Great balls of fire
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Tue, 2006-01-03 14:39.
“Keeping alive a fiery ritual”
The night game is illuminated by the ball itself. It is a pickup game in a parking lot that re-enacts an ancient Indian myth of man’s creation, while threatening to charbroil a few toes. In a way it resembles field hockey, with the players racing up and down, swatting the ball with sticks toward two narrow goals. Except for one important detail: The ball is on fire, foot-long flames trailing it through the air….