The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-14
RULES ARE SET
FOR CITY-W|DE
MARBLES MEET
School Champions VIII Be
Chosen in Tournament
Starting March "a.


"Knuche down" you marble
shooters, to study Of the rules
printed here for conduct Of the
city-wide marble tournament, under
auspices Of the city recreation de-
partment and The Indianapolis
Times.
Clip out these rules right now,
fellows, and start practicing for the
school matches, which will be run
of the week Of March "a, under
direction Of Boy Scouts.
School champions will be grouped
in contests in city parks, with semi
FINALS at Fall creek and Thirtieth
s.reet April 5. Finals viii be
tagged at the same place Saturday,
April II.
David Kilgore, city recreational
director. is the Big Shooter" of
ne tournament. Thousands of
school boys under Is will partici-
pate. A handsome loving cup will
De awarded the school attended by
The lad who wins the city-wide
championship. Private or parochial
schools interested in participating
are asked to communicate with
Kilgore at Room BOB, city hall.
Rules Are Given
Here are the rules. Clip and
keep them. Watch The Times for
further tourney announcements.
Players shall provide their own
shooters. which may be OF any material
except metal Shooters shall be spherical,
not less than one-half inch nor more
than seven-eighths inch in diameter.
2-Marbles shall be made OF baked clay
as the ordinary commercial article, Of
any color and spherical, fye-eighths inch
in diameter. They shall be furnished by
the committee.
3-The ring shall be 10 feet In diameter
Inside measurements and marked by
groove at least one-haf inch deep and
one-half inch wide. The 13 marbles
shall be placed on two crossed lines,
painted white. fvs-eighths inch wide and
10 inches long conferred in the ring. Mar
bIes to be placed three inches apart on
each cross line. with one at crossing of
lines.
4-Play shall be by one pair to each
circle. who shall lag or pink for turns.
Players will lag for q line marked on the
ground from a distance OF ten feet for
tho order Of their turns in each game.
PLAYER tossing shooter nearest the line
gets first choice.
Each Knuckles Down
s-stcrjiug the game, each player IN
turn kuuckie5 down on the ring line and
shoots by letting if possible, aiming to
knock one or more Of the marbles out
O. the ring
c-C1c or more marbles knocked out o.
the ring are credited to the player knock
ing them out and the player continues TO
shoot from tie spot where shooter comes
20 rest. Marbles Knocked only part way
out OF tac ting viii De permitted to be
shot at 4 PLAYER whose shooter goes
outside OF 'he ring shall be allowed 10
keep marbles KNOCKED out. but must await
his mex .url-
On knocking marble from ring an1
shooter coming 10 rest w,tr.n thc circle
3Iaver shall continue 10 shoot from where
shooter comes 10 rest. II after miss
tho shooter comes 10 rest inside the rins
tbs shooter ahau be left Ia ring and II
successfully hit by another player and
knocked from the ring. all marbles t2at
have been Won By the PLAYER whose
shooter Is knocked OUT shall be given
10 the player vino knocked him out
nlaver hits another players shooter
shat has been left within The ring, but
4oss rot knock him out. he viii be al
loved to pics I'D one marble frcm the
ring al thc conclusion Of his snot-
s-A marble CT shooter coming 70 rest
exactly Oh the ring line shall be con-
gi5sred rs cut but marble With ITS
point Of contact resting on the ground IN
side the ring lis considered sim IN the
ring. --,..- r. none
a-V-hea s. marble is knocked from
.rozs line and comes 10 rest nearer the
ing line. 1t may be shot at from any
angle
fo-rbs scorer shall count all marbles
Zach PLAYER scores and the player hrst
obtaining seven t7) marbles shall &c &c
elared the winner Of TIE game
11-Plavers shall knuckls down on al
-,o+s and when called by the referee
.bo shot shall come as turn and the
-eferee sna1 respot all marbles moved
Io-vunchine shall not be permitted
"a uren called By the referee, shaA
respot al marbles moved -
1s-71avers shall not pick Up marDie'
-nooth or otherwise resrrange the ground
-rhs referee may provide clearanees Oh
-s,Yest. Penalty fo- violation oi ms
rsls shall be the loss of the next sHo'
or turn -..-,o-
iEcoachine Is forbidden. contender
,r.o Is riven coaching from the sloe lines
win Be warned and II repeated the coach
,riu be removed from among spectators
or The contender viii be barred from the
tournament Each contestant shall nc
allowed one retriever. who may not signal
Referee To Re Named
fs-The tournament committee shall Sc
lect E referee who shall have entire charge
Of the game. The referees decision ShaA
be hnal IN au cases Of disagreement.
ls-Any one Is eligible who Will not yet
be IS years Of age on June /
The game Of marbles is played by two
OF more PLAYERS Who IN turn snap large
shooter fronn the hand by a quick ex-
tension Of the thumb aiming at a group
of thirteen marbles placed ST three inch
Intervals IN tx) formation near the cen
ter Of a ten-foot circle. This circle may
he deep scratch in any level dirt or clay
surface The first player who knocks
seven marbles from the ring wins the
game.
A tournament IS any definite series of
games. IN the semi-hnals and finals the
contestants are paired; the winner OF
tWo games cut OF three in preliminary
matches stays in, the loser dropping out.
The winner in semi-hnal matches must
vim three cut OF five games ard the hnal
us-1a- --vsA v-i- four o,ft NJ sever, games