if this be with only
one foot, he has the privilege of throwing the ball to one of his
basemen without interference from the guards. A throw from a guard in
the opposite field to his own captain does not score. Kicking or
striking a ball out of a player's hands is allowable. In trying to
block a throw, guards may not touch basemen nor step within the bases.
Guards will naturally be very watchful of the center, as successful
catches by the captain score.

FOULS.--Transgression of any of the previous rules constitutes a foul,
penalized by giving the ball to the opposite side or by allowing them
to score one point. Which of these two methods is to prevail during a
game should be decided before the game starts.

SCORE.--One point is scored for a team every time that the captain
catches a ball thrown by one of his basemen. One point is scored for a
team whenever the ball is thrown from base to base successively until
it completes an uninterrupted circle. Fouls may score or not, as
explained under "Fouls." After every point scored, the ball is
returned to the umpire and put again in play.

The game is played in two halves of fifteen or twenty minutes each,
with a rest of five or ten minutes between the halves. Teams change
sides at the beginning of the second half, but they do not change
players; that is, guards do not become basemen, and _vice versa_, as
in some other forms of this game.

EMPEROR BALL

(Captain Ball--IV)

_30 to 40 players._

_Playground; gymnasium._

_Basket ball._

This game is really a form of Captain Ball, but differs from
any of the previous forms in the following points:--

A neutral officer, called the Emperor, is stationed in the
center of the field between the two teams, and the ball scores
its highest when it has been thrown entirely around one of the
circles, from there to the captain in the centre, and from him
to the Emperor. There are two fielders, or players at large,
who try to intercept the ball before it reaches the Emperor, or
to block it in any other part of the play.

[Illustration Diagram: EMPEROR BALL]

GROUND.--In the center of the ground is placed a springboard, box,
stool, or other platform for the impartial ruler of the game called
the Emperor. The ground on each side of this point is marked out as
follows: A series of bases or small circles (the number to vary with
the number of players) is drawn so as to form to