每日背誦第四期37
In America, billiards had a questionable reputation because of its association with gambling. The 20-year rivalry of American pool masters Michael Phelan and Dudley Kavanagh in the late 19th century, however, attracted attention and respect as tournaments became standing-room-only tuxedo affairs. Ironically, the two also started a tradition of conflicting associations governing the game, which now makes all titles suspect, and the Olympics an impossible dream.
在美國(guó)，臺(tái)球因和賭博相聯(lián)系，名聲仍受到質(zhì)疑。19世紀(jì)末，當(dāng)臺(tái)球公開賽成了盛裝慶事，只能買到站票的時(shí)候，美國(guó)臺(tái)球雙雄邁克費(fèi)蘭和杜德利卡文納長(zhǎng)達(dá)20年之久的 霸，吸引了眾人的目光，贏得了尊敬。具諷刺意味的是，他們 兩人也開創(chuàng)了有沖突的臺(tái)球協(xié)會(huì)間爭(zhēng)相控制這種運(yùn)動(dòng)的傳統(tǒng)，它使得所有的名次難以確定，列入奧運(yùn)正式比賽項(xiàng)目仍只是一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于：臺(tái)球的沿革)
