Games for boys by Ripley Sherman 1889-

Author:Ripley, Sherman, 1889-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Games, Boy Scouts
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company
Published: 1920-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

I20 STALKING AND SCOUTING GAMES

Scouts and Indians

Two'Iines are drawn about ten yards apart, the space back of one being the Stockade, and the space back of the other being the Indian Village. The neutral space between is dangerous to both, but each is safe in his own territory.

Each party makes raids into the neutral territory and captures members of the other team, bringing them bodily into headquarters. At the end of five minutes the team that has captured the most men wins. Prisoners are out of the game, acting merely as '' rooters."

Scout Meets Scout

The players divide into two equal parties and set out by different routes to the same destination, generally by road. The game may be played around a small lake, around which the players make a circuit. The object of the game is to see the other group at the point of meeting before they see you.

When the probable point of meeting is nearly reached, each party sends out scouts and generally hides along the road until they report.

The game is made more interesting by having each party send a spy to follow the other party. This spy keeps out of sight, and by a previously arranged call he warns his friends when the other

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