Word: handicap
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However, the trio's greatest triumph came when Ruml deposited a coin in the other Arcade machine, the Champ, depressed the nickel slot, and pulled it out again with unaccustomed vehemence. All the little lights suddenly lit up, giving Ruml the regular five balls and a 50,000 point handicap. He won 77 free games...
...that sort of rot" kind of Victorian Englishman, Smith finds himself in his own element as the lovable old American gentleman, Halstead Carter. An able supporting cast, headed by Grace George and Ann Andrews, and the excellent direction of Guthric McClintic combine to fashion an enjoyable play despite the handicap of an old and unwieldy plot...
...sending conscripted soldiers beyond national boundaries. Each country has the right to conscript soldiers for home defense, but relies on volunteers for overseas forces. Each Prime Minister is proud of the number who volunteer, but each knows how the restrictions, growing out of nationalism and past quarrels with Britain, handicap the war effort...
...losing side Mac Broderick showed considerable skill at left guard both on the defensive and offensive. Chief handicap of the Deacon five was their man to man defense, which was not sufficiently polished to stand up against the Puritan attack...
...sticks as well as the big time, he asked no quarter, always gave his backers a run for their money. One summer, at Detroit, he won three races within eight days. One winter at Tropical Park he ran off with the Christmas, New Year's and Orange Bowl Handicaps on successive Saturdays. Cincinnati fans will never forget the day he outran Seabiscuit in a race at River Downs. But the biggest kick he ever gave his admirers was his performance in the Rhode Island Handicap at Narragansett Park four years ago. Setting the pace for famed War Admiral, Kentucky...