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spectacle of so-called national games, Baseball and Football in America, Handball in Ireland, Pelota in Spain, and so on; but natural expression through games has always been and probably always will be infinitely varied, and should be if the psychology of the subject is to be taken as a guide.

In the arrangement of material there has many times been a strong temptation to classify the games by their historic, geographic, psychologic, or educational interests; by the playing elements contained in them; or by several other possible methods which are of interest chiefly to the academic student; but these have each in turn been discarded in favor of the original intention of making the book preëminently a useful working manual for the player or leader of games.

[Sidenote: Varying modes of play]

The same games are found not only in many different countries and localities, but under different names and with many variations in the form of playing them. This has necessitated a method of an

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align="right">139 Thimble Ring 194
Pass Ball Relay 395 Observation 139 Potato Race, 151 or 152 or Potato Shuttle Relay 154 Potato Race 151 or 152 Step 188 Tip Tap Toe 237

5A. Fifth Year (first half), (10-11 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE Arch Goal Ball 323 Basket Ball Distance Throw 329 Buzz 210 Club Snatch 72 Blackboard Relay 53 Drive Ball 375 Dumb-bell Tag 83 Dumb-bell Tag 83 Fire on the Mountains 86 Fox Trail, Double Rim 93 Going to Jerusalem 98 Japanese Tag 116 Jumping Rope—II 119 Kaleidoscope 122 Leader and Footer 127 My Lady's Toilet 138 (See also Spin the Platter) Over and Under Relay 392 Over and Under Relay 392 Stride Ball 407 Scat 234 Third Slap 195 Schoolroom Dodgeball 369 Triple Change 200 Wall Ball Drill 416

5B. Fifth Year (second half), (10-11 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE Ball Puss 327 Ball Puss 327 Balloon Goal 326 Balloon Goal 326 Baste the Bear 49 Black Tom 54 Circle Dodgeball 364 Blackboard Relay 53 Hound and Rabbit 107 Cat Party 217 How Many Miles to Babylon? 108 Jump the Bean Bag 311 Kaleidoscope 122 Kaleidoscope 122 Last Man 126 Leaf by Leaf 225 Passing Race 312 Passing Race 312 Pebble Chase 145 Stone 190 Toss Ball 412 Three Deep 196 (See also Third Man and Last Man) Wood Tag 209

6A. Sixth Year (first half), (11-12 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE Beast, Bird, or Fish 215 Ball Stand 328 Blackboard Relay 53 Body Guard 56 Catch Basket 307 Double Dodgeball 365 Desk Relay 309 Every Man in his Own Den 83 Hands Up, Hands Down 221 Fist Ball 376 Garden Scamp 97 London 226 Jumping Rope—III 121 Last Couple Out 125 Line Zigzag—II or III 422-3 Recognition 233 Partner Tag 145 Spin the Platter 183 Prisoner's Base—II, III, or IV 158 (See also My Lady's Toilet) Skin the Goat 176 Vaulting Relay 317

6B. Sixth Year (second half), (11-12 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE Barley Break 48 Blackboard Relay Race 53 Center Club Bowls 355 Chickidy Hand 67 Curtain Ball 361 Progressive Dodgeball 366 Duck on a Rock 81 Schoolroom Dodgeball 369 Football Tag 379 Find the Ring 220 Hand Football 382 Indian Club Race 112 Jumping Relay Race 117 Jumping Relay Race 117 Jump the Shot 122 Old Woman from the Wood 143 Old Woman from the Wood 143 (See also Trades) (See also Trades) Red Lion 165 Round Ball 401 Round Ball 401 Sun Dial 190 Stake Guard 186 Zoo 242

7A. Seventh Year (first half), (12-13 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE Black and White 52 "B" Game 213 Bombardment 334 Blackboard Relay 53 Black and White 52 Fence Tag 85 Keep Moving 270 Keep Moving 270 Last Man 126 Oyster Shell 143 Poison 148 Nimble Squirrel 230 Rolling Target 169 Saddle the Nag 171 Slipper Slap 179 Slipper Slap 179 Third Man 194

7B. Seventh Year (second half), (12-13 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE Corner Ball 359 Bend and Stretch Relay 50 Dead Ball 362 Dumb Crambo 219 Dumb Crambo 219 Emperor Ball 346 Forcing the City Gates 89 Fox and Geese 92 Hand Ball Drill—II 381 Line Club Bowls, Double 385 Line Club Bowls, Double 385 Mount Ball 387 Literary Lore 225 Odd Man's Cap 140 Pass and Toss Relay (Single Line) 313 Pinch-o 146 Volley Ball 413 Schoolroom Volley Ball 402 Wand Tug of War 203 Whip Tag 205 Zigzag Overhead Toss 424 Up, Jenkins! 239

8A. Eighth Year (first half), (13-14 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE All Run 321 Blackboard Relay 53 Battle Ball 331 Catch and Pull Tug of War 60 Chinese Chicken 68 Cross Questions 219 Circle Race 69 Hen Roost 223 Circle Relay 70 Minister's Cat, The 227 Line Zigzag—III 423 Maze Tag 131 Nine-court Basket Ball 388 Overtake 393 Overtake 393 Poison Snake 149 Round Ball 401 Schoolroom Captain Ball 353 Square Ball 404 War 417 Sketches 236

8B. Eighth Year (second half), (13-14 years old).

Playground Schoolroom PAGE PAGE Bound Ball 336 Author's Initials 213 Boundary Ball 335 Blackboard Relay Race 53 Chinese Wall 68 Crambo 218 Circle Club Bowls 357 Circle Zigzag 419 Double Relay Race 76 Double Relay Race 76 Japanese Crab Race 115 Line Club Bowls, Single 386 Line Club Bowls, Single 386 Master of the Ring 131 Pass and Toss Relay (Double Line) 314 Pig in a Hole 397 Prince of Paris 232 Stool Ball 406 Tossing Wands 198 Wand Race 202 Wand Race 202

GAMES FOR HIGH SCHOOLS

(15-19 years of age)

This list of high school games is far from exhaustive. A large percentage of those listed for the elementary grades will be found suitable for high schools.

MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES

PAGE All-up Relay 45
Bull in the Ring 56 Bung the Bucket 57
Catch and Pull Tug of War 60 Circle Race 69 Circle Relay 70 Club Snatch 72 Contests for Two (chapter on "Feats and Forfeits") 245
Double Relay Race 76 Duck on a Rock 81 Dumb-bell Tag 83
Every Man in his Own Den 83
Follow the Leader 89 Forcing the City Gates 89 Fortress 90 Fox and Geese 92 Fox Trail, Double Rim 93
Hang Tag 101 Home Tag 106 Hound and Rabbit 107
Indian Club Race 112
Japanese Tag 116 Japanese Crab Race 115 Jumping Rope—I 118 Jumping Rope—II 119 Jumping Rope—III 121 Jumping Relay Race 117 Jump the Shot 122
Last Couple Out 125 Leader and Footer 127 Leapfrog Race 129 (See list of Leapfrog Games in Alphabetical Index.)
Master of the Ring 131 Maze Tag 131
Odd Man's Cap 140 Oyster Shell 143
Partner Tag 145 Pebble

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