it was a decade ag

It is like cece. Greco-Roman
wrestling up alongside the modern
day performers in the sweat and
fret set. Or comparing a covered
wagon to the latest jet-propelled
plane. |

Scoring and speed ‘apparently are
what the fans like in their basket-!
ball from the way attendance have
increased the past few years and as
long as they are paying the freight,
ve not let them look at what they
ike?

Polls Say "No

We have seen the results from)
time to time of several polls on the
merits of the center jump and if
we remember correctly all have
been overwhelmingly in favor of
keeping it out.

It is quite logical that old line
cage coaches want it back. They
feel it puts more of a premium on
coaching ability, which undoubt-

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edly is right, and does away with
the mad scrambling, haphazard|
high-scoring type of play we get
today.

Personally, we rather would sit
through a 59 to 60 score game than
one that was a defensive battle all
the way and wound up 26 to 27.

There is just as much science in
stressing offense as there is in de-
fense. —

The style of play today is “let
the other guy score if he can, we'll

’ get ours.”

At least the customers like it.

If there ure any doubts, let the
dissenters cop a peek at the gate
receipts. :

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