In Murphy v. Steeplechase Amusement Co., 250 NY 479, 482-483, 166 N.E. 173 [1929] the Court of Appeals, in reversing a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, who was injured after falling on an amusement park contraption aptly called "The Flopper," held, through Chief Judge Cardozo, that: One who takes part in such a sport accepts the dangers that inhere in it so far as they are obvious and necessary, just as a fencer accepts the risk of a thrust by his antagonist or a spectator at a ball game the chance of contact with the ball.