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I guess I’m not the only…
There was a new girl in…
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There was a new girl in town (Lower East Side) that I’d welcomed into my fold of homegirls. When I returned from a short trip to Europe, my recent boyfriend informed me that one of my friends showed up on his fire escape at 3 a.m, the very night I left for the airport. He didn’t know her name but the description was enough. Her name was Helena, we used to call her “hell raisin’Helena”. After being hurt and then totally pissed, I went to the “watering Hole” that we young adults played pool at nightly. I told all of my friends of Helena’s indescretion and I informed her that I was as good-looking if not more so than she. She had a little boyfriend and I approached him. I asked him, that knowing now what kind of person Helena was, climbing a guy’s fire escape in the dead of night like some desperate “alley cat”, wouldn’t he rather be with someone more chaste like me? I told her in front of everyone that I can take any man she had because unlike her, my hair my nails, my eyes and everything about me was real. And I wasn’t so needy of attention. I never had a problem out of her after that, she left the neighborhood. What a verbal cat fight we had. The guys were lovin’ every moment.
Remember United Parcel trucks…
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Remember United Parcel trucks (Electrc powered) Milk wagons with rubber tires for wheels. Rent a bike ,without fenders l0 cents an hour with fenders twenty five cents. You had to bring your familys current Coned bill as an ID. Get into movie house with a pass and five cents see three westerns, three shorts, three cartoons, received a thin comic book a two cent soda and then got a pass to come the following week for five cents. This was the Upper Eastside of New York in the thirties
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Hi, I played for the 1959…
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Hi, I played for the 1959 senior Lynvets and then for the Garity Knight from 60 through 63. One of the games that still lives with me is the 63 game with the Lynvets at St Raphals. They had a great team, they were undefeated and we were undefeated and it was the end of the regular season. It was a beautiful day for football. There was one play that still geves me goose bumps when I recall it. I played defense and our team had the ball at midfield. I looked up and saw Jimmy Gant (#1) our quarterback rollout behing blockers to the farisde of the field. THe Lynvet defense which was ferocious that day moved to the same farside to close him down. All of a sudden, Jim crossed the line of scrimmage and cut back to the center of the field. He seemed to be the only one moving – all the lynvets were caught flatfooted and Jimmy only had one man to beat – the defensive halfback on the nearside. Jimmy headed straight towards him, frezzing his position and setting up the block by Decatur Rogers our wide split end. Decatur cut the halfback down and Jimmy went the remaing 40 or 50 yards untouched. Decatur was called for clipping ( I dont think he did – but there are no films. Are there? We have been looking for the holy grail films since then. The Lynvets filmed all their games). Jimmy, who passed on last year, was the only offensive player to cross the goal line that day. We finally won on another spectacular play when Little Vinny Mazzili (#17) intercepted a pass in the center of the field and ran up the middle and down our right side 50 or 60 yards. These were moments that are riveted in my memory and they are made more special by the caliber of the opponents against which we played. The Lynvets had some of the best players to play in that league in Mike DeAmato, John Mulivihil, Teddy Horishack, Richie Sardilo, I forget the centers name but he was real good also. They had a thundering back in Doug Berry and so on. (sorry if I’ve spelled someone’s name wrong ). If you played in the league in 63 you knew who the people I named were. You also would know of the people who played with Garity, Jimmy was the league MVP, little Vinny was the Leagues outstanding back, Literally everyone on our offensive line was on the allstar team – Herman Drier(#69) and Gerry Meditz(#68) at Guard, Bob Kletcher(#75), who passed away a few years ago, and the eqally talented John Trezel(#77) at tackles. Bob Werkmeister(#55) at center. It was great team that had the opportunity to be tested by an almost equally great team. Bob Hague, the league president said that the 63 game was the best he ever saw played in Pop Warner football. (I don’t know about best or rating across eras or years thats not what I want to claim – only I do know that when I do think of it – I still replay parts of it in my mind occassionally and it seems almost to good to have been true). I would love to hear from anyone who took part in that game. Regards from Roger Smith #54
What about games with a…
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What about games with a penknife. I don’t see any category under this topic. We played “mumbly peg”(or “pull the peg”), which consisted of a series of knife throws into the ground. Another was called “land,” where you threw the knife into a box drawn into the ground. After your throw, you would draw a line that would define your “land.”
we use to play kiss and…
I just found this place…
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I just found this place & it awoke memories that I didn’t know that I had. I think I only played stickball less than a handfull of times. I lived in the Bronx ’til I was 6 & moved to Queens. The street games, OK the ball games didn’t exist in the new surroundings. There were pre made playgrounds & basketball hoops — never could get into that. After looking this site over, I remembered playing & I wanted to play again. I told my 13 & 16 year old daughters about stickball & they were exicted & wanted to play. They invited a friend over each and after going to the dollar store, got a broom (& promptly removed the stick) & a can of tennis balls (sorry, no spauldeens here in Central Connecticut). We played for a couple of hours and everybody, including this overweight 40+ kid, had a blast. Now, my kids want to teach me to play suicide. It sure as hell beats watching TV or watching someone else play video games. Thanks for waking up this kid! Scott Fisher
Sittin on stoop was a fine…
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Sittin on stoop was a fine pasttime. Living in a northern Virginia suburban townhouse today, I occasionaly sit outside on the front stairs (stoop) and take in the view. My wife, who grew up in the South, often remarks that I am the only person in the entire townhouse development who sits out front. Old habits die hard.