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1 . the words of H. B. Porter, Secretary of the National Federation of State
vg High School Athletic Associations, "Basketball is not static. It is capable
ye _ continued growth and improvement." On this premise I offer my solution for

4 a return to the sanity of the game by restoring the center jump and rotating -
<6 every man on the team to jump center

6 Gp. The out-of-bounds mn aon but oy retreating defense, and an

7 ‘anxious, pell-nell, hephasard effort by the offense. nthe other hand, the

: a center jump gives variety to the game and offers hountiisas epperiaiiity for the

9 development of set plays which, when snoothly wnceans tind Hef And

10 _— the betting order idea would eliminate all previous objections to the exorbitantly
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12—ff-in five years basketball has swung from death dirge to ding-dong, and today

13 this slap-happy, slam-bang game has everybody holding wR the ropes and panting
14 ~=for breath. We've swung from Scylla to Charybdis -- from tangent to tangent.
15 This killer speed-devil in uniform has struck at the players. Where is the Golden

16 Mean? Perhaps the restoration and the rotation of the center jump is the answer.