McLoughlin Bros.

[5382 ?]

round logo with graphics and text in red

[title GAME OF
BASKET BALL]

[logo]

[5382 ?]
McLOUGHLIN BROS. Incorporated NEW YORK

tiddlywinks game; cover: 5 young men playing 5 young women on a basketball court with referee at lower left with whistle

tiddlywinks, basketball, hoop

20¾ inches wide — 10¾ inches high

52.7 cm wide — 27.3 cm high — 0 cm deep

Label with blue outer border, then black outline. The main background color is yellow.

"GAME OF" (in black) appears at upper left, above "BASKET BALL" (in red with black outline).

A basketball hoop appears at left with a young man (white trunks, red sleeveless shirt, the same as on all the young men) standing in front of it on the basketball court.

The center court circle appears to the left of center, with a young man and woman blocking their counterparts.

From center to right, a young man is shooting the basketball towards the hoop at upper right, with a young woman (blue skirt, light blue blouse, the same as on all the young women) to his left vying for the ball and another one near the hoop aiming to block it. Another young man and woman are playing nearby.

A round logo with red graphics and lettering [unreadable on copy examined] appears at lower left.

Below and to the right of the logo is a referee (green jacket, white shirt) with a whistle to his mouth.

[5382 ?] appears to the right of the referee, above "McLOUGHLIN BROS. Incorporated NEW YORK".

The game target board is attached inside the box bottom, and resembles a basketball court. On each end of the court a metal and wooden hoop is attached to the playing surface, in the area (a red circle) with "GOAL" (in black) above it. The base of the hoop has a red wooden base (with a line around the circumference about 40% up from the bottom, it is slightly convex below that line and concave above that line). The top of the red wooden base has a hole at the top into which the metal hoop is attached.

Each metal hoop has a short metal connector that inserts into the red wooden, mostly pyramidal base that is attached to the game board.

Two nets are included with the game that are not attached to the inside box bottom or elsewhere. Each has a wooden base. The nets are made of offwhite cloth; each cloth is looped over two dowels that are attached to the wooden bases at each end. The nets are intended to be placed at either end behind the hoop, acting as backboards.

The inside box bottom court has a brown wood-style pattern throughout. At one end it is marked as "McLoughlin Bros BASKET BALL. Game". The inside box bottom game target has a red rectangular border inside the "McLoughlin Bros" marking, and inside that, a similar brown wood-style pattern, and inside that, another red rectangular border.

At around 5 3/4" inch from each end is a "FOUL LINE" (printed in black, which is behind two parallel lines that are red, with the outer line having a small loop at center).

The center of the game board has a red circle within which a piece of green felt is attached.

One copy has the following squidgers and winks:

Squidgers: 1 blue, and 1 offwhite.

Winks: 1 dark blue, 1 faded blue, 4 offwhite, 2 faded yellow, and 1 red.