Glad he got through it and went back to doing something meaningful with his life like throwing a small leather ball around a field. (n4g.com)
Soccer has already done the right thing by replacing heavy leather balls with lighter plastic - coated ones. (newscientist.com)
One person, called the «bowler,» pitches (or «delivers») a hard leather ball down a 22 - yard - long strip of dirt (called the «pitch») toward the other team's batter who is protecting his team's wicket from being hit by the ball. (bookbrowse.com)