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Mr. George Evans, DeKalb Teachers College did a fine job in his financial
arrangement of the display of the sporting goods at our convention. He made an
agreement with the Secretary of the Manufactures association to pandle this
snorting goods display. He charged these companies cach fifty dollars for a
booth, Five coumanies displayed thcir wares. He arranged with the Association
to split fifty-fifty on the total income and he would pay the exnenses out of
his fifty per cent so we received ¢195,00 and added to our treasury. Mr. Zvans
urged all present to talk to the snorting goods men and the coaches interested,
the exchequer would be yncreased next year.

NOTE;

The renort of the Rules Recommendation Committe ond their discussion
are reninted in this bulletin, since all members scem to be interested in this
discussion,

Naismith's original basketball was played before the big game (Oregon State
Vs Ohio State for the N.C.A,A. Basketball Championship.) Twelve players on each
side - whites and nurnles, Then the players were cut to nine and finally five.
Official threw ball uw from the side. The twelve men on a side played five
minutes, whites winning 4 - 0, and only two personal fouls were called although
it was a mad scramble,

Nine men played five minutes and the score was vhites 9 - purnle O. Your
purple baskets went in and then came ut, What a kick woule go up now.

The game concluded with five men on a team,

As a novelty the game was fine, for anyone could sce that twelve and then
nine players were too many on the floor, ,

‘NOTES ON OREGON - OHIO STATE GAME.

1. Oregon was a big team, the guards peing the smallest players.

2. Oregon used a fast dribble with its two small guards Cant. Robert Anst
and Wally Johansen dribbling through the entire Ohio team with great speed, sxill
and agility.

%, Ohio used a wan to man defense - Oregon a kind of shifting zone.

-4, The two Oregon guards were brilliant floor rorkers and set up many plays.

5. Dick Gale and Vintersute of Oregon were big boys and they could pass
very good,

6, Ohio State could not seem to penetrate a zone defense and therefcre had
to shoot long.

7, Jim Hill, leading scorer of the Big Ten, made five baskets. Three of
these were the sensational tyne, pretty close in and thromm one hand.

8. Ohio State started the second half with a bang and with two baskets by
Hill came to within one point of Oregon, but Wintermute, Gale, Anet and Dick
shot four baskets very quickly nutting the score 29 - 20.

9, Both teams passed wildly at times, but the passes were hurried.

10, About 200 Basketball Coaches attended the game and were pleased with
the reception given at Northwestern.

ll. Nels Nordgren did a fine job in piloting the out-of-toym coaches to
the game,

12, Final score Oregon State 46 - Ohio State 24,