Basketball, the game I have been associated with for __ years, is rated
as the most popular sport in America today. When more than 80 million people
each year pay to see a game, there can be no question of its popularity. Unfor-—
tunately, that group of 80 million consists of spectators who sit on the side
lines and watch a few thousand teams of only 5 players each, perform.

I know, as does every Physical Education Director, that basketball is one
of the finest forms of all-around exercise that can be undertaken. Every good
result of a combination of gymnastic exercises and certain sports is combined /in ( f

this one game of basketball. For example, muscles are stretched and developed, a
posture and carriage improved, physical grace is acquired, the flow of the blood ee
through the body is stimulated. These are but a very few of the many benefits hor -
that come to players of basketball.
Snowing these things and in view of the fact that basketball as we play it
is an ‘edeae sport, limited to the Winter season, and with an eye on that group
of 80 million spectators, whom I would like to see step across the side lines
and become players, I have been gradually developing a game that I am hopeful
will find favor as a Winter and Summer, indoor and outdoor sport or recreational
activity among Americans of all ages. I've named this newcomer “GOAL-HI".
—> In a few seconds you will see "GOAL-HI" played by two College teams, but I
want to emphasize the fact that it can be played by Elementary, High School, or
College men-and women equally well. Likewise, it fits into the Public Playground
program perfectly because instead of being limited to a team of 5 players, GOAL-
HI can be played by abel classes of stulentg oo boys and girls. To
encourage playing of the game I will aiukiy forward a copy of a simple rules book

I have prepared, to anyone writing me C/o University of Kansas at Lawrence, Kansas.

Now, on with the game — (game to follow).