Brooklyn/Bronx boys bring stickball back to Florida seniors; Wycliffe Stiffs now in their 22nd season
February 12, 2024 Wayne Daren Schneiderman
From left: Harry Klaff, director of operations, and Marty Ross, founder, of the Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball League. Photos courtesy of Marty Ross and Harry Klaff
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In the 1908 Tin Pan Alley tune, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” “Peanuts and Cracker Jack” were all the rage for snacking. But Marty Ross — co-founder of the Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball League — would more than likely prefer an egg cream, New York-style.
Ross, 82, originally hails from The Bronx and spearheaded the Florida-based Wycliffe Stiffs — a league now in its 22nd season, made up mostly of retired older adults from the New York area.
Harry Klaff, the league’s director of operations, is its co-founder and grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.