Marbles championships
Feb. 29 MARBLES CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT TINSLEY GREEN.. Yhe Annual Good Friday marbles championships were held this morning at the village of Tinsley Green, on the Surrey-Sussex border.The contest dates back to Armada days when two village swains competed for the hand of a maiden in a game of marbles.. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: Members of the US Navy team-who played the winners of the Championship-are shown the British way of tossing a Tolly prior to their match this morning.They are left to right Daniel A Gleason, who comes from lowell, Mass, Donald E Teeter, from Cumberland, Maryland, Bernard L Parsons from Parkersburk, West Virginia, Harry Langridge, of the Tinley Tigers, demonstrating George W Smith from Mass, Francis H Fowler from Loris, South carolina, and Fred J Isabelle from Mathuen, Mass
