New Britain herald., 1925-04-22
OPENING CONTEST
 ON MONDAY, MAY 1
First Clash for Marble Cham-
 piOnship Coming Soon

Everything Is in readiness for the first match game of the Herald Junior Achievement marble shooting contest which will take place at the Osgood Hill school at S:SO T, m, Monday, May 4th, IL IS not known just how many boys and girls in the city have been listening on WBz at Springfield from which station twice recently coaching talks on marbles have been broadcast. but for the benefit of those who are still a little rusty we continue the rules and in- structions of which the first two items appears in yesterdays Herald.
 Rule ,. Playing Regulations
 Soc. l. Marbles knocked out of the ring shall be picked up by the player who knocks thcm out.
 Sec. ., Whenever marble or shooter comes to rest on inc ring line, if it's center is outside the ring. or exactly on the ring line, 1t shall be considered out Of the ring; if its center is insile the ring. it shall be considered inside the ring.
 Sec. 3. A player hitting an op- ponent's shooter inside the ring, but not knocking it out, shall pick Up any marble he chooses, and shall proceed to shoot if his own shooter remains within the ring. However, be shall not hit the same opponents shooter until after he hits another shooter, or knocks a marble out of the ring, or he comes around to his next turn 10 shoot.
 Sec. 4. A player knocking an op- ponent's shooter out of the ring shall be entitled to all the marbles won by that opponent, but the op- ponent whose shooter has been knocked out continues in the game except that: If the opponent who was knocked out of the ring had not scored any marbles. then he is out of the game, or killed" but the player who knocked him out then shall not be entitled to pick up it marble for the shot.
 Sec. !. If a shooter knocks out two or more marbles. or hits an op- ponent's shooter, or hits two op~ ponents' shooters, or completes any other combination play, he shall be entitled to all the points scored on the shot.
 Sec. 6. When shooter slips from a players hand, if the referee is con- vinced it is a slip and if the shooters | did not travel more than 10 inches, or if it did not hit another shooter or marble, the referee may order mo play" and permit the player 10 shoot again. The referees decision is final.
 Sec. ', The game shall end when the last marble is shot out, no mat ter whether the shooter of the play CT knocking it out remains inside the ring or not.
 Rule ". Scoring
 See. 1. For each marble knock ed out by player, he shall be cred- tied with the score of one.
 Sec. 2. For each time q player 1 hits the shooter Of an opponent. and does not knock 1t out of the ring, l he shall be credited with the score of one.
 Sec. 3. For each time player knocks an opponents shooter out of the ring, he shall be credited with all the marbles previously scored by 1 the hit opponent.
 Sec. 4. The player having credit ed to him the largest number of marbles at the completion of a game shall be the winner Of that game.
 Sec. 5. In games where more than two players are engaged, of two or more players lead with the samo score, those in the tie shall play a new game to break the tie.
 Sec. 6. A player refusing to con tinue a game, once it is started, shall be disqualified, and if only two players are engaged, the game shall be forfeited to the offended payer.
 Sec. :. The score of a forfeited game shall be l3-0.
 Rule V-Officials
 Sec. 1. The officials shall he q referee and a scorer, if a scorer is available, otherwise the referee shall also keep score.
 Sec. 2. The referee shall have complete charge of the play, He shall interpret these rules and have power to make decisions on any points not specifically covered by