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God Bless you and yours…
God Bless you and yours MrGodswrench,i use to play slugs in the Bronx and stickball and skellzies i grew up on West Farms Road on the corner of Homes St. and Longfellow Ave.the info. you give about slugs is right thats it no more,no less.I tried to teach some kids and my son here on the island,by the way i live in Ponce,Puerto Rico.But they rather play nintendo,xbox,etc.Iam a born again christian also,Keep The Faith Bro.
This is a South Bronx tale:…
This is a South Bronx tale: the setting is mid to late ’60s, Kelly Street 10 hundreds block = longer than most with wall to wall five story tenement buildings. We played stickball starting from the second fire-hydrant sewer lid (homeplate) towards the end of the block. Anything over the “wire” not caught was an automatic homerun. Only two guys ever hit the ball onto the roof of 1069 thanks to a favorable wind: Manny and Junior. We seldom played pitch ball but rather bounced the ball before hitting it or hit it in the air. Balls stuck on fire-escapes or on the roof before the “wire” were outs, down the basements were doubles. sidewalks were all you can run. The wire was a cable hanging across the street behind the second sewer lid which was a few feet behind second base. Only players from our street were allowed to toss their sneakers onto the wire. Those trophies were never taken down. When there weren’t enough guys to play a game, two guys with bats would hit the ball back and forth one from homeplate and the other from the third sewer lid towards homeplate. Spaldeens were the prefered ball, used also for slugs off the wall of Mr. Friar’s building 1045 Kelly Street; or hitting off the stoop of 1048 Kelly Street. Louie, Jorge, Mickey, Augie, Joel, Victor, Junior, Moses, George Pinocchio were the regulars. Stickball on Kelly Street died in 1978 when the whole block was nuked for redevelopment. We also played a mean game of skelzies and had the best aerial kite battles between glass-cord diamonds and razorblade sneekies. Those were the days!
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>>>> Hi Steve… I…
>>>> Hi Steve… I was playing Skellies up in the Bronx (Tremont & Fordham Rd areas) in the late 1960’s through the late 1970’s. If I had known about prescription caps back then, I would have been the undisputed KING OF SKELLIES. Here I am thinking I was doing my thing with the metal caps (taken from the bottom of the chairs in elementary school) with wax, the penny and the whole nine. Next time I will remember. Joe Bronx, NY<<<<<< That’s how I did it, the silver metal caps from the bottom of school chairs, with melted crayons.My chair/desk would be missing 4 caps after the first week of school. LOL
I played the game when I…
I played the game when I was in summer camp in the late sixties and during the seventies. We had loads of fun. We called it bottle caps. I found this site and it bought back fond memories. We are having a reunion and will be designing one to bring back those memories. We had almost one of these in each of our cabins. Great game to play inside when it’s raining. Most of the guys at the reunion will be over 40yrs old. I hope we remember the game. Should be a blast. I also played in Philadelphia.
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I was raised and taught…
I was raised and taught skellies on Jerome Ave in the Bronx and later moved to West New York, NJ where with the best friends a guy could ever have played this game from morning to night. The rules were standard but like Eric from WNY we also used the “P” for pit around the 13 box. We played on 64th Street between Broadway and Dewey Ave.’s Carlos, China(edwin), Danny(Brigs), Ralph and Henry(Littleman). The Kelso’s got in a few rounds of play as did others from around the neighborhood but mostly it was just us. One of our favorite rule variants was called Downtown. A true rule breaker if ever there was one. If a players cap started to roll, anyone playing could yell out the words “Downtown!” or (my personal favorite) Hoboken!!! Then proceed to kick the rolling cap as far away as possible. Brig’s cap once landed in front of Saint Josephs on the corner of 64th & Palisade (Google earth this to get an idea of the distance, its 2.5 blocks, but the last block is all up hill and probably close to 300 yards by itself!) I live down the Shore now in Silverton, and have 2 teenange boys of my own. It’s their turn to learn now. Thanks for the memories. Hey guys, if you ever come across this message, bro, I don’t care if your 90 years old, look me up.
I HAVE DEVELOPED AN INSIDE…
I HAVE DEVELOPED AN INSIDE BOARD GAME THAT FUSES TOGETHER CHESS, CHECKERS, CARDS, DICE, MONOPOLY AND USES A HIGHLY MODIFIED SKELLY BOARD FOR THE FUSION OF ALL OF THESE ENTITIES. AS A KID I LOVED THE GAME OF SKELLY, I LOVED IT SO MUCH AS WELL AS OTHER GAMES THAT I DEVELOPED THIS GAME. THE GAME PLAYES SIX PLAYERS AND CAN ALSO BE PLAYED IN TEAMS. THE GAME CAN NOT BE MASTERED AND CAN BE PLAYED FROM AGES 5 THROUGH ADULT. ALL OF THE MOVES THAT YOU DO IN SKELLY OUTSIDE CAN BE DONE WITH THIS GAME INSIDE. THE GAME HAS THREE DECKS OF CARDS, THREE PAIRS OF DICE AND THE GAME PIECES RESEMBLE THE PAWN AND THE KNIGHT USED IN THE GAME OF CHESS. IF YOU LOVE SKELLY YOU WILL LOVE THIS GAME (SKILLNOPOLIT). THE GAME IS PRESENTLY IN THE MARKETING STAGE, LOOK FOR IT SOON, IT