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The higher goal will increase spectator onjoyment, and will decrease in-
jurics under the goal from accidents by players when driving in hard for lay@inse

We have secon tall players in many team line-ups who were born without any
special gift in basketball, but who were on the team solely on the accident of

-~extreme height. Some junior high school coach discovered this altitudinous

Brobdingnagian, skyescraping stopper oozing ethereally dovm the hall and straight=
way the coach made for him with a pair of shorts, the stimulus being mainly his
altitude and not his abilitye Only a severe cardiac insufficiency will pernit
that basketball monstrosity to escape the coach's tentacles. Therefore, it is
beyond reasonable doubt but what we can expect players of this 6'10" altitude to
become so numorous that they will bo the rule rather than the oxceptione

- An eleven=foot basket would not be out of reach of the exceptionally tall
players. A twelve-foot basket would forever guarantee non-interference of the
basket rim by players. In addition to this, the tvelve-foot basket would contri-~
bute markedly in clearing up the congestion under the goal by increasing the arc
of disbursement of the rebound of the ball much further out on the court and
away from the basket. All modern gymnasia and auditoria have high ceiling clears
ances, but in schools that do not have high cciling clearances ground rules could
be pormitted which would allow the use of the lower baskets until conditions could
be correctede

In 1934 Kansas State and Kansas played a home=and=hae series using the
elevated 12=foot basket, Neither team had practiced previously with the 12-foot
goal, but the playors seemed to have little difficulty in making goals and the
spectators enjoyed the game very much. The players’ only complaint was tha t they
couldn't drivo in and make their lay-up shotse On the other hand, they reactod
quite favorably toward the clovated basket.

At the coaching school the following swmer conducted by Allen of Kansas
and Ey Je Hickox of Springficld, Professor Hickox clevated the basket to 12 feet
and the boys in the coaching school, without any practice whatsoever, played a
match gamee We asked Professor Hickox to write his impressions of that gamee
It scemed to be his opinion and that of the sroup who watched the game that the
players had little difficulty in finding the range of tho baskcte

It scoms to be a fair conclusion that certainly no one should criticize
the clevated basket until he has at least tried it oute There are so many
benefits and so few drawbacks that this experiment should be indulged .in by more
coaches than those who have tricd it. It also scoms roasonable that it might
be fair to all concerned that if the 12@foot basket is found to be practical to
advance the time of its possible adoption over a two year poriod so that none
of the tall players now in college would be injured, but those oncoming players
would have notice of ite This perhaps would remove an objection from coaches
who might have tall men nowWe

The following are a number of reasons set forth in favor of the twelvee
foot basket:

le Are of disbursement is greater, thus freeing congestion under baskete

2e Guards are forced further away from baskets to get rebound.

Se Forwards are forced further out from baskets to obtain rebounde

4, Will encourage more shooting accomt greater value of ficld goals.

5- Will definitely reduce foul shots because of no drive-in necossitye

6. Shots are easier made 8 or 10 feet out from basket instead of directly
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