Interview: Thomas Katroscik, commissioner of the Stoop Ball League of America, discusses the game's Wisconsin championship

From: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR) | Date: July 15, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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Interview: Thomas Katroscik, commissioner of the Stoop Ball League of America, discusses the game's Wisconsin championship

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Stoop ball in rural Wisconsin? Doesn't that rile up the cows? Stoop ball is the city game in which kids hurl a low-bound Spalding against a stoop of stairs and field it when it bounces back. This weekend, All-Star week in baseball, by the way, stoop ball players from France, England, as well as throughout the United States, are meeting on ...

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