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That is exactly what we did, and we were successful, Many times
our boys in utter amazement looked up when they were moving in an
opposite direction from the ball and the referee would say "Pick".
Some of the boys had never heard the term "pick" before, and naturally
they thought they were picking on them, |

Here's a good story that I have passed around which I think
identifies their officiating. One of the western teams passed the ball
to the right and then the player out off to his left. He was out in
the open and had touched no one, and the referee said "On you, pick".
The player stopped in amazement and said, "I haven't done a thing."

The referee said, "I know, but I detected evil in your eye". In other
words, Mac, they rule on intent. They maintain, according to the pro
interpretétion, that you may not pass in one direction and move off in
enother Sivevtim. because you are going over there for no good purpose,
Yet if you will get a copy of the rule book and read the definition of
screening it reads something like this: Impeding the progress of an
opponent without making bodily contact shall be termed screening.
Screening is not a foul, Blocking is impeding the progress of an
opponent by making bodily contact. Blocking is a foul, Screening
can easily fade into blocking, so the burden is upon the screening
side not to block, The easterners never use the words “blocking” or
"screening". So you see the wide divergence of the game in the east
and in the west. One is an amateur game developed by coaches who have
played collegiate amateur basketball. The other has been by and large
coaches by professionals who taught the professional slant, The crime

is in getting caught.