officials and players.

The latest suggestion in the de-
partment of “basketball improve-
ment” comes from Coach Tony
Hinkle of the Great Lakes Sailors.
Tony would abandon the rule
which permits two free tosses
when a player has been fouled
while trying for a field goal.

Here’s the Hinkle proposal; In-
stead of the two free throws, ac- |
cord the fouled player his chance,
to score a basket from the spot |
of the foul, meantime barring |
the opposing team from any form
of interference with the try for |
the basket hit.

oe > %
TS persistent march. to the free
throw line and the resultant
suspension of play have intro- |
duced a monotony: in basketball,

says Hinkle, that
Great Lakes merits curative

Mentor Has meastires by the
His Say rules-makers.

The head coach of the Sailors
contends that his proposal would |
curb the fouling tactics of de-|
fenders under or near the bas-
ket and, simultaneously, tend to |
increase scoring, inasmuch as |
more points for the scorebook’,
would result from unmolested |
basket shot from the spot of a|
foul than from attempts at free!
throws projected from the present
line.

The constant demands for rules
alterations possibly suggest that
the sport of basketball has gotten
out of hand. Suggests, too, that
the game of today is a far cry
from the one conceived by its
founder, the late Dr. Naismith,
who, though in his lifetime he dis-
liked to admit it, never intended
that the rough-and-tumble, bodily-
contact tactics of today should |
convert his brainchild into an
activity bordering on indoor foot-
ball,