Show I I 1 II Game ame of f Ringer to Govern overn Shooting Marble Contest Get Hep Fellers to the Official Rules Point System to Decide Citywide Championship ship Here are the rules that will govern The Telegrams Telegram's citywIde marble shooting tournament They are the fairest and easiest rules ever made for lor a meet After a thorough study of rules used in the other othel cities eWes the following set was decided upon at a meeting l last S st week II Ringers will be the official game RULES OF THE GAME All AH games shall be FOR FAIR marbles FAIR marbles to to be returned to owners after alter each game Players shall provide their own shooters and ducks for the games Material or quality of ot marbles shall not be prescribed Shooters shall not be less than five eighths inch or more- more than seven eighths inch in diameter Ducks shall be not less than one halt or more than three-fourths three inch in itt diameter Players Pla ers shall shaU knuckle down on all shots Hunching lunching shall not be permitted on any shots and where here called by referee the shot shall be played over S The referees referee's decision shall govern in all cases of or disagreement and shall be final S DESCRIPTION OF GAME Play will be by groups of ot six who lag or pink for turns turns Groups will lag for tor a line marked on the ground from a distance of ot ten feet teet for the order of their turns in ach each game Player tossing tossing- taw v nearest the line gets first choice choo choIce as to his turn next gets gels second choice etc C tC S I The ring shall be ten feet teet In diameter and each player shall lay layn In n two ducks on a n cross line scratched in the center of or the ring ducks to be placed be-placed placed three Inches apart on each cross line 1 Starting the game each player in tutu knuckles down on the ring line Ine and shoots by b by lofting if It possible possible w to knock one or more of the ducks lucks out of the ring or to hit the shooter of ot a preceding player if it it it happens lappens to be in the ring A i player layer when shooting from outside of the ring must always knuckle down from ring line Ducks knocked out of or the ring are kept by the player knocking theta them out Ducks knocked only part way out of or the ring will be left where they come to rest and the player following will be he permitted to shoot at them A player whose taw goes outside of the ring at the same time he has been in shooting a duck out will continue shooting from the ring line and Is permitted to take rounds tel'S If It after alter a miss the shooter comes to rest inside the ring it must be belert left eft there until the players player's next turn If It the shooter on a miss ravels outside the ring the player picks it up until his next turn and may take rounds tel's on the ring at his next turn A duck coming to rest exactly on the ring line Une shall be he considered as having been knocked out but a a. duck du-ck with its Us center res resting tin on the ground Inside the ring Is considered still in the ring A player laer hitting the shooter of ot opponent left lett Inside the ring on a previous miss and not knocking the opponents opponent's shooter outside the ring Is 18 s entitled to pick up one duck for the hit If It he hits the opponents opponent's shooter out of or the ring that kills the opponent and nd qaid puts him out of the he game an and entitles the shooting player to all aU the ducks that op opponent op- op has won in Ia the game After hitting an opponent and taking a duck for tor the shot or after alter mocking knocking a duck out of or the ring or after alter knocking an opponents opponent's shooter shoot shoot- er out of the ring a a. player shoots from where his shooter hooter comes to rest providing his shooter does not go the circle if It shooter goes outside of circle he will continue play by shooting from ring line Une Should opponent knock more than one duck or 01 opponents opponent's shooter out of ot the ring on a a. single shot he ie shall be entitled to all aH marbles going outside of the ring I Ihen When hen a marble is knocked mocked from line In center of ot of ring and comes to o rest near the ring line Une but inside the circle it is not necessary that the he marble has to travel the entire length of ot ring when hit by a player pla fOllowing It can be shot from ring at any angle but players must knuckle down on ring line A scorer corer must keep accurate count of all marbles each player scores and the player having the largest number after all marbles are out Dut of or the ring will be declared winner of ot that game The player who wins three games ames will be the winner of that group and arid the other players are eliminated from the contest In case one of or the players should be killed during the course of or orthe the he game this does not eliminate him from the contest but only from the game then In progress v MAIL iN N ENTRY TODAY ENTRY BLANK BLANK HERE f Name Address u 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