NEW GAME SWEEPS CITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A new game is sweeping Sioux Falls playgrounds, and it will be
making its appearance at local colleges next fall, too.

The game is “goal-hi,” a modified game of basketball that requires
no wooden floor or- backboard. Just a few old gas pipes, some junk iron
and a vacant bit of ground and you are ready to stage a game. The recrea-

tion center on East Tenth street has *

already installed a court and three
city playgrounds are getting ready
to set up two courts each. The city
water department is turning. out
the baskets from odds and ends.

Because it promises to aid in the
eke of° basketball talent,
locaj coaches are enthused with the
game. Augustana college is already
planning four courts for the campus
and intramural games are to, be
staged next fall.

The game here is to be played
with basketball rules whenever pos-

 

 

sible. The court is 50-feet in di-
ameter and the center jump will
be used to start play at the free
throw line. The baskets are the
same height as those used for bas-
ketball and each basket counts two
points. After each basket the ball
is taken out of bounds by the team
scored on. The game is played in
quarters.

Because there is no backboard the
game is expected to develop accur-
ate shooting and fast passing to
earn Close shots.