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  2. Indigenous North American stickball - Wikipedia

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    The game began with the ball being tossed into the air and the two sides rushing to catch it. Because of the large number of players involved, these games generally tended to involve a huge mob of players swarming the ball and slowly moving across the field. Passing the ball was thought of as a trick, and it was seen as cowardly to dodge an ...

  3. Texas Cart War - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Cart War was an outbreak of violence in 1857. Most of the violence occurred when American ox cart drivers attacked and hanged 70 Mexican ox cart drivers. The 'war' consisted of five attacks, three in July, one in September, and the last in November 1857. This attack involved Jose Huerta and Adalberto Davila.

  4. Knute Rockne - Wikipedia

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    Knute Kenneth Rockne (/kəˈnuːt/ kə-NOOT, [3] though commonly pronounced / n u t / NOOT in the United States; [4] March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.

  5. Cart - Wikipedia

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    Similar, but more sophisticated are modern-day pedal cart toys used in general recreation and racing. The term "go-kart" (also shortened as "kart", an alternative spelling of "cart"), has existed since 1959, and refers to a tiny race car with a frame and two-stroke engine. The old term go-cart originally meant a sedan chair or an infant walker.

  6. Amon G. Carter - Wikipedia

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    Amon Giles Carter Sr. (born Giles Amon Carter; December 11, 1879 – June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas. [1]

  7. Washington's Birthday Celebration - Wikipedia

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    The celebration was first staged in 1898 by the San Antonio-based Improved Order of Red Men, which established the Laredo local chapter called Yaqui Tribe #59.Much earlier, former Laredo Mayor Samuel M. Jarvis (1822-1893), had held a reception at his downtown home in honor of Washington's birthday and had encouraged a larger celebration thereafter, which he never lived to see.

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  9. History of hurling - Wikipedia

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    The ball, or sliothar was made of animal hair, and could be handled or carried on a wider stick (hurl) than used in the north. [9] The northern game was one of the common people, but the southern game was largely organized by the landlords who provided the hurling greens, picked the teams, typically of 21, and competed against each other for ...