Shhhh, they've never played it before! Nows the time to mess with the game.
I mean... as Kuna meant to say, it's actually played with baseball bats, and you have squirrels in pouches that you throw at each other to try and distract the other player.
Alternatively, if you have no squirrels, you can have bystanders split into two teams and make mud or snow balls and try to get the opposing player out.