dummy pass

His main claim to fame as a player is that he is credited with developing the dummy pass.

Scrum-half dummy pass to be outlawed.

He was fast, could run well, could pass and dummy pass, and could sidestep many defenders.

This has the effect of drawing defending players to the apparent recipient of the 'dummy pass' or likely target area of the 'dummy kick'.

They bewildered a jaded Leeds outfit with a series of scissors moves and dummy passes that might have looked grossly over-elaborate had they not worked to such perfection."

In the course of this storyline, the Dummy passes through Green Lantern/Alan Scott's energy force-field unimpeded, implying that the Dummy is made of wood (which would make him immune to Scott's power) and is indeed a living ventriloquist's dummy.