s permitted to take his seat. The game continues until all
have had a run.

The runs should all be very short to make the game go quickly.

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DEAD BALL

Children stand by desks. A tennis or soft rubber ball is thrown among
the players. The child hit sits and is out of the game. The child
standing near where the ball falls throws it the next time.

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PRELIMINARY BALL

Children stand in rows, facing each other, two rows of desks between
them, those on one side having bean bags. On the teacher's counts they
throw to those in the row opposite, throwing and catching with both
hands. After a given number of throws, they put the left hand behind
them, throwing and catching with the right hand; the same with the
left hand. This is good muscular training.

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DODGE

Players divide into equal groups. One group forms a circle, the other
within. Outside group has a volley or an outdoor baseball with which
they try to hit the one's (players) within. As soon as one is hit he
must immediately join the circle and help hit the others. When all
have been tagged in this way, groups change places and repeat. The
two players who were last to be hit in the two games are captains to
choose up for the next time.

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THIRD MAN

Played much like "Three Deep." Players stand in couples, facing each
other, couples scattered in any way around the room. The runner is
free from being tagged when he steps between the two players of any
couple, and the chaser must chase the one toward whom the runner turns
his back.

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FOX AND CHICKENS

Choose a player to be fox and another to be the mother hen. The
players are the chickens and all form in a line behind the mother hen,
and each one grasping the waist of the one in front. The fox tries to
tag the last chicken; the line, led by the mother hen, turns and tries
to keep between the fox and that chicken. When the last chicken is
tagged he becomes fox, and the mother hen chooses another player in
her place.

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ERASER RELAY

Place an eraser on the front desk of alternate rows. At a signal to
start the first child in each row takes the eraser in both hands and
passes it over his head to the child behind him. This continues till
the last child receives