Apertured game board with selectively rotatable pegged playing pieces

Claim 1

A GAME IN SIMULATION OF A REGULATION FOOTBALL GAME COMPRISING A GAME BOARD HAVING A FLAT SOLID RECTANGULAR BODY, INTERSECTING LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE LINES APPLIED TO THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID BODY, SAID LINES DEFINING SQUARE BOXES, SAID BODY HAVING SOCKET HOLES THERETHROUGH AT THE CENTERS OF THE SQUARE BOXES, SAID HOLES HAVING COUNTERSUNK PORTIONS AT THE TOPS THEREOF, SAID COUNTERSUNK PORTIONS BEING NON-CIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION, PLAYING PIECES CONSTITUTED BY FIGURES SHAPED TO SIMULATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN ACTION, SAID FIGURES SUPPORTED ON INTEGRAL DISCSHAPED PLATFORMS, PEGS DEPENDING FROM THE CENTERS OF SAID PLATFORMS, SAID PEGS HAVING AN ENLARGED UPPER END NONCIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION FITTED IN THE COUNTERSUNK PORTION AND HAVING A ROUND PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH THE HOLE AND THEREBELOW, THE END OF SAID ROUND PORTION BEING CURVED, AND MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE CURVED ENDS OF THE PEGS FOR MOVING THE PEGS UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY OF THE SOCKET HOLES WHEREBY THE FIGURES MAY BE ROTATED.