US1280082A

US1280082A - Game.

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Publication number: US1280082A
Application number: US13565616A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leonard F Pierson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-12-07
Filing date: 1916-12-07
Publication date: 1918-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 1935-09-24

Description

f;L. F. PIERSON.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7| lgl.

Patented Sept. i24 1918.

:Magdi Gwamo v @WW mg dis 2O to the edge of the projectile 18. In beginning play, any one projectile may be selected at the option of the player, and if 1 jthe game piece is struck the same player may continue to try to advance the ball by goal.

snapping the same projectile, or any other one toward the ball, and this may continue until one of the projectiles misses the ball, whereupon the opponent may have the ri ht to direct a rojectile representing one of is men toward the ball in an endeavor to return the ball toward the previous players If one of the players succeeds in forcmg the ball past his Aopponents goal, it counts fora touch-down or six points. The side making the touch-down then place the ball on its opponents goal line where it has` assed over` the line and may lace any of is men or projectiles in any esired place behind the ball to be directed at it for a"kickin, that is, for a' try to direct the ball toward the center of the eld. If'the side making the touchdown fails to successfull disks 18 against the bal on the first, try the opponent mayv then try to cause one oi its disks to come in contact with the ball and, this may continue until either4 side .strikes'the ball. If the side making the touch-down first strikes the ball, the ball may then beA placed in osition in front of the goal, and a try maV e to kick goal by directing one of the disk rojectiles` 18 against the ball; If the kie is successful a in of one point is made.` If, however, t e side not making the touch-down succeeds in irst directing one of its projectiles against the ball, the ball is brought back to the center and the lay is resumed as if the kick had been locked in a regular football game.

If in projecting the disks18 one of them falls on an opponents man or disk, the lower disk cannot be layed :until the upper one has been remov either by projectinr it olf the lower disk or by knocking it o If the disk or one side touches or overlaps kone of the circles in its o ponents group of par` indicia,the opponents isk on that t'icular circle can be played until thel disk of the other side `has been removed. Thev playing, however, can play any side then disk ory projectile until the ball is missed.

If the ball is caused to ass over thc i side lines, it is to be returned rom' the point the lopposite to tat which' caused the ball to itpassed over and placed on a corres ondll of their positions and the side ing osition on the inner side line.

isks kee pass over the side linemay put the ball in play.

' t If en@ sa@ shauns'end the bnibehina may direct one of the or three points ior the opposite side, and

when this happens, the ball is carried back to the center and the game started afresh.`

A touch-down or goal kicked from thc center is not scored, and when the same is done, the ball is placed on the proper placeline 16 or 17, and the opponents have the right to Put the ball in play. A goal to count must be kicked from the place-line.

In each instance when the ball is returned to center, theV side losing the last points scored has the kickoff, that is, has the right toput thebnll in play.

The foregoingrules may be modified or changed from time to timeto suit the whim k of the players, an'dI therefore would have it understood that I do not intend to be limited by any of the rules above-enumerated, those glven being simply indicative of the manner in which the game may be played, and I would have it understood that wherever the term boardl is used, that it is ern loyed in its broadest sense and may inclu e exible fabric, cardboard, wood, covered metal or any desired material adapted t0 be placed upon a table, floor' or other suitable support, and having thereon the markings l peculiar to the game. It will usually consist of flexible material, such as cloth, felt or the like in form conveniently j applicable to an existing table, or other su porting surface, and it will preferably e provided with corner strings for securing it against displacement while in use.

l I claim 1. A game board having a central line, groups of projectiles disposed on opposite sides of said line, a game piece located between said groups of projectiles and means for directing any one of said projectiles against the game piece.

l2. A me board having arallel posts carried y its respective en s, a support carried by the center of said board, a spherical game iece receivable b said support, a projectie comprisin a isk and means for directing the dis the spherical game piece.,

3. A game board having socket members atits respective ends and a support secured to the center' thereof, removable posts in said socket members, a spherical game piece receivable by said support, disk receiving seats on the board and arranged in trianguangular groups on the opposite side ofsaid.

line,disks of lesserdiameter than the circles and no rmally seated thereon, a spherical game piece adapted to be initially'positioned projectile toward l, game .Lpie ybeing 'adaptada to be he` ymantel-'fV thereof, movable `posts finsaid time plete, xpro'j ectiles; n' said seats and having numhersffcorlfesponding to thos:A on"A tlmy seats, `and mem'nsy for'` directmjgfsaid "prf K sides of said centra cated betweenfsai" day ofjl ber