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The Theory And Practice Of Gamesmanship; Or, The Art Of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating.
Gamesmanship as a civilized art is as old as the competitive spirit in man. It is polite psychological warfare. It is the moral equivalent of assault and battery. It is, as the subject of this book points out, The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating. Anyone who has ever played any games f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Hauraki Publishing,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; I-INTRODUCTORY; Origins.; 8th June 1931.; II-THE PRE-GAME; How to Start: The Flurry; Clothesmanship.; Counter-Gamesmanship.; III-THE GAME ITSELF; Some Basic Plays; Sportsmanship Play.; Playing-for-Fun Play.; Nice Chapmanship.; Audience Play.; Ruggership and Ruggership Counter-play.; Counterpoint.; "My To-morrow's Match".; Game Leg (also known as "Crocked Ankle Play", or "Gamesman's Leg").; Jack Rivers Opening.; IV-WINMANSHIP; A Note on Concentration.; When to Give Advice.; When to be Lucky.; V-LUNCHEONSHIP; Believe, Trust, Want.; Drinkmanship.
- Guestmanship. VI-LOSEMANSHIP; The Primary Hamper.; Potter's Improvement on the Primitive Hamper.; The Secondary Hamper.; Hampettes.; The Natural Hampette.; VII-GAME BY GAME; GOLF; 1. Splitting.; 2. Caddie Play.; An Isolated Instance.; Simpson's Statue.; BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER; Snooker-player's Drivel.; SQUASH-RACKETS; BRIDGE AND POKER; 1. Intimidation.; 2. Two Simple Bridge Exercises for Beginners.; 3. Split Bridge.; LAWN TENNIS; HOME GAMES; Terminologies.; "My Man Over the Hill."; CHESS; "Regardez la Dame" Play.; Potter's Opening.; Chess and Parentship, or Gamesplay against Children.
- Basic Chess Play. Johnsonian Capture.; DARTS AND SHOVE-HALFPENNY; CRICKET; VIII-LOST GAME PLAY; Bookmanism.; Use of Bookmanism in Opponent's Putt-Play.; IX-GAMESMANIA; RANDOM JOTTINGS OF AN OLD GAMESMAN; A QUEER MATCH; GAMESMANSHIP AND LIFE; APPENDIX I-THE KÖNINCK PORTRAIT OF DR. W.G. GRACE; APPENDIX II-NOTE ON ETIQUETTE; APPENDIX III-CHAPTER HEADINGS FROM "ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY OF GAMESMANSHIP"; APPENDIX IV-DIET; APPENDIX V-SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE "GAMESMAN'S HANDBOOK" FOR 1949.