...harden, and being worked and moulded together, turn as black as pitch*. The balls made thereof, tho' hard and heavy to the hand, did bound and fly as well as our foot-balls ; nor did they use chases, but vy'd to drive the adverse party that is to hit the wall, the others...

...which, having holes made in it, distils great white drops that soon harden, and, being worked and molded together, turn as black as pitch. The balls made thereof,...there being no need to blow them; nor did they use chaces, but vied to drive the adverse party, that is, to hit the wall, the others were to make good,...

...the Voyages of the Castilians in the Islands of America," evidently loved a ball-game, for he says : The ball was made of the gum of a tree that grows...though hard and heavy to the hand, did bound and fly as our 83 foot-balls, there being no need to blow them. . . . They might strike it every time it rebounded,...

...and molded together, this material turns as black as pitch.1 The balls made thereof, although quite hard and heavy to the hand, did bound and fly as well as our footballs and there was no need to blow them, nor did they use staves. They struck the ball with any part of...

...which having holes made in it distills great white drops that soon harden, and being worked and molded together turn as black as pitch. The balls made thereof,...hand, did bound and fly as well as our footballs." That was probably the beginning of all our modern rubber ball sports. 1615: Almost a century later,...

...which having holes made in it distills great white drops that soon harden, and being worked and molded together turn as black as pitch. The balls made thereof,...hand, did bound and fly as well as our footballs." That was probably the beginning of all our modern rubber ball sports. 1615: Almost a century later,...