St Nicholas [serial] . uick succession, the striker alwaysremaining within the limits of the circle. Hescores the number of raps given, and the playerwho first reaches the number previously agreed upon strik-er is thuschangedafter eachservice,while thehopp er,unless he has good muscles and a sure aim, often has togo through the hopping process during manyturns, thereby sometimes missing his own turnof serving. If the stakes are nuts, candy, oranything of that sort, then each boy loses tothe winner as many as are wanting in his scoreto make up the twenty-five. LAPTA. Here, again, the n
St Nicholas [serial] . uick succession, the striker alwaysremaining within the limits of the circle. Hescores the number of raps given, and the playerwho first reaches the number previously agreed upon strik-er is thuschangedafter eachservice,while thehopp er,unless he has good muscles and a sure aim, often has togo through the hopping process during manyturns, thereby sometimes missing his own turnof serving. If the stakes are nuts, candy, oranything of that sort, then each boy loses tothe winner as many as are wanting in his scoreto make up the twenty-five. LAPTA. Here, again, the number of players, dividedinto two camps, is indefinite. The leader —that is, the boy who begins the game — standsbetween the two homes (which are as farapart as space conveniently allows — say, fromfifty to one hundred feet or more), and flings acommon rubber ball high into the air. Assoon as the ball has left his hand, the wholeof his side rush forward toward the enemyshome. They must reach this, and get back to. THE TCH1JICK OR FINCH. their own home again while the ball is stillflying. The enemy lie in wait to catch the ball,and if caught before the runners have reachedtheir home, it is sent after them, and should ithit any player, he is reckoned out, and takes nomore part in the proceedings. Next the otherside leads, and so on; the number of runsmade deciding the victory. Of course theleader ought to be first-rate at flinging aball high, so as to give time to all his partnersto accomplish the runs; and he may also, by
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