The New York Emperors Stickball League has nine stickball teams in New York City. Until the 19th century, Choctaw men wore horsehair collars when playing stickball. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma currently maintains non-ceremonial grounds for stomp dances and stickball. When disputes arose between Choctaw communities, stickball provided a civil way to settle issues. Stickball games are often played at stomp dance grounds. Stickball, a street version of baseball, was popularized by youths in the 1930s. A Jesuit priest referenced stickball in 1729, and George Catlin painted the subject. His father had organized a stickball club called the Young Devils. Many early stickball sticks were essentially giant wooden spoons with no netting. The Cherokee people, for example, hold dances before stickball games. However some street games have risen to the level of organized tournaments, such as stickball. I travelled, played stickball, had a few marriages and many affairs. In 1834 after the Caughnawaga Indians demonstrated a game of stickball in Montreal, Canada. The game was originally known as stickball.