66 entries in Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Of the ball, and the manner of legierdemaine therewith, also notable feats with one or diverse balles magic with small balls
1584 182
To make a little ball swell in your hand till it be verie great one or more small balls taken into other hand and become big there, shuttle pass
1584 183
How to rap a wag upon the knuckles sucker gag in which spectator is rapped on hand
Related to 1584 183
Another one ball split in two
1634 17
Another ball travels from hand to hand
1634 17
How to rap a Wag on the knuckles sucker gag in which spectator is rapped on knuckles
Related to 1634 20
The Cone, or Skittle also "La quille", cone with shell changes place with ball under paper cone cover, also with larger cone and orange
1876 360
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, The Decanter and the Crystal Balls clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, two methods
Related to 1876 426
Professor Hoffmann The Chameleon Ball small ball changes color multiple times
1890 274
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Related toAlso published here 1911 602
Professor Hoffmann The Crystal Balls (Improved Method) clear glass balls produced and then "molded" into single ball which then changes color, detailed routine
Also published here 1911 55
Tom Sellers The Floating Bullet steel ball floats on water
1935 22
Eddie Joseph Execution production of three balls, opening for cups and balls
1936 4
Franklin M. Chapman Crystal Gag Hollow Glass Ball, fills with smoke under silk
Aug. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 2)
4
Eddie Joseph One Hand Production of Three Single Balls
1942 11
Eddie Joseph One-Hand Production of Two Balls Together
1942 11
Jack Blades Balls and Ribbons from the Mouth Routine ping pong balls and ribbon from mouth routine
1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
28
Earl Morgan The Earl Morgan Floating Ball (Vest Pocket Style)
1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
18
T.J. Crawford Under the Pan four balls travel from under four plastic pans under one
1945 200
George Starke Two New Ball Sleights for "two in the hand" type
Oct. 1946 256
Ben Dalgin The Smith Family small ball multiplies, two in the hand sequence then balls transform to baby's rubber nipple
Dec. 1946 276
Abril Lamarque Lamarque Passe Passe balls travel from paper bag to other paper bag, rubber cement method
Jan. 1950 621
Bruce Elliott The Eternal Cups and Balls three cups, with two in the hand one in the pocket sequence
1953 176
Laurie Ireland The Magnetic Ball rubber ball rolls alone to find selection
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
14
John Scarne, Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr., Ben Dalgin Spheroid Skulduggery balls appear, split and change into small skull then into bigger skull, two in the hand one in the pocket
Also published here 1956 57
Jerry Andrus Twin Pipes routine with two brass tubes and three balls
  • Tube Steal
  • Tube Load
  • False Load
  • Extra Ball Move
  • Lap Vanish
  • Fist Vanish
  • Slow Motion Vanish
  • Ball Vanish
  • Variation of Ball Vanish
  • A Utility Move
  • A Routine for Twin Pipes
Also published here 1957 1
John Benzais 4-D Ball Trick three balls vanish one by one, reappear
Variations 1967 94
Kirk Stiles Ballabout one-ball routine with small ball, it is pressed flat as climax
Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
35
E. Leslie May Nelson's Column three people choose colored balls, performer knows who has which and has it predicted
1969 54
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Chink-A-Chink Simplified with four small balls
1969 118
Kirk Stiles Odd Venusian Family rubber balls appear with weird story line
June 1969 263
Jerry Andrus Ball and Coin Routine dollar and rubber ball transpose between both hands, both vanish, lapping
1973 12
Jerry Andrus Twin Pipes Routine routine with two brass tubes and three balls
  • Tip Over Move
  • False Load
  • Slow Motion Vanish
  • Twin Pipes Routine
Also published here 1974 8
Tony Slydini Third Routine ball vanishes, appears, repeat
1976 46
Punx Indisches Märchen pearl necklace is cut and restored, pearls travel to hand and necklace enlarge
1977 25
Tan Hock Chuan Magical Separation Red and black beads mixed in tumbler, they magically separate
1977 19
Tan Hock Chuan Simplicity Divination Magician divines color of ball placed in envelope
1977 40
Lewis Ganson Solid Dust appearance of some small balls
1979 15
Derek Dingle Roll Your Own cigarette produced, broken in three parts, they change into three balls, back to single cigarette
Inspired by
  • routine from Coe Norton lecture, ca. 1968
1979
The Chronicles (Issue 19)
1245
Bill Wisch Transit Spheres - Plus four marbles travel from one hand to the other, one then changes into larger crystal ball
1979 11
Paul Harris Biological Vanish small rubber ball transforms into finger tip
Variations 1980 69
Ken Brooke Something from Nothing routine
Also published here 1980 59
Jack Hughes Die Ball box attached to wall, ball inside vanishes, changes color etc. with sucker element
1981 174
The Flying Spheres balls travel from one box to another, brief
1982 166
Stephen Tucker Escalier steel ball changes into marble and silver coin
Jan. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 21)
407
Michael Weber Steel small black ball put in spectator's hand, it is then suddenly in performer's hand and spectator holds different steel ball instead
Inspired by 1985 15
Karrell Fox Comedy "Ball N' Rope" ping pong ball balanced on short rope, then it is seen that it is stuck to it, gag
1986 77
Daryl Martinez The Bell of the Ball steel ball and bell are fused together to create a hollow ball that rings, Michael Weber idea
Related to 1988 2
Daryl Martinez The Effect-Less Method after rubber ball is bounced on the floor it turns into steel
1988 24
René Lavand ... And I Still Have Three Little Balls breadcrumbs routine, balls placed aside always end up inside cup
Also published here 1988 114
John Bannon Single Bullet Theory large steel bearing from paper bag after routine with small steel bearing and bag
1989 9
Michael Weber Hour Glass color changing ball
1990 5
Gary Ouellet The Mystery of the Crystal Chamber small ball vanishes and appears in transparent plastic box
1990 21
Ken Brooke Bälle aus dem Nichts routine
Also published here Oct. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)
132
John Bannon Single Bullet Theory large steel bearing from paper bag after routine with small steel bearing and bag
1991 79
René Lavand Three Bread Cumbs breadcrumbs routine, balls placed aside always end up inside cup
Also published here 1993 216
Bob King Three Ball Production
Inspired by
  • Ed Marlo One-Man Parade, Linking Ring 1960s
Related to
1999 14
Gregory Wilson Pit Stop ditching items in the arm pit, various applications like bounce/no-bounce ball, coin vanish, thumb tip, .. credit information on using the arm pit
Related to June 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 10)
68
John Cornelius The Jawbreakers three balls vanish one by one, reappear
Inspired by 2001 123
Christian Scherer Der angehende Zauberkünstler oder der kleine weisse Ball routine with purse frame and little ball, ball appears from frame and vanishes under handkerchief, reproduced from frame again, wand appears and eventually ball and frame disappear
Variations 2002 12
Christian Scherer Small Ball Production from Purse Frame
2002 13
David (Foote) Drake The Steel Balls three steel balls diminish in number but increase in size, large ball remains
2012 71
Christian Scherer Magisches Minigolf three golf balls vanish and appear under a bowl with a hole, then they appear in the box they were extracted in the beginning, with collapsible golf club as magic wand, crazy golf presentation
2014 376
A Prank Wherein You Swallow a Ball and Pull It Out Your Ear
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
84
Christian Scherer Die Vierte Dimension portal presentation for three ball routine / balls and net, with two in the hands elements
2018 4
Christian Scherer Stahlhartes Déjà-Vu three steel balls are removed from a box, penetrate a transparent silk one by one and then they vanish just to be found in the box again
Inspired by
  • Lou Serrano's "Steel Ball Routine"
2019 3