SHINNY

Of course every boy who can wield a stick has played at this fine,
simple old game. One does not need many tools for this sport. A stout
shinny stick, curved at the business end, like the best walking
sticks, and a ball, or even a chunk of wood, if not too heavy, and
large, will do.

The game is played between chosen sides under the lead of properly
selected captains. Two goals, from ten to a hundred yards apart, are
marked out, and between these the ball is placed.

This done, the captains display their skill by stationing their men in
such a way that they may guard their respective goals if their
opponents are driving that way.

The captains start the ball a-rolling; all are free to dash in and
strike, taking care to guard their own heads and not to hurt the heads
of the enemy, for this is a contest, not a battle.

Each party must keep on its own side, and each goal gained is a game.

HOCKEY

does not differ much from shinny. In this game the ball is called a
hockey, and it does not matter what you call the curved sticks.

The goals are selected, and the sides chosen as in shinny, but in this
game the captains toss up for first strike. When the ball is struck,