Capball

Capball is the general term for any organized sport that uses the flicking (or 'finger-slinging') of plastic caps as a major component. These sports can take a number of different forms, usually depending on the type of cap and field of play available, as well as the number of participants.

History of Capball

Capball was brought to Williams by Jonathan O'Hanlon '06, and popularized by suitemates Seth Daniels '06, Daniel Fischler '06, Andrew Pocius '06, and Drew Raab '06.

Equipment

Capball is usually played with orange Gatorade [1] or black Powerade caps[2], which fit well to the hand. Smaller plastic caps are nearly impossible to flick, and larger ones do not fly as far. The infamous blue NesQuik cap [3] can be finger-slung, but with reduced arc, speed, and distance.

In Capball's first year at Williams (Sage Hall basement-style Capball), the sport often took on a hybrid baseball form, in which bamboo [4], broken crutch [5] and massive, erect penises [6] were swung at the projectile cap.

Mission Park-style Capball, or Extreme Elimination, involved stopping projectivle caps with one's hands, and thus encouraged the use of Fischler '06's celebrated "Scooby Gloves." Gloves of this type [7] allow for maximum comfort and control. In the specific case of Fischler's gloves (which have never been photographed), coolness of apparel played a signficant role in the game itself. O'Hanlon '06, in particular, found himself fearful of the Scooby emblem emblazoned on their backs, sometimes retreated to his room in response to the gloves' overwhelming sheen [8].