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
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