The sun., 1910-05-03
ENGLAND'S "BOY SCOUTS"
Games mat General Baaea-PUweIlS TSSms
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From ne spectator
Here IL q game which has az the elemenls
Of sound training In attack and defence.
lt IL called -NumbeFs- and Il h recon-
mended for training the syesight and teach
ING the art Of ADVANCING under cover. The
players are divided into two parties. .
patrol 20 defend the camp and an attack-
ING force 10 advance on the camp. taking
al possible advantage Of covert Each
scout has a three figure number pinned on
TIE front Of his hat the figures are IN black.
three inches hiRh. - a. 10 be dlscernihla
o. q hundred Yards distance. No one may
take oh his hat or move his number o. con-
ceal II With his hand When the attacking
force advances. trying throughout 70 ap-
DEoach the defenders In the camp without
being seen. each side tries 20 read the num-
bers on the hats of the others. which can
only ~ done. Of course. when the hats ara
exposed. Each side has an umpire. and
when q number Is read correctly the owner
n the number u marked down a. shoa and
dead when the parties are atty yards
apart the umpire calls out the names Of
those Who have been shot. and only the rest
are allowed 10 continue. the attackers then
rush over the open space and the defsnders
read their numbers ~ fast as they can. n
saved. There are obvious possibilities here
for training others than boy scouts - there
are In the game called Deer stalking
The deer /, the scout master, and hs u
stRlked nv his scouts Ne doea not hids.
hut stinds. occasionally moving. and whsn
he sees a scout moving he calls 10 him -
stand up as havinE failed when Time "a
called an the scSuts stand NJ and the near.
sst 10 tho -de-r" wins
What could be better than Despatch
Running'l 4 despatch il known 20 bs about
- he sent - q certain spot In q town. tav
veil known building. witch h supposed
- ee essieGSd 70. p,sce: ne , snsmy. tfy,ns
around the building, but may not 20 nearer
10 u then. ~ay. 30 yards Al thai they
know is thst the despatch runner wih start
Ss,r Ssse i - aTs pTsysn, him iron % brSsEinS inG
through their Gordon. al that the de-
spntch runner has 70 dots ~ wear = colorsi
rag ~ least two feet long pinned cn hn
shoulder. We may adopt any disguise
except that Of q woman. and n he reaches
bis eoal with his raG pinned TO his shoulder
he has s0n
Wool Collecting" sounds e. n Il might
provide employment for the most irnbecils
but it 4 game which needs eyes and brains
4 trail q wool IA laid acruss country. small
pieces n chean wool not NJ the hrighteai
ss,. s d Ss.. Sn ne s,,TSs. SS9SSa % ST ss 20 %
~ intervals N about twenty yards Then
2 Two or more patrols set out 20 hit % TBS
Z trah When q scout eeea a piece of WOOL -
4 gives his patrol call. 20 that The 0theTn mAv
kRos where he traI has been hit oh and
he then hands over he WOOL 70 be rairo
leader A. the end of The run the patrol
wins which has collected most riecss of Woo
l with false tracks here and there the Earh.
erinG ~ wO0l would test the tracker's ab-
servs'ion preiiy severely ENcepi icr ne
tracked. The game has dozen advantages
chase
It's true tha, some of the ssmes are only
played wiih he SnsaisdEs ' and YSs psrrnissicn
Of the boys pareHts-the Rsmea which are
- be plaved a. night. for example Tbs
Escaped smoker y a good specimen
an inveterate smoker the first thing he does
| h 10 buy a large supply Of cigareites ard
/ matches On a dark night = message
brought - the scouts thai he has been ss.n
| IN q wood close BY aiill smoking Ths
/ boys have 10 aurround the wnod, and fhs
/ man tuho must not b. 4 scout. for SCOUTS
do not anokei has 10 keep hi cigarette 70
Lall view Snd w slriks : match mattel svsry S,' ,hr'e
masters would approve n this sort NJ ever;
cse after Lookup Nor. perhaps. would al
parents wslconne The Whale Huns
In the Whale Hunt hig log of wood y
placed half Wsy between two hGrb0rs abau,
= mile apaFt In each harboF 4 . crsW vitha
boat and on a given signal the rrevs roE
! out n harpo0n the whale ~ they arrive
~ the whale together both hnFpoon II AM
then each CTeW tries 10 tOw tho whale and
the other crew home This sounds az Y y
| would BE- a Fniher strenuous occupatioa,
and a. In the description % the Eame yon
are warned that -on no account mus' vou
throw your spear ever the other hoai N
I over he heads ~ your crew. We imagine
I that parents watching the atruGqies ~ ne
! ahale from the shore might hscnHe annioca
I The moat cheerful vicg Which the distressed
| parent could lake world ~ thai IN case n an
! aCcident with the hafpnon ai boy ecou'.
/ are supposed 20 be familiar with methods n
nFst ad But the Whale Hunt- doubtless
= meant rather Tor the 5oyt ~ training shins
than Tor casual visitors 10 the eeashore
Most nf the Gamea described are unai.
I tended By aRy risks except thooe which ~
! boys lke % run and ought 20 run one =.
I thoae least attended With danger puEgles ~
allttle Scouts are ordered o run 70 r hnard-
ne Hhefe there u an umpire feanT 70
time them The umnire Fivea them
minute. and then they have 70 run back ana
! report al that there was on the hnarnhH
10 the wnv ~ advertisements IhN
called -MnrRan's Game kim would ha'e
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