Catcher—“Hopping.”
Leader—“My lover comes o.”
Catcher—“One-eyed.”
Leader—“My lover comes s.”
Catcher—“Smirking.”
Excitement is caused by the difficulty in producing a word at a moment’s notice, and being ready to catch the ball at the same time.
Telegrams
Each player is provided with paper and pencil, upon which any twelve letters are written, with sufficient space left between for words.
The leader gives a topic, such as a wedding, accident, invitation, &c. A watch is placed on the table, and from ten to fifteen minutes given, during which each player concocts a telegram from the letters supplied by his left-hand neighbor.
At a signal, the telegrams are thrust under a hat, and read out in turn by the leader.