- A form of hockey played on a paved surface using in-line skates
- Street hockey (also known as road hockey, deck hockey, ground hockey, easy hockey, cosom hockey or ball hockey) is a type of hockey played on foot or with skates, usually on an outdoor surface (very often a street, parking lot, or other asphalt surface).
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- Mays Landing is a census-designated place located within Hamilton Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 2,321. It is the county seat of Atlantic County.
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Heritage of Sport – bronze plaque in Trenton NJ
"Trenton has a long and storied sporting tradition, both amateur and professional. The city was home to the country’s first professional basketball team. The Trentons, as the local team was known, began charging admission to their games in 1896, so that each player could receive $15 for each engagement. In 1898-99, the Trenton Nationals won the inaugural championship of the first professional basketball association, the National Basketball League. The earliest professional basketball games were rough and tumble events played entirely inside a large metal cage erected on the floor of the Trenton Masonic Temple gymnasium on the corner of North Warren and West State Streets.
Baseball was another sport taken up early in the Trenton area and the city played an important role in the development of the Negro Leagues. The first account of a local baseball team in action involved a game held on common land alongside the Delaware and Raritan Canal on July 4, 1867 between the Trenton Atlantics and the Athletics of Philadelphia, which the home team lost resoundingly. One of the prominent early baseball teams in Trenton was the Cuban Giants, composed predominantly of African-American players, who were moved to the city from Long Island in 1886 by Walter Cook, a wealth local resident. The Cuban Giants achieved national recognition competing with both professional and college teams, including Princeton and Yale.
Other Trenton baseball teams included the Trenton Browns, founded by William E. Simpson in 1886, the Polka Dot Baseball Club formed in 1881, the Trenton Senators (1936-41) and the Trenton Giants (1946-50). Willie Mays was an outfielder for the Trenton Giants before he became a renowned major leaguer. In 1994, after many years without professional baseball, a minor league baseball stadium was constructed at Waterfront Park as the home of the Trenton Thunder. In 1999, a minor league ice hockey team, the Trenton Titans, was also established in the city, making its home at a newly built arena on South Broad Street. With these two teams, Trenton’s professional sports heritage continues into the 21st century."
(Pictured: The Cuban Giants baseball team)
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Halloween at Mays Landing