Battle Ball— A New Sport 



The Principle of the Game Is Almost Identical with That of Lawn 

 Tennis, the Distinguishing Point of Difference Being the "Push" Motion 

 with Which the Ball Is Struck. This New Game Is Just as Much Fun 

 When One Person Plays It, Using Both Rackets, as with a Partner 



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a sort of first 

 game of tennis 



ATTLE BALL is 

 the name given to 

 cousin to the popular 

 It is a new outdoor 

 game devised by a resident of Virginia. 

 It is played with a racket of novel con- 

 struction and cloth-covered rubber balls 

 used in tennis. The racket is circular in 

 form with a wide band across which the 

 woven gut of the racket is stretched. 

 The handle is positioned in alinement 

 with the center of the band, to which it is 

 attached by three wires. The rackets are 

 less expensive than those used in tennis. 

 The game may be played by two or 

 four players, or it may be played indi- 

 vidually, offering an excellent means for 

 exercise. If the player is adept the ball 

 is thrown in the air from one racket and 

 then caught by another racket as it falls, 

 and bounced back and forth indefinitely. 

 The game recjuires a degree of skill sutfi- 

 cient to make it fascinating. 



mobiles thought it would be a novel ad- 

 vertising trick to run his car on the 

 siphon. It was a comparatively easy 

 job to get the car on the pipe and when 

 once there it was impossible for it to fall 

 off. The driver could have fallen, asleep 

 with safety. Of course the photographs 

 were disappointing. 



But when a motor-cyclist came along 

 and contemplated doing the trick people 

 from surrounding cities gathered to see" 

 the event. I'nlike the automobile, the 

 motor-cycle Iiad to pick its own way 

 and that had to be done with the ait! of 

 handlebars in the hands of the driver.' 

 Harry Hartz was the driver. He mount- 

 ed the pipe without fear and on his first 

 trip kept his eyes on the track ahead. 

 On the second trip, however, he looked 

 behind him and actualh" closed his e\"es. 



An Example of Motor- Cycle 

 Dare-Deviltry 



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stantly keeping their English cous- 

 ins amazed by the i)erilous feats they 

 accomplish with their American-made 

 motor-cycles. When the Bofjuel Siphon 

 of the Los Angeles .^(lucduct w.is fin- 

 ished recently a mainifa<'(nrcr ol auto- 



Riding a Motor-Cycle on the Big Los 

 Angeles Siphon. After Several Practice 

 Trips the Rider Actually Performed the 

 Dangerous Trick with His Eyes Closed 



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