Word: jaialai
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...Swirsky's three-point play brought the Indians within nine, 63 to 54, with 10 minutes left to play. Swirsky, a heavy-set, squishy-looking player who had been averaging 4.2 points a game, tallied 16 in the second half despite a shooting style more suitable for jaialai...
...even more interesting to us we are accustomed to accept with a shrug of the shoulders what "has always been that way" is the fact that tennis was a gambling game and was played extensively about the Mediterranean. (A direct offspring is still played in Cuba and Mexico as Jaialai). None of the modern equipment was necessary. The players knocked a ball with their hands over a mound of earth, or some such obstacle, and settled their debts on the spot. It is barely possible that desperate matches are played on the Jarvis courts for sodas at the corner drug...
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