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* '''The Phantom Balls''' ([[Jesse J. Lybarger]]): Marketed item, 1925. Carl S. Lohrey.<ref>Advertisement, ''[[The Sphinx]]'', Vol. 24 No. 4, June 1925, p. 137.</ref>
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* '''The Phantom Balls''' ([[Jesse J. Lybarger]]): Marketed item, 1925. [[Carl S. Lohrey]].<ref>Advertisement, ''[[The Sphinx]]'', Vol. 24 No. 4, June 1925, p. 137.</ref>
 
** ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 5 No. 2 (October 1926, p. 33).
 
** ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 5 No. 2 (October 1926, p. 33).
 
** ''The Linking Ring'', Vol. 23 No. 3 (May 1943, pp. 82-83).
 
** ''The Linking Ring'', Vol. 23 No. 3 (May 1943, pp. 82-83).

Revision as of 06:16, 23 January 2015

Sponge Balls, made of sponge rubber or polyurethane foam and usually about 2 inches in diameter are a common prop used in many sleight of hand routines.[1]

One of the first routines was published by Jesse J. Lybarger in 1926.[2][3] Also in 1926, Joe Berg introduced his Cups and Balls Routine wherein he made use of balls made of sponge instead of the usual cork. [4]

Al Stevenson devised a process for making perfect spheres from the polyurethane foam and later Albert Goshman improved the process.

Noted specialists in sponge ball magic are Audley Walsh, Frank Garcia and Frances Marshall.

Roy Benson used sponge balls for his Benson Bowl routine.

Other shapes have also been used including rabbits.

Publications


References

  1. Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians by T.A. Waters
  2. The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic by Bart Whaley
  3. Genii, Vol. 64, No. 1, January 2001
  4. Routined Manipulation Finale by Lewis Ganson (1954)
  5. Advertisement, The Sphinx, Vol. 24 No. 4, June 1925, p. 137.