Bocci Ball, Bryant Park

• pbromaghin

• Nov 1, 2014

What is the cloth for?

 

• Mlehrman

• Nov 1, 2014

I saw some players wipe theit hands before lobbing the ball.

 

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  k.hendrik

• Nov 1, 2014

This is "Jeu de Boule"; the cloth is for wiping dust of the steel balls. old players sometimes use a magnet on a rope to pick up the ball. Nice image.

 

• Mlehrman

• Nov 1, 2014

Thanks k.hendrik, for the correction.