Date:  Fri, 28 Jul 1995 11:01:55 -0700

From:  Dan Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: put up, off-the-point



Okay, I'll bite. This native Californian asks: what's a spaldeen?



On Thu, 27 Jul 1995, kim mckinzey wrote:



> I remember hearing about putting up coffee, but none of the other senses of

> "put up." I also remember stoop ball - with scoring rules similar to

> baseball. Punch ball was also scored like baseball except there was no

> pitcher. The person who was "up" tossed the (ever-present) spaldeen in the

> air and punched it. There was also stick ball - played in the street

> mostly by boys. There were also lots of other games played with the

> spaldeen - variously bouncing it or throwing it in the air or toward your

> playmate across the sidewalk squares. This was Brooklyn in the 50's.

>

> Rima McKinzey

>