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buckskins
You can make a pair of baseball gloves out of a stout pair of
buckskins. The fingers and thumbs should be cut off at the first joint
for the baseman, and if any extra padding is needed, pieces of felt
can be sewn on. The catcher”s gloves can be made in a similar way,
except that the left-hand glove is kept whole and the ends of the
fingers reinforced by heavy leather tips. A shoemaker can put on these
tips which should be about an inch and a half long. Both gloves should
have padding in the palm and over the ball of the thumb. This padding
can be made of as many layers of felt as are desired, sewn in when the
glove is turned wrong side out. The pads should be so cut that they
run up into the finger a little way, and thus form a protection for
the base of the fingers. Every man who catches should wear a mask. A
body protector will also save many a bruise.

throw at a man running the corners and strikes him with the ball when
he is not touching his corner, he is out
If any one of the fielders, the catcher, or giver makes a successive
throw at a man running the corners and strikes him with the ball when
he is not touching his corner, he is out.

The jog trot is the thing to start in with. Try it for a week or two,
and you will be surprised at the ease with which you can do it. At
first a mile is long enough for a run. After a month you can do two
miles without as much fatigue. Finally, if the gait be not too fast,
you can keep it up for hours.

forward, it will be quite time for you to learn some other way of
getting experience and fun from the sport
When you have mastered your legs somewhat, and can move fairly well
forward, it will be quite time for you to learn some other way of
getting experience and fun from the sport.

The eleven men are classified into ‘rushes’ and ‘backs.’ There is a
quarter back, two half backs and a full back. The first seven are line
men, further known as center, right guard, right tackle, right end,
left guard, left tackle and left end. Each player is given a number to
designate him and this number is known to the captain only.

then at the end of the last stroke turn the toes out so that the
runners of your skates make a straight line, heel to heel, one skate
following the other
You must skate straightaway until you have gained sufficient headway,
then at the end of the last stroke turn the toes out so that the
runners of your skates make a straight line, heel to heel, one skate
following the other. In this position you will glide over the ice
until the momentum first gained is exhausted. At first the beginner
will be only partially successful, but gradually he will be able to
describe a wide circle forward, and in a little while gain sufficient
control of his feet to slide across the skating pond in a straight
line.

there are to be players
From a handful of grass, one of the boys selects as many pieces as
there are to be players. One of the blades is cut off so that it will
be much shorter than the other pieces.

seen, up in some of the Adirondack lakes, canoes that were driven by
oars
The canoe, as you know, is managed by a single paddle, though I have
seen, up in some of the Adirondack lakes, canoes that were driven by
oars. But, excepting in name and shape, these were not canoes; they
were long, narrow boats.

bathing at sea
Many serious accidents have occurred from this mistake, notably when
bathing at sea. An incautious plunge from the ship”s side into the
sail bath extemporized overboard to ward off any danger from sharks
has resulted fatally to the rash swimmer, and at all times danger
attends rash plunging.

necessary for swimming is _confidence_
Beyond the practice that makes for perfection, the only other thing
necessary for swimming is _confidence_. Every man, woman, and child–
even if never in the water before–could keep afloat if he, she or it
had the required confidence, but as they have not this confidence, the
question is: ‘How can it be acquired?’