Word: game
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bascom Hill, students emerging from a late class skidded and skated on the icy path, at first accidentally, then for fun. In Slichter Hall, the modern new men's dorm, a bunch of ex-G.I.s played an endless card game called Schafskopf. In the Rathskellar (see cut) of the $2,650,000 Memorial Union, one of the few places on any U.S. campus where 3.2 beer is sold, the jukebox blared Slow Boat to China. A waiter deftly scooped the head off three beers with one flick; a lone engineer, studying in a corner, made a quick calculation...
Even before the kickoff in the National Football League championship this week, a driving storm had blanketed Philadelphia's Shibe Park. Gridiron markings were blotted out under four inches of snow. But television, radio and newsreel companies had paid $33,000 for rights to the game, and a postponement would have been costly. Commissioner Bert Bell ruled that first downs would be decided by referee's instinct instead of tape measure, and assigned extra judges to call out-of-bounds plays...
...slippy, sloppy contest, the Philadelphia Eagles snowplowed through the Chicago Cardinals to 17 first downs. In the fourth period, Steve Van Buren sloshed off tackle for the game's only score, and the Eagles won the title...
Professional Football (Sim. 1:30 p.m., ABC). National League championship game: Philadelphia Eagles v. Chicago Cardinals...
...1930s, equipment improved and the game graduated from smalltime gyms to big-city arenas. The "10-second rule" was introduced, requiring the team putting the ball in play to be across the center line in that time; the old center jump was eliminated. Out of the Midwest and the far West came firehouse basketball and the fast break. The old distinction between forwards and guards was now all but forgotten. As coach of the New York (pro) Knickerbockers, Lapchick now spends most of his time setting up defenses to hold the opposition under 75 points, figuring that...