Softball

           Softball was not an organized sport where I went to school. We played softball during recess at school. The number of players depended on how many people wanted to play on a given day. Two of the better players would flip a coin to see who would chose first and then they would alternate choosing until all persons who wanted to play had been chosen. This meant that sometimes we would have less than nine on each team and sometimes more than nine. Very seldom would there be the normal nine on each team.

            The softball was used, or maybe a better word might be mostly used up. Often times the cover on the ball was missing so the size of the ball varied depending on how much unraveling had taken place. The bats were pretty well used up also and the number was two or three. We had no adult supervision, no umpires and no referees. We called our own game. Sometimes arguments would ensue and mostly peer pressure was what kept things from getting out of hand. We could not play nine innings in the time allotted for recess so whichever team was ahead at the end of recess was declared the winner.