Word: benching
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...Crimson did display flashes of brilliance Monday night, bringing coach Bob Harrison off the bench cheering wildly...
...fairness to Raterink, it must be noted that he lost a tooth in the first half thanks to a well-placed Crimson elbow and this did send him to the bench in a very real state of pain. But much of the credit must go to Jenkins who continually hounded the Eagle star, forcing him to take bad shots and never giving him an open...
...cagers have so far managed to overcome their lack of bench strength by slowing down the game to suit themselves...
...German immigrant, Epton put himself through law school, specialized in insurance in his private practice, and finally, in 1959, became a judge. "Just about the time I went on the bench, my wife died. I wanted to forget my personal problems, so I asked for the most difficult assignment there was. The chief judge said, Take boys' court for 90 days, if you can stand it.' " Himself the father of one daughter, Epton administered a stern but understanding sort of justice to the 17-to 21-year-old youths who came before him. "There are two kinds...
Epton made a point of meeting with young gang chieftains, explaining the law's point of view and answering their questions. He invited leaders to sit with him on the bench, and he would ask for their advice before sentencing a suspect. Sometimes he even took the "colleagues" to lunch for far-ranging discussion of the law. More than 5,000 boys shared the bench with Epton, learning, as the judge put it, that "there is no more mystery in boys' court than there is in the games they play. When they are offside in football, they have...