Posted 10 years ago
bsfdchief
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I found this at a Flea Market. I cannot find any information about it, or the company that made it. The Flea Market listed it as a "child's toy". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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No idea.....but neat!!
The Volume sprayer mfg co ltd of Tulsa OK, did make games.
One was Contack & the other Capitalize.
It looks like maybe a ball could be cradled on the lower posts and then "kicked" by swinging the bar using the handle. Maybe the idea of the game was to position the peg leg on the ground, skilfully angle the entire unit, and then "kick" a ball into some sort of target - sort of a backyard version of those old coin-machine arcade games where you bowl a ball up a ramp and into a concentric group of holes with the center hole being worth the most points. Mini-golf courses often have the same sort of thing on the 18th hole.
I can't come up with a scenario for the "lick" part!
We've been looking for one of these for years! My husband's family played this game in Coffeyville, KS years ago. A wooden ball the approximate size of a cue ball would be sent flying into a basket called a wicket. Multiple wickets were placed in a circle with one also in the center.
I remember this game well. It was well used before my arrival in 1948. It belonged to my brothers who were born in the mid 30’s. This is first time I’ve ever seen a mention of it. My memory is that the wooden ball was a little bigger than a ping pong ball. The circular goals were joined by dowels so they could be halved for storage. The kicker was basically a wooden crutch with a pendulum to kick the ball off the posts in sat on. A great yard game.
This was one of the twelve games and sold by Volume Sprayer Manufacturing Co. of Tulsa, OK. A preson recently contacted the AGPC (American Games and Puzzle Collectors) about this game, and he has all of the parts to the game, but no instructions. The AGPC person responsible for the games catalog they produce found the patent application for this which had pictures and description of how the game was played. I also have one of the "kickers" found at an antique shop, and have all of the other games except for Tekem or Leavem. Very interested if anyone has this game or the instructions to complete the history of this company.