| 单词 | rounders |
| 例句 | One time, he was at school for a rounders match and he whacked the ball clean over the hedge and into the glebe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I think that’s why we never asked that one further question, and why we punished Marge K. so cruelly for bringing it all up that day after the rounders match. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We were sitting on the grass after a rounders match and Miss Lucy had been giving us a typical talk on smoking when Marge suddenly asked if Miss Lucy had herself ever had a cigarette. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys were going through a phase of “enjoying” rounders in order to flirt with us, so there were over thirty of us that afternoon. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Throckmorton had to put him in charge of scoring 'cause we ran out of rounders balls. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We’d been in the pavilion getting ready for a game of rounders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, some people said they’d thought she was going to give us a big telling-off; others that she was about to announce a new rule on how we played rounders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the time, for example, when a bunch of us were desperate to go out and practise rounders during break, because we’d been challenged by a group from the year above. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, there will be a game of rounders and a house tour of the museum. Spare Times for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z He grounded it, if you can say that, in a phantasmagoric reiteration of American folk legend: drifters, thieves, rounders, jailbirds, horndogs, vigilantes, and roustabouts. Robert Hunter Gave the Grateful Dead Its Voice 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z On her first album, “Way Out West,” in 1974, she wrote of gamblers, rounders and outlaws and, in the title song, of heartbreak and disillusionment: Mary McCaslin, Folk Singer Who Lamented the Lost Old West, Dies at 75 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z All the personal trainers I speak to say you should choose something you enjoy – this isn’t about compulsory rounders any more. Just not sporty: how to embrace exercise as an adult if you disliked it as a child 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The children, girls in bonnets and boys in tricorn hats, played period games like rounders. Fort Ticonderoga Re-enacts Dramatic Battles 2013-09-12T19:44:27Z I’m involved in a big game of kickball – basically rounders, only played with a football, which you kick. 'Just don't call it a cult': the strangely alluring world of the Bruderhof 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The Kraken had nine picks on Thursday, including the three second rounders, one apiece in the third, fourth and fifth rounds, two in the sixth and one in the seventh. Kraken wrap up 2023 NHL draft with nine picks on Day 2 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Nine come Thursday, including three second rounders — at 50th, 52nd and 57th overall — one apiece in the third, fourth and fifth rounds, two in the sixth and one in the seventh. Deep talent pool in NHL draft could leave top defensemen available to Kraken at No. 20 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z He said the man appeared to be holding a long-ish item - such as an iron bar or rounders bat. Stephen Lawrence: How the Met Police failed to spot suspect Matthew White 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The Magic also had two first rounders, picking Black at No. 6 before adding Howard to their collection of former Michigan standouts. With 7 first-round picks, struggling Southeast Division had big opportunity in draft 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z They played cricket and rounders, drank ginger beer and ate cake sweet with margarine and coconut, Toussaint said. Queen’s coronation recalled as UK prepares to crown her son 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In return, Everett gets four players and 10 draft picks, including four first rounders. Silvertips ship two top players for four players, 10 draft picks 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z A youth has been found guilty of the "revenge" killing of a 15-year-old boy who was attacked in the street with a knife, an umbrella and a rounders bat. Tamim Ian Habimana stabbing: One boy guilty of revenge killing 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z I tried every sport… hockey, basketball, even rounders, and did pretty well - I reached county level at most of them - but I never stopped thinking about the Olympics, and what would take me there. 'Young female athletes need to know what’s normal' 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z A 15-year-old boy was killed in a "revenge" attack by a group of youths armed with a knife, an umbrella and a rounders bat, a court has heard. Tamim Ian Habimana stabbing: Five on trial for 'revenge' attack 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z And Friday’s final six rounds were also busy, with four second-round selections by the Kraken, two third rounders and 10 picks total. NHL draft rewind: Answering key questions about the Kraken’s picks 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Eight more UW defensive backs followed — five second rounders, one third rounder and two fifth rounders. UW corner Trent McDuffie taken by Kansas City Chiefs with 21st pick in 2022 NFL draft 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z And on Tuesday, more details about that offer emerged: A source said the Commanders offered high picks across the next three drafts — including multiple first rounders. Broncos, Packers leave Commanders, other QB-needy teams with leftovers 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “If you want to go play volleyball, beach ball, rounders, soccer, whatever it may be, great, be my guest,” said Bisping. ‘That’s a dude’: MMA stars push back on transgender fighter Alana McLaughlin’s win 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Speaking of Alabama, the Crimson Tide tied the record of six first rounders, set by the Miami Hurricanes’ in 2004. Betting millions on QBs who can turn clubs around on a dime 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Position outlook: No guaranteed first rounders, but pretty good depth. NFL Draft: Ohio State’s Young top defensive player in draft 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Despite some bullying at Beachborough, I did lots of sport including hockey, rounders and netball and went with friends on matches to different schools. 'My parents were told to plan my funeral' 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Jumpers-for-goalposts football, massive rounders matches, impromptu cricket - all common sights around the queue. How to survive the Wimbledon queue 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z A term once confined to rounders and baseball, it refers to an insurance policy to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the event of the UK’s no-deal departure. How the Irish backstop emerged as May's Brexit nemesis 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Rather, on the day of competition, rounders, bowlers and golfers generally engage in mood-enhancing pleasures. Perspective | A doping scandal in bridge? What is the world coming to? 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z —Gary Trent Jr., the 37th overall pick who played one season at Duke, signed a three-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, guaranteeing him more money overall than a handful of first rounders. NBA notebook: Anthony, Thunder will reportedly part ways 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Orlando traded Webber later that night for the No. 3 pick and three future first rounders. Analysis | The Phoenix Suns got what they earned: The top pick in the NBA draft 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The conference did a spot-on impression of the SEC in the spring of ’15, with nine first rounders. Analysis: Who’s up, who’s down in Jon Wilner’s post-NFL Draft Pac-12 stock report 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z It’s hard to keep hitting on the mid-to-late rounders as spectacularly as Seattle once did and picking later in the draft has narrowed the margin for error considerably. Seahawks have sunk in recent NFL drafts after years of brilliance: What happened? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z If the answer is no and you just received a bunch of fifth rounders and some Olive Garden gift cards, can you please just lie to me? The inevitable questions an NHL player asks when dealt at the trade deadline - Golf Digest 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z This is baseball, where No. 1 overall picks will miss the big leagues, and where 20th rounders become Hall of Famers. Swing and miss: Jerry Dipoto may have whiffed when Mariners traded Chris Taylor to Dodgers, but that’s baseball 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Other games organised by the GAA include Gaelic handball and rounders. London gets new Gaelic games 'county stadium' - BBC News 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Therefore, if the Lakers keep their pick this season, it would actually mean they keep two first rounders. Analysis | The Lakers are desperate for their next Kobe. Is he in the draft or already on the roster? 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Tweeted Wade Phillips, new defensive coordinator for the Rams: “Here at the combine where 1st rounders are sometimes picked by 40 times. Fastest doesn’t always mean best.” NFL combine notes: Beefy Leonard Fournette still clocks a quick 40-yard dash 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Two first-round picks, two second rounders and two third rounders over the next two years, in return for a new face of the franchise to boost Californian ticket sales. NFL mock draft: Rams go for Goff, Eagles take Wentz, and Chargers nab Ramsey 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Stick sports like cricket and rounders date to the 1500s, and this is probably the crudest of them, most famously played by city kids on congested New York streets. Getting streetwise to the challenges of stickball 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z They were also taught the game of rounders - they thought of it as baseball played with a broomstick. How the British and Americans started listening in - BBC News 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z He preferred the English game of rounders, he told TIME, because it was “not nearly as violent” and didn’t involve “sliding into bases and trying to get the guy with your cleats.” See Photos From Elton John's Legendary Dodger Stadium Concerts 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Others are simply Danes who enjoyed playing their version of the bat-and-ball game known as rounders while growing up and wanted to try the next level. The Met, the Myth: Searching for Noah Syndergaard’s Viking Roots in Denmark 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Only Michigan produced three total picks, but only two first rounders. UCLA's Kevon Looney, Norman Powell to attend NBA combine 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z MT Europe’s nod to the Saltire on the first day, which made them look more like a junior school rounders side in a get-up knocked together in a hurry by one of the parents. Ryder Cup 2014 review: our writers’ best player, match, highs and lows 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z "He wanted the activities at Governors' Day to be chosen by staff for staff and their families. Staff chose a number of sports, such as rounders, football and tug of war, among others." Bank replaces cricket with rounders 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Baseball evolved from the British game rounders, played by both girls and boys. Is Softball Sexist? 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Earlier in the week, Schneider said the gap between first and second rounders and sixth and seventh rounders is “probably smaller than people would think.” NFL draft’s later rounds are Seahawks’ prime time 2014-05-10T05:13:00Z In those three years combined, McPhee added nine players at the trade deadline and parted with seven draft picks, including five second rounders. McPhee exits, confident Caps can win Cup 2014-04-28T20:03:29Z There will be more unusual activities like "school-gate rounders", designed to offer mothers on the school-run the chance to get active. Women's 'sport experiment' launched 2013-05-10T11:20:12Z The match will be replaced by rounders, football and egg-and spoon races. Bank replaces cricket with rounders 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z This will include team sports, such as rounders, as well as exercise classes, such as buggy push for new mothers. Can free leisure services get people fit? 2013-05-06T01:10:01Z I said, 'I suppose you're more into that rounders game you play over here'. Lynn-sanity as journeyman Briton excels in U.S. 2013-03-05T19:53:26Z He also wants to be in the money shot – posing with all the first rounders after they’re selected. David Stern’s NBA draft performance gives little reason to cheer 2012-07-02T05:44:04Z Ask Romar about the significance of having two first rounders, and he frankly starts his remarks, "I don't know." NBA draft: Washington's loss of Terrence Ross, Tony Wroten inspires conflicting emotions 2012-06-26T03:25:53Z We're two wickets away from the all- rounders and the bowlers and hopefully if we're patient and we put the ball in the right areas that comes tomorrow. Jonny Bairstow is in for the long haul, says England's Ian Bell 2012-05-19T19:02:01Z I mean, there’s a reason why we moved up, lost two first rounders and a second rounder for the guy: to be our starter. Orakpo: You?d have to be dumb not to assume RGIII was starting 2012-05-08T19:58:16Z I say, Carol, some fellows are coming this afternoon; we are going to have a game at rounders. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z The Vikings swapped their No. 3 choice for the Browns' No. 4 pick, with Minnesota also getting fourth, fifth and seventh rounders. Luck, RG3 only sure things in NFL deal-a-thon 2012-04-27T01:12:07Z Croix's friends—some of them rounders like himself, some of them fat, solid, but beauty-loving financiers—formed a court of beauty around the fair newcomer. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The men enjoy a game of rounders on the ice each evening. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The Browns could then trade their two first rounders and the for round for the Rams' first and get Robert Griffin III. Reader Q&A: Pompei's Bears mailbag 2012-03-08T01:44:00Z They were both capital runners, having had plenty of practice at cricket and rounders, but I do not think they ever ran so fast in their lives as when they were chased by the bees. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z After placing six offensive players in the 2010 Pro Bowl, the Falcons drafted receiver Julio Jones No. 6 overall, sending five draft picks, including a pair of first rounders, to Cleveland. Reporting no problems from groin surgery, Atlanta RB Turner says he?s as good as ever 2011-08-01T01:18:18Z Thus it has always been, since rounders in Tudor times and the first American baseball in the 1840s. What's so great about winning, anyway? 2011-07-26T19:30:00Z Games followed, rather like the games that children play at village school-feasts in England, bearing to those the same resemblance that baseball does to mixed rounders. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z Them rounders will stay in town all night. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z It wasn't "Bookman stuff" at all, all about a couple of "old rounders," as Mr. Huneker called them, taking a stroll. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z And just how many first rounders become solid pros? Dan Pompei's post-draft Bears mailbag 2011-05-05T16:14:00Z We did netball in the winter and rounders in the summer - she was an exceptional athlete, as was her sister Pippa. Classroom Kate 2011-04-28T06:05:20Z Are any of those four first rounders really going to be better than Gallinari or Chandler? Opinion: 'Melodrama bringing out worst in everyone 2011-02-21T14:31:16Z I've even spent far too long explaining that no, it's not actually rounders for boys. Comment is free readers on ... unsung Olympic sports 2011-02-18T09:00:01Z He's American, he's got a big Dubya smack bang in the middle of his name and his main sporting love is rounders: what could possibly go wrong? The Fiver 2010-10-06T15:35:00Z He was never one of the great all‑rounders, but a considerably better one than his statistics show superficially. Andrew Flintoff was an England hero with a sense of chivalry 2010-09-16T18:07:00Z Even better, if the Yankees sign an additional Type A free agent -- as they've been known to do -- the M's might get zero first rounders. A few reasons why "taking the draft picks" and keeping Cliff Lee would amount to incompetence by the Mariners 2010-07-06T20:01:00Z A Phoenix They gained a couple meaningless late rounders. NBA draft report card: How each team fared 2010-06-25T07:21:00Z But the Bruins also have the No. 15 selection and two second rounders, and those could be on the table. Bruins, Oilers, sizing up top 2 draft picks 2010-06-21T21:12:00Z I went to secondary school with Finn and remember him being rubbish at rounders, although it must be said he was handy on the basketball court... Live - England v Bangladesh 2010-05-31T09:30:00Z But next year, they will have two first rounders and two second rounders. Analysis: In the Draft, Winners, Losers and the Patriots 2010-04-24T19:15:00Z Apart from saddles, the factories made everything from ice skates to rounders balls, and from gloves to dog leads. Budget 2010: Cheap imports threaten UK saddle industry 2010-03-24T17:42:00Z It is a scientific development of the old English game of 'rounders', and is played by nine players a side. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Some of the girls were playing rounders, but most were standing about chatting, and waiting for the dinner bell. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Tennis and croquet were in full swing, and the younger ones amused themselves with rounders and hide-and-seek. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story When they had eaten they threw down their veils and began to play at ball, at a game like rounders. Tales of Troy and Greece From these rules it can be seen that the game resembled baseball much less than it did the game of "rounders." The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Please do not think, because the girls of Kingfield High School resented being obliged to play rounders during eleven o'clock break, that they therefore were not enthusiastic on the subject of games. Loyal to the School You've noticed that electric light complexion some of our Broadway rounders gets on? Side-stepping with Shorty Intellectual interests are delightful, and we want her to have them, but they hardly supply the place of tennis and rounders at eleven years of age. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story Here choosing sides they played at rounders for a couple of hours, and then flung themselves down on the grass. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines An English work on outdoor sports describes "rounders" as follows: The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Lesbia, who had been one of the principal shirkers at the hated game of rounders, pulled wry faces over the letter, but patted it in her pocket nevertheless. Loyal to the School The girls were playing rounders among the old fruit-trees on the grass-plot, with a loud accompaniment of shrieks and shouts of laughter. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius "Ah, ma foi! ... la balle au camp"—"Ah, my word, I understand that, gentlemen—I, too, was a school‑boy once, and was fond of rounders." The Martian Yes," Bill Cummings said, "and we'll send round challenges to the other pits to play football and rounders. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Whether baseball, our great national game, is a development of "rounders" or of "town ball" will ever be a question. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 The American game of bowls pleased him, and rounders found him more than expert. My Father as I Recall Him A wink, a gesture, a careless word to the proper messenger, conveyed to the saloon rounders an assurance of sympathy which inflamed their resentment to the murderous point. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Range of view and air, most free and delightful; hill-side garden, delicious; field, stupendous; speculations in haycocks already effected by the undersigned, with the view to the keeping up of a "home" at rounders. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 In every match which they had played at rounders, football, and quoits, with the surrounding villages Stokebridge had won easily, and never were the games entered into with more zest than now. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines But village children are not taught rounders, and though we wondered at first why their teachers had not seen to this, we understood presently. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune "Well done, well done!" from individuals leaping and clapping their hands with excitement, arose from many a merry ring, in which "rounders," with a cruelly hard ball, was being played. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 A score of the fifth class, next in age and rank, were playing at rounders in an angle of the court, and I was supposed to be watching them. The Dew of Their Youth She was young and what the rounders call a good-looking chicken. The Tyranny of Weakness But I’ll tell you what you can do; you can play a game of rounders. Ernest Bracebridge School Days Or have a game at rounders, or—” “No, no no,” I said. Burr Junior If you still wont them I can get good steady working men that wount to work and not gambling no rounders but working men. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 No such feature as this was ever heard of in base-ball, yet, as said, it is the characteristic which gives to rounders its name, and any derivation of that game must certainly have preserved it. Base-Ball How to Become a Player It chanced that it had decided to play rounders, and was gathered into an excited knot in which everybody was discussing, all at the same time, the process of picking sides. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Here the rounders congregated, or came and spent the hours until it was time to go forth to bout or assignation. The Sport of the Gods I had to wait for my opportunity, and it came that afternoon, when most of the boys were together cricketing and playing rounders. Burr Junior The American game of football is a developed form of the Rugby game; but is, perhaps, not nearer it than baseball is to rounders. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Indeed, a comparison will show that there are as many features of base-ball common to cricket or tip cat as there are to rounders. Base-Ball How to Become a Player She gave them into the care of Mrs. Gibson while, in obedience to the behest of the grand duke, she continued to play rounders. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl O mental holiday, now as impossible to me as to take a true schoolboy's interest in rounders and prisoner's base! My Life as an Author He had once seen her at a silly sort of picnic where everybody was making a great deal of noise and playing rounders, and she had sat alone under a tree. The Judge "What tragic eyes!" remarked a certain grey-haired fop, who sat behind Arátoff, with the face of a courtesan from Revel,—one of Moscow's well-known first-nighters and rounders. A Reckless Character And Other Stories Not content to stand by the theory that our game is sprung from the English rounders, it is now intimated that baseball itself, the same game and under the same name, is of English origin. Base-Ball How to Become a Player They came out on to the wall just above the band of Pollyooly's subjects, hot and excited in a game of rounders. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl He looked upon the "rounders" with admiration and determined to be one. The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories He made the acquaintance of all the rounders in the parish, and invited them down to the Farm, and went with them to dance halls and taverns. Jerusalem Of course, there was the older set of office-holders and rounders. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel But if base-ball is neither sprung from rounders nor taken bodily from another English game, what is its origin? Base-Ball How to Become a Player The rounders are curious to hear what he is saying. David Lockwin—The People's Idol The Dutch are excellent also at lawn tennis; and I saw the youth of Franeker very busy in a curious variety of rounders. A Wanderer in Holland Often some of the officers used to play rounders in the small yard which we had for exercise. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Do the Adepts, who, we presume, are equivalent to sixth rounders, recollect their previous incarnations? Five Years of Theosophy Some one of them discovered that in certain features it resembled an English game called "rounders," and immediately it was announced to the American public that base-ball was only the English game transposed. Base-Ball How to Become a Player And a great rondy-vooze for the sporting men, politicians, and rounders of the town, if I do say it. Queed I was put into a state of high ecstasy when he invited me to join him and some friends one summer evening in a game of rounders. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man In rotund, elastic bounders, Plainly the great joy of men is, Witness cricket, billiards, rounders, And lawn-tennis. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 Everybody on the stage cried and all the old rounders in the boxes cried. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis Looking, primarily, to the first editions of old English authorities on out-door sports, I have been unable to find any record that such a game as "rounders" was known. Base-Ball How to Become a Player I had an idea it came natural to a body, like rounders and touch. Three Men in a Boat At Rector's he could always obtain this satisfaction, for there one could encounter politicians, brokers, actors, some rich young "rounders" of the town, all eating and drinking amid a buzz of popular commonplace conversation. Sister Carrie: a Novel If they play marbles, or hopscotch, or rounders, it is in imitation of the Roumis. Saint Augustin Afterwards the girls had rounders on the plain, playing with great zest. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha The first standard English writer to speak of rounders is "Stonehenge" in his Manual of Sports, London, 1856. Base-Ball How to Become a Player Baseball is a good game to watch, and in outline easy to understand, as it is merely glorified rounders. Letters from America She had never yet taken her side in any game of rounders. Castle Richmond It was three in the morning, and only the all-night rounders saw the procession and were able to tell Dawson about it next day. Smoke Bellew "They love it," I said; "Thomas is perfectly happy making rounders." The Holiday Round Many of the games which the earlier writers describe are extremely simple as compared with rounders, and yet the latter game is entirely overlooked! Base-Ball How to Become a Player At Rector's he could always obtain this satisfaction for there one could encounter politicians, brokers, actors, some rich young "rounders" of the town, all eating and drinking amid a buzz of popular commonplace conversation. Sister Carrie But then I have had my game of rounders. Castle Richmond Now and then one of the old rounders who has been out of town and hasn't heard of the raid comes in. Guy Garrick And while Bob Henderson plugged away to the east, and the heroes plugged away to the west, the greenhorns and rounders went up and staked Bonanza. Revolution, and Other Essays It is not my intention to declare the old game of rounders a myth. Base-Ball How to Become a Player But she gave up the evening game of cricket, and she never made one at rounders now, much to the others' disgust. Seven Little Australians Is it not possible that one should have one more game of rounders? Castle Richmond And all over the playgrounds they were playing rounders and bowling twisters and lobs. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man He seems to be in about every kind of social doin's there is down here, and he's as much or more popular with the summer folks than with the year-'rounders. The Portygee Before we accept the statement that base-hall is "only a species of glorified rounders," we should demand some proof that the latter is really the older game. Base-Ball How to Become a Player He was put into compulsory cricket, football, and rounders. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's I myself could go on to that common that is at this moment before me, and join that game of rounders with the most intense delight. Castle Richmond Why, he was only one of the regular rounders. Active Service Lots of these swell rounders don't lug about any ready money. Strictly business: more stories of the four million In this connection it will be important to remember that there were two English games called "rounders," but entirely distinct the one from the other. Base-Ball How to Become a Player There would be no school, but also there would be no cricket and no rounders. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow It is very hard to have had no period for rounders, not to be able even to look back to one's games, and to talk of them to one's old comrades! Castle Richmond The games chiefly played by boys are football, cricket and rounders, according to the season. London's Underworld There are other and better ways to fight than with the fists, and I haven't forgotten any of you fellows—there are a few more rounders among you—" "Hey! The Flying U Ranch In base-ball nine men constitute a side, while in rounders there may be any number over three. Base-Ball How to Become a Player On ordinary days we indulged in a variety of games, the principal one being a form of “rounders.” The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont There is a fair and foul hit in base-ball, while in rounders no such thing is known. Base-Ball How to Become a Player Girls enjoy a greater variety, and in addition to cricket and rounders, are initiated into the mysteries of hockey, basket ball, target ball, and other ball games. London's Underworld In rounders every player on the side must be put out before the other side can come in, while in base-ball from time immemorial the rule has been "three out, all out." Base-Ball How to Become a Player In rounders the bases are five in number and the field a pentagon in shape. Base-Ball How to Become a Player This town-ball was so nearly like rounders that one must have been the prototype of the other, but town- ball and base-ball were two very different games. Base-Ball How to Become a Player |
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