PHOTOGRAPHS, IT IS SAID, never lie; but they sometimes seem to tell the wrong story. In the picture it would appear that the ball has burst against the head of the Dutch club player, Jos Dijkstra. Instead, high speed photography has caught the ball at a moment of deformity. Experts agree that it is not a trick photograph. They said the ball is not always round, only when at rest. Quite considerable deformities can occur, according to the strength of the blow which strikes the ball, forcing it in one direction or squeezing it another. Such a deformity lasts only a fraction of a second, for as soon as the ball is in flight again, it regains its circular shape.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32032, 5 July 1969, Page 11
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120PHOTOGRAPHS, IT IS SAID, never lie; but they sometimes seem to tell the wrong story. In the picture it would appear that the ball has burst against the head of the Dutch club player, Jos Dijkstra. Instead, high speed photography has caught the ball at a moment of deformity. Experts agree that it is not a trick photograph. They said the ball is not always round, only when at rest. Quite considerable deformities can occur, according to the strength of the blow which strikes the ball, forcing it in one direction or squeezing it another. Such a deformity lasts only a fraction of a second, for as soon as the ball is in flight again, it regains its circular shape. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32032, 5 July 1969, Page 11
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