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Normally I check the books at the half and during TO's in the 4th, but there are situations that may require more trips to the table, for instance.
Last week I called a JV boys game where clock operator was stopping the clock on made shots. My partner said he thought he was stopping the clock, so the next time down the court I was watching for it, and sure enough ball goes in; clock stops. I sound my whistle, walk over and ask the guy has he been doing that the whole game, he says yes, so I explain the correct way and we get on with the game.
Not two minutes later during a pair of free throws I notice the number of team fouls on the score board has not changed. So once again I walk over to the table and ask the scorer (who is at best 14yrs old) if 6 is the correct number of team fouls, he counts and turns out there's 8, so one team has missed two sets of bonus throws. Needless to say I was somewhat frustrated and for the rest of game my partner or I was checking the table about as often as possible.
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