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    • CUTwC vs. Lord’s Taverners • 1960
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    • Oxford Tour of the U.S. • 1962
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WHI-01 • Whitman • Big League Baseball Game Played with Tiddledy Winks • # 3052 • © 1935

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Description

Whitman Publishing Company (publisher) AGPI # · P-1677Full Publisher Info

Big League Baseball Game played with Tiddledy Winks (game) AGPI # · G-30004

Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 

WHI-01

Title, Preserving Case · 

BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME played with TIDDLEDY WINKS

Title Language · 

English

Date · 

© 1935 

Date Source

rules

Copyright on Game · 

© 1935 by Whitman Publishing Co.

Publisher Name on Game

Whitman Publishing Co.

Publisher Catalog #

3052

Cover Text

ANYBODY’S BALL GAME

MADE IN U.S.A. WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO.

Made In Location Marked · 

USA

Persons Involved

A. L. Gustafson

Game Type · 

tiddlywinks

Keywords

baseball, tiddlywinks

Date on Rules · 

© 1935 

Rules Format

under box lid

Container Type · 

box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

9⅛ inches wide — 12 inches high — 1 inches deep

23.2 cm wide — 30.5 cm high — 2.5 cm deep

Cover Description

Yellow background. “BIG LEAGUE” in black at upper left. “BASEBALL GAME” in green with black shadow on red swath background. Batter with white uniform & red stripes at center, with green shadow; hat has “W”.

Apron Descriptions

title

Contents

5 stick pegs (~1 1/4″ x 1/8″); part of a rounded stick (9/16″ x 2″)

Tiddlywinks Targets

Cardboard in box bottom: baseball diamond with rounded rectangular cut-outs marked “STRIKE”, “BALL”, “POP FLY OUT”, “GROUNDER OUT”, “1 BASE HIT”, “2 BASE HIT”, “FLY OUT”, “3 BASE HIT”, “HOME RUN”. Peg holes at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base, and at lower left: “Score”, “BALLS”, “STRIKES”, “OUTS”. Infield is blue; base paths are yellow, outfield and foul area is green.

Winks

Extra large (1 1/2″): dark blue one side, gray other. Large plastic (7/8″): 1 green, 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 medium-blue. Large (13/16″): 1 off-white. Large bone (7/8″): 1 white. Small plastic (5/8″): 2 green, 2 red, 3 yellow, 3 off-yellow, 3 off-white, 2 striated medium-dark blue, 2 dark blue. Small bone (5/8): 1 white.

Tiddlywinks Felt · 

1 round green felt (1 1/2″ diameter), 1 rectangular green felt (2 1/2″ x 2 1/8″) with serrated edges

In Collection · 

Rick Tucker

Database Update Date · 

2021-04-16 13:06:31
Rules

BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME PLAYED WITH TIDDLEDY WINKS

RULES FOR PLAYING

Any number of persons may play, divided into two sides.  The winks are snapped from behind home plate, on some surface, such as the table, off the playing board itself.  A resilient pad of cloth or felt makes the best shooting surface.  If all players find it desirable, the playing board or field (the box) may be placed in an inclined position.

Each player in turn snaps a wink for his side until three outs are scored, when it becomes the other side’s inning.  If only two players are taking part, a player snaps winks until three outs are scored, and it then becomes the other player’s turn or inning.

If a wink lands on any part of the playing field above the foul line but not in an opening, it counts as 1 strike.  A wink falling below the foul line in the box, or anywhere outside the box, counts as a foul ball.

If a wink falls through or lands in an opening, the player (batter) does as indicated.  If the opening is marked BALL, he scores 1 ball (using a peg to mark the hole at lower left).  If the opening is marked STRIKE, he scores 1 strike.  If OUT, 1 out is scored for his side.  If a hit, he places a man on the proper base.  If a home run, he scores 1 run or more, depending on the number of men on bases when the home run is batted.

If a man is already on first base, and another base hit is snapped, that man advances a base to make room for the new man.  That is, only one man can be on one base at a time.  Each time a new man advances, all those ahead of him advance accordingly.  Thus, if a home run is batted with the bases full, 4 runs are scored.  If 3 outs are counted against a player with bases full, no score
is made for those men.

Thus the game proceeds in general like ordinary baseball—if 4 balls are made, a man goes into play at first base; if 3 strikes are made, 1 out is scored against the side; and so on.

The score should be kept by innings and a normal game consists of 9 innings.  In case of a tie at the end of the ninth inning, additional innings are played until one side has more runs.  Any piece of paper may be used to keep score, marked off like the diagram below.

DIAGRAM OF SCORE SHEET

INNINGS123456789101112Total
(Team Name)             
(Team Name)             

No. 3052 MADE IN U.S.A.
COPYRIGHT 1935 WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO., RACINE, WIS.


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