In frame 244 of the ball movie clip, you could dispatch an event to inform the MainTimeline that frame 244 has been reached, then you will need to delete all references to the ball mc and let garbage collection handle it from there.
Subscribe to the stage's Event. ENTER_FRAME event and check the currentFrame property of your created movie clip.
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