To eliminate the need of recovering various kinds of scattered balls, which wound cause much work and time.

A lid 4 is attached to an opening 3 on a longitudinal end of a cylindrical body 2 having such a length as to allow one or more balls 1 of various kinds such as tennis balls, baseballs, softballs to be stored in the body 2. If the balls 1 are pushed from above, the lid 4 is opened so that the balls are forced into the body 2, and if the balls are pushed into the body 2, the lid 4 is automatically closed. A lid 4 also is provided at an opening 5 at the other longitudinal end of the body 2, and if both or one of the lids 4 is pushed by the balls 1 in the body 2, the lids are opened to allow the balls to be pushed out of the body 2, and if the balls 1 are pushed out of the body 2, the lid is automatically closed.