Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1914 — A HOME-MADE INDOOR CROQUET SET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A HOME-MADE INDOOR CROQUET SET.

By DOROTHY PERKINS.

The illustrations show how a splendid croquet set for indoor use may be constructed inexpensively. Clothespins, a few sticks, some small tacks,

and 5-cent rubber balls are all that ia required for making the outfit. A completed arch is shown Jn Fig. 1, and Figs. 2, 3 and 4 show how to make it Two clothespins (A) have a crosspiece (B) fastened- in their open ends, and cardboard shoes attached to their other ends. Cut crosspieces B about 5 inches long, and fasten each end with small tacks driven through the clothespin ends into them. Cut the cardboard shoes by the pattern of Fig. 3, and fold each in two places as indicated by dotted lines. The folded shoes will have the form shown in Fig. 4. Tack the shoes to the sides of the clothespins. Make nine arches. Two end. stakes are necessary, and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 show how each is

made with a clothespin (D), a cardboard shoe (E), and a small wooden wedge (F). Cut wedge F to fit tha open end of the clothespin, and after cutting the cardboard shoe E by the pattern of Fig. 7, fold it as shown in Fig. 6. tack to the edges of wedge F» and slip into the open end of the clothespin as shown in Fig. 5. Then drive a couple of tacks through the clothespin into wedge F. Figures 8 and 9 show how the croquet mallets are made with a clothespin head and a stick handle. The way to arrange the * croquet arches upon the floor is shown in the diagram of Fig. 11. Following is the proper, spacing for the arches when the end stakes are placed ten feet -apart Stand arches No. 1 and No. 7

(Fig. 11) 12 inches from the stakes, stand arches No. 2 and No. 6 12 inches away from, and in line with, arches No. 1 and No. 7, and stand arch No. 4 exactly half way between'arches No. 2 and No. 6. Stand arches No. 3 and No. 9 24 inches to the sides of arch No. 2 and three inches nearer the center, and stand arches No. 5 and No. 8, 24 inches to the side of arch No. 6 and 3 inches nearer the center. The rules for playing indoor croquet are the same as those which govern lawn croquet Start the ball at arch No. 1, drive it through arches Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6 and 7, in the order named, and make it strike the end stake. Then, returning, drive the ball successively through arches Nos. 7,6, 8,4, 9, 2 and 1, and strike the stake. The first player to cover the couraa wins the game.