Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1914 — For Handy Boys and Girls to Make and Do [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For Handy Boys and Girls to Make and Do

(Copyright by A. Nee!y Hall)

THE GAME OF RING TOSS.

By A. NEELY HALL.

Ypu will all declare this game to be jolly fun, once you have played it, and as it requires only simple apparatus that is easily and quickly made.

There is a target consisting of nine pins, arranged upon the ground in rows of three pins each, and there are three rings. Each player in turn tries to toss the rings over the target pins. The pins bear numbers, you will see by Fig. 1, and these numbers are used in determining the scores. The pin in the exact center counts 25 points, the four corner pins count 15 points apiece, and the remaining pins 10 points apiece. Nails 3 or 4 inches long should be used for the pins. Four-inch nails are the better length if you can get them. The ground would not hold these pins firmly enough, if they were driven directly into it, so you must drive a stake into the ground in the proper position for each pin, and then drive

the nails into their tops (Fig. 2). First locate on the ground the places for the pins, by drawing three parallel lines 6 inches apart, and then crossing these at right angles with three other parallel lines 6 inches apart. The Intersections of the lines will be the positions for the pins. Cut the stakes -6 or 8 inches long, and drive them down in the proper places so their tops will be even with or a trifle below the surface. Cut nine squares of cardboard from a cardboard box for the score numbers, and letter the numbers upon them with a soft pencil or a small brush and washing bluing. Make the figures large and heavy so they will be easy to distinguish from a distance (Fig. 3). Fasten th’e score numbers by driving the nail pins through them (Fig. 2). The rings are made from ends of tomato cans or other preserving cans,

not the smooth ends, but the ends having the small circular pieces soldered into them (Fig. 4). If the end of the cans have been soldered on, which is the usual method, it is only necessary to place the cans one at a time Jn a gas-burner flame for a minute. This will melt the solder, and if the end does not drop oft of itself, it will knock off easily by giving its edge a blow with a hammer. The little disk in the center of the end will also drop out. with the melting of the solder which holds it in place, and your completed ring disk will look like Fig. 5. A variation of the game of ring-toss can be had by using the small centers from the ends of the tin cans, and substituting open cans for the pins (Fig.

1). Different sizes of cans and flower pots may be used. A line from which to toss the rings or disks should be marked upon the trama 20 net away from fbh target