Brunch (1896); Dime (1995)---(Question; possible answer)

[Gerald Cohen]

Last week I asked about the connection between an assist in
basketball and a dime. I'll now try to answer my own question. During
the Depression there was a  popular song "Brother, Can You Spare a
Dime?" I.e., Brother, can you help me? Maybe the giving of a dime to
someone down on his luck provided the inspiration for "dime = assist
(in basketball)."

Gerald Cohen

>At 9:54 AM -0500 2/27/04, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>>
>>THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
>>April 2, 1993, Friday, HOME FINAL EDITION
>>SECTION: SPORTS DAY; MAVERICKS UPDATE; Pg. 4b
>>
>>Harper stressed he doesn't have to have the ball in his hands to be
>>effective and added that he wants, "to be on the end of some of those
>>dimes (assists) he's dropping. ' Jackson said he felt the two showed in
>>the five games they did play together that they are compatible.
>>
>>Fred Shapiro