[“Back at that time in a basketball game, the players at the end of the first quarter would sit down around the key. They could not converse with the coach — that was reserved for halftime,” Chadd said, recalling his father’s story. “Since they couldn’t converse with the coach at the end of the first quarter, the coach asked the referee if it was all right if this little fox terrier could go out and encourage the boys to play. The referees, every one of them, said that was all right.”
As it turns out, though, the little dog was providing more than encouragement.
“They made a collar for that little fox terrier, and that collar had a little zipper container on it,” Chadd said. “At the end of the first quarter when that dog would go out there, the next play’s plan would be on a note. They would take that note out, read it. They’d put the note back in and the dog would trot back to the bench. No one ever caught on to that.
“Now, some would say that’s not fair — that’s cheating. Well, I would say that’s strategic innovation.”]
Hoops legends recall different era for Bainbridge, high school basketball
BAINBRIDGE -- Every little town that dots the map of Indiana has its share of basketball heroes and stories. It's only right in the land of Hoosier Hysteria. On the other hand, we'd be hard pressed to find another town of 600-some residents that can boast four Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame...
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