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party over the heads of the opponents, who try to intercept it.

SCORE.--Every ball caught by a goal man scores one for the party
throwing. The side first scoring twenty points wins the game.

CORNER SPRY

_10 to 60 players._

_Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._

_Balls; bean bags._

The players are divided into four groups, one group stationed in each
corner called North, South, East, and West.

Four captains stand in the center, each with a bean bag, facing his
corner of players, who stand in a row. The captain throws the bean bag
to each player in turn in his group, who throws it back at once to the
captain, and so on until the last player is reached. As the captain
throws to his last player he calls "Corner Spry!" and runs to the head
of the row, the last player becoming captain. The group that first
succeeds in having all of its players in the captain's place wins the
game.

This game was originated by Miss Amy A. Young of Cleveland,
Ohio, and received honorable mention in a competition for
schoolroom games conducted by the Girls' Branch of the Public
Schools Athletic League of New York City in 1906. It is here
published by the kind permission of the author, and of the
Girls' Branch, and of Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Brothers,
publishers of the handbook in which the game first appeared.

CRACKABOUT

_10 to 60 players._

_Playground; gymnasium._

_Soft hand ball._

The players scatter over the playground, trying to get as far away as
possible from the one who has the ball. He throws it at one of the
players, trying to hit him with it, at the same time calling
"Crackabout!" All of the players make a rush for the ball, the one who
succeeds in getting it being the next thrower. The other players
scatter immediately that one has secured it, the ball man at once
throwing at some other player, naturally trying to hit the nearest. As
soon as the players hear his call of "Crackabout!" they rush together
again in the direction of the ball to try and secure it, and so on
indefinitely. The game is thus a rapid succession of running away from
the ball man and scrimmages to secure the ball. It is one of the
strenuous and popular games enjoyed by boys of almost any age, and
affords some lively exercise and sport in a few minutes.

CURTAIN BALL

_10 to 100 players._

_Gymnasium; playground._

_Basket ball; volley ball._

This is one of the most inter