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* ‘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
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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}