LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Published on March 29, 1994



Exhibit 24.1

Form 10-K
Limited Power of Attorney


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of
Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation, hereby constitute and appoint Delmont
A. Davis, R. David Hoover and George A. Sissel, and any one or all of them, the
true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power
and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more of
them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors
and officers of the Corporation the Form 10-K of the Corporation to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to sign any amendment to such
Form 10-K, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents and
attorneys-in-fact or any one of them, as herein authorized.


Dated: March 29, 1994

/s/ Delmont A. Davis /s/ Delmont A. Davis
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Delmont A. Davis Officer Delmont A. Davis Director


/s/ R. David Hoover /s/ Howard M. Dean
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R. David Hoover Officer Howard M. Dean Director


/s/ George A. Sissel /s/ Richard M. Gillett
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George A. Sissel Officer Richard M. Gillett Director


/s/ John T. Hackett
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John T. Hackett Director


/s/ John F. Lehman
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John F. Lehman Director


/s/ Alvin Owsley
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Alvin Owsley Director


/s/ Delbert C. Staley
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Delbert C. Staley Director


/s/ W. Thomas Stephens
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W. Thomas Stephens Director


/s/ William P. Stiritz
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William P. Stiritz Director