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This "Silhouetteograph" method was devised by Assistant Director of Physical Training Norman W. Fradd in 1923, and has been used on every College class since then. Wellesley, Smith, and Yale have since adopted it, along with many prep schools...
Norman W. Fradd, assistant director of Physical Training, is chairman of the group. After the banquet the coaches played cards and other games...
Piles of mats in two corners of the room, Swedish ladders lining the side walls, and an overhanging ventilator in the South court have produced some of Fradd Ball's trickiest shots...
Almost everyone who plays Fradd Ball is enthusiastic about the game. "It's the only game where an amateur can feel like superman," said one freshman. The instructors like it, too, and mention of the game brings a smile to their lips. "Fradd Ball," says Bruce Monro and Nate Parker, "is a fine sport...
...Fradd Ball is described by its creator as "a mutation of volley ball." Played in a low-ceiling court on the third floor of the Indoor Athletic Building, the game often takes on elements of football, basketball, and jai alai. Fradd Ball's basic rule is that every surface in the room is playable, and that the ball (a volley ball) becomes dead if it touches the floor more than once on each play...