SATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF fT + ATES TED ST AY] HE 5 OFT HE ra) WY. ASKETBALL COA R Be) RO, Be N BULLETI ‘BER 16, 1939, DECE Dr. Janes Naismith By Oswald Tower Editor of the Rule Book. A leading newspaner publishes an editorial under the caption "He invented Basketball", concluding with the following sentence: "Few men in the whole history of sport have done so much for clean living and real sport as did that simole and modest man who vrovided the world with an ex- citing game which requires both teamwork and individual prowess", The only exception one can take to that statement is in its use of the word "few", for Dr. Naismith has no peers in the whole history of snort with resnect to his contribution - his name stands at the head. All of our other great gemes calling for team competition have come to us through a vrocess of evolution, Basketball alone is the creation of one man, invented out of hand for a de- finite purpose and to fill a real need, That Dr, Naismith was a sinmle and modest man the writer can attest from personal observation. During the period from 1910 to 1920 I had the privilege of serving with him on the Basketball Rules Committee. Never would one have susnected from any remark made by him in the many meetings that we attended that he had invented the game or that he had a greater knowledge of it than the rest of us. He sat calmly by while we harranged about the rules, occasionally offering a helpful suggestion but never urging the adoption of any ideas of his orm. He gave us a free hand to tinker with his game and I often felt that he was quietly amused at our efforts to immrove its game, My last long interview with Dr. Naismith took place in 19%6 wien he asked me to go over the manuscript for his history of basketball. He was having difficulty in finding a nublisher because of the uncertainty of the demand for such a book. I remember saying to him: "Some day there will be plenty of demand for it. Don't let anything haooen to that manuscript, for you are the only man in the world who knows the whole story of basketball. Whether you find a vublisher now or not, vou have the satisfaction of know- ing that you have put on paper the story of your great contribution to human- ity and that it will be available if anything should hanpen to you". Dr. Naismith's contribution to human welfare cannot be anpraised adequately, Never has there been a game played over so great an area of the earth, under such a variety of conditions and by such diverse grouns of players. It has nrovided an interest for millions which is wholesome and uplifting, I had honed that Dr. Naismith would be spared to help us observe the fiftieth anniversary of his game and to receive fitting recognition of his achievement. Oswald Tover. - NEW GNGLAND SEEKS RECOGNITION - Contributed by Frank W. Keaney, Jr. (Son of the editor. ) With the exception of the variovs National tournaments, all sections of the coumtry, save Now England, have sought and gained recognition for the style and calibre of their particular teams, Long Island University, Temple, Stanford, New Mexico Aggies, Notre Dame, to name a few have brought their section to the foreground wherever basket- ball is discussed. Intersectional contests have given these teams National prestige. Meanwhile New England conservatism has strangled collegiate basketball just as it has obtained a toe-hold on many phases of New England life. Coaches and Athletic Directors have been overlooking the value of inter - sectional gaies and have beon content with practically the same scheduic year after year. Thus New England basketball has become stagnant. No new interest! No new incentive! A solf-satesfied section whose development has been retarded by Yankee conservatism. This year, however, a few Now England colleges are attempting to remedy the situation, and gain recognition, U,iversity of Connecticut, Brown University, and Rhode Island State College are traveling to New York to play outstanding teams from the Mid-west, and South. As these three toams, annually, rate as outstanding in their section, a truc comparison with teams from othor yarts of the country can be made, Perhans New England basketball does not deserve ranking vith other sections, but at least she should be given a chance to "show her stuf". With this years intersectional battles, New England should know definitely shere she stands. At last, the authoritios have aakened and the tcams will have a chance to prove themselves, Better late than never! Frank VW, Keancy,dr. - NEWS + NOWs - NEWS - NDWS - eee eee On December 5, 1939, at a meeting of the New England colloges for conference on athletes thirty colleges voiced anproval of the following code: (1) that coaches and athletic officials stop the practice of attending school banquets, interviewing athletes and visiting prep schools, (2) that if athlotes receive scholarships, they be based on scholarshi cometitave avility end never given because of mere athletic ability, (3) that all athletes, upon entering college, relate all sources of financial aid, (4) that renorts of the athletes financial aid be available to the public, and (5) that vhen the athletes! filed records show they have re~- ecived financial aid from only those upon vhom they are naturally denendent they shall be declared eligible in this respect by their collcges. Their action will probably be sneered at by the racketecrs. They will be called sissies and even hypocrites because they themselves do not practice what thoy nreach. Most of us nover cxpect to sce subsicization, nor com- petition for athletes climinated whether it be for football, basketball, baseball or traci, but out and out professionalism will be destroyed within a few years, Colleges were founded for educational purposes first and wiil continue to be for that purpose, Athletics are secondary and coaches should realize it. As a dcan of a large college said "Athletics are on the snot, Athletic Directors and conches should read the code - Te shovid all agreo that it is a step forward. On Saturday, Decorber 9th Brown U,iversity played Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Officials before the game had some misgivings when they discovered that Clark had put on steel mesh nots on their baskets, which are not permitted by the rules, What were the: to do if the Brown coach refused to play. Last March Mr. J,hn Bunn of the rules corsittce brought up the fact at our mecting that the rules absolutely defines the kind of cord that is to be used for the net. He thought the rules were specific, althouzh the length is not defined and he thought the stetement about nets should be definite. Mr, Bunn finally said the rule is quite specific and leaves no lcovay. The stcel mesh nets are a new development, and we hear that the graduate manager of Clark says that they have been aporoved. All of us coachos would like to know who apnroved them. Probably the rules committee gave them permission to try then jut. Tne Drow University coach did not kick a bit as he said that if both teams used the samc kind of net it made little difference. The Providence Journal vener printed a coment "It sounded like bank night when tho boys start nopoing thom in because the 'rusic! generated when the ball goes through is akin to that heard when some- one dumps the jack-not", Late in the gemo the Brorm coach enjoyed the music no end. —-— —— es a ome ome - NEWS - NEWS - NEWS - NEWS - Most every section of this country will be represented on this years basketball gamcs slated for Madison Square Garden, Ned Irish, vho has done so much for the advancement of basketball, has booked fiftcen double headers. The average attendance figure of over 14000 baskotball fans is sure to be eclipsed. Every team playing on that fine floor is a champion, Colleges playing tnore this year are: Oklahona Aggies Santa Clara Long: Island University Syracuse University University of Oregon Butler University Manhattan University New Mexico Agzics University 6f Texas Temple University University of Southern California Michigan State New York University St. Josophs of Philadelphia University of Missouri St. Francis Fordhan University Duquense University University of Oklahona Fordham University St. John's College Notre Dame University of Colorado Georgetovm Univorsity City College of New York Pittsburg University. Basketball double headers will also be great attractions in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Chicago and White Plains, Ne: ta Boston is sounding out pro basketball with a tcan of local pizyers end vicinity. It will not be long before major college teas are playing for the benefit of those young coaches. Boston and vicinity about 1905 had more teas than any section of the country. The sport gradually ce- clined because of rough house tactics, frequent fights ond brawls. Boston is one of the few big cities whose hich schools are not allowed to play basketball. In fact can any coach name another. University of Maine has the finest seating arrangeront of any college in New England, end its playing floor is superb. New Hampshire Ugiversity also has a fine floor in its new field house as does Massachusetts State. he colleges from east to west playing in Madison Square Garden will see the playing surface the same as in previous years. The two foot rule will stand, as a majority of tho teams playing there scemed to want the old rule, For those who have never seen the playing surface we yould like to tell thon that the floor is excellent and Ned Irish should feel proud of the floor. Ton Harmon, Michigan's ercat football star is on the hoop squad, They say he is quite a boy on the court also. Sneaking of confidence, how's this for a promise, for a coaching job. "Give, me tho job and brother, T'11 haul you out of the well". _ NEWS - NEWS - NEWS - I@Ws - The new convex backboard, was used at the demonstration game at Harvard University before 1500 basketball coaches, ynalyers and fans on Deceriber Ist, One recular backboard and the new convex one was actually used in the fane, A fitting tribute to Dr. Naismith was given when everyone stood while a bugler played tans, Your editor will never forzet that New Year's night at Madison Square Garden a few years ago when the grand old man was thoroughly a Three New York teas were playing for charity and many celebrities came in evening clothes. In one game, one team went ahead a few points nad i. other team fell back in a zone defense, At that time there was no ten second rule and so the team that vas leading just stayed in the back court. The band played tunes, the crowd sat amazed - several snectators near us started to condemn the gane, Dr, Naismith was in a fury - he almost went out on the floor, How he did blast that kind of a game, After the geme we congregated on the playing floor and still the doctor was full of emotion, Dr. Naismith, Oswald Tower, Guillion now coaching at Cornell and your editor and wife walked down to Broadway, the doctor still saying the game was not formed for de- liberate stalling. We talked the game over until after one o8clock, Finally that surging boisterous New Year's crowd swept us avay, and if you have never been on Broadway, N, Y, on New Year's night you should go and learn what we liean,. =—-— —_— The Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association has voted to give uo its sponsorship of an invitation national intercollegiate basketbal. at Madison Squard Garden, New York, in March in favor of the committee representing seven New York colleges. The event has been a post-season success during the past two seasons. Gptions on the Garden already have been taken for March ll, 138, 15, and 20 next year, The new sponsoring committee comprises the athletic directors of N.Y,U., Fordham, City College, Manhattan, St. John's, Long Island University, and St. Francis. Prof. Valter WV, Williamson of City College is the acting cheirman, and Clair F, Bee of Long Island University is secre- tary-treasurer. The Writers Association which conceived the plan and executed it will have a voice in shaning the future policy, but otherwise will have no direct connection with the promotion of the event. RE: ERENCES FOR BASKETBALL FULIDAMENTALS eee ae ae ee ae ae acer a an a es eee ,:se ee Contributed by Ed, Hickox - Springfield. Allison, 0, &, Teaching Basketball to vounger boys. Journal of Health and Physical Education ( Mayr 19%4) 50, Brace, D, &, Ganies of the Basketball Type - “es of H and Phys Ed (January 1931) 20. Bursey, Lester G Drills on Basketball Fundamentals for High School players Athletic Journal -(January 1935)26,28. Carieon, oy Cy UP. Methods in Teaching Basketball Skills Jrl of H and Phys. Ed. (November 1935) 37,- 41, 43, Carlson, H. ©. Dr. Basketball in the Grades - Athletic Journal (November 1929) 20, 22, 47. Fisher, Hy i. Fundamental Basketball Yabit Drills - Jrl of H and Phys, Ed. (Decenber 1932) 35,37, 57. Frederick, J. H. Jr. Teaching Basketball in Phys. Zd. Classes - Jrl of H & Pas. Bd. (October 1933) 45, 46. Frierwood, H. @. Basketball Progress Tests Adantable to Class Use, Jrl of H & Phys Zd, (January 1924) 45, Hager, R,.H, Dribbling - Athletic Journal (Noveniber 1939) 24, 26. Hager, R, H. Early plans for Basketball - Athletic Journal (Movember 1930) 30, 32. Hacer, R, E, Basketball Scouting - Athletic Journal (January 1930) 22, 48. Porter, H, VY, Basketball Game Preparation and Management - Athletic Journal (January 1929) 1%, 14. Read, Herbert W Integrating Fundamentals and System in Pasketball Athletic Journal (January 1925) 7, 10, 36~38. Rooswa, J. 5. Shooting Baskets - Athletic Journal] (November 1929) Ruby, J, GC, Hand nositions in Passing and Shooting a Basketball. Athletic Journal (December 1934) 10-14. Schnitman, R, J. Mass Teaching in basketball Skills - Jrl of H and Phys. Ed, (January 1932) 36-37; 50-51. Schnitman, R. J. Mass ae in Basketball Skills - Jrl of H and Phys, Ed, (January 1920) 35. Valne, Mamie Gemes, Relays and Plays for the Teaching of Technique in girls Baskettall (applicable to boys) Jrl of H and Ph’s, Bd. (February 1930) 34; (March 1920) 40. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES OF U, S, Allen, F. C, Almquist, H, V., All. Anderson, Harold Andreas, L, P. Baccus, Whitey Padier, 5. T,, All. Baggett, Al. Baker, J. W, Barry, Sam Bee, Clair Bell, Allan Benefiel, Chester Bland, Earl, All. 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REBOUND ONCE A MINCR MATTER Pipes, Posts, Pinioning Were Regular Balketball Obstacles PR AR TAUE, SA PSOW ua In a ‘peskatball, articke in.the ‘Carnent issue of a daeioriat #eYy., Paul Mooney, coach at Columbia, is quoted as saving that the elimina- © tion of the backboard woul¢ improve the game and restore some of the . science it has lost in recent years, The article also said that there no longer ‘was any place” in basket- ball for skillful and talented little. fellows. but that the successful teams were those manned by. extremely tall. ereyhounds who could speed up and down the court in tireless fashion ond toss. a steady | barrage of one=- hand shots through the hoop while on. the dead fun, =" It stated that there had heen. a- big. change in ‘the stile of Seth t- ball in the last five years: and that whereas a little fellow who could pivot, fake and thread a needle with two-hand, set- shots vas a: valuable . man to have around’ a few yerrs ago he. should niek up his mar oles: and . devote his enerey to somé other. game in: this day and AEC. In an attempt to provide a remedy for the current situation, the writer quoted Mooney, And it apparently WAS ‘Prults opinion that elimin- ation of. the haakenar'é mould bel: give the ‘Little fellow A ‘chance, Greater Penalty for upaise ‘Shot There is, no doubt, something to be ar in ‘favor of this revision. Unques stionably, the eliningtion: of the backboard would place ». bigger premium on accuracy and take RET some of the advantage the, oo tall players now have, © In the high scoring games that now prevail, accurney has ‘peda more aud more. repla: red by speed, ‘and the result produces considerable wild passing and more then a little wild shooting. The current idea of the-game seers to be to. from. tke ‘ball in the: general direction of the gonl as frequently AS pos sible and hope that a tall teammate i111 tap home a rebound: if the. basket..is missed with the first shot, And since the mmber of rebounds. is definitely incrensed ‘vith the increasing number of shots: taken at, the basket the game. has been re- duced to what some of thé New Yor boys call Peortats a Elimination of the backboard: vould curtail a big nercentage of oo rebounds, of course, Faares sinilar situation, the writer of that. piece. eeksthay never saw any of the. basketball ganes that were played around here 20 to. 30 years azo if he thinks shooting with one hand is.a new development. 7 : Thet was about the only vay a skye wen d erebe We fete the rules were changed to prevent a defensive player from meking contact with an offensive player. If his other hand vasntt alrenty pinned or paralyzed he “tas forced. to use it as a buffer to keen. the defensive player from pulling his shooting. arm off at the shoulder. : And in those days, a player not only had to. shoot one handed most of the time while in the grasp of. an 5 PEPenees but the target was not ai- ways visible or conveniently foeated: Basketball games are played in spacious and *rell- right ed courts for the most part today, Years ago, they were played in town hells, churches, school cellars and gynns vith low ceilings, “Even Spectators Provided Obstacles : Most of the baskets vere fastened to walls, posts, or balconies After firing a close-up shot, 2 vlayer could fieure on. being driven into a wall, a radiator or the lap of nn unhosnitable spectator who wasn't ad verse to bracing his knees to provide the first line oF resiste nce, There alvays seemed to be certain olaces on most courts where an obstruction. of sone kind blocked the flirsht of the shot and in’ some’ ex- treme cases the ball had to be maneuvered to a definite snot before it wns possible to reach the basket with a shot of any kind. There was no 7ild scoring.in those days. ‘The scores didn't measure up to the. current standard which requires an adding machine to figure out the final total, But plenty of one handed shots "ere fired at the basket. And when they didn't eerom off the rafters or hit the lov. ceiling a good nercentage of them sailed through the hoon desnite the obstacles, Basketball has changed, yes, but. the. bierest changes are in the freedom an offensive plasrer has peamuse of legislstion and. the opportunity he has because of improved. corditiors under “hich the gane is played. Give ‘some of ‘the old ‘timers, who used: to have to wierle out of their trunks to escape the vice-like grasp of an opponent, nee around na. post and — scale the ball over a set of steam pines to reach the brsket, the freedo and constant conditions that prevail now and they would have molested the strings as frequently as the modern stars, The gane has develooed rapidly in sone. ways but the uncanny ability to shoot with one hand isn't one of ‘ ‘then, in our. opinion. Pines. wigs: : LK KOK OK 3 In a frank discussion on intere-collegiate versus professional basketball, William (Chuck) Solodare, the famous Newarl: official, says: f There is no comparison. Intercollegiate basketball s 0 atnnnl lad streamlined, It's. not, but a hard running game. Té best conditioned: and also the luckiest tean often wins. To ne, college ball: iaeks the - oomph of pro basketball. The elimination of the centes. tap has nian a lot” of gies ed spay fron the . game; - The euys who. can shoot: with’ one hand Rave the edgo on teams: that must. get. down. into the scoring zone and get set to shoot. . Look what. Butler. aia to L.I. U. the other night as compared with Syracuse against New York University. Butler had one of those small ball clubs but the kids could run and flip. that basketball. one handed fron an off-balance position, 4.1.U. was much taller and luckier. They von out by to mere points, "Syracuse,. on the ove’ ‘hind nad a nice club but it must get around the scoring zone first and- then get set to score field goals... N.Y.U. presented the so-called Mid-West tyne of Hall, It played for and got the ~ ball and shot fron all distances, short, and Yong and many of their shots were one-handed, They garbled - nore often and ‘won eAsily. "As compared to. pro. basketball, collese ‘doesn't stand one-tvo or: even three, The pros have the jump, set plays, and. the ‘scores aren't 9s mountainous as. the . college type. . Their ball isn't a marathon race, - but skill," says Solodare, "ho nov ‘and then officintes college cme* but concentrates on pro league | FANes. . Chuck, by the way ‘will be back in the Thtorintional eseue as an unnire again during the 1940 season, His hopes? -. =e to be in ‘the big leagues as an umpire, if only | for a year. ~~: "Onty then. will I feel’ that 3 have made the “grade, nm S78. the sewarker, oe ek Boost for Panzer nnd Seton Held, NT tye ‘looked at aS many as 10 to 12 seatiere ¢ gutsed. vii sagages says San Klugman, an old basketbsll tosser, hinsel?. "Bat I think we got two great teans right in this area in Seton Hall and Panzer, I'd like to see _.them get into the so-called me time. Shay} run Alot fs the. — é big-wigs rageec, "Panzer has a creat forward in -. boy netsh Bercer:.: He. is the class of. the field. He rarely loses his head and is never in pack of the.ball. He knows’ what is going on all the tine in this high ‘speed aan. "Seton Hall. has a flock of food ball players... You- can't single out an individual star, It is a combination. of all-stars and that's the way Honey Russell wants, his team to be rather than have one key player. 7s team could deat: tvo-thirds of ‘the high class ball clubs in the ‘country, ! says Klugie, who is with ‘a top notch ball club, the Hebrew ‘Club. x * Columbia Mentor Sugrests. | Paul Mooney, C Gotunbia Univeraity basketball cau seems 6" agree with Chuck Solodare that: college basketball is } nothing. bul a ae of hard, fast foot-work and. lacks real skill, ag Sel Mooney is for eliminating the. sistencetes, te ‘oat Be eo. see the collegians shoot ‘at open “baskets as the professionals once did, * "Only then will you seé science ané skill replacing sheer- luck. and height as the riore important factors in the game Paaey 5 For a — to s ‘ Wa, 9 #4 soe 46 “> t s- [| » ; Be eee ak Ae 5 male a ee, ‘shot ‘through a. ‘clean busket nnd ne'lt. tik ‘howite “ridicu- lous -shots.: Also take. aray the: beckbodrds and-vvou'll tale atay the. only excuse for chittoring wp the courts with overgrown oafs whose -only excuse for being around is their excessive meter " Says SORES ee His sugzestions . are sensible. psi ere ew ; Paul's Lions are a ‘small, speedy tean, a ela Lively ea ate Penn... or. even Cornell a rousing fight for this: yeasts E;I:Le crovni: If Columbia ‘should win it- will bear out his. ‘opinion - that-a little. team vell-conched, _ .wolleconditioned | with accurate agltobs cen ott Pee, Pa: big: Pat: OF: basket- ball,. een tes Se Pe oe ee ee a 4 * *. * * o t aii a E SUNLIGHT Ch Sead es rs je Sides tu Now ‘Sissy Gane, “Qld-Tiner Yoarns: Ho Baik? ae Moan PaO Me pee eae oe ‘Instead of Pags * 4° By War's AY ‘MINEHICUM - i a LODE 7 Tnat an ola-tiner ha AS been discoveres. ‘tho shires. the pelief that. basketball ‘ain't “what. she used Horub@ig if 5 | Bill Scheffer, Know in Philadelphia: as the aLpie age ‘of D ctbalt. éeclares they have nade | a sissy game out of a'he-man's:sport, -- | Scheffer's basketball | ‘days ‘date Back to the.timé whén they: ays 10 men in a. cage with a. referee | and turned then Loose. Pg. has. been: identified with the amateur. AS. well As ‘the Predbesiona Ane « ee ae No Science In Gane Norv Ee 0% : :t " The rutes are the bigsest, ‘detrinent to the game. bode, Mm “Don Basenfelder quotes Scheffer in the Philadelphia Record, ‘The negates and coaches, in attempting to beat the rules vith nev legislation, hove apparently. beaten themselves. , "Wlinination of the center jusap except: at the start of. ‘tie “game and during: the: last five minutes. of “play, hes been arte enely: Saat Bhs ea. re “sport. as "There was nO ihe prettier: than to see a cnbiaae or: Siar a: come’ in for the, tap-on a signal from the center, There's no sciencé in. the. game “now, for you. can't. have norfect plays. “You had to. work for: ‘the ‘Vall in the ola days, Nov, they, hand it to POs oc. "Today's game is a running ‘effnir—--forverd and pasioniia.; te Re aa of - ~passing: and cutting. like. they. used to it's brought the- long-dis stance shoot- ') er, into: the picture. OF. course, there are nore: and. better sone ‘shots than pefore. i. Seat pe Fey "Foul throvers are. anes more. prior Ded ant, Scneffer nevecd, Wehan when one player on esch teah shot all, the pennities." } ie a Toot! Toot!! Action Stoos. Referees play a part in slowing down the seme. Many of them have a gencenck to take. the play, avay. fron the athletes, . There. is nothing morse in sport than a deep=ches sted offiein ‘1 with a a3 ‘whistle, and a yen to ‘blow it loud and often, He soon ‘becones: Aas annoying as.the youngster | who. received a ‘bugle ‘on his’ birthday.” Yes, Scheffer said a mouthful #7 tien he declered: "They “put: 10 men ;.. nd A, referee 1n 4 °C engeneand locked the door; It WAS | just like a-battle -royal--nnd- to Tt wish 4s ‘would come beck again--even “for one. pight, And if it returned for one night this writer woule see His first basketball gane in 10 yenrrs, ee aS % 5 hy SID FEDER eer Yor’, Jan, 3.--({A.P. Je-Lev-Andrerns, who hes. kicke? around this besketbell rane eG tuo décedes, firures the tine is conmine. ‘When sena- rate sets of rules vill be.dvamm.for golleces | and hich schools to vet a- WOU fron sone effects of the ‘nodern, "horse-recel" court snort. site; Mis nodern name, 7ith, i, the. center junp. eliminated," the veteran : coach, of. Syrocuse. bas sketbell said. Vednestey, Vis like wotching a table tenis. match, '. The ‘ball is alvays foing. back and. forth, with” no- stop. It's ereat to. watch, but it puts a severe strain on _ the youngsters. . _Fiysicians have told us. that, P wtta. . ; The result, he. added, nay “be that ‘the’ rules wii he chanced for younger. play revs, the high: schoolers, Fe pointed ‘out’ that, at a recent neeting of eduesters an upstate ‘phys ician renorted tests shoved the: hieh- pressure 2 ection in present bastethell | us as inerease? blond’ pressure and strain on the nerformers, cee "So it's altocether Likely," Andreas went on, Nthet the eenter ‘jurvo will be lesislnted dbac's into high school dell to slov un the rane sone mat and relieve this nressureon the younrsters, It ‘isn't so bad big collere oleyers, larcely. hecause the:r! re riore fully ‘develoned, oe ad@ition, there is ricid ohysical exaninetion in most: colleres, - tot only that, but tle nodern eMme, “with it “Speed: and teh ‘scoring, is what ettracts the snectators. “And where the urnetiles are concerned, that means a lot. in.rny snort,' : * Lew has been head nan of Syracuse bedkethatlL ‘sixteen An irs, He is in torn for a PATIO Yednesdny nicht sith Ter ba pale Maiversity's undeafested Violets Lev, who scouted the Violets pers sonal lir sthen they whinnee VW aséart ‘Last reek, is convinced they ‘gre the best set. ‘of basketballers he hes seen in years, althouch they may, Heys, oe hot ae tent: SAS 5 Plea vers Von't Learn, Defense 7 The tourhest part of coaching for ‘Andress cuné@er the no-center- up rales: ‘te to get vlayers ‘to concentrate, on defensive ability. — "In the old ‘dav, “ he lmizh: a8.” "egeches used to firuré that when they could hold the ather fellor com to less then PQ,voints the | had a oretty feir defensive club, Nor yout re lucky if you cen Keep the opnosi- tion under 50, ng Me tots because the - now came has developed ernck ‘shots ‘tho ean ‘toss - that. bell in from Vera out OF: close un,. Oo: 1e-lianded or tro-handed., e; "thy, ve ret freshnen renortins for bas'zetball not who vent: to! “do ‘nothings ‘else but shoot. They have no ‘ide. of defens e end we. Have ‘9 tough tine. tenching then that, no matter how many ‘points ‘they pile up ‘they’ aren't going» to win ball anes unless” they can: ston ‘the other petro once in a wo} ile, Aaa kee ae me * VESTA COLLEGE ‘HOOPLE it kate 3 HEAD | FOR DooKs 5 Frest Hes ev or,. Dee. Saat hel P.)-=The Queen ‘Mary, ‘end “the Tournandte, ‘edants of the sea, lying side by side in Her. Yor‘ harbor, are first on” the ‘List of “Things to see" when. vegtern. collese basketball nlavers cone to torn. so ttag the renort iade to the ‘metronolit pan “chanter ‘of “‘pastetball's fatual Adniration society" at ite first mejor neeting toeay. Rather than ugha to see ‘such frmous: ‘snorts: “centers as the Vanier gtedinn, the Polo grounds, Forest hills, .Tineed Foot.Golf course, or Ebbets Field, the enrer- eyed athletes all head for the docks first, then visit Padio Sitvy, end wind uv .at the current Rroatvey. shows, For while the coaches are leerning nev basketball tricks--by, testine their: net theories in garden “competition, the Yeids are just tourists at hesrt. °° BASKETBALL Ti EAST a sis 2 eee = Bc That metropolitan basketball is a strane ise aifferent rane Seun the Big Six conference brand with sina all courts and quaint officiating inter- preteations. that confuse’ and nystify visiting teams, was the observation -of Bruce Drake, University’ of OlsLahoma: ba: sketball coach, upon his return here from the Bast. where his Sooners split hod Lang: interseetional secs with Temple and Fordhan, = .. "We had a svell time and vere treated royally". Drake: anita, tt: ™e. “found our game totally unfit for the ‘shall Ber ae courts: ve had to nlay on at. Philadelvhia and Madison Square. Garden. ‘Also: "Te: ran un acainst eastern rule interpretations that seemed as far divorecd from ours as foot- ball is from rugby. ‘The officiatins was honest, but: es 2 See vastly different... e 4 Sooners Give Up Iden oA . "We had to abendon our set m4 Lays almost aeeGpathed because we were fouled so much for ‘nicking off. On the offense, if one of our boys moved.over in. front of ‘an bee te cand stood still, the eastern cfficials fouled us for blockin«. Even kg you ret to" pn” ‘Shot first t; Mid Gall it an illegsl bloct., Z “te af | "Missouri's screening fame suffered just as padly as ours, In their game against Nev Yor: university, thet vere: fouled sO. nae gg ‘in - fires haif for ‘nicking off! that their offens e was ruined,’ | Drake said, the Metropolite an officinls almost tobmay a sr rexoraed ohysical, contact. : | "The eastern teans crucify ‘a post man, bi e889 Ty with the: Slbdve, anc the player who can charee his onponent and wrestvie the ball evay f:rom _ hin, is.a hero ‘here, This interpretation didn't handicap us, however," - Drake says the, eastern teams use’ very Little nol ing a but Gepens aod ty. upon cuts, running blocks, and lone § set Shots. , Bast Uses Spot. Passes. ” ele) 2s bic Ma DIO. eld "They are better set shots than our teans: out ete. ™ ‘he’ onined, "Their set, shots are delivered about chin high with Lobe of wrist action and little. knee bend, If you turn your back on the all to follow one 0, their. cutters into the basket, they like to feed this cutter with a spot. pass and he "ron! it let on the ballis coming until” _ eae in his hands, It's all man-for-mon defense there. M : Although he saw Southern California break Long Islend'!s 43-zane win- ning string, Dra‘) His part of the country is "too brutal" in its blocking and vick- | off fouls ‘are called there about once a year. , ov ” (c) He likes the New York pass and break game as exemplified by W.Y.U., vut doesn't think that L.1I.U. drives in enourch for rebounds, (ed, note--neither does Clair Bee), faa] | (ad) He likes small players because "They can do so many things better than the big fellow" unless the large chap is exceptional. (e) Straight man-for-man defenses prevail in the Mid-West, only Butler and Notre Dame stressins the slidine set-up. (f) Illinois and Indiana are. the. standout Big Ten’ tears with Mich- ienn a possible contender if it can hold up. Ohio State will be a late- comer, ? (¢) Wilkinson, of Southern Methodist, » bie fellow who can pivot either vay, throw off either handover or under, is the best center he has seen, : ee * ee KH RK “TARLETON FOES VALK OFF COURT Stephenville, Texes, Jan. g--(AP)--The John Tarleton-Daniel Baker Gollese basketball esane had eicht minutes to fo. pice aa Suddenly Coach I, S, Ransom, of Deniel Baker, end all his olayers walked off, Pots Snectetors sasmed. o "Ito is the sorriest referee I ever s*v," said Ranson. What's the sorriest*exhibition of snortsnanshio I ever gar, Sntd Referee Joe A, King. ; The c#sh customers usec some pretty hbewhiskered. woré7 because the teams aidn't finish’ the gene, Tarleton was ahead, 35 to 26. ene eu ee ee One minute intervie: Rodney Ross, athletic director, South high school, Columbus: "The ideal haskethell team consists of tvo Jevish lads, tro Neeroes and a food tough Ir ishnan....The Rerroes would do the dribbling, the Jewish fellovr would shoot the besizets and the Irishman would take the ball off the onvonents! haniine board." — xe ee eH RR H Kentucky hes thirteen feet of Cluseish on its basetbell team... Merion Clugrish, senior center, is 6 feet 8 inches tall and his brother, Stanley, a sophomore, is 6 feet 4 inches..."The formmla for ood coaching hasn't changed a lot," says Paul Zimmerman in the Los Angeles Times, "No matter what so-celled system you use on the field---The best way to keep your job still is to ret the mostest of the bestest hish school athletes," Ree eR KOK OK 11 REE BOY ee : (5) I sav my sveetie ana guit today-- © The uniforn.. ‘ther vrear for ba skethall. And in sinecrity I want to” gar! Hets surely got unnitisated pall; | .. lo scarecro™ ever looked quite so unreal, His snindle shanks are very. Lheteny Bont. And when he's vushed he goes ‘down on his keel Amitting an, unnanly. kind or eben “fe must. have tried t0° dozen” shots: ‘or more And not one landed ‘near the hoop at all, And every. tine he misset I thirk he swore . And blamed his tracic “failure on the ball; [wonder will he still insist that he. 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Dori dado tdanr.7 Personal “Fouls-+Stenford, Anderson (A), TLiians (3), LaFailte, Tavtor, Davidson, Coden (2) Rahn; Belti- _ nore, Nolenen (2), Goldstein (3), Selneffer,: Olene (2) nite ey” (A); PeLtino Enh Assists--Sten* ford, Anf®erson (2), Davison, Goren; Baltinore, Ross, “Pellino,. Yolsz= man (°) | Goldstein. “Mme of helves--20 mimites, Time of extra neriod--5& ninutes, aR ee HR OR OH at COACHES ARE BLAMED FOR ACTIONS OF FANS Survey by Basketball Mentors Shows Level of Seep nae Is Set by Instructors . By SACK MARTIN, in PROVIDENCE SVENING, OLLETIN Rhode Island's gohseis, ‘along ‘with those of Ag rest of the nation, this year have- launched. a concerted. campaign for the improvenent of "spec- tator sportsmanship." : Generally,. it seems, the Tay. the spectator behaves at a basketball game. is considered, 2 reflection of hov the coach behaves, This is no malignment of the hard-working and worrying montor; it is the result of a study stretching over several seasons, nation-wide, and made by the National. Association, of. Basketball Coaches itself, no less, This National Association has an ethics committees whi ch has conduct- ed the survey. ‘The results of the survey have been circulated smone the high school coaches in this State through the mediun of the State Prin- cipals! Athletic Comnittee., The principals do not say the conches under their jurisdiction must follow the rules laid down; they merely pass then along as something worth readingsend. assimilating as fer as vossible with- out too much pressure being exerted. seal * * K % t- We find that the attitude of ‘the coach on the bench either en- courages good spectator and player sportsmanship, - of throws’ fuel on the fire of poor sportsmanship, which the National Basketball Coaches! Associ- ation is attempting to eliminate," reads. the survey; "If the coach is in the habit of. making unconplimentary gestures every tine the official calls a foul on one of his players, then you mn‘be assured that the partisars of his team will break loose in their loud disapproval of the decision. This conaition sometimes leads to worse sittiations on. the court ec spects tors exercise a tremendous influence in determining the sportsmanship ii tude, or Lack of-ity among the contestants, * * * * Well, that is right ‘in line with whet a lot of the folks closely con- ducted. with the game herendouts have said in the past. The officials themselves haven't been the only ones to blame the coaches for the few flareups which have cone in Rhode Island, . Still ‘youre ean*t help tut con- sider the fact that the conches, nationally and locally, have made this concerted effort : -to clean their own houses... Perhaps the referees, who have loesl and National groupings,: too, could devote sone of their time to looking. into their orm. participation in basketball; maybe they could still be honest and find sone of the. blane | for ruffled tenpers-~of which there are no more in sports than in basketball--reflect ed in their conduct. The. coaches have been Noval enough to the gane to see their own faults, publicize and try to correct them, | Putting basketball on the same high plane of ‘spor tsnanshin as football, bDaseball ‘and some. of the other branches largely is A natter of co-operation, . You. can't forget that the indoor court. zane sprang ‘from .an ‘educational. . institution and primarily vas rooted only: in the idea of pleasant, body-building | recreation in connection with the more acadenic pursuits in that institution. fa ien © Ae *F. ? 13 STARTED WHEN BABY ollie cs ae Young engi. HReP: Coach Beran, Shooting Be skets When Only Six Zears Old. 4 a »Philndelnphim,: den, (1N8)--arnie Measi} conier, | BB-yoar-ola nev head. iene “Ot: hemlcath ad) at Temnle University. nnd probably: the youngest najor ' collese, court mentor in. the country, heen shooting baskets, when he WAS six vears old, c+ ee & & His father, a player in the days en the grme was vlaved in a cage, set up. a ‘nein: in, the Messikomer back yard for Ernie. to. practice on, Messikoner, captain of .the Tenple- court, sqund in. 1976, has. 3p tained. every. basketball teen -on rhich he- plarr ed, . ineluding those in. grammar end high school, Penn Athletic, Club- and Tennle. varsity, and fresh- nan outfits, : ek - & Tennle'ts basketball ia is the wiice sound vhysically in Ovl history, none of the players, with -the exceotion of Don Henderson, renching siz feet. ..¢ a44 ae dai 2% Fie ai go ee ates aa cont 94 * * KK K KK OK OK KK K KK K K OK OF BAT RAUK'S MARK Bob Barbi, the St, Merr's nae “forwaré performing ‘wate ith the Gaels a against the Trojans and Brains this vreelkend, hroke Henk * Iuisetti's prep scoriag record in Sen Franciseo, But helt have to fo some to equal the BzOgt Merk, met 99 ht Hung up -at..Stanford,. eo ar ss x * ; * * * * * i. - COLLE ac COAS HES BACK EOP. COMMISSION. _ eee Believing that orza sritned aatew basketball has a definite place in the. general Seas of nudlic recreation, basketball coaches from five : nearby major college vestetday. volunteered to sunnort actively “the Boston amateur basketball” Sound ation at the annual | necting. of. the -orgenization held inthe Walzer Memorial of.M,1,.2, Enrolled as members of the commission, Wes Fesler of Harvard, Henry McCarthy, M.I.T.; Merrel Collard, Boston University? James Dunn, Northesatern University and, Arthur Cochrane .of. Tufts College. enthusiastically endorsed the orgénization's aims.and! plédged cooneration with league of- ficials Jamos Parker, president; Honry McGuiness, vice-president; and Me Puncay, MBSALL secretary-treasurer. ak a : : HE ACRE A HR HOE Hee ICH “WES, PARKOR Is ALL FOR ELIVIVA amg BACKBOARD, ‘ ‘eoteee H, Porker. pia ot2t) Bisctric)? “Daring t he ‘several: years” I Sherk baske tball. without backhoards OS 6 of. the outst aucding stars of the a country. were smell.nen, Daye MacMillian cen tell you about, George Tilden - of the .Washington. Continctals one of the . 2 arent forwares of all tine, and Clark.of Flushing 4,1), Snow and Hardnan of Conmeny E of Schenectady. and _ tho, left. forward of the Buffalo Germans. aL you eon fs the, Records you -» .Will, find the., scores ren, just as Bich § as they .do. today". Pee ; ee ee é ok oe ." x * * * © 14 EDITOR'S NOTES Some of my boys saw the Southern California-Long Island U, fame. They just were over-enthusiastic about the great "flip" shooting of Ralph Vaughn, the terrific under-the-basket defensive work of Seward Berg, the all-around aggressiveness of. Southern California, the great ‘set shooting of Long Island and the fine pass work of the latter. ~ Vaughn scored 19 points and played the whole zane without a versonal foul. x * kOe KOK * : ets “ In: the middle-vest, several high schools and colleges are exneri- menting on the 20" hoop--Georze Edwards, that one sentleman and coach at the Univ. of Missouri, seeking to relieve the great confusion around the basket, suggested the larger rim... : * ek we OK OK OK ' Univ, of Maryland has a fine team and in DeWitt and Mondorff have two fine performers. They should finish at the top or close to it. * * * * K RK OK Santa Clara has two great forwards in Toddy Giannini and Bruce Hale, who between them scored 34 points in.a recent game at Madison Square Garden, The first player sank 9 baskets and 2 fouls and the latter put in 4 goals and 6 fouls, a aon ee - " ee a OR OR OR Talking nbout comebacks, here is one, Brack in 1922 ‘hen Ray Scott, present Martinsville Ind. coach was playing with Center Grove, hs and his teammates lost the final game of the Johnson county tournament by three points, The following week, they played the same team vith only slight change in their conquerors line-up and Center Grove won, 127 to 3. xk OK KOR ROX ~~ In-the Mountain bie seven conference, the best teams appear to -be ~ Colorado Univ., Utah Univ., and Utah State with Colorado State and Denver - fighting it out for favors. a... Ce are , xe KK OK KR An its first leacue eame in the Western Gonference Lencue, Purdue shot ‘in 14 fouls out of 17 tries. Great work, Posey. , In New York last week, we wandered over to Madison Square Garden. It was about eleven in the morning of a busy basketball doy for Ned Irish, Ned dropped all his business, preeted me with a’fine smile and we talked basketball in his office for at least fifteen minutes. Asking him to write an article for our bulletin, he gladly said he would and that nieht at _the games he came along with the news that is in this issue, Mr, Irish has done A wonderful job in-boosting basketball; he certainly uses the coaches great and he insisted on taking care of my tean, The Garden Basketball floor is about perfect--the non-slippery finish--the lishting--the gloss backboards--the uprishts to hold the baskets so as to prevent injurtes-— the ball retrievers on the ends of the court--the scorers benches--the fine electric boards--all tend to make for a wonderful set-up, Congratulations, Mr, Irish for your great contribution to basketball, and you have given many college youth of America a chance to see New York, 15 “DITOR! S. NOTES ee With the feclis aatimnalt by some. coaches, aie players ‘and -snorts writers that the present game of basketball could. ‘stand improvenient , remedies sugzested during the past month have been. the ‘removal’ of the back-boards, the . elimination of wild shooting and forcing the nlayers to take sane shots. Some are even eetshombat ¢ the retamning: to. the. cages” where whe REE: was praved years ag0. E _ We can first ‘reebens Tageiatlipes 's in 1 1899 when’ most Baste! had no back eo The basket ras” put. upon a two-by-four. and an “tron rod: three feet long held the rim in place, The net was tied at. the ‘dbottou and “the spectators knew ‘a basket had been -scored’when the ball drogned. into’ the net. At-first, a stick “was used to poke the ball output later. Soine | Of; the . taller players were able to push it up and out. : In ‘those: ‘games ; every nee shah ai to. be: qande 5 with: ‘the’ feet + pititor and skillful players arched: the ball. considerably. higher than is‘done now. ‘Since’ there were fewer diversions , players of the.old school" spent more. time at nractice with the: wesubs. Aha exeehtony shooters. were: more. ae Ne — the éxcention, That is one of she reasous why. we. ola ‘timers "wouta: ae 5 “See the” "hone! shot tekon out of the-game, That. congenial Irishman, Dave Macltillen at Minnesota would laugh.with glee if the ‘boards were removed. So;,.+ think, would Nat Holman and 1 am sure-it would help. my. teamsin winning more: gales. Still we ust consider .the.gane for every. college end High school :player and for every coach: and having. seen more. than a thousend games, I firmly -believe that the game is better. withthe. poards, It. is the belief of some peaches that the taller players would not nloy such a prominent part in‘the gakie: ‘and: his undeniable value on rebound.shots and: tap-ins would be lessencd. Nevertheless let us warn them that in the old’ by-gone days, every high school aud colisge -. was: looking for the human circus man. and every, professional + am he El a centre that stood at least’ five inches over six. feet, How those big fellows could .work under the basket! The. big fellow” ‘is still a definite threat around the back boards and if the back boards were oliminated, he would still prove. valuable at converting the ‘nissod. ‘shots, With no boards to break the progress, the missed. shots. ould be numerous. - - The limited tine given to. practice 28 another item that rabies unfavorably toward the removal of: the: bonrds,;-Coys, are still going to hizh school and college for an education and wild, ineffectual. .shooting at a susnencsd rim would draw “the ire of the svectators. lot only would the “players: feel the wrath of the fans _ but’ the coaches. would also be definitely on ‘the. nan. Alumni: openieat als would rise in arms if their.teams, gave. exhibitions. of ina recuracy.” ‘Scores, : too, would be decidedly lower and tealns ; nolding aticht leads _ in the waning moments, would. be immossible to peat, A fer ndints would be “protected by “effensive- stelling and the gene would be slowed wo considerably, ‘Now we must. ask ourselves whether or ‘not ve want to go back .to the enclosed courts, In. the. old days, the courts were surrounded by a board - enclosure three feet high and from. thereto the ‘ceiling was ‘a’net that'kept - the babi continually.in »ley, Or do we want to 20 ‘back to the halls that were - heated by a wood ‘stove in the, corner’. A fréoe ball: aror “nd SOE Beery was: ‘retrived very carefully for reasons you can well ‘understind, ~~ The advocaters of a rougher. gane. should know that sib: the Hepietts, basketball was a populer snort, Then, as trinping and’ pushing incrensed, its ‘interest waned, The situation reached. such, a degree that those connected with it were determined : to. pe eh sntine ly unless. soucthirg was done 49. ea the evils. te é " : : e 16 EDITOR'S NOTES _ . Colleges in New. En-land dropped it; the professional crowds fell off end from 1810 to 1920, basketball was at a low ebb, With the geme almost headed for extinction, a small group began to hold interpretation meetings and this resulted in better officiating, better playing and better conditions. _' Today we have a fine game that is playedibq a greater number than any other sport. An example of the success’ with/modern basketball is being received can be. cited by the fact that more than 18,000 fens paid their way into Madison - Square Garden, recently for a colleze double header, | Why go back to the centre jump and other phases of. the old game that served to slow it up to a point of disinterest? Let us make a ferw steps to- ward increasing its appeal to player and spectator alike. This could be done by standardizing the officiating and the playing surface, The latter should be _ from 82 to 85 feet in length and 42 to 45 feet in width, =~ , ? ' 5 * Officiating has improved tremendously tut there is still room for improvement. An indication of the improveent ig revealed in a story by. Leander MacDonald, now nhysical directdr of the schools in Cambridge, Mass. , ‘and a coach for over 25 years. MacDonald had yeen asked to referee a game between Dartmouth and Williams at Hnover shortly after the turn of the century. On -the day of the gare, MacDonald “bought a rulé book and gtudied 4t on-his : ; ride to Hanovér, When he stepped onto the floor, he was stiil in doubt as to many of the rules and most of the nenalties. At the end of the contest, the Williams coach asked him where he thought he had learned the wame and MacDonald renlied that he had played some on a class team at Harvard but that most of his knowledge had been secured from the rule book on the train. "Luckily ror me" , he said, "Dartmouth von 16 - 15 or I would have been yynched vefore | left," NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE, Basketball 4s not much like the gaze that Dr. Jchn Haiswith ssartec in Springfield many years ago althoush four of the 1% prizinal rules are still in effect, The ones that have managed to survive follow! ee (1) - The pall shall he a licht round object similar to a soccer pall. ” on - Walking or running with the ball is prohibited. (2) - The goals shall be porizontal. . ae | " .“(4) = There shall be -no »ersonal contact, i “At first, dribbling was banned but when it was found that players. - (tramed. in the corners had no way of getting out, bouncing was permitted and later a dribble with either hand or both hands ‘was permitted, It was even pos- sible to break the dribule at that time but this was leter ruled out. . . With the advancement through the years, other notable changes almost completely revolutionized the game. The well. dressed player of a few years ago ‘wore an outfit that included long tights and when the shorter pants becane the vogue, they were heavily padded - - The playing surface were not always in the best of condition and the. game was played with. the grain so that when a player ... fell, he would pick up only a few splinters - Basketball ‘was once known as a sissy's game - The first eof areas oF Syeece eer Eneland was held in 1920 and for a long time, the New ®ncland cistrict, with 360 members, had the largest number of officials.- Thore was no disqualification for four fouis in the early games as most clubs had but five players. Instead, for every three ‘fouls committed by Team A, one noint would.be given Team B.~ fb gOSE TOME aa SIGNET? Soe eal eae TP: _. Heywood Broun, the well known sports columist who died recently, vas a great advocater of basketball, While at Harvard, he was the coach of one of the class teams and did much toward fostering the vnrogress of the sport Oi ok 2k 2 ok 2 Og oie 2k 17 EDr TOR'S NOTES » Oswald Torer,, editor of. the wasketball . guide ,. talas ai a ata aaaded oi player, being hit.on the. head | SO. ere. ndth the, ell that, Ait bounded PBs inte, he : pas: ket.: 2 ad pa ERO: tells ofa coach. receiving a. _ letion asking if ‘there. was a nile governing "necessary roughness?" eo a ee aa kok KOK OR a. 99 VERSED BOB. ia Westar: Fosion, wicnuape . iar: ‘coach: and. foruier All Ancrican ‘at Ohio State e,. say's. that he has noticed.a vig. inerease in “popularity: in ‘bosketoall throuzh the DoRten area. in thé past seven years. ‘Fesler -incir erect? is Going a remarkable job this year with not even fair’ Hater ial, A-few vesks - ODEO» his. team pulled a.surprise.. vy. unsetting. Column bia, z prety: an , ‘i 4 tee ae ee a ae. + eae: re, , Arte ites, has. one. of. ‘he: vest teas in’ ‘ash ‘Phat end at Tarts - ‘its ‘year, In Charlie Tibbs ; fhe six foot, _ four inch, 1 ORB EEY a: he ‘has one of ihe best in the country. eB EE ee: Keastenas ‘is. Staking a nace ‘eroid Nea. Trish's hotebook and “aay begin bagkiig doubleheaders between Vest. Soe ast tears end teous from other parts: of the country. * KK KOK OK Minh > Ralph Veughn , he University of southern California's sharpshooting “forran, is. wing, hailed as being, better on the court ‘than "you iuisetti, ~ ee ee ..The.-Lezple University. Ona». sho —_ been doing all ri; ee i hacec ‘ves i in. bie. tine: commetition,. have. one..of. the. you sest. “eoaches in the country in : Ernie Messikoner, Captain of Tele! s ‘1985-1936, court, tean, Messikoucr is 25. aE eR OK OK * * te, Or she: a ~aeae bebe een, “Todtana. and : Butler and won Dy the | forner “40° - og, fe _-the: winners. aaa. 16. Bie Sha goals. in 63 tries, at the basket. viile: ‘Suther dropped 11 in 56 attermts. Wes vern: Conference coaches, have voted that a nev, rule providing for an “enbhone on, shooting. a free throw or. “taking - the Lall out of * rounds * following a personal - -foul ;. will apply: 02 aly during the. last. five: ninutes’ of 3 a, BOO, | The : éntevpretation affects only. Sig Teil, genes. ie. Geld; Fo, o. Be Ge Oe a oils Eaitor! s ‘note! At the ‘pequest. of the editor, “Nell Trish Givcbter” of : Searle ook in Nadison Square Garden, contBisuted the following article on ; his. lmressions 98. the. intersectio: 1a senes. in How York during the early” season... -- ' > ae “>> The most impressive factor to ise in the carly season ganes here ‘in- Madison Reuare Garden has been the nae high calibre of the visiting teams. In the past six seasons of college basketball in the Garden, I have never seen eight teams of such outst vending and equal sbility coming from all sections of the country as care “ast during Dece aber, Ned Irish - Continued _ : If I had to pick the, best from these eight, it vould certainly te an almost ympossible task. The consensus of opinion auong the writers and critics here seemed to be that San Barry's Southern California yeaa was tops, My personal opynion would be that the Oklahoma Agcies, Colorado and Santa Clara would certainly be of equal ability, - ? ts Toxas by its fine showing raised the stock of southwestern vasketvall in the East. The Longhorns wider Jack Gray'were the first team from that section and conference to stave off the jitters here and registered an in- pressive win aver Manhattan, | Pat Stig ME Bars Hog ee +: G tu Oregon made a much better showing here“ this scason than a year ago | even though its 1939 five did win the Pacific Coast Conference title, OlcLahoma ond. Missouri were solid teas end upheld the prestige of the Big Six, Missouri. was visibly hendicaoned by the absence of its tro big men, Currence and Cooper, who were with tho football tean, George Etwards missed those big mon in the N.Y,U, gome for Missouri got.vory few revomds.' 3 New York University apnarently is the best of the metronoliten district teas although Long Island University, St. John's and St, Frencis are above average strength and imy cone along to take rank with N,Y,U, as the newcomers scttle down, “ sets . Some great, individual nlaycrs have. performed brilliantly, Ralph Vaughn of Southern C.tifornia; W, D, Enunt and Bobby Moerrs of Toxas, Tgaay Giannini of Senta Ciara, Jack Harvey and Leason McCloud of Colorado; Jorry Steiner of Butlor; Harvey’Slade of Oklahoma An-ies; Jim Moligtt of O;lshoma U,, and dohn Dick of Oregon were standouts auong the visiting players. The resnonse to these seues from the basketball fons of Mew York has been astonishing. The first five games of the sesson, one-third of the regular schecule, shows the greatest average turnout in the six ycars ‘the New York schools have used the Garden as their home court. The all-time record was troken when 18,245 attended the L IU, - Ssuthern California ond Texas - Manhattan double- header, More than 18,000 saw Oreson lose on overtime decision to L.1.U. an the opener. The average for the first five nights has been over 15,000, better than 10 percent increase over last year, which hed been the best in our court history here Se ere 1p RCE EGS ‘ OK OR RK OK OR _ Minnesota beat that favorite team of the Big Ton - by tho score of 46 - 44, Tho winning score was made on a long shot from near mid-floor just as the final whistle blew, Dave MacMlillan's toam led in ‘the first half 29 - 16, making Dave say "ane of the finest halves of basketball a teem has ever played for ne," In the first eignt and one half iinutes of the second half Indiana scored 31 points Minnesota's gne. We. can hear coaches say that either one of these fine teams should have coasted, through with their big leads, but, kids are kids, and when they blow big leads on us, wo just have to take it. That is what makes the game so ponular, nov, as anyone con vin, for with tro minutes to go Indiana was leading by four points and still lost. What a thriller this game must have been, So why change it. Our idea is to let it alone. 49 “TO YOU LIKE THE CAM OF SASKSTBALL! a By Georzé Basnor i" “a. 2 ph So Pigg “Poul Pioneer. Press - - Jan. 14, 1940. Dy: you ‘Vike is game tof! basketbal 1 Does’ at provide: thrills in’ proportion : to, the cost and trouble involved in atten@ing gates, - «« + se “Heason ‘for ‘the’ qhestion is-simoly this? A Lot of “fans: baliésevthere is ™ Sbawiaarante roo for inntoveiuent aiid’ suzost changes so’ radi eal: that , ify they “were put into effect we might” haye another fine sport, “Sut - it w rouldea' be basketball as we know it nov, . * A G85 Bony 226 In our opinion it would be difficult to inhala an argue: at that pasketball, inperfect as it may be, is not a good game,’ lt still outirats the reat colleze game of foo toall and by observation, provides anout as many Prgkoor ae as a person “gould ask’ to-le “packed “in® am howl” of ‘competition.’ “°. . . Sasketball, from a technical standnoint may b nicked to mheces,” elt may be “sown, in Togieak: fashion , ‘that it is notia fair dst i that 4t micht be nade far nore attractive: ‘fron a ‘spec ae oe int. Aad ,yvet, despite all :the crit- icism, 12,000-or Hore’ fans cai: be De tod. into’ the Minnesota Ficld hoyse ‘to ‘sce ~- the lianesota Canbers meet a Piz teas ‘opmonent 2 200 » “ The logic majr'show ‘one ‘thicic, miblic. Hithrest -S0rme ththa entire ir. different. Any game that stands tons fron: “A poncrél = _ ettencance standpoint can't eS! atirely wrong. ' : = = L500 CL Gs : TAD ARE 17S aus? fe This. A the ‘criticism soul heax phate a doseath fans ‘above’ eld othorsi Chott a ““pame 1: a which “2000 »lar is pena ait eidd: rather 4 than revarcdds: im 8) p44 ot That is based orincinally on the point that: a, tea scoring. a Bade t jsust give un possession of the ball” to the onnosition. Why, the critics ask, should a, team ve put at a disadvanta; e after Going something for which it should de commended? Pasketkall, they. seyy is the only snort in which this is done. ee, oe @ Meter of f act, hat is uns jen St of bne eritici srs that ay be cir- ~ectéd azainst basket dell: ! It is-not-the ‘only: s6r8 that: wddies: to tea. ‘tating: even by putting at a . disadventae thé “téan “thich hrs ‘dist unde a seord; Fodtball’ Coos voxactly that when it provides that the team scored against may choose whether..to “xick.or receive the next “kickoff; Golf does: exactly the > smc Then, in’ riaitch Stey, st provides ‘that the player’ wintine a Kole must play first from the ‘next tee and give his opnonent the advanta ant “ok gudg “ie the wisdom of-his choice of club. | “Basketball would becoiis: ao farée if the téan“sedriic a basket were given “the advan ta age-in the throv-out ’ ‘OF the hall for réesimption of play. Ie that * were done a toon ‘that was only a “Tittte sunérior too its: ononsnt would become so superior ‘as to déstroy the: corpetitive: ongle, Gar sos thet How sive the: cppaering beau an advantage of a few points would -beeone utter robis? aa us 7h + 227% must’ te"adnitt bed: that” the element of Mucic’ often results’ teithe batter basketball teom losing’ a: ‘elose® perme, But-is ‘thatoa situation “pevel ser’ to basket- | ball? Would anyone suey eS t tha ts at Goesn' - ny yoni in: rysnee al Abs! “golf, hockey, tees what % have yout 1 % roan 7 it 2E on oF var cg aomnat ‘Be 9 aa btcony “to- Say > ERBAD tito 18 ion Ly” roo oe Tharseereht: in > “BRE ‘But when’ the’ rules co: aiittee takes ‘un’ the natter of correction it ™ ¥ hg should renenver that: most’ of tHe’ things nor being erfticized ore -the rosult of - oy Shanes. yer were. > dest ane: oct to. ‘correct what nreviously'r vOre San ears ir Sauce OF Toy . \as tbe" t st ond ovit ac 20 vee * ‘you lik ke , basketball, Cont! a. oe ee A case in point. is the. élisiina ion: ef: the, ‘conter bof? after a score, -Purnose behind the elimination of the tipoff was to. minimize: the importance of a-tall -center,. Maybe the. change did that, but it. still Aida! t ‘eliniaate the im- portance of height in the team as a whole, | ! Beyond that, tho change brought up’ the reasons, gor. ‘va presont eriticisn, giving the ball to. the team: -vhich vas scored on, out of -bowids, Do the critics - went to go Back to the. center tipoff, or do they have: in. cman a ‘Bepter.. vay of putting the ‘ball back in ar etter a Score? Another Change Failed of. Purpose! ~ Another change that ‘vas: “dosigned. as an improvencat, enparontly hos f¢ failea in: ite: warposo,!: ~ That is the one. that provides’ for noving tho ‘ball ‘out of the. bade court within 10 seconds. The purpose 1 wag to eliminate stalling. In away it may have done that, but it rosulted in an objection even greater than the old-time stalling. Whereas it is still possible to stall in the front .court,. the game is now limited to half the floor instead of the full court as once was the casc. Yeron- sive players no longer go beyond mic-court to obtain. possession of ‘the’ ball, but wait for the opposition to afivance past riid-court.. ‘It is: much. Like: defensive hockey at its worst, with the defense’ scurrying back. to: defense bad its orn goal as soon as it loses possession of: the Dall, a ‘ These’ various ratters are not: pointed ptt ds Macey criticiens, but mokely to illust: sate the difficulties into which the rules committce can get itself if it. listens and resnonds to all.critics without giving duc caciesuasnee to. the new difficulties which chang eS may bring un. os rob tM Se Sa — a - SHALL: THE. BASH Be EY mit “MRD Things es aren + of fficial just. yeti: | put the oat) najor ee | in “voake tial (romenber that game? “WiLL prondse elimination of the BASKETBALL. The suze sestion is contained. in a- ‘contribution | to today Ss sports¢osk nail, which usually zets Heavy around payday. ~~ .~ The corresnondent is. Frederic. Brandes , superintendent ‘of ‘sanols a. iotaba: Lake, tho incloses. (postnaid): a claim he was ori: finator. oF the: elim nator" the-backboards move back in the tore ‘conservative days. =. | : . =» This move he regards as.a necessary concession . to oe: “$tho, ‘pay Ss . pretty penny (even +3: “Lincoln. did need’ a shave). They, “pay: their pretty ‘pemy | to. see two halves of a sane, get filed away in pews back .of the backboard and see — only half the game. #limination: of the backboard, therefore, isa canital idea - _. at about half-a-cent capitalization. That's about as much as any of the tampering with basketvall' rules is worth, as far as Mr. Brandes is concerned. He admits climination of the basketdali is something the public is not prepared for just now - groung must be prepared. The way to prepare it is with a rule-makers' ‘spade that will dig the game's grave. . Ag other suggestions for rules: "nedélers! Mr. Brantes adds other legs slation from. his ‘1940 edition 26 a + (3): Eliminating baskets, . eubstitutine a disc ih a pall! s oye} * eakack: wold: set offa eoligy ‘light up a soore on en entomatic scoreboard; numbers with betting odds would flash “for the more sporting patrons; (2) barring suards having 50-inch hips; (3) forbidding a dribble strai. cht throuch the cpnosition - a player _ must advance 10 strides horozontally, 10 vertically, then pass} (4) making all shots . from five two foot circles painted red; (5) allowing no player to make nore than 10 points a game - is this fair to the opposition} Moaison Square Garden the night U.S “mach afraid: the f & ‘eta Abie Negi. Ang - -of bounds,’ Avove:. all George . getests. the .zone. defense, oni BY DICK FRIENDLICH - George Barsi gnach of Santa. se s Broncos, was. in the stands at . whipped. Long Island U, and he is very rojans are- stronger, than they were last. year. ‘That is, he is afraid in an ,acadenic,sense, since the. Broncs and. Trojans. don't meet, unless -itebe in the N,C-A,A play-offs, which. OTe . quite..a piece in the future: Southern California! g-auards ,.renorts George, ; ‘are shooting much oftener - (than of yore.and-driving into.the: “basket oftener, too. The failure of. Coach Sat Barry to have his. saards. shoot. in-recent. years. cost. ‘Troy mere than one “gone; It vas:possikle almost..to. Agnore. -the. Tyo jam, guares : on offetise ond’ play -- five mea on defense against. three in the Gane C.front line,of attack, We, saw -. -Califoraia do‘exactly that: one.night in. 1938 and. hold: Troy. to something like . igixsfield- soals.: Barry: loosened «=.» Dartmouth was an excention to ‘this ‘style4” Soke Py ors, Columb ia. ait Baltinoré observed it almost religiously, Deen renorted, Nebraska and Wis- "er gL? “congin y: theo ther. -two-Indian: foes» both play..the -f, ast, brealz fume, Tach, Go- ninates the Midwest. Eastern interpretation of-fouls,.csnecially..on screcn: ‘plays + “aiffors 2 cotisiderably. fron. the Pacific Coast version » out. you. can “nearly kill the. -. ball-handler. svithout : ‘Doing called. if..vou don! t hit fron _ the: rear, Tt! Soe very. nuzglings wae waite ‘The. Indians. cane. chowe-t vith ‘their. Lineup. set save “for ‘the eonter job, aril ~Diele Taylor,-6. foot6 inch junior ,. aid some rowarke Le. rebound: ‘work on the '. «tour, Dean said,. and - is.casily. the best ‘defensive man lof. thé, condidates. However, Lob Ponn, a 6-foot 5-inch. sophol MOTO 4.18 the Bost. gengerous’ scoring threat, inci ll will pee got the Japsingi detin%. ageinst | Gy c, 4, Ae a + sy LIE. . ot. a 140 to, recognize. ‘hela high Schbot" tasket ball. ns DORs Ralph Lincoln. Vaughn, of Frankfor t-and SPeEE A cel Ome Precis Life! Ss current cover ae vole page , ie: ede ‘ ey it. F, FE, Figen a “is won aa af. Mr: Gcoree ih pan 1 hos not Puy the nesketball vce foenples: to. get hin. ‘dom... “Notre Dawe is. seldon 9 hard vréssed” as. at ‘the moment nan aebosbeb 4 ; B00. and: Notre. Dame is seldom. in. such a h haskett atl pli ant, Mr. Keo zon does not care for the ten-second rule, ‘the Line ‘across, the floor, the ~ * » @limination.of-the center jump, .the three-second rule of the. rule- which’ nermits onthe offended team to. decline a-Eree . ti nro. and . take. possession, of. ‘the ball out re eu: By Whi they. Martin (Asioctated ? Press: maerts Writer.) - ee Ye Teri's g = LA sais of: “thie averaze mm of ‘basketball: scores. these at nights, with the. totals leaving. the impression that naybe- tho teams should try - outa, defensé- sometime, if only for thenovelty of it, >rings up the memory that such shooting affairs are a. comaratively recent | develonmont. ae) prior. to 1922, rhen. the rules: ‘committes: “rade: probably the to most “impor tant. changes..in the code since the exibryo period of the game, a fen hada pretty fair chance of seeing two quintets battle. in a furiows em duel which - bignt-end in a ‘one-sided 9 to 7 or: 13 to 10. decision. =o ws: The oles. if. question were’ ‘the. 10-second rulé,. hekins it necessary for an offensive team: to advance beyond the: center of. thé floor in that period, and the - elimination, or wodification, of. the. pivottpost. play. , in which a team with on Eiffel towcr conter ae anchor him at the foul line’ and foed hin the sald like it was. tossing. herring. B Seale oy al A RULE. PREVENTS Sra. op | 3 The 10-second rae was. by far ‘efi naljor ay rover tent, in that it eliminated i stalling. It. vas. not .an. uncommon sight to sce a team in the lead, even a one or tro point lead, get the. ball in the back court and dofy its” opponent. to come and gzet it, ie ! ft TF the opnonent. ves Segue Ty. stubborn, a. aree rate ‘dovoloped and the zane became something of a minuet in. G, In fact, the back-court tonr often not only - held the. ball: shen it sot tired lobbing it around. It sat on. it, 4 Wd it-vas such a travesty on the LNG “that the rules committee WES pron spt ed: ‘to ‘take steps making it necessary for the referees to learn to count, | | HATIONAL TITLE Of 25-POINTS, | ~ In contrast. to this bountiful scoring, every fon of the ¢ 20's ov before can recall games which ended with the total score of oo teans | ‘thi rty, or even twenty, points or less... dn .1932, just before: ee new adie; was adopted, — Wichita cove won the National AAU. title by:defeating the. Maryville, Mo, Teachers 15 to 14. In 1928 Ashland, ‘Ky, , high school won the “national intercollegiate tournament at Chicago, .and: most, if not..all, its wimiing scores were twenty noints’ or léss. » In 1922 the arny army quintet. lost two games. to oponents , vho failed to register a, single’ field goal. That. was the year before the rule was adopted requiring the Tan fouled to shoot his ow freo throw , and a team which haa an expert in the free- throwing department was: sitting pretty. ie ew ee NOT ALL SCORES REN LOW, aS * e st coes not follow that all scores.in that prehistoric neriod were puny, Passiac, §.J,, high school ran up a phenomenal strinz of 159 victories before it was: defeated. Dy Hackensack in 1925, and some of, ‘the Passiac scores were whopnoers. We were-a substitute on < a Cedar Ranids , Ta.., high school team back in the yates that won a game 108 to a? but such a score tat only was wmsual thon. at would ve astonisHins today. ~..... The 3-second. rule as.applied to the pivot-post play tended to take some of - the advantage away. from a teat which had a: ‘towering nlayer. The bean nole might not be able to get out of his.orm way, but if he could catch a ball, wheel around like ‘an: engine on a: ea and + POR at the. basket that. was all that was neces~ . aah The. ota nntson ‘of the center fa. vas. a later develomnent, tending to speed up a “game that already was virtually tated motion, but the real reason for the large scores of today is tho rule which made the players do their’ sitting on the bench, not on the ball. BE 23 (By The Kansas City Star's Om Service.) Lawrence , Kans. Jon, 9.9 = Phoz Alion, Kansas: coach, is pretty proud of his "Fony Express" cage: team, as ho calls it this year. 258 “*Thoy' re. Sexintineg: :to* prove", i he- pa: "that. hed ant t isn. ite STORIE, in this Fen of basketball. afteriably™: 2 sasie bia odegege ae vs Brie Konsas: ponies averaze eilay a hog Snel ovo six: naa ‘ond ee. no man a! over 6 feet 25 on the first tvo-squads,: ‘Every other team in the PROOF DEG has - » “Prot ‘one 04 a half, eateon ‘abrantiate: players: of Si eat fr Ox sti Bish Li vce "RANGE SOONERS TERE SEATED, 38 This 4 Last é Benacy’ niet na Jegiheistes took: ‘the vel). and: : cael ‘ib amey. — a “rangy ~ Sooner outfit and bent them 46: ‘to 26s: “Tall OreLechonse: Center. #ord, 6 feat, 6, was _ adle to tiake only one basketj-9 00 8 fj ar Buf Coach Aten’ still’ ‘réaliads: “the: tak: ume ie an S eivaniaona Poul Mooney, Columbia, university cdoch, “proposes to’ take ‘away. the backvoard,.-but-Allea feels that that isn't the answer. WTlg like to see the qoels. ratsed two -fdet," he says, "They have beer haficine all these’yoars.at ton fect’ gust because thio running track in the gya where Dr, Naismith invented the gane hannened to be ton fect high and that is where the foal. vas ‘nlaced. ~ RAISE: GOAL, tue BARS bana WRaiso: this 58 +bifo" Foot. ‘ands you Hh. tole: eare of these mezzanine-pocping toms that havé“becomé $9 necessary” to:most of: tho teams, And it will do four :~ things. to make: the® gare more: ‘foir Sie Nae: player and more interesting to the snectators* 1, Tt wilt: rol ase | “tho: 4 con: doetion: mider: eae Jacke that make it immossible for cither the spectators! or nlayérs th know what is going on, 2. The rebounds will go out further and cover a wider area, 3, It will ¢alk fora hicher: arch on) sthee shots and thus make a prettier play ee the field goals ‘and: froe throws. fit lt vil: give’ the Kittle fellows yohanee.- T the patactice ‘covrt in Robinson: even iasiur here the Jayhawks work out with cight: gals at a con oui a onae one Moet str ‘11-foot hoons and two 1l2-foot goals, 4 ae : ugh ices boys" i All en €) leined, Say never use a higher hoop in a gene, practising with tho n enaales better, higher, ° vider arcs on their shots ond thus improve their shooting for the “‘récular goal.! Kk ROR OR OK - 0° JUSP ASKED FAMED JOB, o.0 3 urreh, ‘Hurrah, ot edator's ‘back oes” Aad we'll -be on that? Winding track; tho Ss sow lens ytwinédd asl bttie: size Eee F Grlh6 he ebound: with those fréat.” vie euys, Hades Hels dust a'sephy but boy: he! s touch, woe Sho Si Hecnevér seems: to get! ‘cuouch ait SOEs Joints: Penaived he's: fecking fin ee 0D His: size? Ho's only five feet nine -b y* ¢0G0 Bear Danley 'n\. ‘4 sae Thee ‘Club From Corydon, oe Tonle : a - ge peas =" io: aa 28 ths ev - ie tae ae Ls anid the rules are’ not the: sane. ae “ “ ae “pune Vs PROTSSSTONU. That aus acu. a . colleze basketball tean mee snabieale dhe. s@ofes#ionois? Arguments: pro: and con have been heard since: Baltimore joined the: Anerican League, and it is no secret that the clinmers,: the local) pro club, ‘would: welcome the test. ory Eq Wachtor, one of: the. game's createst centers and a former Harvard ei bal ‘coach, declares the nros “could. win "six days a week and tyrice- on Sunde The only thing the collegians have on the pros is condition’ it. isn't: a i The pros have revolutionized the game. It ras not so hot in the early stages, In that connectisn Wachter says? "Frankly, some of these push-and-pull games played in other years by the mros make me sometimes wish I'a never beon associated with the game, Then the Americar: Leacue cleaned it Mp. and. ts g become sone thing scientific, It's really worth vatching nov." — It would require quite a few conferences: between: the tein grows: 40 reach “on agreement over rules. covering ‘such a. — Lhe pros. piey.! On: a aor court : a +e acer oven. up matters to usé idol ceo ae sie ne . | torial. Out “HD PLAYER SPRAES | af i ane asthins ‘fren may uae hours, In nouriig goals.of- “ekGay rfor my tean; I¢ f build firm a house for ental powers, dna find a nerfect way to let off steam; ' . If L-escane swect uatinees. with fems, — Ana goyly skin the ‘adolescent mood. If Mom and Pon enjoy the gma jan gens: And. do not mind ray canpetit to. for fond- Pusan tell mo why ref arn ers argue long |: To -halt.the-gane most every Hoosicr loves? We take our share of music, art and song, ~ And-still avoid the strain of lovey-doves,: What though we niss the classroom now ond then, I gtill velieve we'll turn-out to be men, out of ee. TES BOY FRISI Todeny any *ndotor: Srducht 1 me to the gym So I could see Him ‘practice with the boys, Avid did- they make a monkey out of hin -In:snite of all his ‘sKow and verbal noise! _. They took the ball. from him as from a child, It looked as though he didn't have a friend, And how ‘the neonle in the ‘stands all smiled “9: soe him Parked mon tari nother end! nak. lett nefore the: a was. Seneliod nut cold a ee ~Bécause I hate to sce a friend nass outs But he'll be nerts no notter what he's told And keen on thinking hao! s astar, no dowst; I'a drop him if I didn't imow that he Goes nlaces and nays bills so cheerfully. T. EB 20 LIST, OF QUESTIONS SUBMITTED REGARDING BASKETBALL = = diauhemn Massachusett ts Board of App: soved Basketball Offi .cials x Edvard M,. Kelleher Secrotary-Treacurer é “rst oF QUESTIONS AND ANSTERS REGARDING BASKETBALL | soils Baitor 3.2 Note: Printed hereon are 58 questions b baittaa Up tite ‘@agtern Massa- “chusetts Board of Anproved Basketball. Officials to the National Basketball Committee -. The » ‘BERET AG . answer. follows each question, mre A player on team A secures ie pelt in Ais weeeea st dna Sasbbe t6°R team nate, standing with one foot in.front..court.and,the qther foot on the ten second line, Has the hall been advanced. to. AY ‘S court? ee ee caer a i With oon A in eabpeasinn. of the a can a . player on tean B request: end ‘. be: events a . Same. out BpeeT ANY ‘conditions? é * ieaeers Yes: wan the Sell ‘is sh ‘or in case “oF. injury, upon completion of a play by Teom A, ~. Player on. team. A.is-fouled in the. act of. shooting, _(voal is missed) and “gimultancously this A player fouls B player. . That. is. the decision ahd’ how s is the ball put in play? Se Answer: Double foul;, one free throw to: each team; center toss after last free throw, oon $ om ye res Team A player has been awarded a multiple foul (personal) shot; Before ball is plaeed:on foul-line, team A is charged with a technical. foul, _ Mhat, is vs . the decision and how is the.ball PAY in BLT, Answer: Team A ‘inet oe were fe: Prot “throw, then team B gets-a free ROP SO” ofa Webntanh Gods. Renker ahh pi hor: $he da atoF TER, throw... ‘Gece: A has a aiecic persenal foul. ant. “and before. eae ‘hall is Uisbea on othe foul.line, tean 3B is also charged with, 2, techni cal. foul. “Which is shot first, the technical or personal? F Answer? «Technical « ;.; fees A plas areats for. vented with ball on dze of, or “ithin basket, player of teem 3 grabs and chake s cords, and ball falls out. Are the cords agra ihe rad nt, of. -the .basket..here,,.rnd does or.dors not. the. egal - count? € oe “Field GN ag ‘for Ce A; dooce interference eit G2 basket even baal 7“ ring is not touched, The nets are part of the baskets, ong of i s ‘abonka for Gecltad.. aad alte wae BAIT is on: ‘the. Shee , within the. same, a team mate grads .and. shakes the cords, . nd the | goal is scored, Does it count? ROE Re oi cect (Fin iGn “am odd dake + a Player of team A-shoots for..the. daske 4, and.while. the ball is.on the edge, or within the same, a pinyer of team B reaches up through the cords and does ~-Rot allow,the all to. passthrough or remain in,. Uaderstand.B player does oo mot touch cords. or. basket, and he does. not even, eet, his hand. Up, AS — as the ‘; rim-of the basket, Does the coal count? | Answer: Field werk for team A, “10. pale 5B 26 Both. jumpers “refuse . to" 20 > up “aiid” tap ‘the bail. The referee then orders them to do so. A does, and B does not. Under, pee e@ireumstances should the official charge B with a technical ‘foul? | Answer: -If-A-taps the. ball it is in aie: and no penalty. is imposed on B, Tf A tries to tap-the ball but does not: succeed, foul.on 3B for not jumning after.being ordered to do Cieeren A cahetteats ‘enters ‘the: enne filing ‘to report to ‘the yeteree,. Should the referee immediately ‘eall a technical foul, or first consume’ one play and then call it? .The. POY, had Teported | to the de #2 ay is: . 4 hncteri: ks soon AS “the ‘teams are ay to resume ply ‘oat ‘the foul before actually put $ting the bAl1 into play. . wre wae A ployer. that had previously made four personal fouls ig tek Soar. disqualified is mistakenly sent back in the erme. He ‘yemnins™ ‘in for shout three minutes before the mistake is recofnized, Do all points scored during thet three minute period.count? Is he sent fron the floor snd is his team charged with a technical foul? ee a Sis aie FAR S eRS AB, ~ route, Can tean B remove 1 player then to equalize’ “the: beg at 4 all? . a7 Answor? Yes, to both questions, Team. A has ony: a. ‘— man ‘squad. | “three boys are ‘lost’ wih ‘the °4° “personal foul Ansver: Wo, ‘Play of tean is. fouled ‘while in the act of shooting by: tv70" 3 players. He scores the goal. How many shots is he given? ro RSTO ID cee nsnerre st om Team ayer ‘viciously fouls: ‘team B Saget not in- the net of ‘dtiodting. Does team B player secure one or to free throws and is A disqualified? _, Aasver: Tyo, free. throws, and A is Sisqualified. 15. ‘The home manngement has made every apparent effort to stop the’ ‘GhoWa from . booing. the visiting shooter. The referee halts play, and then as player of team. A is shooting. the home spectators loudly boo (BY. ‘The foul is scored. Would you recommend a free shot or. would you consider the score — Answer: Your judgement is as good as mine on this, tit |: Pout: eer der the score enough without .m extra free throv. If the free sed ill hed been missed, -oAngther free throw should have beer awarded. for the. action of the crowd; then it sppears that he and the nanrgenent can If ‘under e previous question the referee avarded one free shot (teodhnical) not, quiet the cromd, vhat vould you reconmend? ne _.. Answer: . I doubt if. anyone knov's the enswer to this, Probably “ the game ; “Out AS well AS possible, hope ‘there will be ‘plenty’ ‘of * ‘police around ‘when the iL, gane is over, and report conditions to ruthorities of | ‘Honig tom after the game, Has a coach any right to sneak to an official betveen the’ natives as regards to the official's work? Answer! . Ho specific. rule qgainst it, “but at ought ‘not to de. done. The official ‘calls’ A techn nical foul on the coach for viiddet ‘or severe criti- cism bétveen the halves. At the time the players are not on the floor, What is your recommendation 4s to the shooting of this” foul, eta ho is the brill put in play at the start of the second half? 1188 Ly, “eter” the P¥ee" — ‘ball is tossed at sonnets se pie av se Ansver: Free throw is tried when the teams are ready to start the second half. ce a An official RIM ro fr bolita Bete va it, is enforesd he AS. convinced by a conch, or the other official that his Gec}slon WAS: erroneously made, fof he chenge it? i ‘ ’ reeks ~* Ansver: “Yes, we should change his decision if. convinced. that he is, wrong be- 20 4 ‘piphts. in sie aA- matter? vee lo ood ss SSS. ron res a. of a but the conch. should have no voice, AD, the natter, a ¢ piny is ond duving ie progress of ‘A pane, Age oe doen evidence his rights as to the oo! an Hama date BE EOS playt.. Or has he any Ansver: The coach has no rights in this shel sn ‘In a high ‘seliook gone’ that has ended, ine tie. score, sthe .teans. go into.an. overtiné period, ~ Team A scores on point ena free. throw, then. B scores’ a floor basket which spparently ends the:-.2ame , : Aue on this.some very play while the ball mas in the air, team B connitted a f mid ee sive team A its foul shot? «If so, -and they scored. it: and.tied.yp.the ball .eane » and the period ended in a tie, do-you- play a second: ake eae Sakae on. tne: ‘be esis of a team having 6 score he nore additional 3 noints first, or aust one’ “point? > kiswer? eat A pots its meee ee it. po sau up, the. game again, it takes only: one “point ni win’ the - ‘wane thercafter.. nds a ai hat law 23. 24 am OS SH Team A ployer: shoots his own eeblehtes scoring Ane, points for tern ie - Which bons is _— aie ball out a bounds? raWeres£ ——— question means. ree i shanhe. ini Bis. eck scor: ine 2 ‘oints “for -B,* It ts. then fs: ball out of bounds: .at. the: end. where | the | onl was thrown, Plaver of teem Avis dribbling continuously, end. on.one. of the bounces, he, ‘bats the “bakl with one hand over 4 team Bis. ew s head, and ‘before -s reaches the fkoor ‘he’ sends -it-to..the floor with, One , hand, pnd continues his dribble with one hand, Is this legal? ia. Answer: tot, ee anene As in odie trort-237 A caenow: ‘ell bares dae pall e om ‘the “floor. 8 after batting it over Bis head without contacting it, and then contimes his dribble. . Is this legal? homemn. AnsweFf*S¥es72s of .inemeage ae “ef ctoledieal 22 88, moldesip ai aA»! Team A player is dribbling sinele handed, but allovs the alt to bounce once “antouched from the floor, and,then is able to keep. his single, handed aribble going, Is this legal or is it a discpntimed, dribble?» Ansver: Legal dribble, ae Lint peigty ligg na > gaihagea astin Laes tien 4. 4f the, ball. bounced Avries or more. ‘times: fromthe floor un bat ombupates kpaeds en A Tas: ablo;to eet. his ‘Gribble going again? ©: : é : ae Answer: Wo, > aon * - - ge ere . 35%, ‘This “Pstpossible, as it cet be easily denonstrated,.. The, end, Line is. 4 ft. “from the Dackbonras, “Nor a plnyer. on. team A-has the ball just ‘inside the end : Vine And he: Shontg-the balk at the strings or cords, with. English causing the ball ‘to cravl up them into the beset, entering fvom.above... The ball in this situation either‘passes throneh or-steyvs in rith, the. cords, being. tied up in the NS eee: ‘the: » eonk: count? . 28, ae ee “BL. : = wee: 34, 35. 965 nf +" ‘ — 28 Team A — wei evrarded. the ball in its ‘front court just under! the basket because of a violation by team BL A player of team’ A fakes a pass to a team-mate. in bounds, but. passes, the ball behind the end line to a player of . the same team who. then passes in dounds. hat is Pour walang here? Answer: Award the ball to B out ‘of bounds, ‘If in tossing the ball between to jumpers the official notes that ieee are iofacing their. own. defensive, baskets, “shot.ld he re-arrange: their facings? SBS = that is, put. each in his omm half of the:imaginary circle. te re iwithis. his rights. ‘to inake facings” ‘on dumps?” Answer: Yes, he should see that the players are: in their o7n half: of the imaginary jumping circle. . -If he does order particular facings to tvo jumpers and they oo not heed, because of the knovrledge that. no particular Arcane? ¢ are deisiuiitsAcbos thé. rules, wines: Can. such. an official do about, itt | Seti Hon thes: aie: makes | no. difference, provided ench is ae his ovn semi- VEREC SE and. does not. interfere with his ‘opponent « In vie ap iai es ox seis sftieiel ati was in the rir mhen the tineria signal was sounded,: and the basket. scored, He avards the basket to that team, but he is called to the bench, and both timers agree “that: time has expired pre- viously. Would you take Pre basket avai here, “although the official had no doubt in his mind having been “a to. she bench at the sound is the signal? Answer: If the official hears. ‘the ‘sienal, he should melee the faci esos. it, hovever, the, timers agree that tine was up before the signal sounded (gun failed 0. vork on first. attempt), the: official should consider their testimony A player. rolls the ball along the floor say 15} yrds fos so and then secures the “ball, is not. having. been. touched in hettreen tine, ‘tn securing the ball he palais it.up with both hands. Has he, coupleted a dribble? Answer: Yes. Player on team A has ball on sideline out of bounds. He'holds it over the ‘-< gourt- in dounds, and it is taken from his grasp by a team mate, Is this legal? .fmawer:? . No... * 32 erltonticos food? 4 feaes - As in question 34, it is taken by an opponent. Is this legal? Answer: wer? os ‘toad: A Sadie has ‘he pall’ out of bounds. He Jus fe sane it on the floor in bounds, Is the ball in play now? a Answer: No. ‘Team A player attempts try. for field goal when tiner's oe sounds to end cat the period. ‘The ball is subsequently | touched ‘by another A player, and then aa BS. a B pleyer in that order, and the goal is “nade. Does it count? ceca No. ‘With: two officials working as they do nov "Double Referee system" and neither ‘has been designated | AS. referee, Would it ‘be safe:to assume that the-one ‘ho . tosses. she: ball. at. center to start. the game be: considered as euch? This question is: inserted. to take care of situations suchas a gonl counting, sinspecting. equipment dtd, Geciding natters upon which scorers and timers disagree, and on any points not speci ifically covered by the rules, Answer: The rules call a n referee and an umpire, Follow the rules and this question will not aris 40, Answer! Yeas 39 me Player on team A trys for —? while the ball is in the air another player on team A fouls A player on than By If the basket is scored does the goal count? - oath TUE Eats 4 a DRESS Player on teem A in cutting around an Sn dhetit runs out. of Sousa thon steps in bounds and receives a pass and scores a basket. Does the basket count? Answer: Tes, ‘if he ran out’ of ‘bounds » to Avotd running tavo An-oppoment; uo, if he ran out of bounds | to. set” up. a PREY: es eee eee — The gun sounds ‘ending’ the naif: a8 eRe! be i? 1S in Bar, opt abort on eae A fouls player on team B, When is the foul shot tried? ‘Answers brodjndeaye Tro players on opposite teams cause se oe shen sunping to enin possession of a free ball, Should » double foul be called? . : nt (i ABSTPRS 5 BPR UDLeBS. the official considers. the cop tne > accidental. . That should an “official a0. vihnen a Aeapveprient: Sothebn’ +$u10! officials rower dine ' the disqualification of a Hleyer who has four fouls occurs? rs Answer, Why should there by, any, disagreement 17 toe player has four personal ‘fouls? If he hes four, lie is out and ‘thers is. no thing Pe oo tes ‘about, A ployer in the bucket vithout, the ball hrs one —— on the line ik the other foot, in front of the lines. ts the three second rule in e*fedet here?’ Anstter - Yes, ne pasa nee ; : d i os snou.lda guard Ming fron the rear be called it a. aint has his arms srounr. an _opnonent fron the «rear ‘but is not enusine contact. ‘ Answer} Mo; there is no foul until Fontest le pie. 46, A7, 48, ete “ball at midecourt rather then have his free throw at’ the foul Tine, When Whon tean A is avarded the ball out of Soehtn in its fren Le: duet, -are players of this team restricted in the "keyehole" territory fron the time the ball is in the out of dounds player! sg “har nas or: fron ms the bell erosses the side-line? ‘ vee 1 Et A player avarded the ball out of bounds in his front court throws Ball to a tean mate who is in the front court, TALS Pp player then returns the ball to the back court, ane this: poets ssable? SNOT ENOL HOOSY BEA A LTE of ae ae a . : ee fnswer: Yes, ais - ‘ = After Team A has nade an Pie hgDy to score a ef AE e001, who = return the ‘ball ‘to the back court? . rem rel Ansmer The first ae to Keadh! eK: Bal ected tha: shot for® eaay . Explain sxactly the procedure taken when the ceptain mAy wish to take’ the should his option be stated? Als6é include the multiple throw, “Answer; ‘The option may be expresséd at ary tine prior. to. nanding: the ball to the free thrower at the free throw line, In mse of a mal tiple: throw, the ootion may be expressed at ony tine orior ae honding, ie ball | > the free _¢thrower for the Inst, free throw. | : ee ae 50. A recent Nev Yor tean seened to feel thet when any nenmber Of the:team was fouled while in the "act of throvine for a goal" that this member tas entitled to two free shots whether or not the corl vas missed, The rules state if he is fouled from behind he gets the to shots, Just what will decide the rear, from the side for instance? 20 santas The. position. of the dafénaive player decides it largely.” ‘Ifthe is behind the offensive player, and in such A ‘position thet he’ eannot play the ball, 2 free throvs should be avarded if he causes contract. If the defensive player is in such a position that he can play the ball ania ‘tries to ‘do so, _ only 1, free.thror.. should. be amarded | if, the field goal ; is made and if — does -. Bly 52.6 53, 5A. net involve roughness, ae When a player is roughly. treated. and. ayarded tro shots, Senos he may not be shooting for a gonl, there may be tvo. shots. aarded., How many fouls are chearged to the offender and what type of fouls Bre so charced? ~~ Ansver:.. 1, foul is..charged. to, the,offender as.in the case of any other, personal foul, Be ae Tean A scores a basket and immediately calls "time-out", ‘Is this alloved by the rules?. Answer: Yes, ink what is the best officiating technique concerning held balls within the foul Lene? . That, is, who. should toss. the . ball up. at the foul line? Should official A toss “‘up- in, Bis. "bucket" or should A toss up in his own foul lane territory? _Ansmert 2 bie K stktd toss A in . Bis. froe throw lene, “but! your opinion as "AS 2008 as mine on this, Tenn player. ek ‘OE. Soups thir ball in and it, bounees’ ‘off tean- B player and goes out of bounds: nen “Whose Tall? ‘In cnse oF A deliberate act vould this »lter the case? Answer: _ Tean 1 Als hei. pie thee deliberate or not. 7 Of course, "¥f A slams the ball at B for the purpose, of injuring hin, or in a burst of anger, A foul could be called on A oe But nerely used ‘as-a-snart play, ine is legal, iam tenn A plnger has nous feot in the back court and when ‘gribbling the ball bounces into the front-court, Has the ball gone in nto the front court or do his feet govern the nosition of the ball? ABSEOES 5 The ball is. in the front, court, . Poul team ri Cot iant foul "tien® on ‘then. as s they. are ‘leavine floor after first half. When is technical foul ‘shot, and if madé or nissed when is ball put in vlav? Pie. Answer: red ‘ae ‘is ee when she’ ‘Cede are ‘Peady for the second ‘half, Genter ball. after, the. free throw, Rules Committee recommend 2 men for every game where it is neeettbe, Do you think one.nan can do as rood a job as. 2 men? Whot_ is the opinion ‘of nost coaches. cand officials on this Hatter? - _ Answer: I think.2 men are better than one.. I cannot speak for coaches and otttelal ee. Se oe me Ye pow eee 58, On a ‘eae ihore Games havé “the. rieia nets’ with o~ steel. frane, _ player attempts foul try and it hits bottom frames and rennins in egube: Is ball in play? ~ wee. Pies oc. or,