[Ads-l] Antedating of "Free Throw" (Basketball)

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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free throw (Basketball) (OED 1895)

1894 James Naismith in _The Triangle_ Jan. in _The James Naismith Reader_ (2021) 207  A man is not allowed to pass the ball from the field of play out in order to get a free throw.

Fred Shapiro

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