US483788A - Patrick o carroll - Google Patents

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P. OCARROLL. GAME BOARD No. 483,788. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK OCARROLL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS CROOKS, OF SAME PLACE.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,788, dated October 4, 1892. I

Application filed November 21, 1391. Serial No. 412,657. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it kn own that I, PATRICK OCARROLL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a game apparatus; and it consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a game apparatus constructed in accord ance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail View of one of the parts.

In said drawings, A represents a board pro- Vided with representations of the diiferent bases of a base-ball ground, as at B, B, B and B and of the pitchers station at B Around the margins of the boardAis arranged a suitable representation of the base-line, which extends from one base to another. A ball D is suspended above the central part of the board A in any suitable manner, as bya cord cl, preferably of elastic material and secured at its upper end to an arch or hoop E, as at d.

A number of movable objects F F, preferably made in representation of men, is provided, and these movable objects are suitably constructed to adapt them to be moved along the base-line or course C. I prefer to form a groove or channel along this line or course, as illustrated in the drawings, and to construct the lower portions of the movable objects so as to engage with said groove and to maintain said objects in vertical position. This is 0011- veniently accomplished by means of the construction illustrated more particularlyin Fig. 2, in which the track or groove is provided with overhanging strips or flanges C C, and the lower parts of the objects F F are provided with lateral flanges ff, adapted to engage beneath said overhanging strips or flanges C C. As also illustrated in Fig.2, the lower ends of said objects F F are preferably made round, the groove in the outer margins of the board being of a similar shape. The groove is prefthe players in the manner to be hereinafter 5 5 described.

At one corner of the board, preferably at or near the home-base B, the groove C is extended to the outside of the board, so as to permit of the placing of the objects F F in or their removal from the groove C.

My game apparatus is used as follows: Any number of players seat themselves about the board A, one of the number being appointed as pitcher. the bat. The pitcher draws back the ball D, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and delivers the ball toward the home-base in the ordinary manner of playing base-ball. The player having the bat endeavors to strike the ball and if successful moves his man E, which he has placed in position in the groove, as shown in Fig. 1,before commencing to play, toward the first base B. The pitcher endeavors to catch One of the other players takes 6 the ball and to touch the man before he has reached the first base B, and if successful the player whose man has been touched by the ball is considered out. If the man has reached the base B, another player takes his place and adjusts his man in position,'as be- So fore described. The pitcher delivers the ball, as before, the player at the bat endeavoring to strike the ball, and the player whose man is on first base endeavoring to advance him to second base. ceeds, as in the regular game of base-ball, and, if desired,may be governed by the same rules as the regular game.

In order to prevent the players from being In this manner the game proable to move the men too quickly from one 0 base to another, the lower flanged portions of said men are arranged to fit loosely in the groove C, so that a quick movement of the man will cause it to tilt to one side, thereby causing the flange f to bind in the groove be- 9 5 tween the board and the overhanging strips or flanges C C. This necessitates a careful and steady movement of the man from one base to another and renders the chances of the players more nearly equal.

The game may obviously be played by any desired number of players, who may choose sides or may play independently, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The herein-described game apparatus, comprising a board provided with representations of the several bases of a base-ball ground, one or more movable objects adapted to be moved from one base to another, and a ball suspended above the central portion of the board and adapted to be swung or moved into a position to touch any one of the bases or movable objects, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. game apparatus comprising a board provided with representations of the several bases of a base ball ground, a peripheral groove or track extending from one of said bases to another, a ball suspended above the central portion of the board by means of an elastic cord attached to an arch or hoop, and one or more movable objects adapted to be removably engaged with said peripheral groove or track and to be moved from base to base about the board, the construction being such as to enable the ball to be swung or moved into a position to touch-either of the bases or movable objects, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK OCARROLL. Witnesses:

JOHN E. WILES, N. E. OLIPHANT,

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