Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-07
BRAND NEW GAMES
FROM PHILIPPINES !

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by the fact that they form great
part of the athletic programmes in
the Philippines, to which possession
the members here viii be indebted.
and that aside from their athletic va
Tue they present a novel side that II
bound to appeal to the youths of this
section.
1.-THE games suggested are termed
rooster fight, day and night, wand
wrestling, pig-a-back relay, crab re-
lay, Indian wrestling and obstacle re-
lay. z. -
HUMAN Rooster Fight.
& In rooster fight a ring Is drawn
about. twelve feet in diameter. Each
captain takes his turn In putting forth
a contestant for a man from the other
side to meet The.two fighters stand
on one foot Oh opposite sides of the
ring and at the command Col" hop
into each other with folded arms. The
contestant who is first forced entirely
out of the ring or who touches his
other foot to the ground or who un-
folds his arms loses. This is kept
up until one side is defeated.
In day and night two parallel lines
are drawn across the field with a
space of ten feet between them, which
is neutral ground. The players line
up on each side Of this neutral terri
tory A block of wood having six or
more sides, an even number being ne--
cessary, is used, which is painted with
half its sides white and half black.
The referee rolls the object down the
center of the neutral territory. When
1t finally comes to a rest; il the white
side is up the team known as the
white team must turn and run for the
goal fifty feet away at the end of the
ground, the other team giving chase.
Anyone captured Gagged on the back
is considered out of the game and his
team must continue with those not
captured. The team first reduced to
three men or less loses.
The Wand Wrestling.
The contestants in wand wrestling
are put forth nv their respective cap
tains as in the rooster fight and In
dian wrestling. They sit on the ground
facing each other with the soles of
their feet against each other. The
wand or stick is grasped by each man
with both hands. At the word "Go!"
each man leans backward and pulls
as hard as possible, the loser being
the first man who is pulled to his
feet.
For Indian wrestling the men chos-
en- by their respective captains lie on
their backs, right side to right side,
with adjacent arms locked and with
the right hand on the shoulders of
the opponent At the count "One,"
the adjacent legs are brought up in
an upright position; at 1.-TWO" the
the same and at Three" the legs are
interlocked. The contestant who is
forced to roll over from his position
loses.
Pig-a-back relay consists of lining
up the opposing teams in relay posi-
ton, with the exception of one man
on each team, who stands at the OPP
posite goal. At the word Co" this
man runs to the starting line and gets
man No. on his back and carries
him to the opposite goal. AS he
reaches the goal No. dismounts, re-
turns to the starting point and gets
No. on his back, whom he carries
to the goal exactly as he himself was
carried. This continues until the last
man has been carried to the goal. He
then dismounts and runs back to the
starting point.
Fun In Crab Relay.
In crab relay the opposing teams
line up in relay position. Opposite
each team at a distance of thirty feet
there is drawn a circle three feet in