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Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 15, 2012 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Does anyone remember a game called Russia? We played it in Newark, N.J. in the 50s with a pink rubber ball.You went from onsie to tensie. I can’t remember the rules.

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games, Spaldeen games | Tagged Does anyone remember..., Russian 7/10/12 (the game)

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 24, 2012 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE BALL GAME CALLED “I DECLARE WAR” WHERE A LARGE CIRCLE WAS DRAWN IN THE STREET WITH CHALK AND PORTIONED OFF LIKE A PIE FOR THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS EACH OF WHOM WOULD CHOSE A COUNTRY TO REPRESENT THEM AND WRITE THE NAME IN THIER COUNTRY IN THAT SECTION….THE BALL WAS BOUNCED AS HARD AS THE FIRST PLAYER COULD BOUNCE IT YELLING “I DECLARE WAR ON (WHATEVER) COUNTRY HE CHOSE” AND EVERYONE WOULD SCATTER. THE DECLARED COUNTRY PLAYER HAD TO RETRIEVE THE BALL AND YELL FREEZE (EVERYONE FROZE STILL). HE THEN TRIED TO HIT A FROZEN PLAYER WITH THE BALL…IF HE WAS SUCCESSFUL HE GOT TO CARVE OUT A PIECE OF THAT PLAYERS COUNTRY (USUALLY THE SIZE OF HIS FOOT SQUARED) AND WRITE HIS COUNTRY’S NAME IN IT…IF HE MISSED WITH HIS THROW THE PLAYER ATTACKED COULD CUT OUT A PIECE OF THAT PLAYERS COUNTRY AND CLAIM IT AS HIS….AND SO ON TILL THE WORLD WAS OCCUPIED BY THE BEST PLAYER (OR YOU MOTHER CALLED YOU HOME FOR SUPPER OR DARKNESS)…LET ME KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS GAME. ANDREW BROOKLYN 1949 – 1962

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Games, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged "I Declare War", Does anyone remember...

From Alfie:; does anyone…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 17, 2011 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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From Alfie:; does anyone remember “Johnny on the Pony”? ..A famous game we played in Williamsburg Brooklyn

Posted in Brooklyn, Johnny on the Pony, Locales, Reader Stories | Tagged City Exploration, Does anyone remember...

Grew up in ENY Brooklyn in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 20, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsJanuary 3, 2020
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Grew up in ENY Brooklyn in the 60s … Pensie Pinkies were better for the games girls played like “A My Name is Anna …” and “Composition Letter A, May I repeat the Letter A” (does anyone remember these games by the way!) And if you were a beginner in Handball, the Spalding was a much faster ball …

Posted in Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged Does anyone remember..., Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

does anyone remember the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 15, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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does anyone remember the term squinchie or fan squinchies from marble vocabulary of the 1960’s?

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I grew up in Gravesend, Brooklyn…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on March 1, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019
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I grew up in Gravesend, Brooklyn (West Street and Ave. U) in the 50’s. I remember Spaldeens being our ball of choice for almost all street games. I also remember using Pensie Pinkey’s but I dont remember them being more expensive than a Spaldeen. We would only use a Pensie for box ball or in situations where a Spaldeen ball could be easily lost or stolen. By the way, does anyone remember 4-box baseball and War?

Posted in Box Baseball, Boxball, Brooklyn, Other Spaldeen games | Tagged Does anyone remember..., I grew up..., Pennsy Pinkie

Hey does anyone remember…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 9, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Hey does anyone remember JOhnny On The Pony. I grew up in The Bronx. It would usually take 4 or 5 players on each side. One team would line up against the wall. One player would face the others with back against wall and the rest of team would face him and would bend from the waist one behind the other holding the waist of the one in front of them. The other team would run and jump on the backs of the team trying to land as far forward as he could. The object was to make the team holding them to break under the weight of the jumpers.

Posted in Bronx, Johnny on the Pony, Other Games | Tagged Does anyone remember..., I grew up..., running around

Does anyone remember the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 25, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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Does anyone remember the little back rhymes that some people used to do? My girls are learning “Criss Cross” (draw “X” on partner’s back) Apple Sauce (rub hands down back, palms open) Spiders crawling up your back (Crawl fingers up) Don’t sneeze (finger under partner’s nose) Cold knees (tickle partner’s knees) Now you got the shiver-ies! (tickle partner’s neck) Anyone know any others?

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I grew up on Gun Hill Rd…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 14, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
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I grew up on Gun Hill Rd halfway between Jerome Ave and Webster Ave. Lived in Norwood(we didnt call it that back then) from 1960 to 1971.A perfect neighborhood to be born into.Leaving as an eleven year old for Southern California was heartbreaking. We played Stickball in the schoolyards of PS94. Fastpitch-box on the wall style. The spaldeen was the ball of choice over the soft and wussy pensie pinky. Does anyone remember splitting a spaldeen when hitting an “eggie” and putting the halves on your elbows? Arrived in Los Angeles suburb of Encino in summer of 1971 and promptly found out that kids had no idea what stickball or spaldeens were. What an underpriviledged culture. All we had were swimming pools,golf courses, and movie stars for neighbors. lol. I wanted the Bronx back. If I could turn the clock back I would still want the bronx back.Money doesn’t buy happiness:for me it was the bronx culture that made me rich. Bill from Gun Hill

Posted in Bronx, Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Stickball | Tagged Does anyone remember..., I grew up..., Pennsy Pinkie, South Bronx, spaldeen types, suburbia, Summer

does anyone remember burn…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 10, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
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does anyone remember burn ball? the object of the game was to take the ball and try to hit whoever was closest to you. I played this in Woodside Queens

Posted in Locales, Other Spaldeen games, Queens | Tagged Does anyone remember..., Woodside

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