The Ball (37 page)

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

Cover design by Milan Bozic

Cover photograph by © Dominic Nahr/Magnum Photos

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