Further, it stresses the additional importance of game fundamentals
and it also provides an itemized history of the contest which is intensely
interesting to the players in the upper bracketsg It stimulates those in the
lower brackets to better their fundamentals. And too, it makes it possible for
& soach to select his men on a more accurate basiss His judgment is reinforced
by the itemized history of the contests

The speaker is indebted to Dr. Es Re Elbol and Dre Ve We Lapp, of the
Departmont of Physical Education, for their aid in working out the rating of the
basketball playerse To Drs Elbol for his invaluable assistance in an a dvisory
capacity in weighing the offonsive and defensive cloments and in the careful
seloction of the recorders, To Dr. Lapp for his painstaking work in compiling
the statistics and presenting the results in readable forme Dre Lapp initiated
the thought of writing to each player on the varsity squad, asking them to
evaluate cach of their teammatos according to their individual playing efficiency.
It is through Dr. Lapp's untiring devotion and indefatigable patience that this
rescarch is possible.s