Streetplay Discussions
I am the current President…
I am the current President of The New York Emperor’s Stickball League, Inc. (NYESL) located in the Bronx. We have been in existence 16 years now where the Florida Kings with Barbara and the Pizzaroz boys; the San Diego Knights with Bobby and Paul Ortiz, Willie Blas, and Jim Strickland; the Puerto Rico Tainos with Pepin and Noble and the various other teams from the tri-state area have become and will always be considered extended family to me on a personal level and to the members of my organization on a competitive level. We are always trying to increase awareness of the game we have all grown to love so much. This summer, 2001, we will start, for the first time ever, the first organized children’s stickball league. With funding from the NYC Children’s Services and assistance from the Bronx YMCA and radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa and the volunteer efforts of the members of NYESL, the dream of reintroducing the game of stickball to a new generation will become a reality. Check out our website, www.nyesl.org, for updates on this and other events going on in the world of stickball.
They put diamonds in their…
First of all I searched…
First of all I searched forever for Tikki Tikki Tembo for my children and finally found it. The author on my book says retold by: Arlene Mosel Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo (fell to the bottom on the well) Now I need help on: In the land of mars, where the ladies smoke cigars Every breath they take, its enough to kill a snake When the snakes are dead, they put roses in their head When the roses die ? ? ?
I found some Chinese jacks…
I was happy to find this…
I was happy to find this site. It brings back such wonderful memories! My best friend move to Miami from Brooklyn and she taught my friends and I to double dutch. I almost forgot about it until my daughter came home from school and told me they’re jumping rope in P.E. (We live in Nebraska now). I found a website that sells double dutch ropes with booklets as well as other types of jumping ropes for competition and pleasure. They’re very reasonable. I just ordered some and can’t wait to teach my 10 yr old daughter and her friends to DOUBLE DUTCH! The site is jumprope.com. What great memories! I’ve also recently reunited with that best friend after 21 years!!
I played marbles as a child…
I played marbles as a child with my brothers. I am a writer and have an idea about a book of fiction with the game of marbles as the central theme. I need people to respond to me with the memories they have of playing the game. I also would like to hear from anyone who is still playing and in one of the clubs across the country. Any input for me would be great. Thank you ahead of time.
Hey, CeeseV (re: dec 2000…
Hey, CeeseV (re: dec 2000 message), lol, we had a different version (and you thought YOURS was bad!) Tra la la boom de ay, did you get yours today? I got mine yesterday from a boy across the way. He laid me on the couch and all I said was ouch. But boy was he surprised to see my belly rise! Here’s a couple more from Queens, NY: Milk milk, lemonade, around the corner fudge is made. (Point to the appropriate body part for each product.) Oh, I ran around the corner and I ran around the block and I ran right into a pastry shop and I picked up a donut and I wiped off the grease, and I handed the lady a five cent piece. Well, she looked at the nickle and she looked at me, and she said, “hey mister, can’t you pay your fee? There’s a hole in the nickle, there’s a hole right through!” And I said, “What do you know? There’s a hole in the donut too!” A couple of sixties songs: (Sung to the tune of the commercial jingle for the game “Fascination”) Suffocation, suffo-suffo-cation Suffocation the game we love to play. First you take a plastic bag, Then you put in on your head. Go to bed. Wake up dead. Drive your mother Sick in the head Whoa….. Suffocation, suffo-suffo-cation….(song can go on endlessly) All the girls in France do the hula hula dance And the way they shake It’s enough to kill a snake When the snake is dead, We’ll put tulips in his head When the tulips die We’ll put roses in his eye When the roses die It is 1965.
I grew up in Highbridge,…
I grew up in Highbridge, 1944 -1966. Attended Sacred Heart, Manhattan prep and Fordham, then off to Vietnam and maturity!. It is impossible to explain to someone who didn’t exprience it what growing up in the 50’s – 60’s Bronx neighborhoods was like. I still remember the “checker” games we played on the sidewalk boards. Box ball and off the point with a pink “Spauldine” (25 cents!!) were simple games that I hope are recorded somewhere . George, 1210 Woodcrest 3C
As A kid we played a very…
As A kid we played a very fast moving addictive game called Zelball or Zalball. Essentially it was the same as tether ball but was played with a tennis ball on a heavy cord and solid hardwood rackets with a wrist strap. Does anyone know what I am talking about? Does this game still exist under another name perhaps? Where can I buy it or where is it played? Any history or references would be appreciated. This was a commercially available game since the new paddles had the company name imprinted on them.