PHOG ALLEN,

LIKES EAST’S.

CASH IF NOT BASKETBALL

‘NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (AP)—Inva- for one-point victories such as his

on of the East by basketball teams
®rom other sectors has failed to
standardize the type of play, Dr. F.
C, (Phog) Allen of the University of
Kansas, said today “but we will con-
tinue to come here to give our kids
a trip:and to get that check.”

“Sectional styles of play differ
more now than ever. before,’ Allen
ee at a luncheon attended by
coaches from all corners of the na-
tion, “but we can get $2000 for com-

ing here compared with $300 we get
for an NCAA tourney at home.”

Allen . criticized the colleges

coaches for attempting to stifle ideas
brought forth by high school tutors.

“Tt} is ‘the high school coach, a
teacher rather than an athlete, who
has the ideas and spends the time

‘on esearch, and those _ teacher-
coaches are the backbone of the
gamey’ 1 :

James St. Clair of Southern
Methodist; University, head of the
National Collegiate Association bas-
ketball rules committee, said he
hoped there would be little rule
changing during the war “‘but I can
see no reason for freezing them
for the duration. If there is some-
‘thing bad in the code, we should
get it out at once.”

His idea was seconded by Harold
Olsen of! Ohio State, who also listed
Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana as
the powerhouses of the Big Ten.

Josh Cody, formerly of Vanderbilt
and now the duration-coach of the
Temple five, expressed a preference

team scored over Washington State!
last week end, and Lt. (j.g.) Dyke’
Raese of the North Carolina Pre-
Flighters lamented that with the
season hardly started he already had,
tutored two different squads. |

“We are graduating them every |
two weeks now, and our lineups |
change accordingly. Gus Broberg of,
Dartmouth looms as the star of our
present outfit. -. :

Frank Keaney of Rhode Island
State, whose team is striving for a
record of two points for every min-|
ute of action, took issue with Allen!
and said there was no need of stan-
dardizing the styles of play.

. “Give the crowds action,” Keaney |
continued, “and if some coach puts
up a screwy defense, use a screwier
offense. Then if you lose, pivot and
go home.”

.Ernie Holbrook, young Southern
Californias mentor, and Jack Friel of
Washington State listed the Univer-
sity of Washington as the outstand-
ing five on the West coast, and Ev
Shelton of. Wyoming rated Brigham:
Young as the Rocky Mountain best
following .Colorado’s withdrawal
fro minter-collegiate athletics for
the winter. |

In concluding his argument that
intersectional games hindered the
development of basketball, Allen
said he intended to follow the ad-
vice of another midwestern coach
who suggested that the way to win
in the East “is to forget all about

 

 

plays, swing from the floor \and
play the post.”