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We had a basketball team…
We had a basketball team in the early 60’s that played in the Saturday AM league (inside) at Feltonville Rec. We were “coerced and challanged to field a team by some of the girls we met that attended Dougherty and told us how great the b-ball players were from that area. We were called “Amber” (from Port Richmond area) and we tied the locals for 1st place but lost in the playoffs. Sometimes we had to thumb our way on Sat AM to get there, but it was a lot of fun. Had to pay for our own jerseys and ref fees too. One year when I was about 11, I played for a team at The Salvation Army on Allegheny Ave. We couldn’t afford jerseys so the Director went into the “Grab Bag” and pulled out 12 yellow, unmatching jerseys, but all yellow. Years later, when My daughter looked at the team picture, she commented, “Gee Dad, you made the All-Star Team!!” She still thinks her Dad was on the All Star Team but I wonder if she thought that every team in the league wore yellow jerseys (even though the pic was B/W)???
I played ball at Feltonville…
I played ball at Feltonville Recreation Center-the “rec” until the age of 21. This was until 1972. I actually grew up across the street. We had very competitive teams which played within the rec., leagues in that part of the city and some in other sections of the city. Our girl teams were also excellent in softball and basketball. There were many street games of which were kick the wicket, steal the bacon, pig and 21. Is there anybody who played ball at Feltonville Recreation Center.
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Does anyone remember “PUSH-O’S”?…
Does anyone remember “PUSH-O’S”? A wooden milk crate with a 2X4 nailed as a “runner” with the front end of roller skates on the front and the back half was nailed to the rear of the 2X4. Then you would customize it by carefully nailing bottle caps that could spell your initials, or your street. Sometimes you could get the speed up and crawl inside the milk crate givig the imression that no one was on the PUSH-O. No brakes, no helmet, no elbow pads…just lotsa fun!!
Our wireball rules were a…
Our wireball rules were a little different. Single, Double, etc were determined by the height of the wire hit either on the way up or on the way down. The highest wire being a home run. Same applied for halfies ansd hosies…you had to find a 4 story warehouse or school and then a aingle would be off (uncaught) the 1st floor and a double off the 2nd. Now a Homer got interesting because there were 4 stories, a ball could come down and get caught therby negating the HR…but naturally when you “roofed” it, it was “Outta’ Here”!!
Grew up at West Fordham Road…
Grew up at West Fordham Road (Tolentine parrish) in the late fiftes and early sixties. Played outside all day. Skelly was a favorite, also box ball (each player took a box on the sidewalk, a total of four in a square), stoop ball and stick ball. Kept busy all day. No electronics, but plenty of fun. Fond memories!