Bocce is 70 centuries old and so are the arguments that go with it. Bocce, the bowling game of the Caesar's, isn't a sport. It is an excuse - an excuse to get out of the house for several hours, to sip a glass of wine, to bet a few lira and to provide fuel for the universal Italian hobby of arguing.
Bocce is the direct ancestor of such games as bowling, lawn bowling, duck pins and candle pins.
It also could be called the stepfather of such modern pastimes as curling, shuffleboard and horse shoe pitching. Each year the Clinton Bocce Ball Club is in charge of Little Italy Festival Town's tournaments. There are two L.I.F.T. tournaments on Saturday - one is for men and the other is for women. There are also two tournaments on Sunday with one tournament for men and one for women. Sunday's tournament is the Indiana State Bocce Ball Tournament.