Word: foulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...metamorphose into traffic cops of the maelstrom in the foul land--known as slaughter alley--during the day labor at desk jobs and are often doctors, lawyers, and school teachers. There's a Jekyll and Hyde element deeply ingrained in officiating. "I'm always surprised at the high-class people who go into it and stay with it," says Diehl. Officials are often "pillars of the community who no one questions," he says, "but put on a black and white shirt and they suddenly become suspect...
What this adds up to is that refs must keep the action on a tight leash without intruding on the game's natural tempo with staccato bursts of foul calling. "I've yet to come against a coach who wants a lot of shoving, banging, or grabbing," says Hannon. "You just set your mind that you're going to keep on blowing your game, because you don't want a fight. Next day the fight's in all the papers and the first thing everyone does is look who worked the game...
Reffing is a joint effort hinging on a subtle choreography between partners. One official is always stationed on the baseline policing underneath while the other scours the action on the perimeter. The two switch positions after every foul call...
...With all our big men in foul trouble, we were handicapped underneath," Carey said yesterday. "We had to lay off of them on defense and they ran right away from...
...nature of the foul was unclear after the race. "Damned if I know why they were disqualified," asserted McCurdy. "I guess one of their runners fouled while cutting inside...