Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
PLANS FOR OlDEN SPORTS
Continued from rirs, rake

-iivt VAS not moro than 100 yards.
Richmond College students have hcc,
asked "a bc the noblcmen in these trsts.
Trap stick Will be another sport for
TIC Mcclure students This game is
p!:N"d by placing q forhcd stick in
'hr ground with another stick resting
between the forks, on" end on the
ground on which the ball was placed
rne Of tho party struck the opposite
end with 4 hr'Skct hone. Thc bali "a
20 certain distance ami fan within
boundary.
Eariey Rrak" is mixed game and
N'il he nlaycd br The young men and
women "f Richmond and Wcsthunpton
College. The game was played with
tic ground divided uto three equal
parts. The center WAS called hell and
thc ohjcc, was "a get out ny catching
parties passing thrcS2h from one end
TO another. Miss Cr"uShaw. Of Rich
:r"nd College, will have charge
Fowls might u" called the grand
father Of bowling I, was INDUCED
In hv the nobility. The jack WINS :;
small hal! ~ the cud OF the green and
each player would 'oil hs ball down
20 the tack Some 9th" balls were
loaded and We're called bias balls THIS
game was also played with six pius IN
row OF unequal sig. and the pins
were Knocked down ny q crudgri Each
hin counted q point. and thirty points
=
the rib Of :. COW. Mr. Ford. the chair.
man. VIII have three greens laid or
~ the site OF the pageant; Tie mem
bers OF tho court Of the queen and tho
mobiles viii engage In this recreation.
PREP school. LADS
WILL. TRY tKCUEKN
John Marshall High school. Roncdc-
zinc College. Richmond College. ard
Mcclure students. w!l; be the comtes
~ No, '.ci M.
BOWS were the famous long bows which
,hc Anglo Saxon race were danger
ously proficient In using I'll" target Is
the hut. II stump OF tree, divided Into
three parts "!on' is placed In the
middle and around the clcuts IS painted
white. Shakespeare las a half hundred
quotations in his works Of the skill OF
the archere. II atavison is worth an"
thing. then some OF the descendants
Of the skilled archers Of Shakespearc's
day who are now living In Virginia
should hc able 20 split tho clou,. Or.
spence VIII Instruct The boys who are
"a try their skin
BALLOON ua'I va" diversion enjoy
ed by The squire, ana Tie nap."s II
ell wi,h the hands or with Z. wooden
-"ddic, ar even kicked with the fo"'
,nl,in: Was ho:s sport and NJ
hoops held n; dffcrert heights hcIi
ny two boys Miss Dic,ria hsoa viii
bc the instructor.
forms. Thc FRS, IN wIi>h tie on
tos;an, Was allowed Only 20 take h"Id
- ~" body between the hcqa and
sn ouldcrs \ fall consisted % on"
shoulder or on" foot touching TIE
ground.
The. other FORM ono man upon the
shoulders Of The other. would try 10
I'slodrc his opponent from the shout
dcrs OF the man holding him. There
MI nc FOUR G-oups OF about s!N,ccr
men WHO WHY tax" rart Ar Ford. ~
he y. 81, c !, VIII select and train
tho men
The Boy Scouts Will PLAY lie old and
.avorl.e game Of Hves r. IS corii.i-
nation 90 hand bail and tennis. TAe
piace FOR the contest vas q square
contestants hattea IL" ball from ono
"a the other over string stretched
NcGilrs Ca,hol,c Union w'il hav.
charge Of one ~ tho Nulqne spor,. on
he grounds. u Is called cock throw.
ing and suDplanted cock fighting 4
cock was placed ia 1T cnrthen YES
81. It's head sticking out one sid. and
h!s tail I've oth:r hc!uE suspcrdch
Snout fourteen feet from Tie ground
aud twenty Fcct from thu thro,vcr
Two pcnc" were charged for -Four
ai-o~s andS!f the vesscl was hi, ,n.
sock became his. There viii lie -Four
ap!accs on the ground tol this enur,
und the puhlic VIII be invited