The press coverage and the presence of King Vittorio Emanuele III at San Rossore on 6 November 1910 gave much publicity to their initiative.
This saw the creation of new troops under the name of Ragazzi Patrioti in three Tuscan cities Lucca, Pisa and Florence.
In 1905 Mazza had founded Juventus Juvat, a movement of active education divided in groups of girls known as Gioiose ("Joyful").
Mazza understood that the principles and methods of his organization would better work out within the Scout movement, as he knew it from meeting Spensley and attending a conference given by Vane.
By that time, however, the REI had disbanded, and in 1912 the Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani (CNGEI) had been founded.
The two Catholic associations were merged in 1974 in order to form the Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI).
Some ASCI and AGI leaders, who had disagreed with the merger (and, above all, opposed the principle of coeducation) and had refused to join AGESCI, formed the Associazione Italiana Guide e Scouts d'Europa Cattolici (AIGSEC or Scouts d'Europa), along with disgruntled members of the early AGESCI, in 1976.
It is a simple game that does not need particular equipment, tries to limit the physical contact between players and gives attention to the typical outspokenness and fair play of Boy Scouts.
The rules of this game are affected by the locality of the Scout movement so it is difficult to focus on Scoutball like one sport.