UARY TAGE,

Favors Rule to Stop Cage
Giants.

 

DALLAS, Feb. 7.(AP)—James W.
St. Clair, chairman of the national
basketball rules committee, says
something must be done about
giant goal-tenders. If not, he
sees a return - the old stalling
game.

“Tt is plainly evident that we'll
have to do something to remove
the premium now placed on ab-
normal height and devise a way to
reduce or eliminate the tall play-
er’s effectiveness on defense, » he.
said today.

- “At present it is illegal to inter-
fere with the ball directly over the
basket but a lot of these giants
are doing such a good job that
they're managing to bat the ball
away before it reaches the pro-
tected zone.”

St. Clair advances as probably
the best means a rule making it
illegal to touch the ball anywhere
‘tizens as after it starts its downward arc. -
ell, Lieut.
_ Senator) publicized incidents as the ousting
of Bill Cox, Phil Prexy, on gambling
charges; the Brooklyn Dodger “re-
bellion” at the time of the Bobo
| Newsom incident, and Minor League
Commissioner William G. Bram-
ham’s quelling of a revolt in the

ranks by the si of sci votes.