Friday, March 7, 2008

CJR entry 5

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Rec Im

Everything seems like a normal day at the rec. All of the courts are filled with people along with the bleachers. There is a lot of comotion in the air tension seems to be thick. People from other teams are yelling at eachother. Players seem to be hostile and getting up in each others faces. On the far right side of the court all of sudden there is extra loud commotion and there are people rushing from every angel. All of the shirts appeared to be fighting with the skins.the fight did not last long but for did go on was wild. It seemed to be two main people in the fight, one from the shirt side who had on a green sleeveless shirt with black shorts and white tennis shoes stood about 6'4 and was very buff and a guy from the skins side who had on blue shorts and shoes and stood about 6'2. The shirts guy seemed to have been pushing the skin around and it eventually escalated into a brawl. it seemed like the rest of the players on both teams jumped in and tried to stop the fight. Once the fight was broken up both players went to far sides of the court and eventually both of them left. After the incident the tention in the air seemed to calm down. Everyone seemed more at ease and playful. Once again more and more kids from the age range of 9-13 started to show up and met at the far side of the court for practice. the other players that were playing on either side of the courts seemed younger than all of the other days. they seemed as though they ranged from 18-21 and each were very athletic. There was not many people who came to play after the period in which i had started observing it seemed to me like today was a slow day. The same people had the same teams and played each other over and over.