THE LINCOLN STAR
MONDAY, JAN. 31, 1944

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ESPITE the widespread popu- |
larity of basketball — virtu- |
' ally every college, public or |

_ parochial school, service camp
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organization has

Rules Not x, quota of |

Satisfactory teams — the
sport that is played on hard-
wood floors still is groping in the
dark, seeking that stabilizing in-
fluence which springs from pos-
session of rules and. regulations
commonly satisfying to exponents
and followers of the game.

. In contrast, the baseball and
_ football statutes seldom undergo

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_ the tinkering process and only in- |

: frequently are the rules-makers
_ urged to invoke material changes,
_ whereas in basketball the clamor

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_ mever ceases that statutory re- |

_ visions are in order.
As for instance, Dr. Phog Allen

of Kansas U. insists that the one, |

the only sensible, means of thwart-

_ ing the advantage of that human |
beanpole, the seven-foot center,
must come from hoisting the bas- |

ket to the 12-foot level.

Next is the Marquette U. coach |
who invéighs against the four- |
foul rule which banishes the of- ;

fending player to the bench, there

to linger until the final pistol pop. |

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ie. the Marquette mentor
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porary. In the case
of the four-foul bas-
keteer, the Mar-
quette tutor would Changes

Coaches

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would borrow a provision from |
the customs of ice hockey, in
which banishment is only tem-|

Propose | |

bench the player for two’
minutes, then permit him to re- |

turn to the game.