Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the Beechum
A curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised. Such was the popularity of the bouncing the beechum cartoon, that many people recreated the game for real
Picture No
10267404
Media ID
46057644
Size
3756px x 5684px
(2.4MB)
Credit
(c) Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by William Heath Robinson in The Sketch, 10 August 1910
Date
1910
