Halfball
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Halfball is an children's street game similar to stickball played using half of a Pimpleball. Having just half a ball makes the game unpredictable because the ball can go anywhere.
Another popular street game, at least in Philadelphia was "tire ball." Originally it was played with a cut-up balloon bicycle tire, usually about 4 inches in length. But bicycle tires were more often repaired, or their innertubes were, because they were expensive. So "tire ball" was usually played with cut up rubber garden hoses. Unlike half ball, tire ball couldn't be played against a wall, or the end house in a row, because it was hard, and likely to break windows. It couldn't be played across a street because the hose ball would travel three times the distance of a half ball. So it was usually played lenghwise in a driveway.
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