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...When old Lord Tottingham visited his physician with various aches in his limbs, the wise doctor recognized the trouble instantly as Miller's syndrome, a psychosomatic ailment, and prescribed a placebo to keep the old boy happy. "You mean there's nothing really wrong with him?" asked a nurse when the patient had left. "Of course not," replied the doctor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pervert-a-Proverb | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

...huge crowd booed and clamored for action as the game went into overtime. Derby finally broke through for a quick score, and then settled back to boot 24 Tottingham thrusts out of bounds to put the championship...

Author: By Humphrey Doermann, | Title: Soccer Rule Changes Should Speed Action, Raise Scoring | 9/29/1950 | See Source »

...strangely enough, first pressure to change the throw-in rule came from England a few years ago, after a professional league championship playoff between Tottingham and Derby...

Author: By Humphrey Doermann, | Title: Soccer Rule Changes Should Speed Action, Raise Scoring | 9/29/1950 | See Source »

Whenever the Derby offense started to roll, Tottingham would blast the ball out of bounds. This gave the defense time to get set, with the only penalty a ten yard Derby free throw from the sidelines. The tactics worked. As the fourth quarter ended, Derby had taken 65 free throws but had been unable to score...

Author: By Humphrey Doermann, | Title: Soccer Rule Changes Should Speed Action, Raise Scoring | 9/29/1950 | See Source »

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