US1033227A - Game apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

B. O. BRINSON.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 5, 1912` 1,033,227. Patented July 23,1912.

" r BRsNrLEY`oWN BR'Iivsonor COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 23, 1912.

--application."inea rebrluary 5,.'1912. Seriana-675,565.

fson-*Qa citizenlof the :United States, residing at Columbus, 'countyfof Muscogee, and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements m Game Apparatus,

f ofwliich 'the lfollowing is a specitication. My invent-ion relates to an in'iproved game apparatus and particularly 'to a game board for playing the ganieofbase ball.`

he object. ofany inventionis to .provide afgamefapparatus for playinga miniature ganielofcbase ball in. which allot the plays incident toa regular gaine 4maybehad and in'which tl1e`re'sultant scoreshall besimilar f'a'professionafgarnelin regard to l Hportionsofru'nghitsand errors.f 1 A 'furthe'pobjectfthe inventionis to pro- 'l vide a"` 'device as` mentioned irrwhich the individualf'record'bf eachlof the two -piec'esl paratufs characterized as just mentioned in which the v positions o the s eyeral players 4on the basesfand"atfthelfhatirnay be represented duringthe play `Without the use of loose matterindicative ofa p ay `al game of base ballfand an indicator' revolubly mounted Iwitlrrelat-ion to said dial. j

Mynvention further consists ina board, dial and indicator as Stated'in which certain of said spaces have symbols 4arranged adjacentv thereto whichmodify the indicated play vaccording to the positions of the'play-l ers on the bases,` e l Myinvention further consists 1n a game boa-rd having a base ball -eld delineated' upon face land rovided with a disk revolubly mounted `a jacentleach of the bases and, the home plateand bearing characters representing tlieindividualvplayers and so i sufran l diskmay b e positioned' ator', adjacent the padjaeent'bas'e. 4 L l, .v

.that any ofsa-id characters on each fu' her objectisi ap- My .invention further consists in a device characterixed as above stated in which each disk is divided diametrically into two parts= each part represented preferably by ay separate color and each coloredlnilf being' divideT-mto a. number of peripheral paris, one of which is blank and the'others provided with symbols or characters represent-- ing the individual players of a team` whereby hot-h teams may be represented by the same disk. 7

My invention further consists in a board characterized as stated and further provided with means for keeping tally on the number of strikes, ballsrand outs lmade'by each side during eachinning. y

My invention further consists in various details of construction and arrangements \of parts all as will be fully described hereinafter. and particularly pointed out in the stood by reference to the accompanying ldrawings forming'a part of this specification and in which the .figure Vrepresents a plan View of a'game apparatus embodying my invention in its preferred form.

Referring now to the dra-wings 1 indicates the board which may be ot' any desired size and of any preferred. construction snclr as are generally used for game boards. Upon the face of the board is delineated a base ball field, or at least that portion thereof known as the diamond, of which 2 indicates the home plate, 3 first baseyt second base,5 third base and ('thc pitchers box.

Arranged within the diamond is ai dial 7 My invention will be morereadily under-h divided into a large number of peripheral M V spaces Sand each space bears aninscripton or vmatter indicative of a'play in a game of base ball. These are proportioned with regard to balls, strikes, bits and outs as near as can be to the. proportion ofthese plays in aprofessional game, and all of ihem arel seit explanatory with the exception ot the symbols E] and El, the former indicating that the runner is caught napping by the pitcher and the man nearest 5 home is called 'out (no one being on base the player is entitled to another throw), and the. -latter indicating that the pitcher made a wild on both first and second bases. O. S. before a strike indicates that the vrunner -is out in attemping to steal from either first, second or third base. P. adjacent` ball indicates a passed ball in n-'hich event the runners are advanced one base, and if. there are men on bases the catcher ischarged with an error. l before a fly to outfield indicates that if a runnerv is on third base he scored, it being a sacrifice Hy, provided there is not more than one out.

G before a 1B'. H. indicates that'the runner atsecond'base is` thrown out at the plate in attem ting to scoreffrom second. :tf: before S. out on a sacrifice hit and both men are saved, S. H. alone indicating a sacrifice hit in. which case the runner is advanced'one base and the batter is out. E. adjacent any play indicates anerror, meaning that the ball was fumbled or was dropped and all on bases are saved. D. P. before a play indicates a double play, that is,.if first base is occupied and the play is Gr. S. S. the man on first is caught at second and the bat-- ter caught at first; or if there is a man on first and second they are caught vat third and second bases; and in all eases Wherethere 1s a man on first base and the play 1s out atsecond and lthe batter is safe on first ist) except in case of'double play as above described. x before 1 B. H. indicates that the runneron second scored on the single, and the man who made the hit goes to second base on the throw to home plate.

Rotatably mounted, preferably in the pitebers box, is an indicator 9 which is spun v the parties playing' the game and --the play indicated'by the same when it'stops aftereaeh spin is counted for or against the playeras the case may be.

Revolubly mounted adjacent-each ofthe bases and the home plate is a disk 10 having its periphery divided into a number of Ispaces 11 provided with letters or other characters to indicate the several players in 'each Leam. These are arrangedfso that the periphery lies adjacent theibase and the disk is turned as each player reaches the respective base as w1ll be explained hereinafter. The

e disk is preferably divided diametrically into two sections 12 and 13 which aredistincindicates that -the batter beat" ittively colored to indicate the two teams 'and a blank space 14 is provided which is ar- -ranged adjacent each basewhen'the base is vided with numerals 18 which may be moved to adjacent an indicatorpoint 19 to indicate -the strikes, balls and outs respectively, which are made by each side'during each in'ning.- 4 y In playingthe game, the side at the bat turns the disk at home plate until the first man on the team, A, is adjacent the plate,

unoccupied. ' Small disks 15, 16 and 17'are 4revolubly mounted on the board and proand then spins the indicator 9. If the indij I cator stops at a strike the disk 15 is turned to record one strike. Balls and outs are indicated -in a like manner by the disk 16 and 17. Should-the indicator 'denote' a one base hit, the player A advances to first base, the disk 10 adjacent said first' base being turned until A is adjacent the same and the disk adjacent the home plate is turned until B is adjacent' the sameindicating-that the second player or B is at the bat. A two base hit being next indicated, the dijskat third'base Would be turned until A is adjacent, said .base and the disk at-secondbas'e is turned until B lis adjacent thereto, the disk at home plate being turned'to bring C to the bat. With this shortV description of the use of the several small disks and the foregoing explanation of the 'plays indicated -by the large central disk and indica;

tor the operation of the Adevice throughout the game will be clearf.

claim as new and desire tol secure by Letters Patent is 1. A game apparat-us comprising a board having delineated upon its'face a base ball each of the bases and the home plate delineated on the board, ea'eh of said disks being provided with symbols representing the'indivijlual players of. a team and saidl 1 l10.; 'Having described my invention what T. y

1'05 diamond, a disk rvolubly mounted adj acento disks being so positioned with relation to.A

jacent each base and the 'home plate, with its periphery substantially touching the same, each'of said disks being divided diametrically into tivo differently colorer'. halves representing the two teams, and the periphery being divide 'info a plurality of name to this smcIic-:Lon in the, presvncu mi Spaces, there bemg n. blank space,- m each i two subscnbmg wltnesscs. Colored half and |119, remaining spaces of Y V ,v Y

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respective 110111115 ubannmlly as descmbed. 1I. ll'r'rs,

In tesnmony whereof I have Slg-nud my 1L CROWELL.

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