Call Ball

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Game	Call Ball
Game Family	Hat ball Hat ball
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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] [36] notes that this game was played in Austria.
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