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，臺球因和賭博相聯(lián)系，名聲仍受到質(zhì)疑。19世紀(jì)末，當(dāng)臺球公開賽成了盛裝慶事，只能買到站票的時候，美國臺球雙雄邁克費蘭和杜德利卡文納長達(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)了有沖突的臺球協(xié)會間爭相控制這種運動的傳統(tǒng)，它使得所有的名次難以確定，列入奧運正式比賽項目仍只是一場夢。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于：臺球的沿革)
