tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) (12/01/83)
Oh, the good ol` WORLD FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Died at the ripe young age of 2. The device they used for first down measurements was a 1 pice device called a "Dickerrod". It most likely was invented by a guy named Mr. Dicker. As I recall, it had a sliding pin on it. The Dickerrod was placed on a 5-yard-multiple line and then bent down to the ground. Now you`ve got 1 end on the 5-yard-multiple line and the pin is sticking into the ground where the first-down yard stick would be in the NFL. The base of the Dickerrod was not pointy, but squared in a fashion so it could be bent down and make the pole parallel to the gridiron. Understand?? The Dickerrod went the way of the multi-colored ABA ball and the colored WTT tennis court. Tom O`Connor