(4) stepping out of the bases with both
feet by the basemen; (5) moving by a guard more than three feet from
the base he guards; (6) stepping over the center line into the
opponents' territory; (7) two fielders from the same side going after
the ball at once when it goes out of bounds.

PENALTY FOR FOULS.--No score is made on fouls, the penalty being the
loss of the ball to the opposite side. The ball under these
circumstances goes to the player on the other side, who stands in a
corresponding position to the one who made the foul.

SCORE.--A ball thrown from a baseman to his captain scores one point.
A ball completing a circuit of the outer basemen scores two points.
The side wins which has the highest score when time is called. The
game may be played in from thirty to sixty minutes' time.

SCHOOLROOM CAPTAIN BALL

_10 to 60 players._

_Gas ball._

[Illustration diagram: SCHOOLROOM CAPTAIN BALL

TEAM TEAM

{_B_ = Bases. {(B) = Bases.
I. {_C_ = Captain. II. {(C) = Captain.
{_X_ = Guards. {(X) = Guards.
]

The class is divided into two teams, with a center captain and five
bases on each side. The remaining players of each company serve as
guards, and are placed on the opposite side from their captains and
bases to prevent opponents from catching the ball.

The teacher or umpire tosses the ball alternately to the guards, the
first time to team one, the second time to team two.

The guards, in turn, toss it to their bases, who try to get it to
their captains, the opposite guards opposing by guarding with the arms
and jumping to catch the ball. The game continues until one captain
catches the ball from a _straight throw_ (not a bound) from a base
(not a guard). The side catching the ball scores a point, and the
umpire then tosses the ball to the guards of the opposite team, etc.

The game is played in time limits, the side having the highest score
at the end of ten or fifteen minutes winning the game.

Fouls are--Holding the ball longer than five seconds.
Snatching the ball.
Knocking the ball out of an opponent's hand.

In case of a foul the ball is given to the opposite team.

Any number may play the game, provided the sides are even.

This schoolroom adaptation of Captain Ball was made by Miss
Mabel L. Pray of Toledo, Ohio, and was submitted in a
competition for schoolroom games conducted by