nd even the bats whittled from strips of thin board about the size of
a shingle.

On the ground around the pole a circle should be drawn three feet in
radius; that is, six feet in diameter. A straight line twenty feet in
length should bisect the circle to separate the territory for the
players. In addition to the circle and line, two spots should be
marked on the ground, from which the ball is served. These should be
at the ends of an imaginary line crossing the first line at right
angles, and should be six feet from the pole, one on each side of the
ground.

Where there are more than two players, they are divided into two
opposing groups, each member of a team or group stepping forward, in
turn, to play with the member of the opposite team. Only these two
play upon the ball during one game.

The game consists, on the part of one player, in trying to wind the
cord with the ball attached around the pole above the line by batting
it with his tennis racket. The opponent tries (1) to interfere and
reverse the action of the ball by batting it in the opposite
direction, and (2) for his part to wind the ball around the pole in
his direction.

The players toss rackets or resort to some other method of choosing
sides of the ground. The game starts with each player on his service
point; the player who lost in the toss for choice of ground has the
first service. The player who has the choice of ground has also the
choice of direction in which to wind the ball.

The ball is then put in play by the server, who may hit the ball but
once. Should he fail to send it across the line with his first serve,
he loses his serve and the opposite player has the ball. The players
have each one strike at the ball in turn. It is sometimes possible to
send the ball so high and with so much force that it will wind around
the pole in one stroke, before the opponent can hit it with his
racket. Of course such strokes should be the endeavor of both sides.

Should a player fail to hit the ball, the opponent has the next turn,
either on service or after the ball is once in play.

Each player must keep entirely on his own side of the dividing line,
both with his feet, his arms, and his racket. Neither player may step
on or over the circle about the pole. If the string winds around the
handle of a racket of one of the players, it is a foul. It is also a
foul for the string to wind about the pole below the black mark, and
counts against the player i