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30 Woodcraft Birch Bark Roll Into the Ring Form a circle, facing inward, with hands joined. Scattered promiscuously about the inside of the circle are articles (standing on end so they can be knocked over) such as Indian clubs, pegs or bottles. For an 18-foot circle, up to a dozen obstacles may be used. All players commence to circle to the right or left as instructed; and, as they do so, each one tries to pull his neighbor into the obstacles and make him knock them down, while avoiding the same thing himself. A group loses one point for every obstacle knocked down by one of its own members and also a point for every break in the circle for which one of its members is responsible. If the leader instructs each player to grasp with the right hand the left wrist of the player on his right, there can be no doubt which player is responsible for a break. The grip should be changed occasionally during the game to give a pull to each of the arms. When the right hands are grasp- ing left wrists, the circling is preferably to the left, and vice versa. Forward Pull Two players stand back to back in the forward lunge posi- tion, inside two parallel lines about 10 to 12 feet apart. They should stand centrally inside the lines, and near enough to grasp each other’s wrists in a wrist grip with the elbows straight; and if the right hand is held palm uppermost, the left hand should be held palm down. Each player then tries by steady pulling—no jerking and no arm pulling—to pull the other completely over the line. Elbows should remain straight after the word 0 !’? and legs and feet should move only when “giving” or “making” ground ; and, as far as possible, the relative ositions of the legs and body should remain the same throughout the pull. (When advancing or “making” ground, a player should. ad- vance his forward foot, and then draw the rear one up to its new position ; when retiring or “giving’”’ ground, he should press his rear foot backward, and then drag the forward one up to its new position. ) Rooster Fight This is played by two contestants who stand within a