Hit the Stick

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Game	Hit the Stick
Game Family	Kickball Kickball
Location	Brooklyn
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Description	per Culin. A team game resembling Kick the Ball, but using a simple catapult to put into play a 3-inch stick instead of a ball. Fly outs retire the batsman. The bases are the four street-corners at an intersection.
Sources	Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.", page 231.
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