Date:  Fri, 27 May 1994 15:00:56 EDT

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Red Rover play action



Wayne Glowka notes that his memory was wrong. He defers to Mike Picone.



>In describing Red Rover play action, Wayne Glowka wrote:

>

>>If the child succeeds in crashing through the arms, his

>>team has won the game or at least a point.

>

>That's not how I remember playing it in either Illinois (as a kid) or

>Oregon (as a camp counselor). Red Rover was the if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-

>'em game par excellence. When someone from side A couldn't accumulate

>enough force to break through linked arms on side B, he/she was absorbed

>into triumphant side B. If he/she succeded in breaking through, he/she

>would take someone back as booty to enlarge the ranks of side A. When

>and if one side was completely absorbed by the other, the game came to

>an end. Needless to say, it could be like the card game War and go

>on ad nauseum. Kind of like this discussion. (Ha, ha, only kidding of

>course.)

>

>Mike Picone

>University of Alabama



Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu