00802nas a2200109   4500000000100000008004100001100001600042245003000058856012000088300001300208520047100221                                       d1 aHubert Saal00aThe Basques of Bridgeport  uhttps://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/19/archives/the-basques-of-bridgeport-the-ferocious-old-world-game-of-jai-alai.html  aPage 2033 aIn the harsh, agglutinized language Basques call Eskualdene, as mysterious in origin as the Eskualdunaks themselves, there is a poem that goes, “On, the jai alai court, the Basque from his youth shows that he has red blood in his veins.” For years, young Basques have exhibited skill and courage—and actual blood—on jai alai courts in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Florida—especially Florida, where there are nine frontons, as jai alai courts are called.