Word: foulness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rule about foul-shooting is a big thing for basketball," said Coach Wachter of the University team to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. The rule to which he referred provides that the man who is fouled shall make the free throw himself instead of allowing any member of the team to make the attempt...
...went on Coach Wachter, "have shown just how the rule is going to work. It speeds up the game, helps to eliminate roughness, and makes the development of the passing attack necessary. The big point in its favor is that it will do away with the importance of the foul-shooting specialist. Basketball was always supposed to be a five-man game. But what happened? An expert foul-shooter became the deciding factor in every close contest. For example, Captain Cullen of Dartmouth scored 23 points out of a possible 25 in the Harvard-Dartmouth game last winter. A game...
...rule does away with all that. There will be no more games decided by one man's skill in foul shooting. As a result there will be fewer fouls. Many teams have been coached to draw fouls deliberately. That practice will stop, or at least be materially lessened...
...York Police are proper stuff for cleaning out the theatres, nobody but the Grand Jury is capable of judging and handling this rottenness in the body politic. The explanation for this stand is plain; the city government means to recruit more policemen, whether by fair means or foul...
...most important innovation this year is the rule providing that a player who has been fouled must make the free throw. No one may be substituted for him as heretofore unless he has to leave the floor on account of injuries. Other minor changes have also been made, providing that the basket shall be of white netting and that time shall be called during the first free throw if two are taken as a result of a personal foul inside the end zone against a man in possession of the ball. Only one free throw will be allowed...