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Scoreboards.


(Porter) Porter Athletic Equipment, Co., provides a complete selection of premium indoor and outdoor scoreboards with models that can be used for basketball, football, baseball, volleyball, softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' , wrestling, soccer, and track, among others. Scoreboard cabinets are made of 18-gauge galvanized gal·va·nize  
tr.v. gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es
1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.

2.
 steel. Super-bright, light-emitting diode (LED) score displays are standard. Every permanent scoreboard features a wireless remote control system that is approved by the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. . Available in a long-lasting powder-coat finish and a vibrant variety of colors not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed.

See also: Color
, new scoreboards can be customized to accommodate logos, mascots, or names of schools, teams, and sponsors.

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Title Annotation:New Equipment
Publication:Coach and Athletic Director
Article Type:Advertisement
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 2004
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