iately for the safety
of its own fortress. The attacking _en route_ may be done either by
throwing the ball or by touching the opponent with the ball held in
hand; but it may only be done with the ball and not with the hand
alone.

When the opposite fortress has been reached, the attacking party tries
to throw the ball within it, and the game goes on as before. Members
of the defending party may at any time go outside of their trench to
get the ball, but run great risk of being made prisoners in doing so
by having the ball thrown from the enemy so as to hit them. When a
ball is aimed for this purpose, if the player at whom it is aimed
touches or intercepts it in any way, he is a prisoner. Of course he
may dodge it.

Each single point that is made is called a battle, and the side that
wins the greater number of battles within the time limit wins the
game.

This game was originated by Mr. J. E. Doldt, and is here
printed by kind permission of members of the Alumni Association
of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, from their book,
_One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games_.

ZIGZAG GAMES

These games may be played with any kind of a ball or with bean
bags.

There are several forms of Zigzag Ball. The simpler forms are
useful in getting young players or those unused to play
accustomed to the skill of handling balls. The more complicated
forms make very lively games, interesting to players of any
age. The different games are played in line and circle
formation. The main characteristics of the different line forms
are as follows:--

(1) The players are divided into groups of two ranks each, each
group forming a separate team. The ball is zigzagged from one
rank to another of a group without skipping any players. The
groups are competitive, as in relay races.

(2) The players stand in groups of two lines each, but these
groups are composed of two different teams, the alternate
players of one rank and the alternate players of the opposite
rank forming one team, and the intervening players of the two
ranks another.

(3) The players are divided into groups, as in the first form,
each group consisting of one team arranged in two ranks which
face each other, but the ball is zigzagged by skipping every
alternate player as it works its way to the end of the line in
one direction