. Any other num-
ber, less than eight, appnrtions two OF
more squares or circles to each player, as
may Unnecessary. The game can be played
by an odd number by the proper allotment
| OF squares.
| Th.ss games constitute an ordinary set
on large ground, five on smaller one
Usually 1t will he found sufficient il the
| squares and circles only are marked out
as the side lines can be determined witt
proper accuracy by sighting from the
marked corners.
The popularity of golf m akes ii reasonable
to suppose that this game would win favor
The fact that it can be played on rongi
GROUND. without the even lawn necessary
for croauet and tennis, is of much impor'
Itance Lct.those who love outdoor sport:
ltry the game and they will find in 1t cx'
i ,i Tie lest sort for both body an.
mind