Game Information
Chas. H. Belknap Co. (publisher) AGPI # · P-347Full Publisher Info
The Game Sensation Grasshopper Tennis (game title) 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(s)

rules

Patent Info on Game

On cover: "(PATENT APPLIED FOR)".

Publisher Name on Game

Chas. H. Belknap

Publication Location on Game

46-48 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Publisher Mark(s)

[none]

Cover Text

THE GAME SENSATION

«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)
Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Database Update Date · 
2025-04-19 14:23:50
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