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I played for hours on the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 4, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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I played for hours on the corner of 85th St and 21st Ave in Brooklyn, with the rumble of the B train as background music. We had our court on the sidewalk, because there was just too much traffic from 86th Street… there was no way to play a game on the asphalt. We played 13-box, in two versions. If there were a lot of players it was 1-13, for a more leisurely game it was 1-13,13-1 before you could start knocking other players out of the game. In the dark ages before twist off caps, the most prized cap was one with only a slight indentation from a bottle opener. We would rub the caps back and forth, back and forth on the sidewalk to get a smooth silver matte look on the bottom. Pop in a penny over the cork, and melt a candle (“wasting” a crayon that way would have made my mother berserk, “Whaddya think, we get them free from somewhere?”). When the wax was just about firm, if you pulled a piece of paper towel over the cap it put a pattern in the top of the wax. With box ball, tops, yo-yo, skelly, and chinese handball, who needed camp?

Posted in Ace King Queen, Boxball, Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Skully | Tagged Chinese handball, crayons

I was a skelly adict. In…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 23, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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I was a skelly adict. In Starett City, Brooklyn in the late 70s, clay was the only choice. I remember using milk tops with wax, but I could never be competitive. It would end up rolling down the sidewalk. Clay was great because you could swirl the color. I would eat a Push-Up every week to get a new top. It was embarrassing to use anything put a push-up top with clay. please include clay in the survey! The only downside was worn out fingernails. I tried to alternate between two fingers to spread the wear-n-tear. We usually played on chalk boards, unless someone had the courage to spraypaint one. The painted ones would usually be cleaned away, and the dimensions were usually off.

Posted in Brooklyn, Skully

I must say that this site…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 11, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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I must say that this site took me back to my youth at 109st btwn Madison & 5th Ave in Manhattan in the late 60s to mid 70s…I’ve read all the messages! I had one of best “caps” ever made. I found an old school chair,removed the metal floor things on the bottom of the legs and filled them with candlewax. They were almost indestructable, slid great and was so difficult to “blast”.Boy, that was one of my favorite games to play…Thanks for this site and for bringing me memories of those days…signing off, a true Killer Diller!

Posted in Manhattan, Skully

Wow! Its great to read…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 5, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
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Wow! Its great to read about how other’s have played Skelly. I remember spending many summers playing it (as well as kick the can, catch and kill, ringolerio, tops, ….). My block (In Brooklyn, Gratten St, not far from Knickerbocker Ave) had great glass bottle top players. Its kind of sad that with all the high tech games, todays kids won’t have that kind of physical experience. Yeah, I exaggerate. But, maybe not, I wouldn’t let my kids play in the street; not with todays vehicular pace. While dialing a cell phone you could go over many skelly boxes!

Posted in Brooklyn, Skully | Tagged Summer

Excuse me but were we the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on December 12, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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Excuse me but were we the only ones scraping tar into bottlecaps??? Knickerbocker Avenue and Jefferson!

Posted in Skully

Deadbox! I have the dirties…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 16, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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Deadbox! I have the dirties elbows in South Philly. Would anyone know where I can get a t-shirt with the game imprinted on it? I saw this once in a magazine and don’t remember where. Can you help me? Thanks, Chrissy

Posted in Locales, Philadelphia, Skully | Tagged deadbox, South Philadelphia

Deadbox – Wow! I had the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 16, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014
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Deadbox – Wow! I had the dirtiest elbows in South Philly! I would love to get a t-shirt with the deadbox game imprinted on it. I once saw this t-shirt in a magazine and don’t remember where! Can anybody help me? Thanks, Chrissy

Posted in Locales, Philadelphia, Skully | Tagged deadbox, South Philadelphia

I grew up in Greenpoint,Brooklyn…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 9, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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I grew up in Greenpoint,Brooklyn and I used to use the red milk caps and put a penny into it for some weight before melting the crayons into it and then skuff the bottom of the cap so it would glide beter.

Posted in Brooklyn, Skully | Tagged crayons, I grew up...

hey I’m a girl…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 8, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
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hey I’m a girl born and raised in Brooklyn- the Fort Greene Projects and i loved that game we called it crack top too. And i was good till to day, married with two kids. i had a BBQ this Aug 2002 and it so happens that i had seen in a book that i get in the mail. they had the tops and i bought 4 dozen when i got them though they were the bigger ones, i like the smaller one they go faster and humm better. anyway one of the guys i sing with was there and i said hey Gilbert look what i got. So he took one and started playing, then of course i started before i knew it there were about eight people playing, even Gilberts mom whose 76 and my uncle both born and raise in Puerto Rico were spining a top. My brother whose about 13 years younger than me tried but he sucked at it. we would run when he tried. we were all playing in the streets by then. A cop car pass by and i thought they were going to say something but they didn’t. But the best spinner there was Gilbert, man he made that top humm so loud you could hear from a couple of feet. That was the best time i had in a long time. it was great. The only bad thing was the string it came with they were too short and too weak. we had to tie two strings together to get good spins. I still have about three dozens. Next i want to play skellys.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Games, Skully | Tagged "The Projects", costy (the game)

Didn’t anyone use CLAY? Even…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 4, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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Didn’t anyone use CLAY? Even the poll didn’t include it (sigh). I played in “DA Bronx” in the 70’s. I took this picture of me back in 1994 of the old scully board we played on as youths in the Bronx Park near 219th Street. The updated URL is: http://www.teako170.com/scullpic.jpg My “king checker” was made from an old “Push-up” bottom stuffed with gold/yellow clay and a small plastic crown — the sweetest cap on the blvd! Man – would I love to get together someday with some old players and bang around the board a bit. Best, Terrence — THIRD MILLENNIUM entertainment http://www.teako170.com

Posted in Bronx, Skully

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