"Ball over" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sha'n't lose either," said Gordon; "we are going to sweep the field next term, and we are going to drive the ball over the line somehow, and God save anyone who gets ...
— The Loom of Youth • Alec Waugh
... color is called the Jack. The one holding it begins the play by rolling the ball over the lawn. Where it stops is the goal. The others try to strike the Jack. The one doing this is the winner of the game. Or put a nine pin, or nine pins, at a distance from the players, and try to strike as is done ...
— Entertainments for Home, Church and School • Frederica Seeger
... sure about that," he said, piling a mound of sand. "It's nothing more than a 'putt,' as you call it, to bat a ball over ...
— John Henry Smith - A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life • Frederick Upham Adams
... Davy tumbled into the dinghy like a round ball over the gunwale, and was rowing for the shore ere his whistle had ceased ringing in Malcolm's own ears. He left him with his horse, went on board, and gave various directions to Travers; then took Davy with him, and bought many things at different shops, ...
— The Marquis of Lossie • George MacDonald
... visiting at the home of Buster Billings' folks. He said the "lure of the leather" was too much for him, bringing back those dear old college days when he played on the Princeton eleven, and carried the ball over Yale's line for ...
— The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron • Graham B. Forbes |
