Villager photo by Elisabeth Robert
Handball hotshot
John “Rookie” Wright, left, 30, and John Necakron, 29, played handball at the Carmine Recreation Center on Clarkson St. and Seventh Ave. S. on July 19. Wright, a lifelong Lower East Sider, who lives at 725 F.D.R. Drive, is the number-one ranked “blue ball” handball player in the city, according to the U. S. Handball Association. He usually plays at W. Fourth St. and also Coney Island. When not playing handball, he’s an O.T.B. betting clerk.
