Show r effit t i r THE GAME OF RINGOAL A pastime that i is vat fast decortin De cornin copula Fo pula I 1 n A alio t lie ehst east A pirty party of young ladies indies and gentle men was wa engaged enraged cl 0 the other day in in playing a new ganue game on a vacant lla I 1 t north of seventy second street near central path park west A crowd ci jwj of sace spectators was attracted to the scene tile the 0 game aine comes within the rano ran range o of polite athletics is not dot unlike the ilia ancient ierace grace hoop loop which our grand mam III mas s indulged in when they were giddy girls 6 ever so long go tile the name of the sport is Ring ringoal roal and it is of english origin in the rings used use d arc not light weight a as in lagrace but are made of split bamboo strands covered with leather and have a flat disk like shape the bato batons ns are arc als also heavier thin than in the old game and a code of rules regulates the players the hoops are thrown from the sticks with a good t deal of force in all soils sol ts of ways from one player to another the trick is to catch the lie flying hoop on the baton it is possible to send tile the hoop on almost a level line over a distance t a of a hundred feet but such long throws are not necessary according to tile rules the knack of throwing F rr is said to ba not very difficult to 1 acquire acquila a and almost any person can learn by bv observation j the method of handling handlin C tr tile the sticks ks and delivering the hoops at first birst to the uninitiated d spectator the game seema son what monotonous since there li la litti litt bunning funning r ab about out or fielding C but I 1 to tile the i experienced player it is evidently exe ting because the latter all alleges ayes g that hn no small amount of s skill ll 11 ill and a M deal cleat of variety is required I 1 in tile carious various throws ind and catches there are lemoral experienced players in the ringoal association a new club jua ju A stor or gani zed there ire arc several advantages about thi this s new manic game in place of requiring requiring cl a I 1 large barp pl plot ot of level ground as is in croquet or lawn tennis ringoal may be pl played abell along 0 the margin of a grassy lawn or on a board walk or dirt court for that matter as a not much space is required on an all ordinary tennis court a at t least half a dozen ZD games of ringoal may be played simultaneously and it may even be carried on over irre alar ground where other games games would aou lie be impossible one of the merits of the 0 game is to train the eleand develop the ina muscles cles of the chest and shoulders thus insuring I 1 M an cret at et rin carria inge c of tile the body and bringing jt I 1 ining i ni flici flippa flIp i placers la sl easto to graceful I 1 at alti i tudes audes there is more fu f U lc io so called in ill playing C ringoal than th in in adv iny other game intel for the posture may mai b be made very effective the muscles are brought T into play equally on oil each side of the hotly body unlike tennis where only the right arni arm is developed ordinarily A quick eye 03 0 is necessary ill in playing ringoal well is aa tile difficult feature alq is the receiving A good t server sends semis tile tho hoop along swiftly close to the ground and tile the receiver receiver must be agile enough to thrust the baton into it front from above and save it for a count arah E h for rill goal V Y cor desmoines ats monies register i |