Spelling bees? Dog shows? Where will it all end (up on TV)?

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

Years ago, the oddball sports stuff was what you would see on ABC's “Wide World of Sports.”

You know. Bowling, pool (OK, billiards if you must), contests that are better classified as games of skill rather than sports, which I think should require some sort of physical exertion other than rolling a ball down a lane in really ugly shoes, or creating a callous by trying to put a little extra English on a cue ball.

There were probably other games of skill that didn't make it onto WWS back then simply because it was a limited venue. Got to have time to get in pairs ice-skat...

 

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