UPDATE: This same photo with a different caption was sold back in 2014 (see bottom pics).
“1942 Photo WW2 Era Fort Custer MI Versatile Jeep Military Push Ball Game Rare
You are bidding on an original Press Photo from a newspaper archive. The photograph measures 6×7 inches and is dated 9-25-1942.”
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From Feb 2014 eBay ad:
Must be before my time, I’ve never heard of a push ball. Looks like it’s built the same as a basketball.
here is even a video http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675023763_Army-athletic-activity_referee-on-horse_soldiers-playing_push-ball
Wow, I’d never seen that game. Great find Steve!
Looks like WWI footage.
During his travels, Gulliver woke to find a Waring Tribe of littles trying to steal his best friend “Wilson”, his basketball. However, in his attempt to stop them he discovered he had been roped to the ground and Wilson’s fate was sealed. A living nightmare!