it back again to Number
Two, and he makes the last throw, sending it to the center player, or
pitcher, Number One, from whom it started. This is called one trip,
and the pitcher, as he catches it, calls out "One!" or "One trip!" and
immediately begins the next round. The players standing in the
following order, 2, 1, 3, the order of the throwing is thus, 1, 2, 3,
2, 1. Ten trips complete a game.

The competing teams stand in line sideways with the first team, and
the pitchers of all teams start at once on a signal. The team wins
which first completes ten trips. Any number of teams may play at once.

This game is very popular at Williams College, where it
probably originated.

[Illustration: TETHER BALL

_By kind permission reprinted from Spalding's Athletic Library_
]

TETHER BALL

_2 to 8 players._

_Out of doors._

This is one of the most delightful and vigorous games, especially
adapted to small playing space, a plot twenty feet square being enough
for it. The paraphernalia for the game consists of a wooden pole
placed upright, so that it shall stand ten feet above the ground. The
pole must be embedded deeply enough to be perfectly firm during the
strain of the play. It will probably need to be about three feet below
the surface. A pole should measure seven and a half inches in
circumference at the ground, and should taper toward its upper end. A
black stripe should be painted around it six feet above the ground.

To the top of this pole a ball is attached by a stout linen cord or
fishing line. The ball should be preferably a tennis ball, and should
have a netted cover, by means of which it is attached to the cord. No
metal should be used around it in any way. The cover may be knotted or
crocheted of heavy linen cord or fish line. When hanging at rest, the
ball should be seven and a half feet from the top of the pole, and two
and a half feet from the ground. The ball is played upon by tennis
rackets in the hands of two players.

A tether-ball outfit, consisting of pole, ball, cord, and marking
ropes, with staples for the ground as hereinafter specified, may be
had for from three to four dollars, the ball alone, with cover and
cord, costing about seventy-five cents, and the pole from one dollar
to a dollar and a half. It is particularly desirable to have the
specially made ball and cord for this game, but any of the
paraphernalia may be improvised, the pole being cut from a sapling,
a