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It might be interesting to compare some of the findings
in this study with the brief report by Dr. James Naismith (4), His
criterion for timing the activity made bB¥ players was: "all move-
ments made whether walking or otherwise", whereas in this study only
activity greater than a walk was recorded, While his figures regard-
ing movements cannot be adequately compared with this study because
of this fact, they are interesting nevertheless. Dr. Naismith's
report shows that players were active 20 minutes and 12 seconds per
game as contrasted to 8 minutes and 31.4 seconds of activity in this
investigation. Part of the greater amount of activity by high school
players in games played in Kansas City, wlissouri (4) was due to the
greater length of time allowed to play.

Dr, Naismith's study (4) on Kansas City, Missouri high
school teams revealed that those games which were 40 minutes in i
length required an elapsed time of 69 minutes for completion, This
study shows that the games of 32 minutes in length required an elap~
sed time of 64.4 minutes for completion. Since the Kansas City,
Missouri games consumed an elapsed time of but 4.6 minutes more in
40 minute games,#&t*ean be assumed that it actually takes a comparate
ively greater amount of time to play a game under the existing rules
than was the case 15 years ago, Twenty-nine minutes were used for
interruptions and intermissions in 1925 while these items were found
to consume 32.4 minutes in this study,

Comparing the results of this study with that made by
Nancy Miner, Pauline Hodgson and Anna Espenschade on girls basketball,
with respect to time spent in active play, there is a close relation=}
ship of strenuous activity between girls two-court and boys high

school games, Their criterion for timing strenuous activity was all