ouches or catches the
ball.

CENTER CLUB BOWLS

(See also _Line Club Bowls (Single)_; _Line Club Bowls (Double)_;
_Circle Club Bowls_.)

_10 to 30 or more players._

_Playground; gymnasium._

_Hand ball; bean bag._

The players join in a large circle and number by twos or
consecutively. The odd numbers form one team and the even numbers
(alternate players) another. Three Indian clubs are placed at the
points of a small triangle, measuring about twelve inches in the
center of the circle. Each player, in turn, bowls at the clubs with a
hand ball or bean bag. Each club bowled over scores one for the
bowler's team. The team wins which has the highest score when each
player has bowled twice, or more times, as may be agreed on at the
opening of the game. Each player must secure his ball or bag after
bowling and replace the overturned clubs. One ball or bag may be used
and passed around the circle, but the play is quicker if each player
has his own.

[Illustration diagram: CENTER CLUB BOWLS]

CIRCLE BALL

_10 to 60 or more players._

_Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._

_Hand ball; basket ball; bean bag._

The players stand in a circle with from three to five feet between
each two. The game consists of merely tossing the ball rapidly from
one player to another, but not in regular order. The sport comes from
the unexpectedness with which the ball may be thrown across the ring,
or reverse the direction in which it is circling the ring, or in any
other way taking the players unaware. A leader or teacher should see
that this element of sport is put into the game, or else it may be
very dull and useless.

Any player failing to catch the ball should sit down, the player
winning who remains standing the longest.

When all are seated, the same game may be played in a sitting
position.

For a more advanced form of this game, see Round Ball.

For very little children, the spaces between players should be less
and the tossing done in regular order from one player to the next,
working up gradually to the more varied modes of play suggested
above. Several balls or bags may be used, following each other in
quick succession. The number of these may be increased until there is
but one (or two) balls or bean bags less than the number of players.

CIRCLE CLUB BOWLS

(See also _Line Club Bowls (Single)_; _Line Club Bowls (Double)_;
_Center Club Bowls_.)

_6 to 60 or more players._

_Playground; g