New Britain herald., 1924-05-09
Free Trip to Atlantic City to Be Given Best Player in Herald COntest-Al Sharpshooters Eligible.

Young man, or young lady, of Is years or under-have you read about the Ringer marble tournament which is going to be held in New Britain under the auspices of the Herald" and the Junior Achieve ment Foundation? If you have not we are going to explain again all about it. because we want to have the best marble player in the city win the tournament so that we can send either girl or boy to Atlantic City for a week in June, in company with someone picked out by the winner, to enter the national marble cham pionship there and try to bring back the winners cup to New Britain. If you have read about it study the rules which we are printing down below, so that you may know all of the fine points of the game.
 First, we are going to talk to those who have not read about the tour nament--and we are going to talk very briefly. There is going to be a tournament in this city, starting very soon. A series of preliminary games is going to be played in different parts of the city and the winners of there games are going to play against each other for. the city championship The winner Of the city championship matches is going to get prize, a medal, and the person who comes next to winning is going 10 get a second prize, another medal. Also the winner is going to be allowed to pick someone to 20 with him or her and will be sent to Atlantic City for . week (June 1 to D with all eX- penses paid. Down by the seashore accommodations have been reserved in some of the biggest hotels. there will be surf bathing and all kinds of sport in addition to the playing of the national marble tournament for the championship of the United States. Some 60 boys and girls from as many different cities will be there to compete. All that is necessary to enter the city championship is to sign an entry blank tclipped from the "Herald") and to see that It gets to the Herald" or to W. W. T. Squire of the Junior Achievement Foundation in the old Burritt school Remember, the game is easy if you have a good eye for marbles. Entries will be limited to 800. Clip the blank and send it in. Now for the rules of the game and it's express sions.
 Tho ringer system of play was chosen because it was found to be a test of skill and science. It brought out the best sportsmanship. IL re- duced the elements of chance to e minimum.
 A half million boys and girls learned and played ringer in the first National Marble Tournament year ago, and liked it h was found to call for the best in the players, not cnly in technique, but in the stuff that makes for fine boys and girls.
 Vocabulary.
 This is the vocabulary of the game:
 "'Taw" or "Shooter"--Marble shot from hand of player in the game.
 Ducks" or 'Miggs" placed in ring 10 be shot at.
 "Knuckle Down''--Resting knuckles on ground when shooting.
 Shooting" n Holding taw between thumb and first finger and releasing it by force Of thumb.
 "Hunrhing" Moving hand for- ward across line when shooting. Cror- bidden).
 'Histing" = Raising hand from ground in shooting. tForbidden).
 "Roundsters" - Taking a different position for shooting, on ring line only.
 Lag nne"-Iine formed by mark on ground 10 feet away from tagging points f'N h..