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Word: concocted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1882-1882
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...system of umpire-play, by which referees have been systematically bulldozed. We do not believe she will deny it. Even professionals will expel from the B. B. league a catcher who deceives the umpire by snapping his fingers to imitate a foul tip. But our brothers in foot-ball concoct a more or less elaborate system, by which the referee is to be continually deceived. The only semblance of a defence that can be offered for such a method is that it is fair, because nothing can be done about it! We do not believe that Princeton wants Yale ruled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE AND PRINCETON. | 12/14/1882 | See Source »

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