Captain or Centre Ball
(American Physical Education Review.)
March, '99, p. 73
The field is divided into two equal parts with a neutral space of about two feet intervening, each half again being subdivided into five squares or bases (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and a centre base (6) as per diagram.
Place a spring-board in the centre square. The line up of the players is the following: A takes centre. B first, C second, D third, E fourth, and F fifth bases, while guards G, H, I and J line up in the opposing players' territory. The opposing players or team take the same position on the other side of the field. Play begins with the umpire taking his place in the neutral place and tossing up the ball. The players of both sides try to gain possession. If, for instance, guard H succeeds, he throws the ball to one of the basemen of his side, say B, who in turn will throw the ball to centre A, while the guards of the opposing team do their
