Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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The difference in the two rules might not mean much to the average person, but the importance of it was clearly brought out in a series between the Troy team of the New York State League and the Reading team of the Eastern League for the championship of the world...
The two games played at Troy under the New York State League rules resulted in just as easy victories for the Trojans. The deciding game was played at Reading, the arrangement calling for one half to be played under the rules of each league. The home team elected to play...
As an illustration of the rule I might say that in the first half the New York State referee called something like a total of twenty or twenty-one fouls, while in the second half the Eastern League official called twenty-three on Troy and seventeen on Reading, a total...
Then again you have other conditions to meet. They bear upon the difference between the college games and professional in regard to baskets. All college games are played with wooden back boards behind the baskets, whereas one professional league would have glass backs located twelve inches behind the basket while...
Refereeing is a very difficult problem to contend with. How many officials interpret the rules alike? No two in my mind. Some are very lenient, others very strict. I may say the officiating is very unsatisfactory as the players cannot tell just how to play. All this has a tendency...