Game Information

Game Information
Chas. H. Belknap Co. (publisher) AGPI # · P-347Full Publisher Info
The Game Sensation  Grasshopper Tennis (game) AGPI # · G-37765
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
BEL-05
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
THE GAME SENSATION Grasshopper Tennis
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1916 
Date Source

rules

Publisher Name on Game

Chas. H. Belknap

Publisher Mark

[none]

Cover Text

THE GAME SENSATION

[title Grasshopper Tennis]
(PATENT APPLIED FOR)

INTERESTING, AMUSING
AND WHOLESOME

Variant Description

Price not preprinted on cover; "THE GAME SENSATION" on cover; no "CHAS. H. BELKNAP" or address on cover; green felt

Game Type · 
tiddlywinks
Keywords

tennis, grasshopper, net, racket

Number of Players · 
2, 3, or 4
Rules Format

leaflet (quadrifold, 8 sides, 1 empty) printed in green ink

Rules Overview

"GRASSHOPPER TENNIS"

Container Type · 
cardboard box
Container Size · (measured in inches)

12 inches wide — 13 inches high —⅜ inches deep

30.5 cm wide — 33 cm high — 1 cm deep

Cover Description

The box background is green. The label attached to the cover has an offwhite background. All lettering is in black. Black rectangular frame surrounds a green illustration that has grasshoppers at the ends and inside a tennis court and at courtside. The tennis net is a web; a web also appears in the upper right. The game is shown being played on grass with occasional plants around.

Apron Descriptions

green, empty

Tiddlywinks Targets

Green felt tennis court mounted in box top hinged to box bottom (11 3/4" x 26") with marked areas ("DRIVE", "ACE", "CUT SHOT", "SMASH") and fabric mesh net held up by metal spikes

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(see target)
In Collection · 
Rick Tucker
Database Update Date · 
2024-11-29 00:13:41
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