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Widdy dartboards (AKA Philadelphia darts AKA American dartboard)

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Max Mammel

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May 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/27/99
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I recently acquired a Widdy dartboard from my dad, and I'm not
sure about the rules of the board. My Dad didn't seem to remember and
there is nothing on the web. Here are my questions:

1) What are the doubles and triples areas of the board?

2) Is there a double bullseye, or just a big single one? (There's a
small yellow ring around the bullseye, not sure of its signifigance)

Any help would be appreciated. Max Mammel


Konrad Vandegaer

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May 28, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/28/99
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The outside white ring is the triple and the red ring just
inside it is the double. The rest of the pie is the single.
There is no double bull but it's not used for anything but
determining who starts the game. The usual game played
is "baseball". The players alternate throwing three darts at
each of the numbers 1-9(innings). There is no multiplier so
the max score for each "inning" is 9 with 81 being a perfect
score. If tied after nine, you play "extra innings" of course.

The board is hung 5' 3" from floor to bull and the oche is a
7' 3' "heel" line i.e. the back of the heel must be behind the line.
Kind of strange in that a person with a large foot would be standing
closer in addition to big-footed people usually being taller and
having longer arms. The heel must cover the line at the beginning
of the throw so there's no leaning into the throw with your front
heel up as is common in English darts. I guess that takes out some
of the advantage.

Good luck, Konrad


Max Mammel

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Jun 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/2/99
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On Fri, 28 May 1999 14:00:22 -0400, Konrad Vandegaer
<kon...@welch.jhu.edu> wrote:

Aha, thank you sir.

Max Mammel


Konrad Vandegaer

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Jun 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/3/99
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On Fri, 28 May 1999, Konrad Vandegaer wrote:
>
> The board is hung 5' 3" from floor to bull and the oche is a
> 7' 3' "heel" line i.e. the back of the heel must be behind the line.
> Kind of strange in that a person with a large foot would be standing
> closer in addition to big-footed people usually being taller and
> having longer arms. The heel must cover the line at the beginning
> of the throw so there's no leaning into the throw with your front
> heel up as is common in English darts. I guess that takes out some
> of the advantage.


May have misspoken here. I believe the oche is at 7'6" NOT 7'3".

Could someone else "in the know" please confirm or deny?

Konrad

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