(4).

2. <ne Chinese team was a selection of all-stars from the netion's final
tournament. .Although- individuals: on this: squad appeared to be the. most expert in
ee ae — were rene in er rirst. eeme through lack. of. ‘Realm, —

Oe: In some cases a buted seteoted its. euanppdaghiis team and. added the
best players from defeated squads to this nucleus.

4. Canada sent its championship squad intact, including substitutes.
ae OF PLAY ms ¢ fi: Dla

All styles of modern Setei dee Bade HELE were in evidence with none of
them worked to excess. Each team adapted its play to the problems presented by ©
the defense. it met. ‘All’ teams made some use of a retreated defense and a few
utilized a zone scheme. Poland's play pleased the spectators as. on defense it:
foreed action all over the court and many times secured the ball before opponents
were able to get it down the court. : ile

Americans probably felt that we could teach other netions how the game
should be plaved. As a matter of fact a majority of the teams were coached by
former American players who'had taught everything usually done on our courts. At
a meeting of graduates of otal eae “al Mass., College. twenty men representing -
fifteen countries attended. Other teams were coached by American missionnries.:.,-
Consequently, practically every squed’ in the ear received its te ee rt.
men who rere i game in the WO aD ¢ ws ‘or veneee fie

THE - OFFICIALS

The wrdvbans of officiating groauéed éénsiéérable suspense whtieh Lergcly
was unnecessary «Ss the use of a uniform set of rules; well known in advance, .
smoothed out matters considerably... An official, no metter how many lenguages: ner
could speak found tesms who could not understand his words so that the use of;

signs became common. The tournament was worked with a single official for a
game. — men. .were.. the referees: :

Tobin of Sow York; Powers of Detroit with Canada; Suvoong of Chinas:
Marek of Czeckoslovakia; Creoux of France; Li of Japan; Seloni of Esthonia;
Ugolini of Italy; Luceri of Switzerland; and Baumer of Germany.

‘On the whole there was little odjectioni.to amy decisions. In the final
gene ‘bétween Canada and the U.S.A., Suvceong of China officiated and kept the
game in hand in:a manner satisfactory to both téams..: Personally, I feel that it is
impossible = for one man to cover all of the court, eand.that. ‘two officials would
prove’ much more satisfactory. Rand A

THE SPECTATORS

Compared with other program features basketball drew small numbers
although it did equal the attendancs at such events as handball, rowing, fencing
and wrestling. Very little was done in the way of advertising, and vast numbers
of the Germans. had never seen a game.

The stands for each court accommodated between four and five hundred
spectators each, and at some games standing room was at a premium. The most
interesting game was between Uruguay, champions of South America, and Poland,
European chempions. For this contest a capacity crowd was on hand and crowd
enthusiasm was equal to thet exhibited at: eny of our local gemes although neither
team had many countrymen present. It was a fast game, played all over the court,
with the score constantly changing from the favor of one side tothe other, and...

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