![The sport "pushball" was invented specifically to be amusing to spectators and involved pushing around an elephant-sized ball. The sport "pushball" was invented specifically to be amusing to spectators and involved pushing around an elephant-sized ball.](https://compote.slate.com/images/bc54ec22-22a8-41d2-b831-1fb011ae16de.jpg?crop=920%2C656%2Cx0%2Cy0)
The sport "pushball" was invented specifically to be amusing to spectators and involved pushing around an elephant-sized ball.
![The sport "pushball" was invented specifically to be amusing to spectators and involved pushing around an elephant-sized ball. The sport "pushball" was invented specifically to be amusing to spectators and involved pushing around an elephant-sized ball.](https://compote.slate.com/images/65db3012-569f-4d1c-827f-45388be6b18d.jpg)
The sport "pushball" was invented specifically to be amusing to spectators and involved pushing around an elephant-sized ball.
Freshman Sophomore Push ball contest, Ferry Field, 1907. · The University of Michigan and the Great War
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