Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single for The Temptations. It was released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was used to anchor the 1970 "Greatest Hits II" LP. The song reached #3 on the US pop charts and #2 on the US R&B charts. "Billboard" ranked the record as the No. 24 song of 1970. It reached no. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Although a nearly eleven minute long backing track was recorded
The Downside Ball Game The Downside Ball Game The Downside Ball Game is an outdoor racquet sport played by Gregorians at Downside School, Stratton-On-The-Fosse, Somerset since 1820. It bears some similarities to Fives; however, it is played with a solid wooden bat rather than one's hand. The History of the sport came about from Downside's situation at the time, as there was no room for anything else, there were fewer than sixty boys in the School throughout the 1820s. Abbot Snow, an Abbot of Downside Abbey, once said how football, 'not the tactical manoeuvring of backs and forwards, but the rough-and-tumble game of kicking