Memorandum, Competitive Games

Hondquartors 35th Division, Amovican Expeditionary Forco RECORDS SERVICE" 22nd January, 1919. Cs 834 COMPETITIVE GAMES Straddle Ball: Equipmont- Any kind of ball may be used; baskot ball medie ine ball, football, otc. Playors - any numbor. Rows of ton to twonty doop are formod with mon in the strido position. Ball to placcd on ground in front of oach row of playors. At the commano "Go" the ball is passod botwed 3 logs of playors. Last man in cach row catchos boll us it comos to him and runs on Loit side of his team to head of line. Tho tcam comploting this porformanco in quie st time wins. Las t runnor on cach toam, as ho finishos, should 018 ball cloarly abovo hoad to assist judgo in dociding winnor. Paul Re ve ro Raco: Playors are arranged in column of file, open rder, with distanco of ton to twonty foot botwoon oach contostant. ight man solocted from oach team to act as rider, starting just back of las t man in column, upon signel, lonps upon the back of man who carrics him to man noxt in front of him in line. must chango from back of first stood to back of socond with- out touching groung Socond staod carrios to third and so on un- til he roaches front of column and the front men carrios him across no finishing limo. asket Ball Rolay : Equiprient-Bas ketball. Playors-anj numbor. Rows o ton to twonty deop aro formod with mon in strido position. Ball is pledod on ground in front of each row of playons. At command "Go 001 1 S tossed back botwoon logs of p loyors. Last man catchos bo.11 and runs qn loft sido of his toom to a distanco linc from who TO ho throws ball to first man in row The ball is a.gain tossoo through logs to last mon and so on until firso mon in row has rc. ball and carried to distance lino, plocing ball over hoad. es signal of finish. Volloy Ball Rolay Same as baskot ball rolay with the oxception that a volley ball is usod for passing and throwing. Indoor Bascball Rolay Samo as baskotball rolay with the oxcoption that an indoor bascbal 1 is used for passing and throwing. Football Passing Rolay: Equipment- ono rugby football. Players- assumo samo position as in basketball rolay and footboll is passod from man to man, oach man having to catch and pass the ball from: the front man to the last man in the row, who takes the ball and, running on the loft side of his toam, carrios it to the 25-yard 1ii From thero he makes a forward pass to the front non in the colum and runs to the front of the collumn. Ino passing, running and thro ing are continued until the front mon in the colvmm has roccivod the ball between the logs of too row of mon and carricd it to the 25-yard distance and finish line, Foot Ball Punting Rolay : This race is a modification of the foot ball passing re lay with the oxception that the man punts tho ball back from the distance line to the front man of the column instead of passing it. (Over)