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|Term=Call Ball | |Term=Call Ball | ||
|Game Family=Hat ball | |Game Family=Hat ball | ||
|Description=<p>A game in which a ball is tossed up among players and one | |Description=<p>A game in which a ball is tossed up among players and one player’s name is then called out. That player must obtain the ball and try to hit fleeing compatriots with it. Newell [1883] notes that this game was played in Austria.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>William Wells Newell, | |Sources=<p><span>William Wells Newell, </span><em>Games and Songs of American Children</em><span> </span>(New York: Dover [1963 reprint], 1883)<span>., page 181.</span></p> | ||
|Game Eras=Derivative | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 28 November 2012
| Game | Call Ball |
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| Game Family | Hat ball |
| Location | |
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| Eras | Derivative |
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| Description | A game in which a ball is tossed up among players and one player’s name is then called out. That player must obtain the ball and try to hit fleeing compatriots with it. Newell [1883] notes that this game was played in Austria. |
| Sources | William Wells Newell, Games and Songs of American Children (New York: Dover [1963 reprint], 1883)., page 181. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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