Indoor Games and Socials for Boys (Volume 38) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913. Excerpt: ... INDOOR GAMES AND SOCIALS FOR BOYS I. INDOOR GAMES 1. Active Group Games BAG AND STICK A fair-sized paper bag is filled with candy and hung from a string in the middle of the room. A player is then blindfolded, turned round three times, given a stick, and told he may have one, two or three shots at the bag. If he misses, another one tries, and so on; but if he hits it, the bag breaks, the candy covers the floor, and the party scramble for it. 10 BLIND MAN'S WAND The boy who is blindfolded is placed in the middle of the room, and a wand, light cane, or similar implement, is given him. The boys form a circle, hand-in-hand, and dance around him, singing any popular chorus. When the chorus is finished all stand still. Then the blinded boy holds out his wand at hazard, the boy to whom it is pointed being obliged to take hold of it by the end presented to him. The blinded boy utters three cries, or sounds, which the holder of the wand is obliged to imitate. If the latter fails to disguise his voice, so that he is detected, the blinded player calls out his name and changes places with him. 26 CATERPILLAR A circle of chairs is made, and all the players but one sit down. This player stands in the middle, and his chair is left empty. The game consists in his efforts to sit down in the empty chair, while the others are trying to stop him by continually moving around, so that the empty chair may this moment be on one side of the ring and the next on the other. 10 CHASE THE RABBIT All the boys kneel on the floor in a ring, the hands of each resting on his neighbor's shoulders. One is chosen to be the " rabbit" and runs around outside the ring, touching one of the players, who is to chase him to his "hole." The minute the player is touched he must run to the left, whil...