What did you use when you…
Original author: John [e-mail]
What did you use when you didn’t have a ball to throw? Rolled up news papers, tied with a string. A half dead basket ball.
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Stanley K., didn’t people…
Original author: babs [e-mail]
Stanley K., didn’t people accumulate the letters S-P-U-D one by one every time they got hit with the ball? Once you’ve got all the letters to spell SPUD, you’re out. Isn’t that right? Did I leave anything out? (Feels like I might have.)
If you go to the streetplay.com…
Original author: babs [e-mail]
If you go to the streetplay.com home page, you will see a banner toward the upper right of the screen for our Streetplay Store. Click on the banner, then click on the pogo stick link which will take you to Online Sports. There’s a little search engine window there. Type in “Nok Hockey” and you will find two very nice sets made by Olympia Sports. If you shop through our site, it will be greatly appreciated since we get a small commission for page views and purchases. Thanks, and have fun. Any questions, let me know.
I believe “KNOCK HOCKEY”…
Original author: D< M > Reagan,Plymouth MA [e-mail]
I believe “KNOCK HOCKEY” boards were a product of creative Playthings. Not sure My son and daughter played up till there teens and still look for it now with there children….Are they available anywhere?
If anyone wants a knock hokey…
Original author: Jorge L. Aguero Jr. [e-mail]
If anyone wants a knock hokey board, i know how to get them. my name is jorge L. aguero Jr. from SLC, Utah. I personaly make knock hokey boards. if anyone is interested in one e-mail me at
I am looking for the knock…
“Saloogie” would start when…
Original author: Stanley Kriss [e-mail]
“Saloogie” would start when one kid would grab another kid’s hat, yell “Saloogie” and toss it around. If he tried to get it back, we’d yell “Monkey-in-the-middle”. I remember an old Mad Magazine that used the term that way.
SPUD Here’s how we played…
Original author: Stanley Kriss [e-mail]
SPUD Here’s how we played spud. One kid threw a ball up and called out another kid’s name. That kid tried to catch the ball while everyone else skattered. When he caught it he yelled “Spud” and everyone froze. He then tried to hit someone with the ball. There was some kind of point system to win or be out. Which reminds me, anyone remember the name of the stickball game where you threw the ball up and hit it with a stick and whoever caught it would role it toward the stick (which you placed on the ground) and you’d try to catch the ball as it popped up off the stick?
In east flatbush it was…
Original author: Stanley Kriss [e-mail]
In east flatbush it was Johny-on-the-pony. After the last guy piled on the lead guy of the Pony had to yell Johny-on-the-pony-1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3 to win and have the other team be the pony. They could also win if the other team fell off. If the pony collapsed they had to be the pony again.
The older kids (East Flatbush…
Original author: Stanley Kriss [e-mail]
The older kids (East Flatbush / Brownsville, 1950,s) played a game called Packs in which you rubber banded a certain number of baseball cards together with a heel and tossed for a seam in the sidewalk.