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Phog’ A ica, ee sdlidies Coach,

Becomes Inventor of New Sport

Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, Kan- i

sas University’s basketball coach;
has combined his inventive genius
and his knowledge of the cage
game to invent a new sport, which,
St. Louis friends of the Jayhawker
coach say, has been enjoying a

great deal of success on the K. U,

campus.

Dr. Allen’s new sport, which he
calls Goal-Hi, is a modified form
of basketball, and can be played on
either an indoor or outdoor court.
' Principal deviation from basketball
is the fact that only one goal, in
the center of a circular court, is
used.

Goal Can Be Regulated. -

In the new sport the basket is |
mounted on a standard that can be].

regulated for any desired height,
with grade school pupils tossing a
regulation size basketball, eight
feet, junior high school students
nine and high school and college
players ten.

When a basket is made, the ball

is returned to the playing area in| —

any one of three directions, depend-

ing on which way the ball strikes |.

a cone-shaped metal projector in
the center of the basket. :

Fouls, free throws and field goals
are all in order in goal-hi.
throw, which counts one point, the
same as in basketball, is attempted
from an area fifteen feet from the
basket. Shots from other points on
the playing surface, which is thirty
feet around the goal, count two
and three points. Around the bas-
ket is a restraining area, four feet
in circumference.

Possible Intramural Sport.

The sport, Dr. Allen told a St.

Louis friend, has possibilities more

A free’

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‘as. an intramur al” rather than. an
interscholastic athletic activity. Any
number of player can participate.
but the official rules, prepared by
Allen, call for only five, the same
number as on a basketball squad.

Students at Kansas University or-
ganized a -team this summer and
challenged a goal-hi squad from
The more-sea-
soned Jayhawk players scored an
over whelming victory. Summer

 

 

Girls at the University of Kansas are shown com-
peting in a goal-hi game on an indoor basketball court.
The court, it will be noted, has been marked off accord-

_ing to. goal- -hi rules.

school students:at. Kansas also or-

‘ganized teams and had peetley

games.

Several principals and coaches of |
small high schools in Kansas have |
written Allen and requested infor- |
mation on the sport, stating that |
they are planning to -form regular
teams to compete with near-by
schools. Thus far the game has
not been adopted by any school in’
the St. Louis area.