Contributed by:Tiger Rousseau
Cadet Guider, District Guider, Trainer
Quebec City, Canada
We also played a game called "Becker bottle". There are two equal teams each with
their backs to opposite walls. At each end of the playing field is a empty
becker bottle, one designated for each team. In the middle of the playing
field is a medium-sized ball.
Each team receives numbers from 1 on up, mirrored on the opposite team.
When the Referee calls a number, both players with that number rush to get
the ball. When a player holding the ball gets tagged (not tossed to the
ground!!) the ball stays where it is and players return to the team, and
another number is called. Strategy is important - a player can kick or hit
the ball towards their opponent's becker bottle and hopefully run and catch up
with it before his opponent. Points are scored when the person of the opposite
team reaches the becker bottle and touches it with the ball. (The ball must
be held when tagging the becker bottle.) Great fun!
Boy, do I miss those Becker bottles!
[Editor's note: A Becker Bottle is a plastic milk jug,
they come in 2 liter and 4 liter sizes.
The 4 liter size is about the same size as a 2 gallon
plastic milk jug.]