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Booing still continues at wames. That great basketball official,
Schommer of Chicaso at our last meeting stated when asked should
technical fouls be called on the crowd for booing, ansvered "Unless
the coaches get together and do something in preventing the boos and
their vitriolic statements in the nevspapers, that before long the
coaches would have to kiss this great game good-bye. He also steted
that bhe "Big Ten" on several occasions came near abolishing basket-
ball, and that a good many of his fricnds in and near Chicago do
not go to basketball games because of the crond.

Broberg-the great Dartmouth sophomore is a Connecticut boy.
He is doad shot from all angles and a fine shooter of fouls.

The New York Sports Writers! Basketball tournament- an invit-
ation affair will be staged at Madison Sguare Garden, New York City
on March 17-20-22.

From what I hear form coaches the rules are as near perfect as
shey can be. So why not let them alone. What we do need is more
standardization of material equipment; such as:

1. Standard Backboards

Why not have one kind of backboard. Now we play with glass
poards, stecl boards, and wooden boards. We all know that the re-
hounds ere of different intensity.

2. Standard size floors
One night we play on a 50-90 and the nert on a 756-56 ft. one.
5. Standard ball

A laced ball, a laceless ball, a channell seam , or a molded
ball.

4. Standard baskets.
5. Standard Lighting