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much the same as in baseball, except that when a 12-inch ball is used the 

 bases are 45 feet apart and the distance from the back edge of the pitcher's 

 plate (6 x 12 inches) to the center of home plate (12 inches square) is 35 

 feet. When a 14-inch ball is used, the bases are 35 feet apart and the pitch- 

 ing distance is 30 feet. The above dimensions are varied considerably 

 depending upon available space, size of ball used, and age of players. 



Shuffleboard. No standard rules have been adopted for this game, 

 which is usually played on a concrete or wood surface about 10 feet 

 wide and 40 to 5,0 feet long. Round wooden disks are delivered by means 

 of a cue, and in dealing them the player must not step over the foul line. 

 Various ways of marking out courts and scoring are in use. 



Soccer. Soccer may be played on any level field, preferably turf, 

 although this is not as essential as in the case of football. The following 

 statement is from the Laws of the Game, and it is reprinted with the per- 

 mission of the American Sports Publishing Company: 



"The dimensions of the field of play shall be: Maximum length, 130 

 yards; minimum length, 100 yards; maximum breadth, 100 yards; minimum 

 breadth, 50 yards. The field of play shall be marked by boundary lines. 

 The lines at each end are the goal lines, and the lines at the sides are the 

 touch lines. The touch lines shall be drawn at right angles with the goal lines. 

 A flag with a staff not less than five feet high shall be placed at each corner. 

 A halfway line shall be marked out across the field of play. The center of 

 the field of play shall be indicated by a suitable mark, and a circle with a 

 ten-yard radius shall be made around it. 



The goals shall be upright posts fixed on the goal lines, equidistant 

 from the corner flagstaffs, eight yards apart, with a bar across them eight 

 feet from the ground. The maximum width of the goal posts and the maxi- 

 mum depth of the crossbar shall be five inches. Lines shall be marked six 

 yards from each goal post at right angles to the goal lines for a distance of 

 six yards, and these shall be connected with each other by a line parallel 

 to the goal lines; the space within these lines shall be the goal area. Lines 

 shall be marked 18 yards from each goal post at right angles to the goal 

 lines; the space within these lines shall be the penalty area. A suitable 

 mark shall be made opposite the center of each goal, 12 yards from the 

 goal line; this shall be the penalty kick mark. 



In international matches, the dimensions of the field of play shall be 

 maximum length, 120 yards; minimum length, 1 10 yards; maximum breadth, 

 80 yards; minimum breadth, 70 yards." 



PLATE No. 132. DIAGRAM FOR LAYING OUT A SHUFFLEBOARD COURT 



Designed by August Fischer, Superintendent of Recreation in Winter Haven, Florida. 



