Post by Mystic on Nov 18, 2006 22:44:01 GMT -5
Courtesy of www.angelfire.com/ks2/tsalagilanguage
(A-ne-tsa) "Stickball" - A very rough game resembling our modern game of LaCrosse. Goal posts are erected on both ends of a long field. Players use ballsticks shaped like miniature tennis rackets and hand-made from hickory. A small ball, made of deer hair and hide, is tossed into the air by the Medicine Man.
The object of the game is to get the ball through the goal post with a wooden fish attached to the pole at the very top. The player scores when they hit the post or the fish. The amount of points earned depends upon where they hit. Very few rules apply, and biting, hitting, holding, gouging, and scratching are an accepted part of the competition. Each time a man is carried off the field his opponent must drop out also. No time limit is set and the rough battle continues until the proper number of points is scored by one of the teams. A score keeper puts pegs in the ground at the side of the field to keep track of the score. Stickball was also played during warfare and to settle disputes.
(A-ne-tsa) "Stickball" - A very rough game resembling our modern game of LaCrosse. Goal posts are erected on both ends of a long field. Players use ballsticks shaped like miniature tennis rackets and hand-made from hickory. A small ball, made of deer hair and hide, is tossed into the air by the Medicine Man.
The object of the game is to get the ball through the goal post with a wooden fish attached to the pole at the very top. The player scores when they hit the post or the fish. The amount of points earned depends upon where they hit. Very few rules apply, and biting, hitting, holding, gouging, and scratching are an accepted part of the competition. Each time a man is carried off the field his opponent must drop out also. No time limit is set and the rough battle continues until the proper number of points is scored by one of the teams. A score keeper puts pegs in the ground at the side of the field to keep track of the score. Stickball was also played during warfare and to settle disputes.
