Healthful Sports for Boys
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. MARBLES: WHERE MADE; TERMS OF THE
GAMES; DIFFERENT GAMES; HOW TO ACQUIRE SKILL
CHAPTER II. WHIP TOPS, PEG TOPS, HUMMING TOPS AND
SOME TOP GAMES
CHAPTER III. KITES: WHERE FOUND; HOW MADE; THEIR
PRACTICAL USES; CLOSELY RELATED TO AEROPLANES—A GREAT SPORT
CHAPTER IV. SOME OTHER SPRING AMUSEMENTS, NOT
FORGETTING STILTS
CHAPTER V. LET'S GO A-FISHING—SOMETHING ABOUT BAIT
CHAPTER VI. HINTS ABOUT BOATING AND CANOEING
CHAPTER VII. SOME SMALL, SAIL BOATS THAT CAN BE
MADE IN THE WINTER, OR THAT CAN BE BOUGHT WITHOUT MUCH MONEY
CHAPTER VIII. IF YOU CAN'T SWIM, LEARN AT
ONCE—HELPS TO LEARNERS—CONFIDENCE IS THE THING
CHAPTER IX. METHODS OF SWIMMING, FLOATING,
DIVING, AND SOME GOOD WATER GAMES
CHAPTER X. HOW SIDES ARE CHOSEN IN GAMES
CHAPTER XI. SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT
COUNTING-OUT GAMES AND THE RHYMES USED BY PLAYERS
CHAPTER XII. DO YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THE GAME OF
TAG?
CHAPTER XIII. “I SPY” AND LEAP FROG, THE
EVER-POPULAR GAMES
CHAPTER XIV. THE GAME OF CAT, WITH A GLANCE AT
SOME OTHER GAMES ALL SHOULD KNOW
CHAPTER XV. AND NOW FOR BALL—SOME OF THE MANY
GOOD GAMES THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH A BALL, BAT, OR RACKET
CHAPTER XVI. BASEBALL, THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME. A
FEW POINTERS THAT MAY HELP YOU
CHAPTER XVII. SOME DETAILS ABOUT FOOTBALL
CHAPTER XVIII. A HINT AT SOME WELL-KNOWN GAMES,
INCLUDING HOP-SCOTCH
CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO CAMP OUT—THINGS EVERY CAMPER
SHOULD KNOW
CHAPTER XX. CAN YOU RIDE A “BIKE?” SOME THINGS
WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THE WHEEL, AND SOMETHING ABOUT OTHER THINGS
CHAPTER XXI. THE OLD SCOTCH GAME OF
GOLF-SOMETHING ABOUT HOCKEY AND SHINNY
CHAPTER XXII. ON THE ICE AND SNOW—THE ROYAL
SPORT OF SKATING, WITH SOME HINTS ON SKIING, AND SNOWSHOES
CHAPTER XXIII. COASTING; SLEDS OF MANY KINDS—THE
TOBOGGAN
CHAPTER XXIV. SOME HINTS ON GENERAL ATHLETICS,
INCLUDING WALKING, RUNNING AND JUMPING
CHAPTER XXV. BATTLE CRIES, HAILING SHOUTS, AND
COLLEGE YELLS
CHAPTER XXVI. CLEVER TRICKS WORTH KNOWING
CHAPTER XXVII. SLEIGHT OF HAND
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