Cherokee Stickball: A Changing Tradition.
1993; University of Illinois Press; Volume: 5; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2328-8612
Autores Tópico(s)Sports, Gender, and Society
ResumoHere comes the ball, down in this direction, said Jerry Wolfe over the public address system. Jeff Toineeta has the ball and down he goes, somebody tackled him. Now I believe one of the other Wolftown has the ball Bill Reed, in the red trunks, has the ball. He's looking for some help, some blocking, he's taken down by a Bear almost to his goal oh, they may have worked a score through yes, they have: it is now 6 to 3 Wolves (Wolfe). While the and their rivals, the Big Cove Bears, made their way back to the middle of the field, Wolfe, the play-by-play announcer, began to describe the game he knows well and obviously loves: There's a little bit of wrestling, a little bit of blocking, a little bit of boxing. . Before Wolfe finished his thought, a tourist on the sidelines yelled, And a little bit of killing! Other tourists clapped and laughed loudly as if they too had heard about stickball's reputation for violence. Despite the interruptions, Wolfe continued: This is an exhibition game for you visitors to see how the game of stickball was played; but if the old-timers ever returned and saw a game played like this, they'd probably horse-laugh us off the field (Wolfe). I didn't understand what Wolfe meant by his statement. It was October 1988. I was attending my first Cherokee Fall Festival held annually in the eastern shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains and this game certainly looked impressive to me. It was, however, my first exposure to stickball, and I knew no more about the game and its traditions than the rest of the tourists. Wolfe's comments made more sense to me a few weeks later when I stumbled upon, in an old anthro-
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