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Title: Outdoor Sports and Games

Author: Claude H. Miller

Release Date: July 16, 2005 [eBook #16316]

Language: English

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A Boys Camp The Library of Work and Play OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMES BY CLAUDE - photo 1 A Boys' Camp

The Library of Work and Play
OUTDOOR SPORTS AND GAMES
BY CLAUDE H. MILLER, PH.B.
GARDEN CITY
NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1911
CONTENTS I Introductory The human body a perfect machineHow to keep - photo 2

CONTENTS

I. Introductory

The human body a perfect machineHow to keep wellOutdoor sleepingExercise and playSmokingWalking.

II. The Boy Scouts of America

HeadquartersPurposeScout LawHow to form a patrol of ScoutsOrganization of a troopPractical activities for ScoutsA Scout campModel Programme of Sir R.S.S. Baden-Powell Scout camp.

III. Camps and Camping

How to select the best place to pitch a tentA brush bedThe best kind of a tentHow to make the camp fireWhat to do when it rainsFresh air and good foodThe brush leanto and how to make it.

IV. Camp Cooking

How to make the camp fire rangeBread bakersCooking utensilsThe grub listSimple camp recipes.

V. Woodcraft

The use of an axe and hatchetBest woods for special purposesWhat to do when you are lostNature's compasses.

VI. Use of Fire-arms

Importance of early trainingWhy a gun is better than a rifleHow to become a good shot.

VII. Fishing

Proper tackle for all purposesHow to catch baitThe fly fishermanGeneral fishing rules.

VIII. Nature Study

What is a true naturalist?How to start a collectionMoth collectingThe herbarium.

IX. Water Life

The water telescopeHow to manage an aquariumOur insect friends and enemiesThe observation beehive.

X. The Care of Pets

CatsBoxes for song birdsHow to attract the birdsTame crowsThe pigeon fancierOrnamental land and water fowlRabbits, guinea pigs, rats and miceHow to build coopsGeneral rules for the care of petsThe dog.

XI. The Care of Chickens

The best breedGood and bad points of incubatorsWhat to feed small chicksA model chicken house.

XII. Winter Sports

What to wearSkatingSkiingSnowshoeingHockey.

XIII. Horsemanship

How to become a good riderThe care of horsesSaddles.

XIV. How to Swim and to Canoe

The racing strokesPaddling and sailing canoes.

XV. Baseball

How to organize a team and to select the playersThe various positionsCurve pitching.

XVI. How to Play Football

The various positions and how to select men for themTeam work and signalsThe rules.

XVII. Lawn Tennis

How to make and mark a courtClay and sod courtsThe proper grip of the racketGolfThe strokes and equipment.

XVIII. Photography

The selection of a cameraSnapshots vs. real picturesHow to make a photograph from start to finish.

XIX. Outdoor Sports for Girls

What to wearConfidenceHorseback ridingTennisGolfCamping.

XX. One Hundred Outdoor Games


ILLUSTRATIONS

A Boy's Camp
A Child's May-day Party
Fishing is the One Sport of Our Childhood that Holds Our Interest Through Life
The Moth Collector and His Outfit
The Exciting Sport of Ski-running
Swimming is One of the Best Outdoor Sports
In Canoeing Against the Current in Swift Streams a Pole is Used in Place of the Paddle
Photographs of Tennis Strokes Taken in Actual Play
How an Expert Plays Golf


I
INTRODUCTORY
The human body a perfect machineHow to keep wellOutdoor sleepingExercise and playSmokingWalking

Suppose you should wake up Christmas morning and find yourself to be the owner of a bicycle. It is a brand-new wheel and everything is in perfect working order. The bearings are well oiled, the nickel is bright and shiny and it is all tuned up and ready for use. If you are a careful, sensible boy you can have fun with it for a long time until finally, like the "One Hoss Shay" in the poem, it wears out and goes to pieces all at once. On the other hand, if you are careless or indifferent or lazy you may allow the machine to get out of order or to become rusty from disuse, or perhaps when a nut works loose you neglect it and have a breakdown on the road, or you may forget to oil the bearings and in a short time they begin to squeak and wear. If you are another kind of a boy, you may be careful enough about oiling and cleaning the wheel, but you may also be reckless and headstrong and will jump over curbstones and gutters or ride it over rough roads at a dangerous rate of speed, and in this way shorten its life by abuse just as the careless boy may by neglect.

It is just so with the human body which, after all, is a machine too, and, more than that, it is the most wonderful and perfect machine in the world. With care it should last many years. With abuse or neglect it may very soon wear out. The boy who neglects his health is like the boy who allows the bearings on his wheel to become dry or the metal parts rusty. The chief difference is that when the bicycle wears out or breaks down we may replace the parts or even buy another machine, but when our health is injured, money will not restore it.

In order to keep well we must observe certain rules of health. By exercise we keep the working parts in good order. If we are lazy or indolent we are like the bicycle that is allowed to go to pieces from lack of use. If we are reckless and foolhardy we may injure some part of the delicate machinery from excessive exercise or strain.

Play is the most natural thing in the world but we must use judgment in our play. A boy or girl who is not allowed to play or who is restrained by too anxious parents is unhappy indeed. Nearly all animals play. We know, for instance, that puppies, kittens, and lambs are playful. It is a perfectly natural instinct. By proper play we build up our bodies and train our minds. The healthy man never gets too old to play. He may not care to play marbles or roll hoops, but he will find his pleasure in some game or sport like tennis, golf, horseback riding, camping, fishing or hunting.

In this book we shall talk about some forms of play and recreation that are not strictly confined to children, but which we may still enjoy even after we have become grown men and women. We shall also talk about some children's games that some of the older readers may have outgrown. While we play we keep our minds occupied by the sport, and at the same time we exercise our muscles and feed our lungs and our bodies with oxygen.

It is unfortunate that in school or college athletics those who need exercise the most are often those who are physically unfitted to play on the school teams. In other words, we select our runners and jumpers and football players from among the stronger boys, while the weaker ones really need the benefit of the sport. Every boy should take part in school games when possible even if he is not as swift or as strong as some other boys.

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