A BALL GAME
You'll have to be alert for this game in case you are caught napping, though it is quite an easy game. Any number of players join in—the more the merrier—and they all stand around in a big ring, except for one player, who stands in the centre of the circle with the ball. . The centre player holds the ball above his head, and then suddenly throws it at any of the players, calling out that player s name as he does so. The player called must catch the ball, bounce it on the ground, and throw it back before the leader has time to count live. If the player to whom the ball was thrown doesn’t manage to catch the ball, he can pick it up and bounce it and throw it back, but he must do so within the count of five. Which isn’t so easy unless he is ever so swift. If he doesn’t get it back in time, he is counted as having lost one life. He is only allowed three “lives,” and when he has lost them he must stand out. The great part of the game is for the leader to be clever, and to throw the ball where it is least expected.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 35
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211A BALL GAME Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 35
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