| Macomb Ill. Aprs is uee"Basketball fans are sick of sterilized
ball games" is the belicf of Coach Ray Hanson of “lestern Illinois
ctate Teachers College, and with this fact in mind has worked and
experimented to Find some solution that will not alter the game and

ab the game time will force yee to play fast offensive pall, During
the past two years, since Canton, Tllinois! famed march toward the
national championship using a pure Wetall", the midwest has become

the home of slow uninteresting basketball, and Coach Hanson offers

the following solution to restore basketball to former position among
the indoor sports: .

Speed, dash, dribbling, fast breaking, lightning passing, maximum
of action, and no chance to stall. Here you heave 4%, On any court,
no matter how long or now short--mark a line across court 44 feet from
end line; that is Fourteen fect from your norma! defensive front iLine«
no matter what style of defense you are usings The front of defense
usually forms 50 Feet from end line, :

Whon the offense receives the ball he must move forward by
dribbling or passing, He is sllowed one backward pass--noO MOoMe, He
may hold the pall still for 5 seconds (official counting to 15), When
the members of the offensive go over_tne active line, they_ma retreat
Lack to “Action Line”, ‘/ithin this line they may, stall all they like,
pass and dribble in any S4irection they choose just so they don't throw
or earry the ball back over tne ‘ketion Line’s. om jump ball nee®
taotion Line” the ovfensive may tap ball back over line once. If he
does this the rules for offensive basletball applies. Note: defensive
will not go into offensive territory to get the ball, sBall out of
pounds to opoonents--side nearest to where violation occurs.

Violation---

1, Ball passed back to offensive mal stending on "Action Line",
2° Ball passed _ back to player over the "Action Line"

%. Bumblied ball over tretion Line’ by offensive team,

4, Hold the ball over 2 geconds (counting to 15)

5, Passing ball back more than ones,

6, Passing ball directly sideward more than once,

Recommend this_be tried by two teams eliminated in National He. ©»
Tournament, Bartlett Gym and Y. Hy Ue 4 Pournanent in Oak Park,

 

 

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