US1053322A - Game. - Google Patents

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H. C. SHIPMAN.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1912.

1,053,322, Pat ented Feb. 18,1913.

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GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Application filed January 27, 1912. Serial No. 673,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD CLIFFORD SHIPMAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Cobalt, in the Province .of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Games, of which the following is the specification.

This invention relates to improvements in games and the objects are to provide an indoor game which will resemble a game of baseball and which will afiord a maximum amount of amusement and excitement.

Further objects are to cause the indoor game to resemble as closely as possible the original outdoor game by reproducing the plays and hazards of the outdoor game.

Further objects are to provide a game which may be played by one person or a number of persons and when so played will afford an equal amount of amusement and pleasure, and it consists essentially of the improved construction and arrangement of parts and devices hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specification and drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the mat on which the game is played. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the counter used with the game. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail through a portion of the mat. Fig. 4 is a plan of a score card which may be used. Fig. 5 shows plans of two of the playing cards.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a mat or board on which the game is played. In order to more accurately represent the field on which the outdoor game is played it will be found convenient to have this mat of green color. This mat is formed with depressions or marked spaces 10, 11, 12 and 13 to represent the home plate, first base, second base and third base respectively and along the two edges of the mat which meetat the home plate a series of depressions or recesses 14 are formed adapted to receive the small disks 14L which represent the players.

Two 'sets of ten disks each will be provided each representing a particular player on the field being stamped to correspond with the player which they represent, thus, C for catcher, P for pitcher, SS for short stop, 1 for first base, 2 for second base, 3 for third base, LF for left field, RF for right field, CF for center field and S for spare. These counters are during the playing of the game left in position in the recesses as indicated in Fig. 1.

A pack of cards B are provided preferably about ninety in number, each card having marked thereon a certain play which it is possible to make in the outdoor game. The cards will have marked thereon a play for the. home, first base, second base and third base. A counting device C may also be provided having an index pointer 15 co operating with a quadrant 16 to indicate the number of balls, a pointer 17 cooperating with a quadrant 18 to indicate the number of men out, a pointer 19 cooperating with a quadrant 20 to indicate the number of innings, a pointer 21 cooperating with a quadrant 22 to indicate the number of strikes.

A convenient form of score card for the game is illustrated in Fig. 4.

The rules and method of playing the game are as follows: The game is to be played under the-rules of the National League of the United States of America. The green mat representing the field is spread on the table. The home team and visiting team are placed in their respective order, behind the home plate, as follows: catcher, pitcher, short-stop, 1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base, left field, right field, center field and spare, and go to bat in this order or as maybe desired. One team takes the field while the other goes to bat, the first man to bat placing his disks on the home plate. The person taking the field team then takes the cards and deals them in a pile, face upward, three at a time. Each card then coming on top is a pitched ball from the pitcher, and the batterand base runners are moved accordingly. The number of strikes, balls, men out and number of innings are kept by the special indicator. If the team at bat are not out when the cards are dealt through once go over them again, but be sure the cards are shuffled before going over after once being dealt, thus the plays will not re-occur the same.

The game consists of nine innings, or as pitcher and so on.

- Widely different embodiments of my invention, Within the scope of the claim, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

An improved game comprising a pack of cards each having a possible baseball play marked thereon said cards giving the play Which takes place at the home plate, 1st base, 2nd base and 3rd base, an element to represent a baseball field and a series of elements to represent players.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

HAROLD CLIFFORD SHIPMAN.

Witnesses:

RUSSEL S. SMART, WM. A. WYMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. c."

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