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Here’s how we played in…

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Here’s how we played in Rochdale Village in Queens circa late 1960’s: We also used bottle caps weighed down with melted crayons. I remember Mom getting pissed when some dripped inside her newly cleaned oven. After awhile, some guys used the plastic caps that came on the “new” plastic milk containers. We quickly outlawed the larger jar caps, especially the Motts Apple Sauce caps. Our box was a prepainted “boxball” court (there’s another great game)that was approx. 6’x6′. Each numbered box, done up in chalk, was about 6″x6″. “Running out of town” was prohibited! If I remember correctly, after running 1 – 13 and then 13 – 1, you had to go around the “Skelly” before you became a Killer. You had to hit a guy three times to get him out. Obviously, you would try to line up that third hit so that you could blast him out of the playground – just to rub it in a little.

Fellow Skully players, …

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Fellow Skully players, I have finally begun work on my “Official Skully Rules” document. I’ve gotten through the introductory rules and a glossary of terms. I’d like to know the voice of the people on releasing it unfinished: a) Wait until you finish b) Let us see it now c) Stop writing the official rules, bad idea anyway Come on, folks, we need more skully chat. Scour your memories, and tell us all how _you_ played the game, like… o how big were the boxes? o what size was the board? o what was the weirdest cap you used? o what was your shooting technique? o what bonuses did you have (pipsies, numbers around the “13” box, etc.) o where did you play (street, indoors, what city, etc.) Yack it up! -HMM

I came from South Brooklyn,…

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I came from South Brooklyn, and we called it skellzees. In our neighborhood, in the late 60s, we only used bottle caps. Nothing larger was allowed. We weighted them down with melted crayons — in all colors. Some of the houses on our street had slate sidewalks, and they were the best to play on. The bottlecaps would just glide across. Makes me want to play again!!

Ever play Hit the Stick…

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Ever play Hit the Stick We would take a stick from an ice cream bar and put it on a crack between two cement pads on the sidewalk. Standing at the end of the cement pads each player(2 players)on opposite sides, would try to hit the stick with a spauldeen. Bounceing it back and forth.. I don’t remember how the game was won.. Anyone??

In Minnesota in the winter…

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In Minnesota in the winter we player a game called pie. We would tramp a huge circle in the snow with pie wedges and a middle circle all tramped down. The guy that was it chased everyone around the circle trying to catch them. The center was free.Sure could work up a sweat in your snow clothes.

The girls in my neighborhood…the…

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The girls in my neighborhood…the lower East Side of Manhattan played a game where we put down a penny on the sidewalk. They stood apart from each other, usually using two square cement blocks of sidewalk. One girl would stand on the right of the penny and the other on the left. And you bounced the ball hoping to hit the penny with the ball to get a score. If the penny flipped over, you got a higher score. Don’t remember anymore of the particulars. Does anyone else remember this game.

When we played the Alphabet…

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When we played the Alphabet Game…bouncing a ball and calling out ‘A my name is Alice, My husband’s name is Albert, we come from Alabama and eat Apples, etc. When you came to each name you had to put your right leg over the ball. That’s where the hard part came in. Usually kicked the ball away. I never got to the end either. We took turns and whoever got to the end of the alphabet…won the game. Gosh, I haven’t thought of this game in years.

I grew up in Woodhaven,Queens…

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I grew up in Woodhaven,Queens during the late 50’s and early 60’s. We used to play a varity of games, including Snake, Redrover, Red Light-Green-Light, but my favorite was Punchinello. Does anyone remeber this game? The person named Punchinello had to come up with some body contortion that no one could copy. The kids that matched the move stayed in and the ones that didn’t were out. Also, do any of the girls out there remember Baby Carraige Racing? My friends and I would find a good hill and let the buggies fly. What fun we had!