GamesCapping Verses.To while away the time before dinner, or while sitting in t... Cane Rush This contest is usually held in colleges between the rival fr... Consequences "Consequences" is always a favorite game when a party has rea... Spearing Peanuts. Fill a cup with peanuts, two of which are blackened with ... Buz. All the players sit in a circle and begin to count in turn,... Chestnut Chairs an be made of chestnuts. The flatter side of the nut is t... Making Sentences It is rather exciting for each player to take a side of the r... Bag And Stick A good blind game for a Christmas party is "Bag and Stick." A... |
STUNT ATHLETIC MEETDivestingThe trick is to remove the vest of one of the players while he is still wearing his coat. To accomplish the trick one must stand in front of the subject, unbutton the vest, loosening the buckles on the strap behind... Standing Broad Jump The group is divided into competing teams. Each team lines up behind the starting line. Each is instructed to see how many feet he can have credited to him in this event. The first player on each team is then instr... Standing High Jump Doughnuts are suspended by means of a string, so that one hangs about eight inches above the head of each contestant. The one first succeeding in eating his doughnut without the use of his hands, wins the event. ... Bawl Game Competitors are lined up and directed to bawl. The one doing this the best, in the judgment of the judges, wins. ... Peanut Relay A bowl full of peanuts is placed before each competitor. An empty bowl is placed at some distance opposite each. Each competitor is given a table knife. At the signal to go, keeping his left hand behind his back, h... Shot Put Competitors endeavor to throw a handkerchief unknotted from a given line for distance. ... Lucky A number of bags are suspended in such a way as to hang four feet above the heads of the competitors. One bag contains candy; one contains flour; another peanuts; another water, etc. An individual is blindfolded, g... Peanut Throw Each contestant is given an equal number of peanuts. The one succeeding in dropping the largest number of peanuts into the mouth of a jug, wins. The peanuts must be dropped from a distance equal to the height of th... Head Toss A salt bag is filled with sand. Competitors heel a given line and place the bag of sand upon the back of their necks and without the use of the hands, endeavor to throw the bag as far back into the line as possible.... Duel Tug of War Two opponents are given a piece of rope about three feet long. Each takes a position on the opposite side of a line drawn upon the floor. One tries to pull the other across the line by means of the rope. If success... Discus Throw Contestants are given some object like a quoit, a block of wood, etc. A small circle about eighteen inches in diameter is drawn upon the ground. The contestant places the object to be thrown between his feet and en... Ring the Bell In the centre of a hoop eighteen inches in diameter--(an ordinary barrel hoop)--is hung a bell. The hoop is suspended from the ceiling or a door, so that it will be five feet above the floor. The group is divided i... Chair Tilting Opponents are placed upon chairs and must stand thereon upon one foot. Each is armed with a long pole, the end of which is padded with a wad of cloth. The object is to dislodge the opponent from the chair. Dropping... Hammer Throw An inflated paper bag tied on the end of a yard of string is used as the hammer for this event. Each contestant by swinging the bag from the end of the string tries to throw it as great a distance as possible. ... Twenty Yard Dash Contestants carry an egg to the distance line and return with a spoon held at full arm's length from the body. ... Running Broad Grin Have each competitor grin as broadly as possible. The judges measure the grins with a tape measure. ... Light Weight Race Contestants carry a lighted candle in one hand and a glass or bowl brim full of water in the other. If the water is spilled over or the candle blows out, the contestant is out of the race. ... Javelin Throw Contestants endeavor to throw a short stick through a rolling hoop. ... One Mile Run Contestants are required to add a column of figures, the total of which will be 5280. ... Long Glum The player who can keep from smiling the longest in spite of the jeers and efforts to make him laugh, on the part of the others, wins. ... Turtle Race Contestants lie flat upon their backs and throw an object over their heads with their two feet, for distance. ... |
