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In comments on the bottom of the Vesci page he talks about stoop ball . How many of you ever played stoop ball ?  Where ?  I  played in the Boulevard Gardens in Woodside on 56th St.
 
Flatbush for me, stickball 3 sewers and stickball against the school wall, with the strike zone done in chalk, if the ball had chalk strike, no chalk ball.

Also slapball, punch ball, Johnny on the Pony.
 
Cmon--stickball still number one street game.  Remember hiding the bats under cars whenever cops drove up the block as they thought they were weapons to be confiscated.  We had are 50th annual "old timers game" in 2019 (had to skip 2020 due to covid for first time).
 
matt105" post=424121 said:
In comments on the bottom of the Vesci page he talks about stoop ball . How many of you ever played stoop ball ?  Where ?  I  played in the Boulevard Gardens in Woodside on 56th St.


I played stoop ball, stick ball, fast pitching, and Stonewall Jackson at PS 73 in Maspeth.

 
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Stoop ball and stick ball on Dekalb Ave between Wilson and Central Aves in Bushwick. It wasn't easy, since Dekalb was/is a main 2 lane thoroughfare starting in Ridgewood, Queens and running all the way down to Flatbush Ave. Lots of buses and other traffic. It taught you to develop peripheral vision and quick reaction time. 
 
BrookJersey Redmen" post=424141 said:
Flatbush for me, stickball 3 sewers and stickball against the school wall, with the strike zone done in chalk, if the ball had chalk strike, no chalk ball.

Also slapball, punch ball, Johnny on the Pony.


Good stuff but you left out ring-o-levio


 
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Almost daily stick ball in my friend's driveway in Flushing. Some stoop ball against my front steps, punchball sporadically but nowhere near as much  as stickball.  
 
Julian Champagnie's play this season has become reminiscent  of Mullin's play at StJohn's.

Each game this season it seems that Julian hits the shot that needs to be made when it needs to be made, and at the end of the game I am suprided at how many silent points and rebounds he has made.

From all reports Julian is a winner oin and off of the basketball court.
 
matt105" post=424121 said:
In comments on the bottom of the Vesci page he talks about stoop ball . How many of you ever played stoop ball ?  Where ?  I  played in the Boulevard Gardens in Woodside on 56th St.
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Absolutely played. Stoop ball. On a bounce 5 points... on the fly 10 points...Off the point 100 points...first to 1000 wins
 
Sincethere were few cars in the 50s these games were possible . As traffic increased we endeds up in the school yards . PS 151 was the place for us .
 
Punchball and stickball at PS 176 in Cambria Heights. 
 
Tonyinfairfield " post=424167 said:
Played stick ball, stoop ball, punch ball and fast pitch growing up in East Harlem. 
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Tony, where and when in East Harlem?  I spent my first 3 years there before my parents moved us out to ex-potato fields Syosset on LI in 1955.
 
otis" post=424202 said:
Julian Champagnie's play this season has become reminiscent  of Mullin's play at StJohn's.

Each game this season it seems that Julian hits the shot that needs to be made when it needs to be made, and at the end of the game I am suprided at how many silent points and rebounds he has made.

From all reports Julian is a winner oin and off of the basketball court.

I would say that of the players that I have seen, the 3 that score the most effortlessly are Champ, Mullin and Sealy. 
 
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92nd street jackson heights now east elmhurst
2 way street - buses both directions
stick ball(both wall and hit yourself), punchball, stoop ball, box ball, chinese handball, 3 corner slap ball.
running bases, i declare war.
 
PS 197
Kings Highway 
Midwood Flatbush 
tag football, stick ball,
pink Spaulding rubber ball thrown against a homeplate marked on the school wall
some street hockey
mainly B Ball playing until our keds ( trying to remember the brands - $ 5-15 price range ) sneakers would wear out and our feet would bleed then getting dark = back home for food, homework, Yankee game depending on the season
Often  just enough for 1 on 1 or 2 on 2
sometimes extras show and call for winners/to play the next game v winners 
 
 
Played a lot of stoopball.  I can't tell you how many storm windows and screens I destroyed.  After stickball I discovered wiffleball which was played out of the driveway into the street.  
 
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