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rules changes since 1900, since I have been pla: high school,
‘eollege end independent basketball, and have coached high
school, pendent and college basketball. But in the SO years
I have coached 30 years of college basketball. During that
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I played in a college game when the colleges could
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the colleges to dribb:; end changes have cone thiol and fasts :
The rules makers have been saying to leave the rules alone, but
just thie last your the yulea malore legislated into the game
the most drastic change that has been made in yearse Ten years
ago the rules committee legislated the dribble owt of basketball.
_The dribble was so spectacular « it is akin to the broken field
‘@m in football « that I personally took a shot at the rules
camuittee for doing it.

Knute Roclme was lecturing at Des Moines before the
National Education Association on the pedagogy of football, and I
was lecturing at the Drake field house before the same body on

 

! This was before the organisation of the National
Asndébaletini of Basketball Couchess I received 160 telegrams
from coaches over the United States who were adverse to the
elimination of the dribble. We, the coaches, met in Des Moines
at the time of the Drake Relays in the latter part of April, and
voiced our disapproval of the rules bodys' change. fone
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AshsUe Track meeting in Jume and form a coaches’ associations By
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7 tie diab. X whe elected Cree proniduns of Mer Nettinind
Aneiieittin of tealaXehsi Conthons I was veeelected the second
year. At no time have I ridden the hobby of trying to get through
sano pet rulee I have considered in my estimate of the changes
what would be good for the players and Aine wat voit bo we

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