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experiment. That was the matter of putting a division line across the

of the court and requiring the offensive team to bring. the: ball

in ten seconds. Then there was the three second rule which’ re-

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(10). i keen Bruce Drake that the experimentation idea won't work .
on this goalestealing controversy. Why should a coach give up the strongest
part of his play when he is not required te do so. I will bet if we were
playing Bruce and he had Ford under the basket he wouldn't take a chance of
_ being beaten -for iothing.. Yes, I*think he has something there, and if he
had this big-boy at Stillwater I'll bet he wouldn't give Hank Iba a chance,
end seul aprorseeneerees ee ee — Se ree

(12) ‘the ‘rules oumatttes. ‘aid pass ‘a juling; Harold, that no defensive man
could touch the ball: above the cylinder: ef the besket.- I haven't-even read.
the new rule, but do know that it is discriminatory. I don't see any differ-—
ence between the rule tiat you quote-and: the rule that we row have in effect...
a have never had enough tall fellows to bother, so they aren't going to worry
‘Can't you see what this 10 foot basket is doing for the searoh for tall
plérere by ‘coaches all over the couttry? Any coach realizes that with a 10
foot basket if he can get a 7 foot player it is worth ten to twenty points a
game offensively and defensively, whereas if they would raise this basket to
12 feet the search for this tall :player-would be-on the wane. There-are so
few tall players and when you.do get one the coach is practically asaqured
of a championship. Loek at this boy. Schulz on the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6 ft.
7 ine. He played with Hamline and won the championship in Kansas City.
Almost every time a fellow like Beisser, Boykoff, Kurlend, and in another
year, Komenivich, is on. a team the conch is assured of a championship.
Why wouldn't it be better to raise the basket to 12 feet and give everybody
an equal shot at the thing rather than have a fow tall players who dominate
the geme because the basket is really within their reach. 4dhen you ask me
what I think about the rules eamittes - well, I won't tell you what I
think, os oe ee ee ‘think. ee
Harolde :

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wes discriminatory and I think the basketball coaches association had few
men who could write a rule without discrimination. I am asking you why should
Spies: selected Sha thn Aaaenda. Sak eeebiSaas Tron toning Soe tall Me The
downward flight when they allow the offense to do everything excépt to do a
giant swing on the rim before they dunk the ball in. Can't you see that dis-
 Grimination, Harold? As I told you, I haven't even looked at the new rule.
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mean much at the present. Ask Bruce to dig up ome of the questionnaires
ee ee He has them. ‘The coaches Association has a question-
—_— the rules body has a questionnaire, and if you agree with me about