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by John Fox


  Kuczaj, Stan, 18–21, 23–26

  !Kung bushmen, 30

  lacrosse, 141–73, 147, 153, 174, 230–31, 269, 270, 282

  balls for, 160, 162, 173

  Beers and, 155–57

  box, 158–59

  as Creator’s game, 160–63, 167–68

  fields for, 156

  growth in U.S., 170–71

  Indians barred from competing in, 156–57

  medicine games, 162–63, 164, 173

  NCAA Championship, 141–42

  rules for, 156–57

  shamans and, 162

  sticks for, 144, 160, 164–68, 165, 169, 173

  women’s, 160–61, 171

  World Championships, 149–50, 153, 171

  Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 165

  Lahontan, Baron de, 145

  language, 35

  Lapchick, Joe, 310

  Leamington Spa, 109

  Lee, Richard, 30

  Leslie, Bobby, 53–54, 56–57

  Levine, Peter, 205

  Lévy, Bernard-Henri, 177

  Lindon, Richard, 233, 234, 238

  Little Pretty Pocket-Book, A (Newbery), 182–84, 183

  Litwack, Harry, 308

  Lizárraga, Fito, 112–13

  Lizárraga y Barra, Rafael “El Huilo,” 136–37

  Lobo, Rebecca, 295, 300, 301

  London Observer, 56

  Long, Terry, 261

  longball, 154, 180

  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 279

  Los Llanitos, 112–13, 120–26, 135, 136, 138–40

  Louis XIII, King, 105–6

  Louis XVI, King, 107

  Louvre, 105

  Lynn Live Oaks, 196–97

  Lyons, Oren, Jr., 141, 169

  MacCambridge, Michael, 217

  Madden NFL, 265

  Maes Howe, 49

  Maigard, Per, 180

  management, scientific, 241

  Manchester United, 322–24

  Mandelbaum, Michael, 241

  Manning, Eli, 236

  Marin, Peter, 264

  Marino, Lori, 23

  marn grook, 30–31

  Marples, Morris, 222

  Martial, 45

  Mártir d’Angleria, Pedro, 114, 116–17

  Mary, Queen of Scots, 303

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 257

  Maya, 120, 123, 131–32, 131, 134, 232, 264–65, 271, 320, 325

  ball courts of, 5–6, 119; see also ulama

  Popol Vuh of, 131–33, 135, 320

  Mazatlán Historical Society, 139

  McBurney, Robert, 285

  McCray, Lawrence, 177

  McDonald’s, 281–82

  McGill University, 227, 231, 282

  McGrath, Ben, 265–66

  McGwire, Mark, 187

  McLendon, John, 313–14

  Mencken, H. L., 286

  Menominee, 144

  Merlin, 60

  Mesoamerica, 7, 114–20, 134, 138

  ulama in, see ulama

  met de krik ketsen, 186

  Mexico, 112–15, 119, 120, 128, 131, 137–39, 145

  Michoacán, 118

  Miller, Mary, 133

  Mills, A. G., 209

  Minnesota Quicksteps, 189

  Mohawk, 148, 151, 155, 168

  Molière, 106–7

  monasteries, 7, 81–82, 102–5, 114

  Monrovia, Calif., 178, 187

  Montana, Joe, 236

  Montreal, 148

  Montreal Canadiens, 159

  Montreal Lacrosse Club, 155

  Montreal Shamrocks, 282

  Morris, Peter, 193

  Motolinia, Fray Toribio de Benavente, 116

  Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare), 86

  Muir, Edwin, 50

  Mullins, Sharon, 237

  Naismith, James, 267–78, 281–83, 285–86, 302–3, 313–14

  Naismith, Rachel, 313

  Napoleon I, Emperor, 84, 91, 249

  Nation, 252–53

  National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP), 202, 204

  National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, 205

  National Basketball Association, 11

  National Center for Catastrophic Injury Research, 262

  National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 258, 259

  Lacrosse Championship, 141–42

  National Football League (NFL), 11, 217, 223, 234, 260, 261, 263

  footballs used in, 235–38, 240

  National League, 207, 209

  Newbery, John, 183, 183

  New England Patriots, 236

  New Leadership Charter School, 291–98, 297, 301, 308

  New Year’s Day, Kirkwall Ba’ on, 51–52, 64–71, 79, 320

  New York, 174

  New York Clipper, 206

  New York Daily News, 308

  New Yorker, 222, 265

  New York Giants, 236, 261, 265–66

  New York Mutuals, 195–96

  New York Renaissance Big Five, 309–12

  New York Times, 252, 258

  New York Tribune, 203

  New Zealand, 230

  Normandy, 62, 62, 63

  Northwestern University, 257

  Obama, Barack, 315–16

  Odyssey, The (Homer), 42

  Ohio League, 234

  oina, 179–80

  Ojibwe, 144, 147–48, 161–62

  Olmec, 117–18, 120, 320

  Olympic Games, 41, 320

  Oneida, 151

  Oneida Club, 226

  Onondaga, 141, 148–55, 158–63, 168–70, 172–73

  Onondaga Redhawks, 149–50, 164, 168–70, 172

  Oriard, Michael, 241, 256, 264

  Original Celtics, 309–10, 311

  Orkney, 48–59, 64–71, 76–79, 223, 320

  Ortiz, David, 187

  Oshkosh All-Stars, 312

  Otomac, 326

  Overman Wheel Company, 274, 275

  Oxford University, 225

  Páez, Chuy, 112–13, 122, 124, 136–40

  Páez, Chuyito, 122

  Paleolithic era, 71–72

  pallone, 113

  Paolantonio, Sal, 229

  “Parker’s Piece” (Stephen), 80

  Parkman, Francis, 146

  Paso de la Amada, 118

  pasuckuakohowog, 143

  paumiers, 106

  Peace, E. C., 245

  Peart, Jeff, 197–98

  Pellis, Sergio, 22

  pelota de viento, 113, 114

  pelota de vasca, 113

  Philadelphia Eagles, 265–66

  Philadelphia SPHAs, 307–8, 310, 311

  Philip of Castile, King, 93

  Physics of Football, The (Gay), 261

  Piaget, Jean, 20, 25–26

  Pierce, George L., 275

  play, 13–36

  brain size and, 22–23

  cognitive skills and, 21–22

  play (cont.)

  deep, 264–65, 266

  deficit in, 8–9

  dolphins and, 17–21, 22–26, 28–29, 318–19

  Playing for Keeps (Goldstein), 195

  Play Their Hearts Out (Dohrmann), 289

  Pliny the Younger, 45

  Polamalu, Troy, 260

  Polish immigrants, 179

  polo, people, 36–37, 38

  Pontiac’s Rebellion, 147

  Popol Vuh, 131–33, 135, 320

  Powless, Barry, 160, 169

  Price, Peg, 237–38

  Princeton University, 218, 226, 244–45, 257

  Rutger’s football series against, 218–22, 226, 246

  Rambo III, 32–33

  Ramirez, Manny, 187

  rarajipari, 142–43

  rats, 21

  Reed, David Allen, 285

  Remington, Frederic, 253

  Renaissance, 102–6

  Riegle, Dan, 235–36, 238, 239, 240

  Ring of Brogar, 49

  rivalries, 55–56, 201, 319

  Rock, Harry, 284<
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  Rodgers, Aaron, 263

  Romanian Oina Federation, 179

  Rome, ancient, 44–47, 59, 60, 320

  Ronaldson, Chris, 84–85

  Ronaldson, Matthew “Matty,” 84–92, 96–97, 100–102

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 208, 255, 257, 286

  rubber balls, 142, 232, 233, 326–27

  in baseball, 193

  in ulama, 114–18, 124, 138–40

  Rucker, Holcombe “Ruck,” 290–91

  Rucks, Mike, 287–90

  rugby, 224–25, 227, 228, 230, 242, 251, 257

  scrummage in, 243–44, 248

  Rugby, England, 233, 234

  Rugby Football Union, 225

  Rugby School, 224–25

  Russell, Bill, 308

  Rutgers University, 218, 226

  Princeton’s football series against, 218–22, 226, 246

  Ruth, Babe, 178

  Sahlins, Marshall, 30

  St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 91

  St. Magnus Cathedral, 55, 64

  St. Nicholas Projects, 290

  St. Olaf’s Church, 76–77

  Saitch, Eyre “Bruiser,” 311

  San Francisco Examiner, 193

  San Francisco 49ers, 236

  Saperstein, Abe, 312

  Sarlangue, Mathieu, 109–10

  Sauk Indians, 147–48

  Schwarzer, Joe, 274–75, 307

  Scientific Basis of Fascism, The (Gini), 180

  seals, 16

  Seigneur, Marc, 109–11

  Selig, Bud, 212

  Seneca Indians, 148, 151, 155, 168

  Seymour, Harold, 195

  Shakespeare, William, 86, 185

  Sheehy, Brian “Cappy,” 198, 200

  shinny, 143

  Shrine of the Eternals, 178

  Shrovetide, 61, 63, 73, 74

  Skara Brae, 49

  Smith, Sid, 141–42, 171

  Smith College, 302, 304–5, 305

  soccer, 7, 11, 171, 176, 229, 230, 231, 242, 269, 283, 327

  balls for, 238

  Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume et de Squash Racquets, 108

  Society for American Baseball Research, 182

  Society for the Advancement of Baseball Research (SABR), 176–77

  soule, la, 62–63, 62, 73, 75, 230

  Spalding, Albert G., 204–10, 212, 237

  Spalding, Walter, 206

  Spalding Inc., 206–8, 237

  basketball and, 274, 275

  Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide, 207–8, 209

  Spanish explorers, 114, 126–28, 131, 134, 135, 145–46

  Spence, Rodney, 79

  Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm, 196–97

  sphairisteria, 42–43, 44, 45

  spoilsports, 13–14

  sports, beginning of, 36–47

  Sports Illustrated, 289

  Springfield, Mass., 278–82

  Dunbar Community Center, 287–88, 289, 291

  New Leadership Charter School, 291–98, 297, 301, 308

  Stade, George, 265

  Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 250, 259, 283

  Stanford University, 248, 257

  Stanley, Paul, 117

  Stefanski, Zbigniew, 179

  Stephen, J. K., 80

  Stephens, John Lloyd, 271

  stool-ball, 185, 186, 200

  Strzelczyk, Justin, 261

  Sulzberger and Schwarzchild, 237

  Sumner, William Graham, 254

  Super Bowl, 217, 236, 238, 261, 263

  Superclásico, Il, 56

  Sutherland, Jock, 259–60

  Syracuse Orange, 149, 172

  Syracuse University, 159

  Taft, William Howard, 255

  “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” 175–76, 197, 213

  ta kurt om el mahag, 180

  Tarahumara, 142–43

  taste, 124

  Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 241

  tennis, 4, 7–8, 80–111, 114, 145, 176, 319

  author’s playing of, 4–5, 7–8, 96

  balls for, 85–90, 87, 89, 106, 232

  betting on, 99–100

  chase in, 100–101

  courts for, 90–91, 93–96, 94, 95, 106–7

  French Open, 82

  jeu de paume, 81–97, 94, 95, 100–102, 105–11, 303

  monastic origins of, 7, 81–82, 102–5, 114

  origin of word, 97–98

  paumiers and, 106

  rackets for, 89, 89, 92–93, 106, 114

  Renaissance and, 102–6

  scoring system in, 98–100

  serves in, 100–101

  Tenochtitlán, 126

  Terry, David, 186

  Terry, Wyllys, 249

  Thanksgiving, 251, 320

  Theosophical Society, 210

  Tholkes, Bob “Slow Trot,” 189

  Thompson, Jeremy, 170, 172–73

  Thomson, Nigel, 68

  Thorn, John, 191

  Thorpe, Jim, 234

  throwing ability, 34–35

  Throwing Madonna, The (Calvin), 33–36

  Tierney, Bill, 171

  tip-cat, 184

  Tom Brown’s Schooldays (Hughes), 224–25

  Tonawanda Braves, 154–55, 168–70

  Transylvania, 179, 180

  trap-ball, 184, 200

  Triangle, 277, 302

  Turner, Jeff “Bucket,” 188–90

  Tuscarora, 151

  Tusker, 50–51

  Tuthmosis III, King, 39, 40

  Twain, Mark, 208–9

  Tyree, David, 236

  ulama, 6–7, 112–13, 120–40, 125, 130, 142, 271

  balls for, 114–18, 123, 124, 138–40

  human sacrifice in, 7, 133–34

  as religious rite, 7, 129–34

  scoring system in, 126

  Ulama Project, 135, 139

  ullamalitzli, 124

  Union College, 257

  Unitas, Johnny, 236

  University of California, 257

  University of Kansas, 313

  University of Memphis, 314–15

  University of Miami, 11

  Uppies, 52–55, 57, 58, 65, 67–70, 74, 76–79

  Valencia, Antonio, 323

  Valley Forge, 175

  Vandals, 180

  Vecsey, George, 181–82

  Vennum, Thomas, 146, 161–62, 168

  Versailles, 107

  Vick, Michael, 224

  Vikings, 50, 181

  Vintage Base Ball Association (VBBA), 214

  Vintage Base Ball Federation, 215

  volleyball, 137

  Vortigern, 60

  Walker, Demetrius, 289

  Walsh, Kevin, 19

  Washington, George, 175, 279

  Webster, “Iron Mike,” 261

  Westgate, Scott, 214–15

  White, Andrew D., 226

  Whitman, Walt, 178

  Wideman, John Edgar, 267

  Will, George, 216

  Williams, Aaron, 280–82

  Williams, Jamie, 216

  Wilson Football Factory, 234–41, 239

  Wingfield, Walter, 82

  Wise, Joseph, 291–95, 298, 300

  Wolsey, Thomas Cardinal, 105

  women, 303–4, 306

  ba’ and, 67

  basketball and, 302–7, 305

  lacrosse and, 160–61, 171

  Wooden, John, 309

  Woods, Vanessa, 27–28

  World Cup, 11, 320, 322

  World Lacrosse Championships, 149–50, 153, 171

  World Professional Basketball Tournament, 311

  World Series, 199, 207, 217

  Wright, George, 205

  Wright, Harry, 205

  Xcaret, 137–38

  Yale University, 219, 226, 227, 242, 244–46, 248, 249, 253, 254, 257

  Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), 283–87

  basketball and, 267–68, 270, 274–78, 287

  Training School, 267, 285, 302

  Credits

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  Cover photograph by © Dominic Nahr/Magnum Photos

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