Mark Coen's Packet of Stuff That No Longer Exists TOSSUPS 1. Invented by a Briton named Major Bulpetts, it was developed and favored by the crowd who rose the Cresta run at St. Moritz. Ridden in a prone position, competition in these were an Olympic sport in 1928 and 1948, and may make a comeback in 1998. For 10 points, name these luge-like sleds which share their name with something we depend on for support. A: SKELETON 2. Originally made from bamboo, models made from a plastic called Grex were introduced by Aerthur Melin in 1958 to kids in Southern California, and within 4 months over 25 million of these were sold nationwide. Before the end of the craze that year, over 100 million were sold. For 10 points, name this faddish toy which kids loved and made adults look silly when they tried to get it moving around their hips. A: HULA HOOP 3. Philadelphia won this league's first title under Pop Snyder. Boston won the last under the leadership of Arthur Irwin. Brooklyn won its title in 1889, and Louisville took the crown the following year. For 10 points, name the baseball league, also home to a St. Louis team that won 4 straight titles under Charlie Comiskey. A: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 4. This ancient offense has a running back stationed outside of the end. The QB is positioned behind the strong side of the line, while the fullback and tailback remain behind the center, ready to take the snap. For 10 points, name this offensive set, hardly used today except for the variant used by the University of Delaware. A: SINGLE WING 5. Only biting and gouging were not allowed in this sport. Eight of Pindar's Olympic odes were written for athletes in this asport, where athletes would fight until one of the two submitted. Its moves and overall style are somewhat comparable to martial arts like jiu-jitsu and savate, but it was much more violent than those activities. For 10 points, name this sport, also kin to boxing and wrestling. A: PANKRATION 6. Founded by GE, Firestone, and Goodyear when they wanted their industrial leagues to become a fully backed professional league, it started operation in 1938. While the companies bowed out in 1942, the league continued to run for 7 more years, with teams like the Chicago Gears and the Sheboygan Redskins winning titles. For 10 points, name this pro basketball league which brought 6 teams (including the Lakers and Pistons) into a 1949 merger with the BAA to form the NBA. A: NBL or NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE 7. You have to go back all the way to 1935 to find the last team to win the Stanley cup that does not currently exist. Such overshadowing began early for this club, who in 1924 was supposed to be the first team to play hockey in a newly built stadium, only to be beaten to the punch by the team that eventually called the arena home for 70 years or so. FTP name this team forever resigned to being in the shadow of the Canadiens. A: MONTREAL MAROONS (prompt for more info on "Montreal") 8. This city gained its first pro football team in 1974, when the WFL's Houston Texans moved there. After the league folded in 1975, they had to wait until 1994 to regain pro ball, this time in the second wave of the CFL's American expansion. They almost lost the CFL team to Hampton Roads, Virginia, but that deal fell through, with the one year hiatus for all US teams coming not too far after. For 10 points, name this former home of the Steamer and the Pirates, a Louisiana city also home to a college bowl game. A: SHREVEPORT 9. They won league titles in 1974 and 1975, but unlike the other league champs and one other team, they did not make the jump in 1979 to the more established league. The city now again has a team with that name in the sport, but they belong to the IHL, a minor league. FTP name the storied WHA franchise in question, coached by Bill Dineen in their championship years and the place where all the Howes got to play together. A: HOUSTON AEROS 10. In 1921 this man authored the book _Scientific Basketball_ and then entered on a 37-year coaching career in which he would win 421 games. The point shaving scandal at his school led to a 2-year suspension, but he was vindicated and returned to coaching. For 10 points, name this man who passed away in 1995 at the age of 98, the coach of the 1950 CCNY team that won both the NCAA and NIT tournaments. A: Nat HOLMAN 11. It was the reigning standard from 1958 to 1987, and probably would still be the standard if the country which lost the challenger finals in '87 hadn't challenged the defender to a match outside of the agreed timetable. From then on, the standard changed to no standard and is now settled on 75 feet at the waterline. For 10 points, what was the prior standard, which followed shooners and J-class boats as the standard of choice for the America's Cup? A: 12 METER 12. TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. While you've probably never met the son and daughter of Elliot and Ruth Handler, you should be very familiar with their names. For they were the namesakes of the dolls which the Handlers' company introduced in 1958 and 1961. FTP name these dolls which made the Mattel toy company what it is today. A: BARBIE and KEN 13. First competed in 1976, it was held on a somewhat random basis, with competitions later held in 1981, 1984, 1987 and 1991, when it was held for the last time, with its namesake nation winning for the 4th time. FTP name this tournament which is being supplanted by the World Cup of hockey. A: CANADA CUP 14. Nat Fleischer, editor-in-chief of this magazine, started his own hall of fame for the sport it covered in 1954. Abandoned in 1987, 100 of its hall of fame have been elected into the sport's international hall of fame since 1989, but 66 men still wait for entry. FTP what magazine ran this hall of fame now supplnated by the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York? A: _RING_ 15. Rochester Lancers. Washington Darts. Portland Timbers. Kansas City Spurs. Seattle Sounders. San Diego Toros. Atlanta Chiefs. Philadelphia Atoms. FTP these were just some of the teams of what professional sports league, which is better known for teams such as the Vancouver Whitecaps, Los Angeles Aztecs, Tampa Bay Rowdies, and the New York Cosmos? A: NASL or NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE 16. At 240-212 and an ERA of 3.53, he was put into the Hall of Fame in 1964. He started his career with Pittsburgh, threw for several years with Brooklyn, and then rode the National League merry-go-round between Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Boston, and Chicago. His last stop was with the Yankees in 1934. FTP name this pitcher, nicknamed Ol' Stubblebeard, who as a Yankee only distinguished himself by being the last pitcher to legally throw a spitball. A: Burleigh GRIMES 17. Separately, cities like Rock Island and Moline, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, don't have enough people to support a pro franchise. Put them together, however, and you may have something. So thought the folks from the NBL, who did just this. FTP name the team which represented these cities from 1946 to 1951, and which can be found today playing as the Atlanta Hawks. A: TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS 18. While respectable educational institutions, Army and Navy aren't Ivy League schols. However, before the formation of the League, they were grouped in with the eight in this loose configuration, but were dropped in 1940, three years after the coining of the term Ivy League. FTP name this quasi-conference, named for the age and number of schools. A: OLD 10 19. The USFL made an immediate impact by signing three straight Heisman winners. Two, Herschel Walker and Doug Flutie, signed with the New Jersey Generals. The third, the player who won the 1983 Heisman, quickly latched on to the expansion Pittsburgh Maulers, but soon went the way of the team, as he had no pro career to speak of after the USFL folded. FTP name this man, a running back from Nebraska. A: Mike ROZIER 20. A five-million-dollar bond issue was rejected by state voters in 1972, and thus killed the Olympic dreams of this city, which had won the rights in 1970 to host the Winter Games after Sapporo, Japan. The IOC scrambled and tapped out the 1964 Winter host to take over. FTP name the western U.S. city that was forced to give its rights to the eventual hosts of the 1976 games, Insbruck, Austria. A: DENVER 21. It used to be run at lengths of 1 mile 5 furlongs, 1 and a quarter miles, and 1 and 3/8 miles, before settling on the current mile and a half length in 1926. The only two fillies to win this race, Ruthless and Tanya, did so before the race was over a mile and a quarter long. FTP name this horse race, he only one of the Triple Crown races to continually lengthen its course, and the last of the three run. A: BELMONT Stakes 22. It was first contested in 1930, and was part of the Grand Slam until 1967, the year in which the Titleholder's Championship was put on hiatus. This tournament crapped out the following year, leaving Patty Berg as its winningest entrant, with 7 titles. FTP name this former component of the LPGA Grand Slam. A: WESTERN OPEN