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the games so. ‘that greater ceeeentiaek beh aie. be had While the courts in Berlin
were side by side, bleachers were erected between the sidélines so that spectators
could see but one game at a time. Placing of the courts in a central area and
surrounding the whole by bleachers would have. “pion ted RDO ALERS to choose. reir
games without changing seats. ‘ ; faq 4

A change in the time schedule. would ,have increased attendance, also.
Two sets of gemes were played each day starting at 4:00 P.M., and ending about
6:00 P.M. At the same time important events were heid in the main stadium which
seated 100,000; in the swimming stadium seating 10,000; and in the hockey stadium
which seated 15,000. By.starting the basketball games two hours earlier this con-
flict. could have been avoided. The finals in hockey, soccer, and handbell were.
played in the main. stadium end drew huge crowds. A Similar treatment of basket-
ball probably, would. have inereased interest tremendously, and this could have
been done,.as. usually there was a considereble lapse .of time between the morning -
and afternoon programs. : ;

BRACKET ARRANGEMENT .

The. acamumen’ schedule was so- cununoel cease a daatentek, team in the-
first round Was not. eliminated but ‘continued in play with a-chance for 4 shiek
position,- the chempignship. still was possible for a first round. loser. . ‘The orig-.
inal. position and opp nent was determined -by:a blind draw. After the firs t round
the losers plaved each other with the winners of this ;consolation re-established
in the championship flight. An entirely new draw wes held, then, for first round
and consolation winners with the consolation losers, having lost twice,' ¢liminated..
Unfortunately, teams which lost in the third series were considered to “have lost
two games and.were dropped. Some injustice prevailed here es one team which drew
a bye was eliminated inthe third round with. only one defeat. The U.S.A. team drew
a bye in the;second , round due to Spain's absence, but won its third round game and:
continued in the tournament. | Saete* Lire iw tise Brivo} me ffi

The general plan struck me as being a good arrangement. With « few-.
corrections it appears much fairer than @ straight eLiminatdon bracket or any sort
of a partial PORN 1s . *r

THE RULES

It appeared before the games that there wight be some.difficulty in
deciding the rules which should be used. The Olympic Committee settled this matter
by: adopting, with a few minor changes, the 1932 rules as they were the latest used-:
by some of the nations. For any one.game a team was limited to seven players. A
withdrawn player eould return to the game only once, except those disqualified by
personal fouls. Once a team found itself with but four remaining eligible men,
but the opposing captain asked that a player be permitted to return and the offi-
cial agreed. er re

PLAYER SELECTION.

ech country was permitted its own, plan of. oniantd eh its team onbun.
Four methods were used by the various nations:

1. In the United States eight members of the winning team; five from the.
runner-up squad; and One additional player from the final tournament were chosen.
Thus the U.S.A. team was. composed of fourteen players. As: only seven. could be
used in any single Olympic game the squad was Aytiaad in half with:an agreement:
that. groups would alternate games. The presence of. a shins preset: some GA EF Leal ty
which was hard to, iron out. bona - :