Comments, Contd.

"The officials are not covering the floor properly. When a
player makes a break for a basket one official should shift to a
position directly under the basket, Most of the fouls are made in
this territory. Not only that, but you must be in position to catch
the out of bounds on the end Lincs. The biggest thing in officiat-
ing is position on the floor. Officials are trying £9 eet by to
easy and are not working tosether. Officials should work together
and zo down and under at all times.

"I believe that if the 'center jump' is still to be out the
following season, the climination cf the ten second rule would
bring back some of the lost science and retard the specd of the
ane.

"A mile to enforce the chasing of a conch (as in baseball)
whe continually « ‘ots off the bench and yells at the oseeeer tes
would be a sreat ‘help to kee GPEne order.

"Officials should not te ‘ke cames after a night same has been
accepted, except by consent of the schools involved in the latter
rame.

"T believe uniform interpreta Sous by officials, coaches,
and conferences and a bettor understanding of the mule book by
players would help are

"With the stcady inerones of interes ctional ball games we are
very much in need of standard officiating anc interpretations. The
only answer I ean sec is to call then accordins to the bork instead
of to each confemencet&: desires.

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"lL think the ca wptain of a. team can aid in the problem of
booing. He can raise his hands and in this way make a silent
ap. ‘eal. His reaction with the officials will dominate a bellircer-
ent crovd. Fans should be instructcd over a loud speaker for
what reason the foul vas called.

"TJ would like to see four feet between banker and end line.

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"Tn our section the crowd have been fricndly,. Unfricndly
situations have been found to develop in reflecting the attitudes
of the 'suspicious' coaches. Officials sometimes arc too a
during the interval preceding a gane and favors are sonctime
oxpected,.

" Belicve officials can help themselves. The patrons yo to
sanes to see the players, not the officials. The more the officials
are kept out of the si ec ahd the better thincs will be.

"Tt is ny belicf that a series of newspaver articles pub-
lished. from coast to coast just prior to the opening of baksetball
serson, in which the rules would be discussed and plays which cause
most trouble to officinls bo explained, it would help more than
any other thing,