oti oe ___THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1938. Cage Coaches Talk Over Rules : Basketball coaches are shown above at their natioual convention, which closes today at the Morrison Hotel. Standing (left to right)—Nick Kearns, Big Ten official, and Bill Chandler of Marquette, new president of the coaches’ association. Seated—J. W. St. Clair of Southern Methodist, Dr. (“Fog”) Allen of Kansas, Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball; Dr. H..C.. Carlson of ey “Piggy” Lambert of Purdue and “Dutch” -Lonborg of Northwestern, [By a staff photographer.] aes WAN \ RESEARCHES IN BASKETBALL yes \ anh 0 a °| =p UK YY | ) one fy (| \ _ Dopartnont of Physical Education, University of Kansas i eo es V 1C/ Lawrence, Kansas “* a ) pas ’ 1 OMe Le 3 Forrest Ce. Allon, Diroctor of Pareteed Education S and Head Basketball Coach rhQe Ee Re Elbol, Assistant Professor of Physical Education ge - Q Ve We Lapp. Assistant Professor of Physical Education x op pr X Vint [eee oe he h \ With the wu of the center jump the desire was to ascertain certain facts concerning the douentied fast broak that the new vei night encourages The Big Six C rence coaches agreed in a pre=season committce mecting to gather and sendin ce fnffacts fr my fa of their conference contestse some of their gamos% , Some rather interesti enee play the average time f th individual movement across tho division line was 457 seconds. : The number of held balls during an entire game dn our cone ference was ascertained, . and lastly the possibility of scoring ficld goals after the toss-up, when the held ball was brought to the circlo, was also detorminedé The study is summarized as follows: 1. Length of timo consumed in bringing the ball across the division line unis a goal or free throw had becn made; complete infornation from 18 ganes shows that: (a) the act was performed 586 times for an average of 31.64 tines per ganc (b) a total time of 2527.1 seconds was used for an average of 140.4 seconds per game, or 2 mine 34 scce (c) the average time for cach individuel movoment across the line was 4.57 sccondsSe 2 Number and location of held balls during games; complete information from 24 gones shows that: (a) held balls occurred 220 times in one end circle for an average of 9el per gancs Big Six Conference = conte (b) held balls occurred in the opposite ond circle 163 times for an average of 628 por games; (c) held balls occurred 52 tines in the center cirele for an average of 2e2 por game; (ad) held balls occurred for a total of 435 times for an a verage of 18.1 times during each gamce 3. Number of goals made by the team securing possession of a jump ball before control of it was lost to the opposition; complete information from 24 ganes shows that: (a) goals wore made 32 times for an average of 1433 por games A STUD’ OF FACTORS INFLUEYCIO PSRFOWA'CE I’ BASKETBALL : professor Lano asked me to give 4 brief survey of a stucy-T'’ made two years azo in besketball. In the allotted tive I shall be - abe to give you only the conclusions reached after the data had’ been gathered. I obtained thésedata from fifty regularly played games and from practice sessions during an entire season of play. ™he piwtooses of my study were as follows: lL. To determine the shooting performance of the chest snot, one hand shot, and hook shot by the individual »layers in games and in practice sessions, . 2.e To determine shooting oerformance in free throws in games and in practice sessions. 3. to getermine if there is a correlation of individual performance im: Se Field goals and free throws made in games. b. Field goals made in games and those made in practice sessions, Cc. Free throws made in games ind those in practice. d. Yield goal shooting in games and grade points in scholastic work. e. Free throw shooting in games ang erade points in scholastic work, 4. To stimulate vlayers to better performance by keening an accurate reeord of their work. 5. For general team play I wished to learn what effect controlling the center tip had on the game, what effect controlling ficer tips had on the game, and what definite effects go fumbles and bad pasces rave on the game, As IT give the results of the tabulations taken, it will be advantageous to keen before you the chart wnich T have handed you. In general the results of the study of the college teams revealed tie following facts: lL. The average shooting of free throws in games was 53.3 per cent. oS There was a close correlation between free throw shooting in games and in practice. a The best performance of all men in all fundamentals was rea sened in the sixth week after the Christmas vacation. 3, In double header games better shooting and free throw performance _« oceurred the second night. 4, Following road trips there was 4 marked decline in shooting both field goals and free throws. correlations found between the various factors are as follows: a. Field goal shooting and free tarow snooting of the first five foe n performance men studied had 2 positive correlation of «6. b. Ficld goals made in games and those made in practice had a positive correlation of .3I. ec, Free throws made in games and in practice showed a high eorrelation of ‘81, d. Field goals made in games and grade points eammed per credit showed a negative correlation of .2l. It appears, then, that scholarship has nothing to do with the motor skills necessary for expert performance in basketball. A rather interesting feature of this study was one snowing performance of the chest shot, the one hand shot, and the hook shot. in the various areas on the playing floor, You have the chart which shows the floor as divided into these areas. The total ‘number of shots attempted from all 2reas on the court in 5O games was 4919, with 989 baskets being made for 4 shooting average of 20 per cant. The average number of shots per team per game was 49,19. Area TI ranks first in shooting percentage, which is Lagiost -ag it is nearest the bisketh The shooting in area V was :oor with only 14.2 per cent of the shots being made. Areas: IV and I rank above areas VI and III in shooting. Shooting was bett from the Left cide of the ecurmt. 628 ~* l'y sceshlabidons show that 3788 shots were attempted from-- ‘> areas II and V out of the total of 4919 or 77 ver cent. The total shots attempted in area II wis 2492 or 50.7 per cent of the total shots. Table Showing Types of Shots from All Areas Attemnted Made Per cent Made Chest 2456 A19 17,0 One Hand 2267 528 23 42 Mook 197 42 2143 This table shows the one hand shot as having the best percent- age of shots made, the hook second, and the chest shot last. © Regards less of the type of shot, area II had the highest number of success: ful shots. The shot most used outside of area IT was the chest shot, In forty games of whicn a specinl study was made’ 16,424 ° passes were made, This is an avermge of 205 passes per game per’ team, There were 376 fumbles and 627 bad pisses. Fumbles and bad pisses lést the ball 1003 times for a total of 6.1 per cent of the time, ; The total number of center tips in the forty games was 867, Assuming thot the winning team could have eontrolled the tip on every center jump, the rdvantage to them would have been 8.1 points. S67 « (867 x Gel) & 20. = Sei pointe | 40 867 = Wumber of center jumps 6.1 = Pereentace lost due to fumbles and bad ey (passes 20 “umber of games - Average shooting pereentage of figle g53.8, There were a total of 727 jump balls from the floor, or am average of 19 per game, Assuming that the winning teams could have controlled 211 the floor tips, the advantare would have been seven points, Ta] # (70? & Geli % 2 = 7 points AO: 737 = wunber of jump balls from floor 6.1 - Pereentage lost due to fumbles and bad piss?s 20 «= ‘umber showing average shooting pe ie 40 + TMumber of games Further results from the tabulations showed that tie average number of intercentions ner game is 5, or 2,5 per team, Twenty per eent af the number of field goals xttempted are successful on the avermes, he averace nereentage of free throw shooting is 45.3 Conelusions From the study of these facts ascertained through careful - reeording and tabulation I have reached the following conclusions: 4, Tt is obvious that the eenter tip is of too great an advantage to the teams with tall centers. Neisht alone should not add eight points of superiority to any team, ‘hen I first started to work on this subject, the center tip was in vogue, At that time I recommended its elimination by one of two methods, T he first was the metuod now used and the second was that the jump at enter be retained, but that there be rotation of jumping between centers, forwards, 2nd guards, In my estimation, the complete elimination of the center jump has speeded up the game to such an extent that it has proved too strenuous for hich senool players and has mode the coBleme gare one of constant substitution, By using the rotation jumping the play would return to the 1936-37 gine but the competition would be rendered more even, 2, iten shooting best in practice both in field goalg and free throws, all other factors being equal, snould be séleeted as starters in the gimes, I reeommend keeping records of the - men during practice sessions. This ean be done very economically and efficiently if a good system is set up. The records of tne men should be posted so thst they may see their progress, if. -: records are kept, they offer a neays of seleeting men on 2n object- ive rather than on a subjective basis. , 3, In setting up offensive 2nd defensive methods of play, the following points should be kept in minds | a. The defense stould cover areas II and V, as the study shows that over three-fourths of the shots are taken from these areas, len should be taucht not to be drawn out to cover the other areas too closely. Se b. From the offensive point of view, fewer shots shoud be taken from areas I, III, IV, and VI. The percentage in shooting from these areas is very low, The offense should be set up to draw the defense out of areas II and V 60 that good shots may be obtained, e, In seheduling ganes where it is necessary to play two games on successive evenings, the harder of the two sames should be booked for the second night, The first night's play seems to aet as a sort of warm up period for the second performance. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A. TOTAL VOTE NATIONAL FEDERATION H. S. A. A. --Y¥.M.G.A. = CANADIAN I. A. U, & “CHAIRMAN, L. W. St. JOHN Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 40 Wall St., New York, N. Y. VICE-CHAIRMAN, H. H. SALMON, JR. 11 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois secretary, H. V. Porter NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE of the UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1938 ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE This questionnaire is sent annually to representative basketball men in order that their views may be presented at the annual meeting of the National Committee. The Committee will be grateful if you will check these answers and RETURN THE QUESTIONNAIRE PROMPTLY to. ol. of. "* The Committee Member or State Athletic Officer whose name appears above will send all replies received up to March 21st to H. V. Porter, 11 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. PART I. Concerning rule changes made last spring: NOTE: Vote yes or no on general principle in- PART II. 5. volved. Suggestions for slight modifications may be made in Part III or on back of sheet. . Is game without center jump after goal satis- factory? Yes...2228.. No....2Qmh..... Is rule which legalized “face guarding” satis- factory? Yes.A2/9... No...24.0...... . Is rule which eliminated jumps near sideline satisfactory? Yes....282.0. No.....g4...... . Is the “sudden death” method of deciding tie games in High School play satisfactory? Yes...1527.. No.1092..... Concerning General Trend of Game: Is game too fast for health of players? Yes.....648.. No.2184..... Is screening causing enough difficulty to warrant putting further restrictions on it? Yes....s5.82.... No..2426..... At present offensive advantage is (1) about righto0% (2) too small.458 (3) too great..224 PART III. Concerning Rules for 1938-9: 8. 10. Would you favor having all jumps in one of the three restraining circles? Yes...983 No.1956. If (8) should not be adopted, should the 6 foot jump rule apply to end line as well as sideline? Yes...2510.. No.:..409..... Would you favor legalizing end lines four feet behind ‘the backboard for those who have the space and inclination to use such markings? Yes1070..... No..1.7Q9..... This questionnaire checked by it, 12. 13. 14, 15. 16. 1%, Concerning Playing and Rest Periods: a. All games (college, etc.) should be in quar- ters. Yes.....2116 No.G78........ b. Intermission between first two and last two quarters should be two minutes. Yes..2918. No... LN Concerning rest period after field goals: a. Present rule is satisfactory. Yes....2140Q. No...692..... NOTE: If answer to (a) is yes, do not check (b) below. b. Require official to hand ball to player at (1) end of court.....644... (2) end of division line.....2.09.... When a player on his knees or prostrate is in possession or control (as in diving) the ball - should be blown dead as in held ball. Yes...h299 No.....L650 Center division line should be eliminated and blame for stalling be placed on team with lowest score. Yes.70Q5...... No....2109.. Would you favor entirely removing the three- second lane limitation? Yes.....4.46No..1855. If any section of the rules needs improvement, give rule and section numbev.................--.-..-:.------+ Reverse side may be used for comments. QUESTIONNAIRE COMMITTEE H. D. Eporen Oswatp TOWER SAMUEL ROGERS JON. St. Coe W. E. MEANWELL H. V. Porter, CHAIRMAN Location CANADIAN A. B. A. TREASURER, FLoyp A. Rowe Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio 1938 ANNUAL BASKETBALL QUESTIONNAIRE ring rule changes made last springs 1, Is game without center jump after goal satisfactory? 103 Olimonestny South Dakota, Wisconsin) | : 153 27 (Alabama, Arkenses, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Western States 675 Sl (Arizona, @alifornia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming) Canada 3. Is rule which eliminated jumps near sideline sa New sngland States & New York - a7 261 1% 4. Is the “sudden death" method of deciding tie games in High School play satisfactory PART I Sueiinin « General ‘tread of Games Se Is game too fast for health of players? ew Bogle Staten & Yow York Xo 62 Sie é e | ing causing enough difficulty to warrant putting further restrictions on it? lcanssae [i g lueves E lsexese . PART III, Concerning Rules for 1938-9: . le8es ges ls Total, 9. If (8) should not be adopted, showd the Gofeot jump rule apply to ond Line as well as sideline? 3 Isceets sis Page four - be. Intermission between first two and lest two quarters should be two minutes. Yes Mo Hew England States é New York aa Atlantic Coast 504 mS) Northwest States 198 57 Southern States 104 54 Western States 426 279 Canada _ 36 23 Total; 2018 776 12. Conoerning rest period after field goals: ae Present rale is satisfactory. es Me New England States & New York i77 63 Atlantic Coast 378—ss«136 Central States 604 216 Northwest States 172 79 Southern States 140 34 Western States 614 93 Canada 11 be Require official to hand ball to player at: End of Court ind of Division Line t lensal¥s 5 Leeosee Totals 15. When a player on his knees or prostrate is in possession or control (as in diving) the ball should be blown dead as in held ball. New Englend States é New York Atlantic Coast Central States Northwest States Southern States Western States Canada sBabeae le lsés8S88 is Totals 3 g Page five - 14, Center division line should be eliminated and blame for stalling be placed on team with lowest score. New England States & New York Atlantic Coast Central States Southern States Yestern States Canada 2 |.BeeSee Ik B leSEESSE Is Totals 15. Would you favor entirely removing the three-second lane limitation: New Mngland States & New York Northwest States Canada s88s |e E lsSeSEEE Is g [8 Totals Overtimes cn neat wh eek Seotion + CGompel team to choose gonl before warm-ups jump): Return center jump and alternate (7) ut by reising arm full Length with end elosed : hear ad Sacks as tts e eatate = from bask court must pass dined oy position of pivot feet. (3) img: Olarify dribblin rule -- broken dribble = charging. ‘ ‘pivot foot to start dribble. nd Rule: Limit rule to lene or only pert of circle (60) ange 3 seconds to § seconds (é) Page two + Blocking and Sereening:; Enferee $-foot seperation on part of screeners. Travel ling Disregard travel in back court. ittew draning paved Peske i SUGGESTIONS FOR EDITORIAL CHANGES yr lel. Bring last paragraph up to date. 12. Leghhiee extended end Lines 4-1. Legalixe 20-inoh bell for juster high sehoo} and reduce teleranse, 5e3 Does second question apply to illegal return? , 6-5. CGlarify for piling up at end. Make consistent with 15-A-3, 6-8, Will technical offset violation? Gell, Require scorer to notify on fifth time out. Make consistent with ll-4, Tm26 Quit referene to diagran and speeify when referee ia out of bounds. 7-3. Provide for held ball when player is prostrate. Also consider whether travelling. t=Te In Last paragraph consider case of new impulse. J=8. Which’ 1g pivot foot on double foot stop? See also 7-9-2, 8-7. Omit “away”. | 808. Consider rewriting whole section. 8<9. Out of bounds after goal differs from other out of bounds. Rewrite to cover 8-10. Should overtine begin with center jump? 10-1, Bring up to date. See 89, Llel+(b). Mey agin take time out for substi tution? Ll-l-(a). Is time-out always charged when captain makes request? Also in last paragraph provide for intermission before overtime. 13<5, Is dsoision revokeble? 15+6, Consider ease of foul while free throw is in sire ide2, Insert “or missed", M47, Should "basket" be "ring"? 14-8. Should intentionally blocking ball with foot be technical foul? Mel3 and 14, Consider rewriting to clarify. Page two = EDITORIAL CHANGES 1S-A=3, Make consistent with 55. LieAm4. Is “reoognized" okay? li-o-9, In last question is ball dead for second foul? 15-0~12, Probably out of dete. 15=0-15~(b). Dees extra free throw apply to techuisal? waar aqecity certain fouls. COMMENTS. Bake clear that three feet is only for officials’ assistance. + er ae - +, 1938 REGIONAL TOU-NAMENT DATA @e. » > a “2S hoe me Qe he ne Oe Tournament 5 : £8 .. g : 5 : : : Se 8 : ¢ 8 pee @ 23 by #2 P2 St oo goog ep es Oe BE TE Se 2h SE oe ee oO Oo he fe e & oOo © eH o ~~ © n ° ° © 4p Hy OQ 3 3 QS =) a tx} fu OQ ke oo e Qs Ou 3 Qu Qs ° r3 by Oo % H 4 ry re +g ct S ac Es 4 hy 8 o BE B82 o o se wf n ”n n “ “a Albion 61 Zee0t aT sae 4207 56.1 L562 47el. 9.8 26 e4 Aledo 50 2isO0 3 3=led ° 408 652.1 1155 4901 648 2600 Aurora (West) G6 26.8 fh te? 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Seat 10ye 3G a2 | Springfield (Lanphier) 48 18.0 05 wt Sie2 SigT” Tet 465% AieS . 2655 Tus cola 49 24,5 240 . Sei 2840 SOe2 LisB SSeS BisG 2Ten Watseka £6 2640 le Cet S405 4402 1000 3702 560 * Zleet Waukegan 64 2661 4g8 0 6 4ae «6864000 «6T2aut «62648 6SEaT 6el 15.0 Wenona 47 1362 e2 oS 2504 2765 Ted. 1558 -2ae2 25g. Westville _ Ziel Le =o oTe2 Been Lbe5 4702 12.8 2165 Woodstock GY 2a" tee ieO 4040 70.0 16455 37,8 Teh) Lig, AVERAGE: 57 fiw t lee 2eL 41.0 482 L267 46.9 Sel led No. of Cases of Travelling: Tez Noe times violation of 3-second rule was called: eT Av. Free Throws awarded for personal fouls: 26 20 % free throws made; 49 Total time ball was actually in play: 25 mine 44 sece MBER U NU HB ER: INN Oo rhe r° Q BT 1 N SoVu & CON HOTEL HORRISON GHi © 4&.¢ 0 , ee a Convention Department Franklin 9600. Open letter frou Menaging Director, Leonard Hicks, Mr, Frank WW, Keaney, Ce ¥. . Rhode [Island 3tate college, 2 : ‘ Kingston, Rhode 7edend . “ee i . eo Liy dear Prank; | ’ se “ as “Gace. Prein ea ity! Pe dos ‘A. \ ee S¢b for the basketballs egached; pere..gt; “the ‘MORR LI SON; HOTEL. a oer tainly ape preciate theif ‘thought an “giving Eto. ie. ‘and Zz have had jnany letters;telling m¢@-“that I. have done. good | work in the» ‘past. Now for tneifuture.and a few: “itehis tact you mignt publish. ‘in the: bulletin, aii ch, oe, 1 undies HEpatye ih 1 1 send” ont ‘shortly. | - The rétes ae: the :MORRISON ‘during. pets ‘edhvention Wi.l be as follows ; $5.00°f or: a singl@ room with: ‘Showér-and-tab acecomuc- af tion; $4.00, for & twin-bedded- room wi'th. shower ‘and tub accommodc:.t- on. The” prices” ‘ixt our coffee Shop for.breakfast range.from 25¢ to 60 for a elub breakfast, Luncheons in the coffee Shop may be secured. ranging ‘from 45: to 85; and dinners in the evening from 1,00 to 150, Te other words, Prank, you may state that « fellew Tiving couble wi th,another ouch; and | having ‘three’ neaig, in:our coffee Shop can do the ° ‘whole thitigifor: 4.00 4 ‘day of if He de’sirds to. eat a sittle mone it might be 4, ao a day, Please ask ee, oo ,to head SOY our coffee SHop as you ean't get finer food at‘a more reasonable — price oray place in’ Are Loop. i | the nee ting will be heid in the Cameo Room which is much lariger than thé; rocm you ged last. year. If you will remember we held ithe benque ti: ‘in: “the Cameo Room last spring. TO:.give you an’ cea igs the: “banquet, Wild, Be held, I at sending you under seperate cover picture: ‘of. the famous French casino, Tais is mo longer a right club. ‘and we rent. ifsicout only to conventions. of : ,course, there will be no: additional, est to. _your nenbership, except ; in the:price of food,:] am:itrying/ #6 ‘Grrive*at a price of ae .00 for: the banquet, which [ believe. under seirguns tances is very reas gape ENTATIVE CONVENTION PRCGRAM - Sunday, April 3 « 5:09 Pity Meeting of Board of Trustees for pre-convention details; Suggesticn to Mr. Read, Chairman of Rules discussion, for parlimentary regulations covering debate, Audit of treasurer's financial statement, fire vee other sida: cxoremaclnk Monday, - April 4, 9:00 A.M. Registration — in charge of Membership Comm: ttoe, 10:00 AsM. ROl1* call ~~» “Address by -Presicent Reading of the minutes - John Bunn, secretary Repert of the Sacre tary - John Bunn Financial 2; ~ John Bunn and Auditing Dont thee. a 10:30 Alf. Bulletin Report ~ rrank We Keaney, Editor ; ee Report of tembership committee - E.J.Hickox, chairman Report of the Officials Committee - marsh Diebold, ehclirnan Report of Coaching Ethics Committee - H,K.Young, chairman Report of press Committee - Ray Hanson - chairman Report. of seat pages onmt thee - Jack Lipe, chatrman Noon recess, ye ade gd utes 2:00 Pam. Report. of hbaciuboh? nome tte ow Fas [entz, ‘chairman : ) Report of Constitutiunal conmittee- ~Pierce works, chairman Preliminary report of rules Committee-H.W Read, éhairman 5 ;00 Spd Report of visuad DEY eee Conmittee-Nat ‘Holman, ra chairman _ “Motion pictures ‘= Nat Hoiaan 4:30 P.M. General dian elo os basin tbali Problems. 6:30 P.M. met tbe: Tuesday, April 5, 4 9:50 A.M. Motion pictures ~ Nat Ho Lhofi 10:00 Asli. Rules discussion, ana adoption of recommendation to rat. “= “tas National ‘Besketball Rules* Committee -H. 1. Read, chairman 11:50° A.M. Revort of the Nominating Committee-H.G,. Olsen, chairman. “Blection of. erticere ter 19Ss6 Enforse a three ssnonl delay af ter field eonid to give the ‘one how on defensive a Capnpe to eek hae palance . ‘pisregard’ the ord second rule if ‘thé- defénsive team is eden’ the ° of Perst Ve ‘team in its’ back COU. _. Have the ten Beha rule. operate® ‘only after: the» ‘defensive team, has retreated pest the center line, : option of refusing a free throw and $aubae the ball out —of:bounds when a player is orr the way to score with a- lay-up" shot: but is fouled, ‘ say ‘ten’ feet from the basket, ~ Bubsequently- going: on and completing “his” shot” successfullv. Officials shall-not°dlow a’ whistle: but will merely note the ‘foul’as in- football, “if basket i's madé ignore’ the feut,.4i: basket is missed declare the foul, There may be need: of a further option still, declining the basket. if in enforcing the foul “would: remove ‘a- troublesome ‘player: from the: game on his, Sots per- éona®: foul, ree . : i= ain 3 e. > $ise6 are Just some jnardati dus of what ney come up. at the meeting, I may say*in conclusion at: this’ timé, there seems’ to be an opinion, Tightly founded J believe, that the technique of coaching would-eover many ad justmwnts ‘needed in’ the*‘new’ game. A change of pace is pérhaps the ‘most: logi¢al. feature; and the ultimate game will show-a judicious- mixture of "fasti and” "slow#- “play which will produce smart and Br priget a e8 — hg 1 thf ur Dbaske Vbail s Peed cordially ¥OUrs. eres ae Read, : “Chairman, Rules Committee, 4 &hid CONVENTION REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTIE Mr, President; and members- of ‘the ‘National Association of Basketball Coaches Hao es are eile 30, 000 “high scuools in the United dates playing ? baske thal -whio are exerting a- rather powerful in- fluence through. their respective, state associa ‘tions on the’ sport | as &@ national peme « with respect to me smbor ship in the National “Association of Basketball ‘coaches; this committee suggests a state plan of org saniga tion whereby contact is made’ to the high school coaches through their resp éctive Staite associations: at a suggested fee of 1,00 for associate ied romp o% and whieh will’ entitle them to Ate PO UReee os the. National Bas eve sacea “4th refard “0 molding op inion. witch affects the came and its administration, these -30, 000 Bice school Coa? ches” make imperative demands upon ‘their state: associations, and: upon this committee, wi th respect to rules and fy ettietatine, 3} the bie vital factors, governing basketball and game coninistretion, 1 distrecting plan similar to the gene in use by ‘the e.Netional Ase elation would ‘send several re- presentatives of: thie high schovls ‘thrcuphont ne (United states’ to our National Genvention, This. plan, thea, when put into effect, would bring unification of. all factors’ and. _probiens: of ‘the individual districts ond Binted ‘into the: proper. na tional organization, jnesped wulks Submitted by * the High school Committee, 20h at Bh. oBe bee phils Boy dee Lipe, Chairman ro ge ea Crarence- Amiott Dree arney. COACHING ETHICS (presented at the National Basketball Coaches Meeting 1956). ‘May I quote from an outstanding superintendent of schools in Pennsylvania on the requirement of an athletic coach? " The coach of a competitive team has a most important task - he means so much to _.the school, the boys, the public. There are several fundamental que- stions that should be asked cbout a man before he is entrusted with the responsibility of coaching boys, What manner of man is this? How does he speak and act? Is he sound and clean in mind so that his influence is inspiring and uplifting? vould he set a fine cxample- not by posing, but by being-- the type of man we want each of the /boys. to.be? If, these questions cannot be answered favorably, stop then and there, No other qualities can supplant the fundamental . QUGAd Ades 10% -chamie Ra at toad aon el eigtw fe. “yy Surely the athletic coach of “today must measuer up to rigica -- high standards: of ..both education. anc essential manhood. Any pro- fession so exacting and so demanding is being built upon the bed of: rock. of, education and must.continue to crow and elevate itself 5 Sonbtentss ficaee Ficnes SUC ee Ethics--that means, the code, the. rules and the orders of our profession with something else added, our attitude, These’ ethics or practices.can be no higher than the men that make up the baske t- BOls GonGiinc OFCLGssicn, = ee ces i ye are: not. going into. great deteil in the. Ciscussion of what constitutes.ethics, and the part that you gentlemen play in them, Simply suffice it to say that. we want to discuss some of the things that are coming up in our profession that might not be in line with educational principles, | hak ee ee ke 1. Coaching from the sidclines, what is coaching from the ‘sidelines? Can. you answer that question? Do you coach from the side- lines? Is conveying to yvur players the length of time remaining ..in a ball game coaching? If you yell: at one, of your players as he goes by is that coaching? These are a11 questions that ‘men must answer, Do you give a signal from the bench for a certain play, or te change from a fast breaking attack to a slow attack? We do not _ believe that we should try to move the boys about on a court as ‘though they were pawns in our hands, do you? Now there is a differ- ence in-ccaches, ‘Ie have had an. opportunity in the past two years “to check the coaches in the Big Ten, There are one or two who sit quietly unperturbed on the. bench, Most of them move about, yell, stand up, and react to the way the play is going on the court, Ve think some of-our outstanding coaches in basketball have a re-_. putation for. going. through vericus antics during the procedure of a pame, Is this just a matter of temperament and should we concone this type of practicco? (I do not believe that we can reprimand these coaches for that. type of action, because they are not trying to coach from the bench, .but their temperament will not allow them to sit + still. We class. three. or four of the outstancing coaches of this country in thet particuler group). a Coaching ethics, continued, 2. Do you attempt to. harass or intimidate an official? What is meant by this? This might be referred to as blackmail, Blackmail is extortion by threats of accusation, That is talking to an offi- cial before a game or at the half, explaining to him certain phases in the rules that should be cmphasized in that particular game, Is this ethical? We are asking you, VWhat do you.think about it? 3, This is by far the worst, and.that is the practice on the part of a.few coaches--not Spectators, but coaches mind you, in universities, colleges,:and high schools-- putting pressure on the outstanding opposing: players by saying something to them as they go. by the: bench, That. is, for’a.coach’ to. select the star. player on an opponent's team and pass some nasty remark directly to him with the idea of this. remark! affecting the: player's ability to play ball, Is this ethical? Is:this beneath.a:coach and can'it be placed in the category. of :ecducation?: If a coach isa leider of virile, clean-. iimbed, clear-eyed.young men, should he perform in such a manner? 4, Some coaches play the "army Game" and withold their agree- ments on both officials. and-game -contracts,:until-it is almost time to play the gamée,-Thus: the! best officials are not available, This is a bad practice, .of course where you‘have,conference. rules.and: officials aré selected by. a commissioner, this. is. not important, . We will have to agree: this is a bad practice, SO ee ee . °. . Se. Booing, -ve should.-curtail it.. Several reports have come where the coach ‘has tried to. control sympathies of the crowd by = Giving a lecture before the game on:a.-loud-speaker, and then by his own action and personality has antagonized the crowd to such an ex~+ tent that it has made the situation worse, These five, suggestions that have.been presented to the various members of this committee are. the most’ important that have been. . brought to our attention, Are we going :tc do anything about them? If you were & lawyer, would you condone .shady: practices by members of your law firm? There shvcinald be no reason why a president of any university or college or superintendent of a high school should allow a coach to do anything ‘that. would. injure an educational ‘in- stitution, What are we going to do about these sugrestions? Are we going to wait. until such time:as some administrator in education questions practices of this sort? I do not.believe it is the function of this committee to punish any cvach who has. been guilty of. these prstcices, either by reprimand or suspension, but we feel it is our cuty to «sk you men, as members of this'Naticonal. association of Basketball. Coaches to check ;up -on yourselves relative: to these alien , practices that: have been presented -to-you tuis afterndon, ees: She ye out ie COLLEGE COURT PLAYERS RUN FOUR MILES A GAME, ' Greencastle, Ind., March 19.- Psychologists and scientists who believe that there is enough basis for argument about the new Style basketball game to put their oar into iit, cone up with some ‘interesting data as a result of experiments, It is stated that cagers tnis seasontraveled nearly twice as far in a game as they did in 1931, The contention is made by paul G. Fay, psychology professor, and L.L. liessersnith, physical education professor of pepauw University. After checking four Depauw players in as many games, it was found that cach traveled nearly four miles per contest, When the last check was made in 1931 it was found that the average distance traveled was’from 2,25 to 2.5 miles, This year, the average was approximately wen miien,”*” 7 In determining these figures, professors Fay and Messersmith constructed & miniature court made of tin that fastened to a wooden base, A metal"folower," attached to a storage battery, is used to follow the player's movements: on the floor,while.a clock-like in- strument records the number of. feet traveled, The two most important rule- changes since 1931. have contribvtec mostly to this long-distance travéling, namely, .the 10-second limit « bringing the ball .to mid-court on offense, and the.elimination of th« center jump, cee cea : Checking a guard in the pDePpauw-Boston University contest, the experimenters found that he traveled exactly 3.9 miles, In the DePpauy- Ball State engagement,a forward covered 3.96 miles., guard moved 3,87 miles'in the DePpauw-franklin scrap. A center traveled. 3.97 miles, in the Depauw-Farlham battle, . ; The forward who was followed in the Ball state game iaoved £2,158 feet on offense and 8,798 feet on defense, : . ak Because Franklin used a delayed offense during the secind half, the guard checked in this contest.traveled 11,748 feet on defense end 8,668 on offense, a . ; vit = In addition to checking the distance traveled by the. players, Professors Fay and jiessersmith also checked the number of times :the ball changed hands, The average was slightly more than 60, The boys are on the go much more than in former years, but the figures do not prove the new game detrimental to the athlete's well-being, The battle rages, but the players themselves do the least complaining. «Ad « += BASKETBALL REBOUNDS ~. Oklahoma stalwarts Refute Loose . Talk That Tip-Less Game weakens ' Piayera,- = 3 5 By Everett B. liorris - New york oe Herald Tribune. | In view of all this loose talk about tipless basketball ~ putting too much of a physical and nervous strain’on the con- stestants, it is interesting to consider :the Opinion of Hugh McDermott, whose sophomere Oklahoma University team finiShed second to Kansas by one game. for the Big six championship, © NeDermott's word on. the subject. swings more than average weight because his squed employs the guick break, runs all night and never heard of a delayed offense, [f the game without the © center jump ‘is toughcr on: the. boys, then it must be relatievly tougher on ‘a quick breaking team, But the Oklahoma’ scotsman has had no such experience, . Rend is Qu a ate Lol "Seven of the tén Oklahoma varsity players," "have actually gained weight through our-gruelling schedule, Only two of ‘our boys, both reserves, have lost weight. Qne of these dropped six pounds studying for final exams,.in January -when we.weren't play- ing basketball. yaya Ba wee? , Snr ae 4 ee ea "Twice this season our whole squad has been examined by physicians who were unable to find any variance at any time in any boy's blood préssure or: heart -rate, jioreover, we have had only three cases of colds all season and tuat is exteptional, : If the new rules had made: for. a: more fatiguing game, this fatigue would have shown in loss of weight and, susceptability to colds, The pros end Cons on this: subject cre marshaling their forces for the impending. battle atthe coeches meeting in Chicago on April 4, and 5, Incidentally, purdue,, the fastest tean in the Big Ten, is in first plece and)iis showing no signs. of being worn .to a frazzle, and what ‘team .is raising the, dickens with the | Eastern Teague? Columbia, because it puts. einnphasis on: speed and condition, eae , ate Pan ae er “1. “ BS BASKETBALL REBOUNDS, Continued, Bushnell and Salmon to Lend Expert Advice to Writers on National Tourney ~- By ‘Everett B. Morriss, The }fetropolitan Basketball vriters Association, proceeding yesterday with plans for the national intercollegiate hoop tournament at the Garden on Jiarch 9, 14, and 16, decided to obtain some expert outside help in the ta sk of setting up an event which is expected to OPEN the: 19S7~ 58 court” campaign to a rousing close, The scriveners invited Sir ssa Bushnell, Lord High Com- missioner of the Ivy League’ and‘associated gastern athletic groups, ond H. Hs. Salmon, jr,, chajrman of the N,C.A.A, baske thats com- mittee, to serve as advisers to their tournament board, These dis- tinguished. executives of intercollegiate sport er ‘promptly oes ‘the writers ‘were. properly apr ree rner ee Another or, stop: was taken-in the aetier of prizes for the participants. A perpetual trophy wili be established for the tournament victor and the winning team will receive a replica of it for permanent possession; There will be an award also for the outstanding player: in the tournament on’ the Same basis, Members of the first-place squad will carry home gold medals, and there Will be silver medals.for the runners-up and bronze medals Tor'ol1 the other players in the tourney, Netional Game Underlined. 1% is ies by the writers that the venture will serve ‘0 emphasize their point that basketball is a national rather than a provincial game, and will help in furthering a better understand} ing emong all the eléments concerned with the development and wel- fare of the Sport, SeUOS ER ESE perhaps, but none tha 2088 true. Communications from outlying districts indicate: that the tournament committee will have no difficulty in obtaining topnoch teams to meet the two survivors of the: Eastern elimination scheduled for March 9, Rastern leaders pbutside of the New York crea: appear to be similary eager to co-operate, The problem at the moment seems to be to persuade the metropolitan teams to participate in the tourney. The tournament committee's plan for the Eastern play-offs - subject to change, of course, in the event of unforseen developments calls for the two ranking New york teams to meet on March 9 two. outstanding fives which have compiled impressive records in the | Eastern territory, The winnérs of these games will go into the semi- finals on March 14 against two teams brought in from the fiddle west and beyond the Ifississippi, The finals are set for March 16, Basketball Rebounds, Continued. Coach of Wabbly pitt Devises New Attack to Spring on West Virginia , FPive:e BY Brores4 Be Morris. Dr. Harold cliff Keiekean. bd tiabunc basketball coach and ,director of the university's. health service, has come to the con- clusion that the repeated defeats of his court athletes indicate that his. famous figure-of-cight offense is no longer an entirely . dependable and adequate.methsd of attack, so the fiery, imaginative doctor has devised simething new to spring on West Virginie tomcrrow night when the jiguntaineers visit Pitt stadium fcr an Rastern Con- copeage game , oe : Just. what a 1S mo: ohé:.outside: of poe and his squad knows, He conceived the idea early Sunday morning: when he was tossing around in his:-bed trying to forget the upset inflicted upon his boys the night before by Georgetown,. fioncay aftern.on ac -outlined it to his players and they have been working on it cll week behind locked doors, Chet Smith,. the spurts.expert of. the Bittabore press," to whem we are indebted. for this. information, says thet ae aon’ ee know whether it is.going,: to be &@ burlesque or & revolution, but is going to give it.a whirl, arg as He readily adiaits that it sounds "whacky," but the doctor says that the basic principles cf his new systen is. tae the offensive “man assuines defensive tactics, "It tock my assistant, Dr. Paul zehfuss, a half hour to discover what I wes talking About," he- laughed, "so I don't expect any one else .to get it inside of a. oepRte of weeks, "They're ieieking about the. zone def énse, but this systen of ours Will melt the zone. Joh Gney into a man-to-man and bier again any time we want it a" | Smith sugeested bo the coctor that perhaps ne had discovered basketball's fourth. dimension, The coctor grinned, "—J wouldntt know about.that," he replied.,-"[t may turn out to be tragedy or comecy, joke or junk,..mirth or madcness,* but wetre going to -give i a whirl, After all, the worst we can do is lose-= and-we've been doing that," At any rate Carlson's experinent will de interesting, Any- thing he dces usually is. He cells his new brain child the "elimina- tion system," but he won't tell any one what ne is trying to eli- minate, Probably defects, BASKETBALL REBOUNDS, Continued. Tom Poudy, of St. Mary's j\eunts fore jgeering cnd Referee Baiting, - By Everett B. Iforris, Every now and then the Coaches! association, or the N.C. Aehe, Or Some university athletic council becomes annoyed at the wretched behavior of college basketball crowds. Then follows the usual routine- the situation is viewed with alarm and resolutions are adopted, ‘condemning: in solemn language the Seen te Ameri- can core ‘of booing officials and opposing players, Having done this, the next step is to sit back a wait for the students to curb their violent partisanship and supplant it with ‘& glow of sweetness and light of - such intensity that the sportsmen- ship Brotherhood will be moved to. present scrolls to the penitents, But, somehow, the students prefer their freedom of expression, There is no demand for: serolls, Now comes Tom Poudy, the dexterous word juggler who-is the drum major of the St, Mary's College ballyhoo corps, deploring the fact that there is not enough jeering at opponents and baiting of referees at his college, He is ‘not concerned with the ethics of the situation He #8 Worried about box office anemia and professes 10" think wae the cure lies in spectator bad manners, says pérrible Tom: "That™ booing ¢ at california and Stanford is music. If we could only have ‘that kind of noise at our games we'd pack the place. our Sst. Mary's rocting ‘sections cre - toc ‘Bind to the officials, Wwe know the’ rules: Bou. well, T cuges,” _ Nuts, Ir. pouty. Kindness and bncebioee of the rules have nothing to do with its. THe Pog ny of your crowds must have cther origins. Here in New’ York our ‘college basketball crowds are as well informed and as kindly disposed toward their fellow men as any in the country. Yet they intimate by their behavior at games that all referees shauld be sent to Alcatraz and that players opposed to ‘their heroes are guilty of” ‘crine’s that only can be expiated on the guillotine, Basketball boving-is just a boiling over of the witch's cauldron in-which is brewed thet strange * known as Lear spirit. Or is it? | = 14 + ON THE LINE Basketball Goes National Tonight. Tourney “pene In the Garcen By Bob; Considine Daily Hirrot ~ New York’ ‘city,. 3/9/38: Bas ke tball; as. a National, game with & nation-wide focal point of interest, becomes: 6, reali py. for perhaps the first time tonight at Madison Square Garden when the first annudl National Invitation College Basketball Tournament gives. forth a twich end begins’ t> etir, Temple, Bastern Conferéiice champs pol to ny disorderly mind, the best club in. the ccuntry, plays Bradley ; Tech, the corn-fed champions of the Illinois College unr uesacs: In the caboose end of tonight's double féature, NiY.U. and Long. Guyland U., who play in the same. town, but'never. ‘ggainst. the other, come togather in a gamo that bodes no gvod for life ard*limb. “ “The second round of the’ tourhament, next, qonday night, ‘will pit, tonight's winners against, whiazer. white: s ‘Colorado university five, which tied Utah for the Big sevén title, and Oklahoma'A, ané “ais Missouri Valley Conference . champions. /nc “the winhers of this boiling down precess will) par- -boil ‘each éther for. the. championship & week from tonight. ' The British, whe know’ that the ‘sport is ‘the: “thing, probably wouldn't like this tournarient, for it will serve, in time, as a- tést-tube to isolate the offifial national champion, Basketball, Since the time it. Started” with the peach beske ts in the gymnasium _of. the Springfield, i ish, MG. hes collece hes “somehow remained aloof of the American pasate for naming. the best of a given field. It has*developed sectigqnal | champions. of a. hundred cifferent.varie- ties, but it really was net until young @ Nec..Irish, the reformed schoolboy | ‘columnist, hiréd- the” big’ ew ‘York fight: barn, built him- self’ that yellow, pine floor; and bégar. inducing teams be make the long sleeper jumps to New 'Yverk, that there Was Eny interconmunicat- ion of ideas, playing systems and pleyers. - trish, "of course, is “tHe peneral jaa jer “‘aoumo. of ‘the present “tournament, though the ic iga..seems to have criginated is a stray pardadgraoh printed in the New York. University . Conmerce Bulletin, It's a good stunt, and we Know of no oné who cotld handie it better than Irish, who somehow has found a way tc blend those inherently opposing ingredients~- the amateurism of cullere tasketball and Irish's big league showmanship, Tue teams were hanhdpd caked by the New York Basketbell writers Association, whcse presicent:; sks the able EWerett.mMorris, of the Herald- Tribune, Every ‘visiting: ‘teeta is a “ehanjsi on, of sone conference waere the court game..is. highly” regurded, and: though there may be a well-bred'‘snéer from Stanford on Notre Danie wien the champion is crowned, we think .said. champion, “wid have mofe claim to the title than any téam ever had in. baske thad] eT ase eo Aa3 S. oa On The Line, continued. Dutch Clark, who helped the world discover Colorado University some years belrore Whizzer White, was saying down at the Pro Football League meeting not long ago that White is a better basketball player than he was a footballer, The record would seem.to bear him out, for Whiz was an all conference basketball guard for three years at Colo- rado, where he made the conference football team only His last two years, “ ogres STE of” GEA Tepe eae oo Boe kee _. But the whigzer, who Shocked. the: tender nerves: of American’ _. Sports fans not long ago by ijturning down «.$15,000 a year job with Art Rooney's football Pirates, to become a Yank at. Oxfond,:is not the star of .the ‘Coloradans, The star seems. to be Swisher Schwartz : (try that after two martinist)., who averaged 17.7 points a game dur- ing the seacson ,just closed, . The 7, we believe, was one.of ‘those long shots, that scoot around the ‘hoop a-couple of ‘times before de- ciding not to go through, peertis we Be Zt. . _.-:. Temple, the only Bastern. team to knock off Hank Luisetti's Stanferd ¢lub, is built around..a large Hebrew named -Meyer Bloom a 6-fout-6 behemoth.of a:center who has scored in 69 consecutive .var- Sity games, -The-:kosher cCarnera is tenrifids:. «262.0% ) tw ih -.-; The Bradley-bunch is: interesting, Tney call. themselves the Braves, none of them has ever been to New york,,,all of them are working their way .throuch school(which should-attract a great curio- sity trade to the tournament) .and to send the substitutes along with the team .the natives of. Peoria chipped in and raised a transportation fund. The. local radio. station is sending an announcer to the Garden to pipe back the deathless battle of, the lean,. lithe Braves, sie y ESQMa, Ghat. just missed invitations were George Washington, of Washington, D.C., and Marquette. The writers made. goo-goo eyes at Stanford and Notre Dame, .too, but the Indians ‘were’ embroiled in. their Coast conference. and Notre Dame. has recently instilled a rule against post season games, __ old Ae Ce ee aa :, Something in the neighborhood of 50,000 spectators may see the hot, quick tournament, which caps a record-breaking basketball seagon as 1t has never been capped,and lends for the. first time a note of cohesiveness to a badly-scattered sport, Hi Ae ag i . 1, Will The center Jump Come. Back? ray) ‘ Wad. The Blo eking: Be Banished OI e Will. The center Line Be SETS 4. How ‘about. aja tokenaas. 5 « How About Sportsmanship of Crowds - These ané.aeny” otinara. will - -be answered at the Convention | MORK SON HOTEL. CHICAGO ie, < APRIL 4th onc: 5th. ARRIVAL: ON CHE: 3rd, : s GEORGE EDARDS, . Press dgarks, weg New England Enthusiasm for’ ‘Baske t- ball fraceable to Colorful Rhode Tsland Team. By Vic Stout. ~ Boston eee a It was only-va few yed ars. ago ‘that octane ‘basketball in this section was pretty much in the dolcrums, seldom paying its own freight. But today the court game has actually: supplemented hockey as the No.l winter pastime and colleges all over New England, find- ing their seating capacities wholly sAoegae are making plans for bigcer and better gymnasiums, Elimination of Jump helped somewhat: Several answers have been advanced for the increased interest in the bounce and dribble activity. One is the elimination of the center jump which has made for a. Fa ister and higher scoring game, But, according to authority Big Ed Kelleher, New England's top-ranking whistle-tooter, a gentleman by the-name. of Frank Keaney-has been most responsible for ae revival. Rhode [Island state bade teans, the last word in color, have made all of New England baske tball- conscious the past two or three years," claims. the Cambridge .official. Kelleher. explains that there is not a team in New England with more crowd appeal than the Rhode Island Rams,. "hy: every..tine this team plays a basketball game’ hundreds of people become sold on the sport. It's so bad down in Kingstown now that they: have to: lock the gates at 6:00 o'clock," The secret behind Rhodys'success claims Kelleher, is the con- dition of the players, "You'll not find a better conditioned squad anywhere, This team has averaged 67 points a game this winter. and the men maintain a dizzy tempo from the start, having the opposition bleary-eyed before the half is over, Rhody's motto is "Keep shooting." And how those boys do shoot! And you should see them travel up and. down the floor, thy any official will tell you that he runs twice as much working a Rhode [sland game as he would in any other game," i, prospective canciucte ame ie (=z jt [