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Show 25-Pound Glove Worn by Ecuadorians During Game The heaviest "glove" in the field of sports is worn by the Indians of Ecuador to play their game called pelota de guante in which two six-man six-man teams bat an eight-pound solid sol-id rubber ball between them, says Collier's. In order to strike this heavy ball with enough force to send it down the 50-yard court, each player wears a round wooden paddle studded with giant steel knobs which is 18 inches in diameter diam-eter and weighs 25 pounds. At the end of the four-hour game, the player's hand is purple and iwollen to twice its normal size. |