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of a condition than a game. I ne lasi game oi
night takes place after several hours of play, just
before everyone is ready to go home.
Play generally breaks down about half way
through the game: players take half-court shots,
stop running the floor, make long, errant baseball
passes and extensively reduce the contest to a
joke. The "final games” don't actually end more
than they disintegrate. It’s a classic syndrome
that occurs anywhere ratball is played,
"The last game is always trash," says the Hat,
who has had an average night. “But this spot is
mostly OK. Three rats.
Tuesday: ,
We ventured into Springfield to check the rat
scene at the Memorial Building. Walking into this
place was like walking into a Bruce Springsteen
video. No “Air Jordan" wardrobes for these guys.
The regulars come dressed to play in their
jeans, camouiflage jackets or their old high school
issue gym shorts. Instead of bringing radios,
some of them bring their wives or girlfriends to
cheer them on and help keep score.
Housed in an old building, the gym itself in
spires images of 1950s-style. Saturday afternoon
CYO games. The nostalgic feel prevails with the
exception of one feature: 198bs-style clear
backboards with breakaway NBA rims.
The Master is quick to exploit this big-time at
traction by working several sensational slams into
the game, including his favorite: the "Flying
Suicide Slam." But despite such technical
trickery, the Rat finds the competition in Spr
ingfield "above average."
Nevertheless, the Ratmaster is on fire at the
Memorial Building and gives the gym a good
rating. • . ,
"These are my kind of players," says the
Master of the hard-nosed, blue-collar menagerie
that fills the gym until nearly 3 a.m. "I give it a
three and a half."
Wednesday: . „,
The most unique setting in Eugene for ratball is.
definitely found beneath the Highway-105 over
pass; near Second Avenue and Washington
Street, Six baskets, suspended from the bridge,
hang down to form a large set of outdoor courts
that are protected by a giant "roof, which is ac
tually the freeway above.
The courts are lighted at night, but the Rat and I
arrive at 3 pm.. just in time to get in a game with
some high schoolers, who frequent the courts im
mediately after school gets out.
The Ratmaster is immediately set on edge when
one young ratster in a "Wham!” tour T-shirt
begins cranking Madonna's 'Like A Virgin
cassette on his box.
"Definitely not your serious rat music," says
the Master, who mostly likes to jam to Run
D.M.C. or Chaka Khan.
The Rat has trouble with his outside shot here.
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pery, resulting in a negative rating.
He finally allows that the location of the courts
is a positive factor and that maybe he's fust had an
off day. Grudgingly, he agrees to up the
rating. "Two rats.”
Thursday:
Steeped in tradition, the "Y” has been the cor
nerstone of community athletics for more than a
century. Eugene's YMCA features a large, two
court gym for ratsters. The courts however, are
short and narrow, mandating unique, four-on
four full-court games, a practice, as any ex
perienced ratballer knows, that is virtually im
possible on a regulation-sized court.
The play is physical and intense, with a lot of
pressure on a team to "keep the court. The Rat
master even threatens to erect a '‘Caution-Hying
Elbows" sign after he is continually struck in the
heat of battle by flailing limbs.
The evening is slightly marred by "Mike." a
player who calls a foul about every 30 seconds. At
one point. Mike makes a bogus "three-in-the
key" call, an appalling claim in any ratball game,
and a serious rat faux pas.
"There’s one of these kind of guys in every
gym,” advises the Rat about Mike. "The best way
to deal with them is Just to take it to their face."
And take it he does, putting on an aerial circus
with an assortment ol long range bombs and "def
jam slams." . . .
Even considering Mike's attitude and the fact
that one must pay to play at the YMCA. the
Master likes the place.
"Smart players, tough players, good players.'
he says. "I give it three rats."
Friday:
On his last day in town. I knew I had to take the
Master to the proverbial rat mecca — Essllnger
Hall. ■ ■ _ ,
Simply put. with personal biases aside, hssl
inger is the premiere spot for ratball in Eugene. It
has the most open gym times, the best courts, and
the widest array of players.
We hang out at Esslinger for an entire day and
night, and get involved in nearly 25 games, a
bona-fide rat-a-thbn. As expected, some games
are good and some are bad.
Bitter arguments concerning the prodigous
calling of fouls and errant score keeping arise oc
casionally (a common haphazard in ratball) prov
ing that Esslinger isn't infallible. Then again, rat
ball isn’t supposed to be a divine creation, and
that's the whole idea:
The Ratmaster. who turns in steady perfor
mances all day long, likes the feel of the place
"It sme|ls like a gym in here.” he says, nod
ding and drawing a deep breath. "Four rats. Nah,
what the hell. 1 feel good. Make it five."
And at last we have realized what we set out to
find on this ratspedition: a perect score.
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