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What about “Ace, King, Queen”,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 25, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019

What about “Ace, King, Queen”, “Hit the Stick”, “Box Ball”,and the “Girl Games”.

Posted in Ace King Queen, Boxball, Hit the penny / stick / etc., Other Games, Other Spaldeen games

How about “Corner Ball”….

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 25, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019

How about “Corner Ball”. A four corner intersection was the “field” creating a “diamond”. Needless to say, a Spaldeen was the ball of policy and proceedure. No catcher position was required. The “Batter” took the ball in hand and hit it off the curb. If he missed the curb or hit it foul, he was out. All other rules of stickball applied, (although I can honestly say i have never heard of a guy “roofing it” in curb ball). In the summer on Briggs Avenue, we’d play at least 10-12 games a day while a bunch of other guys would be playing stickball. Now that I think about it, I guess corner ball allowed us to make room for another game to be played simultaneously while you waited to get on the stickball “field”. Of course, at least 4 guys would be off on the side with a game of “Off the Point” going, but that’s a whole other game.

Posted in Curbball, Other Spaldeen games, Stickball, Wallball / Off the Wall/Point | Tagged off the point, Summer

Gottem,gottem,needem,gottem,gottem,gottem,needem,gottem…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 24, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014

Gottem,gottem,needem,gottem,gottem,gottem,needem,gottem

Posted in Other Games, Street Lifestyle | Tagged collecting stuff

I grew up on the Lower East…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 24, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019

I grew up on the Lower East side of Manhattan — or at least that was what WE called it. Now the section I grew up in is called “the East Village”. Sigh. Anyway, I remember three different ice cream trucks (Mr. Frostee; some other company I can’t remember; and then eventually, Good Humor) in the summer. I remember the “knish man” in the winter. He was a large, grungy-looking individual wrapped in about ten layers of clothing to withstand the cold he had to endure eight hours a day. When I saw the movie, “Fiddler On the Roof” years later, I remember thinking that Tevye looked just like the knish man! Funny how, as an adult, you think about things like where street vendors go to the bathroom and/or wash their hands. As a child, you couldn’t have cared less.

Posted in Food & Drink, Locales, Manhattan, Reader Stories | Tagged I grew up..., Lower East Side, Summer

Growing up in Queens, we…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 24, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014

Growing up in Queens, we would also play stoopball a lot, but we played it with a baseball theme. If the ball bounced in front of the first defender and he missed it, then it was a single; between the two guys – double; from the second guy to the row of cars – a triple; and in the street was a homerun (assuming he didn’t catch it while dodging a car). Hitting a “pointer” just meant that you had a great shot at getting a homer.[

Posted in Other Spaldeen games, Queens, Stoopball

In elementary school at…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 22, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014

In elementary school at lunch recess on Long Island in the early 60’s, we used to play a game we called “Saloogie.” I have no idea where the name came from, but the game was essentially “keep away.” 2 teams, one trying to keep the ball(or shoe, or can) away from the other. The only rule was that there were no rules. We had a blast, and always returned from recess with bloody lips, noses, and knees.

Posted in Other Games | Tagged running around, salugi

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Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 8, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019

(www.streeplay.com: Home) (www.streeplay.com: Skully Central) (www.streetplay.com: Discussion Board home) (www.streetplay.com: Skully Central current discussion) This is the beginning of the Skully discussion board archive; the next installment can be found here. If you have something to add to our discussion of skully, skelly, skillsie, skillsies, skullsies or whatever you called it, please join the current Skully Central discussion here.

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What about Bikes? Our whole…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 8, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014

What about Bikes? Our whole gang used to get on bikes and go on all day trips.

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Please use this area to…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 7, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 13, 2014

Please use this area to discuss Stories about collecting cards and card games

Posted in Other Games, Street Lifestyle | Tagged collecting stuff

Things have changes, Little…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 3, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMarch 3, 1999

Things have changes, Little League is coed and their are professional women’s sports. How well do the games go with boys and girls?

Posted in Reader Stories | Tagged runs in the family

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