I grew up on 4th place between…

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I grew up on 4th place between courtand smith sts.red hook section. we played fist ball. what a great memory. this was in the 1930s. Iam now 80 years old and still think of those great games we had. the first sewer cover was home plate first base was half way down, second base was the next sewer cover. we were able to what we called cufing a ball by cupping our hand and the ball would curve from left to right. also you could hit the ball with your fist and hit it as far as you could. if you were good you could it two sewers covers. about 200feet. I could hit about 2 and a half sewers. PS I still would Like to find a pimple ball we used.

I was born and raised in…

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I was born and raised in the Bronx, Live there for 18 years, I am 33 yrs old today and I remember the game being called “slugs”, that was one of the best games to play, besides “skellzies”. I am getting my father-in-law, who is the youth pastor to our church to bring these old games up to his youth group. I failed to mention that I live in Boyertown,Pa. where they never heard of any of these street games, so I got my father-in-law interested in these games, so I’m hoping it comes back strong. I’ll keep everyone informed. I’m pretty excited to see how these kids take to our old style games, seeing how they have all these electronic games to entertain them now. Come on old school city games, It’s time for a comeback.

I grew up in the East New…

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I grew up in the East New York section of Brooklyn in the 1950’s. Remembered Playing skelly outside on the sidewalk in front of the blvd projects. We made skelly caps from soda caps with the cork still in it. While the crayon wax was still wet we would put a charm that would come out of a gumball machine in it. Loved the game .

I was wondering if anyone…

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I was wondering if anyone knows any information, about a game called “Slugs”. It was a game you played up against an apartment building, and I know you used the cracks on the sidewalk as your own box. It was almost like handball, but you had to hit the ball off your hand and onto the ground first than onto the wall towards the box that you chose to hit it towards, depending on how many players you had. You had the Ace server, and there were a bunch of other players were trying to knock off and become the Ace server. But I don’t remember exactly how you play that game. So if someone can please post any info about this street game I would greatly appreciate it. I love this website. Stay strong and God Bless.

I was born and raised in…

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I was born and raised in the Bronx for 18 yrs of my32 yr old life. I grew up playings skellzies, scully, etc… I moved away from the Bronx when I was 19, to Pa., the country part, so I hope you see where i’m going with this. When I was a younger kid, we played out in the streets til dark, keeping out of trouble, playing such games as stickball, skellzies, kick the can, slugs, and handball. When I first moved out here to Pa., I never gave thought of my childhood games because I was excited about being on my own. Now that I’m married and have three beautiful children, and becoming a born again Christian, I want to bring back some of my childhood memories not only to my own kids, but to my church I attend. My father-in-law is the youth Pastor to our church, and he has a different age group from 12 to 18, but we also have the younger kids who I know would love this game. Ever since I found this website, I’ve been very excited about bringing skellzies back to our new generation. I have told a few people about this game, and they look at me like I don’t know what I’m talking about, but I told them to remember me, cause I’m going to be the one to bring back skellzies and hopefully make it popular again. Thank you again for this website.

Jan, A ‘big’ marble is often…

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Jan, A ‘big’ marble is often called a shooter (or boulder). “Shooters,” in the official tournament rules, must not be larger than six-eighth’s inch in diameter, although most children who played neighborhood games used marbles from seven-eighths to one inch in size for their shooters. The term “boulder” usually referred to the larger sizes of one inch or bigger–but these are often difficult to knuckle down with, for a kid with with small hands.

Now;do you remember the…

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Now;do you remember the lead bottom can you had to scrath off before you could pick up the johnny pump water,Chaulk was a given,to be used on sidewalks or placed in an old sock to hit somebody with.(now)this is all illegal—————Roof top tag many a friend died missing that roof,Parachuting across the tops of elevators in buildings,hitching a ride on the back of a city bus with iron roller skates,Tree tag only in the trees not on the ground,OH-BOY thank the Lord we are all alive. Danny Boy

I played “skelly” frequently…

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I played “skelly” frequently in Brighton Beach at 2nd Street park in the sixties. I’ve started teaching my skelly to my 7 year old here in West Los Angeles and hope to begin reviving the “sport” by having him teach his classmates in 2nd grade. He loves melting candles into the bottlecaps. I just remebered that we used to scrape the bottlecaps on the concrete to smooth them out and make them go faster. HERE’S To A SKELLY REVIVAL!