Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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There is a lack of uniformity in the rules governing the game and the conditions under which it is played, all because various persons who might be termed pioneers in the game did not exactly grasp the idea of the man who conceived it.
Basketball, as a national indoor sport, is not more than 25 years old. 'Students of the game generally regard Professor James Naismith as the father of the game. He was a professor at the Spring field Young Men's Christian Association Training College at the time. His idea was to...
Professor Naismith called upon the students for suggestions and diagram of their ideas and from these he finally conceived the general idea of the present basketball game. Professor Naismith was greatly pleased when he saw his new game constantly growing in favor, but he was rather surprised at the various...
Now as to how basketball differs from other sports. Baseball is baseball whether it be played at Kalamazoo, Mich., Cuba, Japan, the Philippines or any other part of the world. There is only one set of rules governing the game and the elementary rules of baseball are generally well known...
The rules as to fouls are varied. The A. A. U. rules, which govern intercollegiate games, differ from those used in professional leagues in that the one-hand dribble is mandatory in one and not in the other. Then there are some differences in the rules among the professional leagues...