Administrative manual New Haven-Adams Township Park and Recreation, New Haven, Indiana

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CATCH O~ FISH OR FISHEm~AN'S NET e ......
This game may be played several ways 0 All of t he pupils
except four line up on con side of the playing space, which
represents the river bank. The four representing the net, stand
about thirty feet away and join hands, racing the others.
They callout, "Swim;t fishes, swimo" Those standing on the bank
run across to the other side of the playground. where they. remain
until the next cal10 Those who are caught join hands with the net
and get ready for another catch of fishe (For large groups. it is
best to have several small nets of a m number not exceeding ten
players) G~ntin~euntl1 all are caughto A fish may not break
throueh the net, but may escape only by dodging around the endso
Should the net break the fish escape.
This may be played by dividing the players into two equal
groups 0 One will represent the fish and the other the not o The
play goes on as in the above d~criptlono However. in this version,
any ~ish caught is out of the ~ame until all are caught. The two
groups alternate in playing the part of fish a.nd fish neto
FROG IN THE MIDDL!
One player is chosen for the frog, and sits in the center of
the floor with his feet; crossed in tailor fashion. Where there
are more than twenty players, it 1s well to have at least two
such frogso The other players stand in a circle around the grog.
repeating, tt'Frog in the sea, can't catch met" They dance forward
toward the grog and ba.ck, tantalizing him and taking risks in
going near him, the object or the game balns for the ~ frog to
tag anyone of them, whereupon he changes places with such
playerso The frog may not at any tL~e leave his sitting position
until released by tagging another playero
FOREST LOOKOU.T
This is played in double circle formation with all players
facing the cantero Those on the inside represent treeso Each
member of the outslde circle takes his place behine one ot the
trees o One player is selected as Rlookoutfto He takes his place
in the center and sa.ys, "Fire in the mountainsl Runt Runl Runt"
and begins clapping his handso All the players on the outside
circle behind the trees begin running to the letto When they have
gone around the circle once or twlce j the "lookout" suddenly
stops clapping and ta.kes his place in f'ront of a treeo The
runner do the same o The one who can find no tree becomes the
new "lookout", and the former trees are now the runnerso At the
end of each round of play the circle takes one step back to
keep the circle its original sizeo.
STrl,PS
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All the players but one line u~ 8.§ainst the wall or 8. goal
l~neo The odd player, chosen to th It stands in the center of
the playing space with his back to the rest of the players. "It"
closes his eyes and counts out loud to teno As he counts all the
other players progress toward the opposite goal as far as they
think they can in the allotted timeo As the names of any players