CATCH THE BALL.
sllorc's a good playground gamo VrlUTn.it happens to be a bit cold. You'll 666)1 find yourself getting warm as you .play. , Any number oi' children can play, and all but two of them havo to form a circle. The two old playors are edlled the Catchers and thqy remain inside tho circle, Tho players in the circle -do not hold hands, they just 'stand dloso to each other, and they have <the>_ball. This they must throws to each other, ovor the heads of the Catchers, and it is up to the Catchers to try and get hold of the ball as it passes them. If one of them does this, she'or lie takes the -place of tho player who threw" the ball—who then takes up position in. the':circ;.lo. ai? a Catcher. And so the gamo goes on until eitiior you are tired of it or the bell rings for you to. line up.v .You'll b& as warm; as toast when yoli'vd 'played a short while.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 15
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168CATCH THE BALL. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 15
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