B. T. GROVER, OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT THE NATIONAL ASSOGE DR. JAMES A. NAISMITH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HONORARY PRESIDENT OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS B. T. GROVER, President Nat. HoLMAn, First Vice-President NELSON NORGREN, Second Vice-President EVERETT DEAN, Third Vice-President EDWARD J. Hickox, Secretary-Treasurer FRANK W. NEY, Editor BOARD OF DIRECTORS W. S. CHANDLER MarsH DIgBOLD W. H. BRowNB VAL. LENTZ EDITOR OF BULLETIN FRANK W. KEANEY, State College, Kingston, R. I. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Buiam GULLION, CornelljUniversity, Chairman OSBORNE COWLES, Dartmouth{Co ege Karu J. LAWRENCE, Allegheny College WILLIAM Seon! North Carolina University a: se University a Gs sewer a auw University ios BraZi, Detroit — FRANK Root, A. E. HayLet, Doane Salioge JACK oo Texas University G. P. DAHLBERG, Montana State H. A. Hogsson, Oregon University BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE Don Wut, Connecticut State, Chairman Forrest C, ALLEN, Kansas University Sam Barry, Southern California JOHN B. FRIBL, Washington State E. A. KELLEHER, Forhdam University Grorcn KEOGAN, Notre Dame University Warp C. LAMBERT, Purdue University JoHN LAWTHER, Pennsylvania State DALE Lasu, Wesleyan University JOHN MAusgR, Tennessee University Roy M. Munporr, Georgia Tech. Gus TEBELL, Virginia ea JOHN TRUESDALE, Grinnell College COACHING ETHICS COMMITTEE C. B. Hoy, South Dakota University, Chairman JAMES BAKER, South Dakota State E. S. Hickny, Creighton University J. W. Hutton, Hamline University JosEPH LAPCHICK, St. Johns University Ro.um F. WILLIAMs, Iowa University VISUAL INTERPRETATION COMMITTEE Nat. HoLMAn, City College, N. Y., Chairman W. H. Browne, Nebraska Universi versity EVERETT DBAN, Stanford University Harrop E. Fostsr, Wisconsin University Cuuck TAYLOR, Converse Rubber Co. RESEARCH COMMITTEE GEORGE Epwarbs, Missouri University, Chairman H. C. CaRLson, Pittsburgh University EveRETT DEAN, Stanford University BLAIR GULLION, Cornell University HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE CLIFFORD WELLS, Logansport ae Chairman CorNEY COLLINS, Omaha South High H. T. McCo.ioues, Crawfordsville High JOHN TRACY, St. Ignatius High, Chicago OFFICIALS COMMITTEE Forrest Cox, Colorado University, Chairman W. J. FERGUSON, St. roa hs College, Pennsylvania t OOSTING, pcre fie vie — Connecticut . L. RoMNEY, Utah S pau coin COMMITTEE ForREST C. ALLEN, Kansas University, Chairman GEORGE EDWARDS, "Missouri University H. W. Browne, Nebraska University CONVENTION DISPLAYS E. A. KELLEHER, Fordham University, Chairman TOURNAMENT AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE H. G. OLSON, Ohio State University, Chairman F. C. ALLEN, Kansas University JOHN W. BUNN, Stanford University PRESS COMMITTEE Pau. D. HINKLE, Butler University, Chairman NAT. HOLMAN, CITY COLLEGE, N. Y. FIRST VICE PRESIDENT ate teeta ® tes ee te ceet tess ett iete EDWARD J. HICKOX, SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SECRETARY-TREASURER December 9, 1939. Dear Coach: YOUR National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States INVITES your membership and your help in furthering the aims of this group. The great game of basketball is growing constantly and this is your opportunity to have a part in formu- lating the program for the sport. Many of you have felt in the past that the annual membership dues of Five Dollars ($5.00) were out of proportion to the benefits to be gained. This was especially true of members who found it impossible to attend the annual convention. In an attempt to gain a greater representation of coaches and a more mutual interest in the activities of the Assocta- tion, these annual dues have been reduced to TWO DOLLARS ($2.00). For those attending the con- vention, an additional fee of $3.00 will be charged, However, the group feels that the new Two Dollar fee will encourage the membership of practically every college coach in the United States and that these new members will profit by their membership as will the Association gain through the broader view gained through such a large membership. There are three types of membership in the Associa~ tion, These are the HO Y, the ALLIED, and the ACTIVE memberships. Formerly, only coaches in schools holding membership in the N. C. A, A, could be active members, At the last convention this ruling was changed so that "coaches from instituions which offer a four year baccalaureate degree and who are actively engaged in the profession of basket- ball coaching shall be eligible for ACTIVE MEMBER- SHIP", Other coaches in junior colleges, high schools, and preparatory schools are eligible for the ALLIED MEMBERSHIP. The ACTIVE TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP allows voting privi- leges to the coach; the ALLIED member has the privi- lege of the floor but not of voting. oes A hasty review of the values of membership in the Association may be worth while, In my mind, the most important consideration should be the fact that this is the official group representing the college coaches in decid- ing the problems of your profession. Your PROFESSIONAL PRIDE should demand your cooperation in furthering basketball. Each year the rules committee of the Coaches Association forwards to active and ellied members a QUESTIONNAIRE on proposed changes in the basketball rules, Your answers are formulated and brought to the floor of the conven~ tion for discussion and the desire of the majority is forwarded to the BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTES for their consideration, Thus you have a major part in the adoption of new rules, The RESEARCH COMMITTEE of the group carries out experiments on equipment, rules proposals, and other important matters in the hope of giving to you scientific information before presentation to the convention. Some of thoir worthy projects haye been studics of THE ELIMINATION OF THE CENTER JUMP, THE NEW TYPE BALL, THE NEW GOAL end, at present, they are engaged in e study of shooting statistics with the present I8" goal and the proposed 20" basket, A portion of your TWO DOLLAR MEMBERSHIP FEE is allotted to this committee for their experiments. Both active and allied members receive the BULLETIN, the official publica- tion of the ASSOCIATION, The bulletin is a newsy, mimeographed organ con- taining pertinent information regarding the Association, the coaches and the game, It is worth the membership fee in itself, The November issue eqontained the minutes of the last convention, along with other "dope" on basketball, CAN YOU AFFORD TO MISS THIS INFORMATION? Last but not least of the rewards of membership is the NATIONAL CONVENTION. Here the problems of the basketball coaches are ironed out in an atmosphere of good fellowship, along with an excellent social good time which offers the opportunities for mingling with the coaching personalities from all sections of the country, CAN YOU DENY YOURSELF THESE ADVANTAGES? Basketball is looking forward to a banner year, The membership in the Association is expected to more than doyble its roster of active and allied members. Your TWO DOLLAR MEMBERSHIP FEE forwarded today will start the various comnittees on their way to help basketball during the coming year, your returns will make you feel that it is the soundest investment in your coaching career. DON'T DELAY$ Send your membership check made payable to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES OF THE UNITED STATES to me or to Mr, Ed Hickox, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts AT ONCH, With best wishes for a truly pleasant and prosperous basketball season, I] am Very sincerely, Blinn Blair Gullion be/1 Chairman, Membership Committee, NELSON NorcRrEN, University of Chicago Nat. Hoximan, City College, New York E. A. Keniener, Fordham University First Vice-President President Second Vice-President THE NATIONAL ASSOCIA F BASKETBALL COACHES W. H. Browne, University of Nebraska Secretary-Treasurer November 29, 1940 Mr. F. 0. Allen _ University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Mr. Allen: Now that the time of year has arrived when we are all thinking of basketball, I have decided that it would be the proper time to drop you a line reminding you of the part you have played in the past in the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the part that I hope you will continue to play in the future. As a member of the membership committee of this district, which is comprised of the states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Nebraska, I am writing to you to let you know that we are on the job in an effort to make our district one hundred per cent, so that it may be possible for us to carry on the work of the Association in an aggressive manner. Having been a member before, you realize the good work which this group has been doing in the interest of basketball. I hope that you will continue to give us your support so that this work may be carried on in the future. It is my hope that you are planning to join the Association again this year. If so, I would appreciate receiving a check at your earliest convenience. As you know, the fee is $2.00 per year. Don't put this matter off. Take care of it today. Your $2.00 will help the Association a great deal in this work. Hoping that I may see you in New York at the National. Convention during the week of March 23rd, and wishing you a successful season, I remain, Very truly yours, A. aed er Membership Committee. Doane College Crete, Nebraska AFH:R OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nat. Hotman, President Netson Noreren, First Vice-President E. A. KeLiener, Second Vice-President : Epwarp J. Hicxox, Third Vice-President W. H. Browne, Secretary-Treasurer Frank W. Keaney, Editor of Bulletin BOARD OF DIRECTORS Vat. LENTZ Everett DEAN MarsH DrespoLtp Forrest Cox EDITORIAL STAFF Frank W. Keaney, Editor Associate Editors: W. H. Browne, University of Nebraska Forrest Cox, University of Colorado Everett Dean, Stanford University L. W. Jourdet, University of Pennsylvania Branch McCracken, University of Indiana Adolph Rupp, University of Kentucky Osborne Cowles, Dartmouth College Neil Cohalan, Manhattan College Jack Gray, Texas University Edgar S. Hickey, Creighton University MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE H. A. Hozson, Oregon University, Chairman Osborne Cowles, Dartmouth. College Karl J. Lawrence, Allegheny College William Lange, North Carolina University Elmer Lampe, Georgia University D. C. Moffett, DePauw University Lloyd Brazil, Detroit University — Douglas R. Mills, University of Illinois A, Eugene Haylett, Doane College Jack Gray, Texas University G. P. Dahlberg, Montana State Blair Gullion, Cornell University VISUAL INTERPRETATION COMMITTEE H. E. Fosrer, Wisconsin University, Chairman Nat. Holman, City College, New York W. H. Browne, University of Nebraska Everett Dean, Stanford University Clair Bee, Long Island University RESEARCH COMMITTEE Buarr Guiiion, Cornell University, Chairman Marsh Diebold, Carleton College Everett Dean, Stanford University Dave MacMillan, University of Minnesota H. V. Porter, High School Federation HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE C. D. Cotxtin, Omaha South, Chairman Clifford Wells, Logansport High H. T. McCullough, Crawfordsville High John Tracy, St. Ignatius High, Chicago Jack Lipe, Harvey, Illinois. J. A. Grimsley, Mason City, Iowa BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE Don Wuire, Connecticute University, Chairman Forrest C. Allen, Kansas University Sam. Barry, Southern California Clarence S. Edmundson, Washington University E. A. Kelleher, Fordham. University George Keogan, Notre Dame University Ward C. Lambert, Purdue University John Lawther, Pennsylvania State Dale Lash, Wesleyan University John Mauer, Tennessee University Roy M. Mundorf, Georgia Tech. John Sabo, Vermont University Evan O. Williams, Drake University Leonard Sachs, Loyola University COACHING ETHICS COMMITTEE E. S. Hickey, Creighton University, Chairman J. W. Hutton, Hamline University James Baker, South Dakota State Bruce Drake, Oklahoma University -R. G. Serverence, Villanova . Sam Barry, University of Southern California L. H. Davies, Uni. of West Ontario—London, Canada OFFICIALS COMMITTEE W. J. Fercuson, St. Joseph College, Chairman Ray Oosting,. Trinity College, Connecticut E. L. Romney,.Utah State Henry Iba, Oklahoma A. & M. Adolph Rupp, Kentucky University Buster Brannon, Rice Institute CONVENTION DISPLAYS E. A. KeLtener, Fordham University, Chairman Taps Gallagher, Niagara University Joseph Lapchick, St. John’s University CONVENTION COMMITTEE Howard Cann, New York University TOURNAMENT AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE H. G. Otsen, Ohio State University, Chairman F. C. Allen, Kansas University H. A. Hobson, Oregon University Lew Andreas, Syracuse University PRESS COMMITTEE Grorce Epwarps: University of Missouri, Chairman statement evoked quite a stir and I I reseived 160 telegrams fran coaches over the country supporting me in my actions Se this incident tool: plese in April, imediately there ms @ clamor for a meetings I did not want ee eee cee ae ee ee oe fear that it might reflect in an unfavorable mamer upon the Kansas Relays, especially when I peas was connected with fansas and had mde a oo ee ce ee Committees. ‘Therefore, I called the meeting in a on with the Rowen Relnge oF Pye Metnete os i Weng veoretentative group of ccnciad lon one the United States met there and after discussing the matter for two | days we wo decided definitely to moet in Chicago in Jume, during the time of the Mational Cole legiate Track and Pield Meeting in 1928, I remember a great many of the men who wore there: Carlson of Pittsburg, Price from California, Hurt fran Stanford and Wele lorgren, Lew Andres, Shoabinger, and a host of otherse a, At that meeting in June they elected me as president, and the ee presidente 1 OAS G08 ery See Mr. Edwards Page 2°. Oct 3, 1940 JS why Nels was not able to give you much information because Nels was not on the Board in the beginning, and perhaps did not take a great deal of interest in it at first because our group was looked upon with great suspicion by the rules body. But after having seen the Association in operation for several years the rules body came to lean upon’this root’ very heavily and to ask their support of certain things that the coaches association championed. George, I will read this constitution over again and see if I can help you further. While I was dictating I glanced through the book the second time and I find you stete the first annual convention was held in Chicago in 1929. The first convention was held, as I have stated, in June in 1928. With all good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Director of Physicel Education and Recreation Varsity Basketba!1 Coach FCA:1g WUNEVERS hi vY OF SMESs OU Ra COLUMBIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS September 50, 1940 Dr. F. C. Allen, Director of Physical Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. Dear Dr. Allen: Practically all of my extra copies of the constitution of the National Association of Basketball Coaches have been sent to secretary Browne. However, I find that three were left, and am sending you one of these. The historical sketch and summary of work, included in this booklet, represent a personal effort with memory only as the foundation. Several months were spent trying to obtain cooperation of the sec- retary, Nels Norgren, in checking the accuracy of dates and names. When such help was unobtainable it was necessary to go ahead. Consequently, there appears several errors in my report. Inasmuch as Browne has asked to reprint the booklet I would like to make the new edition more accurate. After you have read it I would appreciate corrections and comments. Yours truly, George R./Edwards. & ieee e isk i i ga ijl it | Lae 3 Hoh ‘i ie a a i : Hist Et Ni sail 1 ats e a HH: ity eat aye g i a ily Las - rE Hl Vas! a? i : LT ee ataait i git sil af Cy Bay He i Rn : i Aa Hed Hf ts Hi pant | ag tay she ' 3 fu] i i H He way ily Hee reel Le Our Research Cammittee was able to get some standardization on illumination. I believe another important | point is that of floor resiliency. We talk about basketball resiliency, but we have had little to say on floor resiliency. we tos cniban. ten one ce Gs aes ak eee for that matter, the Uni ty of Oklahoma at Normane ‘The _ Sooners have the worst floor, I believe, in the cowrtry. if we Gould have 2 sonowhat flexible standard of floor resiliency whereby ® ball inflated to a certain degree would bounce a cer~. tain height, then we would begin to standardize our equipment. I am suggesting this thought to you for your considerations There is another idea that I have long dwelt ee ne we have inhibitions regarding the defensive player touching the ball above the cylinder of the 8 basket, and the worst where we give a player two shote when he is in the act of shootings This brings the refereo into too great prominence because a fellow who has a turn, jump or spin shot | 90% of the time draws two free throws because he is in some degree in the act of shootings Untit some of you coaches try a 12-foot basket and see the possibilities that the little man has and the real, normal handicap that you put on a mezzanine, peeping goon, then we will never be progressive. The are of the rebound is much further out on the court, and the referee will not call two free throws three times in the whole game with the 12-foot besket bee cause they will pass to shoot out from an angle rather than to drive ine In last year's questiomaire it we stated that college conferences should be urged to experiment with baskets 12 feet above the floore : Trusting thet this gives you sono material which will stir discussion and interest, I am Very sincerely yours, f Director of Physical Eduoation and peevention FOAsAH : Varsity Basketball Coathe — B. T. GROVER, OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT THE NATIONAL Ass DR. JAMES A. NAISMITH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HONORARY PRESIDENT OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS B. T. GROVER, President Nat. HOLMAN, First Vice-President NELSON NORGREN, Second Vice-President EVERETT DEAN, Third Vice-President EDWARD J. Hickox, Secretary-Treasurer FRANK W. KEANEY, Editor BOARD OF DIRECTORS W. S. CHANDLER MarsH DIEBOLD W. H. BROWNE AL. LENTZ EDITOR OF BULLETIN FRANK W. KEANEY, State College, Kingston, R. I. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Bair GULLION, Cornell University, Chairman OSBORNE COWLES, Dartmouth College Karu J. LAWRENCE, eny College North Carolina University ELMER LAMPE, University D. C. MorFrett, DePauw University LioyD BRAZIL, Detroit University FRANK Root, Kansas State A. E. Hay et, Doane College JACK GRAY, Texas University G. P. DAHLBERG, Montana State H. A. Hosson, Oregon University BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE Don WHITE, Connecticut State, Chairman ForRREST C. ALLEN, University Sam Barry, Southern Californi JOHN B. FRIEL, Washington State E. A. Forhdam University GEORGE KEOGAN, Notre Dame University Warp C. LAMBERT, Purdue University JOHN LAWTHER, P vania State DALE LasH, Wesleyan University JOHN MAUER, Tennessee University Roy M. Munporr, Georgia Tech. Gus TEBELL, Virginia University JOHN TRUESDALE, Grinnell College COACHING ETHICS COMMITTEE C. B. Hoy, South Dakota University, Chairman - JAMES BAKER, South Dakota State E. S. Hickgy, Creighton University J. W. Hutton, Hamline University JOSEPH LAPCHICK, St. Johns University ROLLE F. WILLIAMs, Iowa University VISUAL INTERPRETATION COMMITTEE Nat. HOLMAN, City College, N. Y., Chairman W. H. Browns, Nebraska University EVERETT DEAN, Stanford University HaroLp E. Foster, Wisconsin University CuuckK TAYLOR, Converse Rubber Co. RESEARCH COMMITTEE GEORGE EDWARDS, Missouri University, Chairman H. C. CARLSON, Pittsburgh University EVERETT DEAN, Stanford University BLAIR GULLION, Cornell University HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE CLIFFORD WELLS, Logansport High, Chairman CorNEY COLLINS, Omaha South High H. T. McCoiioucu, Crawfordsville High JOHN TRACY, St. Ignatius High, Chicago OFFICIALS COMMITTEE ForREST Cox, Colorado University, Chairman W. J. Fercuson, St. Josephs College, Pennsylvania Ray Oostine, Trinity Co , Connecticut E. L. RoMNEY, Utah State CONVENTION COMMITTEE Forrest C. ALLEN, Kansas University, Chairman GEORGE EDWARDS, Missouri University H. W. Browne, Nebraska University CONVENTION DISPLAYS E. A. KELLEHER, Fordham University, Chairman TOURNAMENT AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE H. G. OLsoNn, Ohio State University, Chairman F. C. ALLEN, Kansas University JOHN W. Bunn, Stanford University PRESS COMMITTEE Pau D. HINKLE, Butler University, Chairman NAT. HOLMAN, CITY COLLEGE, N. Y. FIRST VICE PRESIDENT EDWARD J. HICKOX, SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SECRETARY-TREASURER Storrs, Connecticut January 26, 1940 Mr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Mr Allen: Now that the basketball season is half over, I believe it is time for each of us on the Rules Committee to evaluate the advantages or faults of the new rules, We should also study the possibility of changes or additions that might improve our game for the 1940-41 season, As chairman of your committee, I am decidedly in favor of followin; the policy suggested by Mr. Clair Bee, our chairman last year. That is, to let the rules alone and try to develop and standardize the equipment and facilities of our great gane. You have probably noticed that the members of the Rules Cormittee were selected with the intention of having each section or conference of our entire group well represented, It is with this in mind that I an writine to you, asking that you take it upon your- self to ask questions and collect information that pertains to your particular group or section, You have only five more weeks to secure this information, so get busy. Please forward to me all data collected so I night have it ready to present to our committee as a whole at our annual meeting in Kansas City. In the last Basketball Bulletin, a number of suggestions were printed that are of grave importance. Please note them and get the reaction from your section. With kindest personal regards and best wishes for your continued success, I an Sincerely yours, |. Don S. White, Chairman, Rules Committee DSW:S NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES OF THE UNITED STATES BULLETIN No 5, MARCH 12, 1939. oe ag eeare es oe DCUBLE DRIBDSIE By Dick Friendlich - San Francisco Chronicle. "Tl may not known art, but I know what I like," That's the reaction of most of the 1500 fans who saw Phillips Oilers of Oklahoma lose to Golden State Creamery, 22-21, Tuesday night at Kezar,. From the standpoint of basketball, it certainly was art, but few of the fans would like it as a consistent diet, They prefer the driving, fast-break style that Stanford, Santa Clara, 3.F.State and other local teams play most of the time, even though it lacks the perfect execution which marked the Oilers- Creamery battle, sith The Oilers are good, They won the Missouri. valley A.A.U. title this spring, were runners-up to the Denver Nuggets in the Nationals last year, losing 25-22 in the finals, Note that 25-&2, Actually, the Oilers were playing the same kind of basket- ball thetwas prevalent all over the country ten years ago- figure- of-eight passing outside the circle and screen: off the "spot,' The Oilers guards didn't-drive into the basket, -but. kept moving ce wae outside, trying to set up the play, te “Sometimes they started to move in, Pour ‘themselves checked, ‘pivoted and passed out again and st arted the Figure- -~eight all over again, The Creamery played the same style, although the for- wards broke across a little more. of tert than : did the Oilers, But the total ‘points scored give you tae idea, © Had eitner team played a gone defense. aeuk Ofek, the score would probably have been 3 to ©, No tiiank you, —_— -_-_ = = lc rr lhlhlUlU Cl With “Dick Hyland, Los sngeiesTines. Nibs Frice, Californie coach, ‘who is more on the smart side than not when it eomes to things ba sketball, comes out wham-vang with the statement tnaat Jackie Robinson is the best basketball player in the United States, I don't know whether that is so, but —-do know hé- is the best I've seen perform, This would odrinarily mean little because of the limited number seen, dut it assumes proportions when among those seen are several whom the Bast, Mid- west and North have hailed as great and double- great, Robinson's better than they are, in my boox, Cn >erformence around here, Jeok Robinson has looked the ‘Best 2 “He: has a natural, instinctive quickness, straightaway. speed body control and judgement of distanae Vaaes is “sO eg toianding it is difficult -to Ge here bes | at Prashback & By Diek. Briendkéché: aa% It's not too late to record a recent prank of. thas: cute ‘California —. section — must: be seen and heard bcd be ‘When. ti1g.4Bo0 ir--and U. 30s cagers cla shetie weck ‘ago thé U.C .rooters: got: into the swing of things and booed lustily every time a Trojen ae? ped up to the ‘fres. throw line,; That. was on ' Friday night, Before saturday night's. gcme. started, Lloyd Whitman, “the: California yell Redden took! over .the loudspeecker end asked _ that the rooters, ‘in. the: name of common courtesy, refrain from --pooing Trojans on the’ free tarow line, waitman's eens qui te we SNISA AT was greeted witn boos, “The game hadr't gone a ninute before Ralph Vaughn, star Trojan forward, was fouled, As ne stepped up to shoot his os. charity toss, every undergraduate in the joint let loose with en explosive 'hhhhh"' which.nmearly tore the roof off, It sounded:as though 11,000 cobras hed been turned loose, NCTE. = Vaughn miss the free throw, Letter from Carl B, ott nasal 3 of. South Dakota's Athbe tic Dareetor,. ir, Edward a. Hickox, , { Springfield College 3a a Mass, . : Dear Gdadh : I am writing you a nteet leak: jake morning concerning a thing which I have in mind, which. has gained..a lot of publicity and momentum in tais region +o date and I natiecd there Was en article in the last bulletin by -some one else,. and the. thing I have in mind is this and I would like ‘to get a note in. the next bulletin if Sree that I am coming to the National Meeting. prepared to discus thprougaly the proposed -rule.:to eliminate the. fourth foul dtaqual ification in the game as it is to date, In. my. twenty-two yeers of coaching I- have never been able. to figure out why a boy should be put out of the ball: game for:-trying to. do, his best and why all the extra penalty because. of some, unforeseen contact, I am sure thet the free throw is enough penalty es peoicliy with the great balance of power among the teams that a few extra free throws Will win the game; end we already have: a rule in the boc’ tiuat a flagarent foul will disqualify « a phayer’so.f dontt see w. y we have —— ‘this old unfcir tectic in hendling the boys. For every orie reason that.a boy. should be. ejected from th . the game, I taink I have twenty-five. sound.reasaqns why he should stay in the game, instead af having the -referee decide .who. should leave the game, I .still *prefer :to ido tact myself. si don '. t think we have another game on ‘the recor: beck thet : disquelifies..c ‘hay: for attempt- ing to do his best... © : Foe Now I know thie is on old " oagsbaas ‘uid ‘has ‘been dis- cussed and know everyone of: the sneesors. Wayeit.is in tne book and none of them have ever been :sound as far:as 1 am,concerned, They could just as well disqualify.e boy: with tarce :4s-well.as. four be- cause & boy with three of them wno-wants to .win- ‘the game is almost helpless and you have to take him out anyhow. Now I am hoping-in the next meeting to have a good free discussion of this matter and I sigh ae it would be the ioe improvement to the: game fp on both Mba pacsat ors o— piayers angle thet we-have had, 2 At least when. you. come: to. geena kar, aa you know he isn't going cut of the game the first ten minutes and.of,,course, “when you get to be a star to the: magnitude of Lusetti of ‘Stanford é foul is never called.on him anyway, and if. you have;a,boy that goed. you don! t. need to worry ebout: the hook- or. anything else, “But eee ee the good: discussionswe: haye at. the mee ting ahd as I say -I-am- prepared. with.a. five to-.one:; advantage. fer the oftmineti on of this’.o. ost? rule probably in: -the- ools dada . I-would app reciate. if. you: nouad make. ST NGAP: of this in th the ne xt dat ai at Be: i i a4 : lim < em fcarl s Hoy. ge a 2af 4 se 2 ft it BE RS oe Ste a. , | _ARCUND Tak RING By George Edmond, St, :aul Fioneer Fress, 1/14/40. Do you like the game of basketball? Does it provide thrills in proportion to the cost and trouble involved in attending games? Reason for the question is simply this? A lot of fans be- lieve there is consiterabie room for improverent and suggest changes so radical tnat, if they were put into effect we might have another fine sport, but- it wouldn't.be basketball as we know it’ now, Re it Gi: 87 : In our opinion it would be difficult to. uphold an argument that basketball, ‘imperfect as it may.be, is not a good game. It still outdraws the great college. game of football and, by ocser- vation, provides about as many thrills asa person could ask to ‘be packed in an hour.of competition. giaid baoye : Basketball, from a technical standpoint, may be picked to “pieces, It may be shown, in logical fashion, that it is now a feir game and that it might be made far more attractive from a spectator standpoint, And yet, ‘despite all. the criticism, 12,000 or more fans can be packed into the Minnesota fieid house to see the Minnesota Gophers meet .a Big Ten opponent, REAT: . The logic may show one thing, public interest something en- tirely different. Any game that stends.tops from & general in- terest and attendance stendpoint. can't be entirely: wrong. oy. WHAT ARE ITS FAULTS?. - This is the criticism you hear about basketvall abeve all others? It is a game in which good play is’ penalized rainer than rewarded, ie | poe f. a bel: oe "That is based principally on the point that a team scoring a basket must give up possessicn of the ball to the opposition, Why, the critics ask, should a tecm be.put ct a disadventage after doing something for which it- should be commended? Basketball, they say, is the only sport in which this is done. ea-8 As a matter of fect, that is the least of the criticisms that may be directed cgcinst basketball... euitl of: 4f | | It is not the only sport that seeks to make things even by putting at a disadventage the team wnich has just mado & score, Football does exactly that when it provides that the team scored ogainst may choose whether to kick or receive the next kickoff, Golf does exactly the same when, in match play, it provides that the player winning a hole must play: first from the next tea and give his opponent the advantage of. judging: the wisdom of his choice of elub, — edu” & ; Basketball would become a farce if the team.scoring a basket were given the advantage in the throw-out of the bell for resumption of play. If that were done a team that was only a little superior “to its opponent would become $0: superior as to destroy the compet- itive angle, Games that now. give the deserving team an advantage of a few points would become utter routs, Ti on Tt must- be. admitted that the element of luck often results in the better basketball. team. losing < close game.. But is that a situation peculiar to basketball? Would anyone suggest that it doesn't hapoen, too, in football, golf, hockey, or what have you? Continued, RCC FOR The ROVEPENT It would be ridiculous to say that there isn't room for improvement in basketball. But when the rules committee takes up the matter of correction it should renember that most of the things now being criticized are the result of changes that were designed to correct what previously were considered faults. A case in point is the elimination of the center tipoff after a score, rurpose behind the elimination df the tipoff was to minimize the importance of .a tall.center, Maybe ‘the change did that, but it stili didn't eliminate the LAP OE HAASE of aeight in the team as a whole, ; Beyond that, the cha nge -prouc cht up ‘the réasons for the present epbti ding has ving the ball ta the team which was scored on, cut of bounds; Do. thescritics want to’ a° back-t6.the .center tipoff, or do a. aces an mind:a, better -way of putting the ball back in pray: afte apSeQre? ek. bee es on | ANOTHER ¢ ‘CHANGE FAILE :D OF: PURP Another chenge that. aeasa akan ds AS , SROADPE PS PERS PPP ently has ‘failedoin/ itsopurpose ofp) chaos. ieee A Ge Boas Theat is the one that provides for ‘moving the ball out cr the back court within 10 seconds, The purpose was to, eliminate svalling, In a way it may have done that, but it resulted in an objéction -@ven greeter. than the old- time stalling. 4 Whereas. it is still possible to stall the fron cou;t, the game is now limited to helf the floor roe “of agile cot as once was the’ case, Defensive: players no longer: go: beyons mid-court to obtain possession of the ball, but.wait; for. the, oppos sien to advance past mid-court, It is much like defensive hockey “at its worst, with the defense scurrying back to. def ense of its” own goal as soon as it. doses possession of the. ball, . 4 These various matters. are not pointed out as direct criticisms, but merely to illustrate the difficulties into which the rules committee can get itself if it listens and responds, to all critics without giving due. consideration to the new. diff iculties which chenges — bring UD. . i) BAK ms TBALL - NO. PENAL IES: Li wees Sports writer- L.innes epolis, By Dick Cullum, Vr. Cari B “have” Hoy, -s Univers ity of south Dakota . ad Biuew ttadbadead Vermillion, Std k 3 : hae 7 Dear Rube: ‘There: s oi . publicity yom here fron your “school which quotes you as apposing. the .old four- fouls-and- out rule in basket- ball, ebSi 63 ; | You say that, in, all other $0 ants, ployers nay commit any nunber ‘of fouls cand mene Ly; rhakke .the penalties unless, of course, they are disqualifying: fouls You say the same principle should govern din pasketbell. Continued, «— > But the trouble with your argument is thet there is no penalty for a foul in basketball so.if you permitted an unlimited number of fouls players could comuit them with impunity. The only deterrent to foul play-in basketball is the knowledge that each foul hastens the time when a player will have four and will be out of the game. pigad REEL : | Do I hear you say, “What about the free throws? Every time a man commits a foul the other team is allowed one or two free throws, Aren't those penalties?" He wo Lt No, they ere not, oS eee 4 mS i 8s | Every time the fouled team completes a free throw for one point: the team that committed the foul is. given possession of the bell and a chance to make two points. . Stam oc : 4a foe Lae, ey eee any statistics on basketball which show that penalties work a-hardship on the offending team, More likely statistics would show that a team has a slight profit every time it commits a foul, egemlarnngs We ma X a POs BASKETBALL AZBOUNDS . Decision still Reserved as Court Studies Case of Illegal Block Vs. Legal Screen, ees oe ‘By Everett B. Morris. - That hardy old. perenniel, the difference between a block (illegal) and ea screen (legal) blossomed again “yesterday when metropolitan coaches and writers. gathered at lunch to hear Tom Haggerty, coach,talk about DeFaul's basketball team, Like the war, this cute little enigma can be expected to start a rousing argument whenever the conversation gives the slightest indication of lagging. The entire question was catapulted into discussion when our Everett B, Morris, who was feeling quite low anyway because he just had a tooth pulled, innocently induired of Haggerty whether it wasn't true the entire Mid-West had to play basketball according to the Big Ten interpretation thereof, :That was all the boys needed, Haggerty answered and went into a discussion of what constituted a blocking foul. Neil Cohalan, Manhattan coach, jumped into the fray feet first and asked the boys why didn't they get together and interpret the rule uniformly. Whereupon Clair Bee, the Long Island U. coach came up with arms swinging and used chairs, harmless writers who were in- nocently drinking their coffee, and salt and pepper cellars to ill- ustrate the difference between.the legal screen and illegal block, ‘JUMPS AND BUMPS. At a late. hour yesterday, the ficcadilly lobby was still be- ing stirred out of its mid-afternoon lethargy by the, sight of staid coaches and. dignified. basketball. writers jumping in front of each - other, bumping into each. other and asking "But. what's this?" a §& = With Dick Hyland,. Los Angeles Times -. . A reeent thought, probably provoked by the fact that we are now passing from the season of one sport to that of several others, was that there is_not, after all; sucha great difference between the playing of various sports, In most all of them, as Illinois’ Prof.Coleman Griffith has pointed out, learning, habit, memory, -sight, hearing, muscular feel, thinking, emotion, determination, resolution, concentration, attention, selection ond imagination have a place, The more of these things you possess, and the better -. you use them, the closer you are to being the champion of. your sport. and no one was ever a champion of any sport without having all of them to some degree and. some of them to a great degree, The more familiar you become with any game the easier it is to recognize the application of these mentioned besic qualities to the: playing of thet game. rerhaps we méey not cnalyze things but may, instead, simply know and appreciate that. DiMeggio can hit the ball, that Bobby Riggs is a master of baseline play, that Davey O'Brien and Don Hutson would be. one whale of a pass combination, that Joe Louis is a champion, but that Gene Tunney was a better one, that Johnny Weissmuller was related to a fish and the Trojans have a good basketball team, — ee WANT TO BE & CHAMPION? Every athlete mentioned, indeed, every piayer in every gare, has used identical basic qualities but expressed them in dirferent ways, as called for in his sport, It may take jus. as much courage, alertness, co-ordination and learning to stand over a» OK stove “all day as it does to stand under a falling punt ior tue seconds. So, perhaps, there are games AND games to which the basic qualities apply. &. od beso sq: | q Incidentally, to put forth a personal belief based upon expe- rience, no persons possess these qualities 40 the exclusion of other persons, All of us can learn to use every quality used by a champion, How well we train ourselves determines how close we may ‘come to being champions ourselves, Fresent prep school athletes should learn that before all else. Leen te AVPERFECT EXAMPLE |. pn unforgottable incident in the 1932 Clympic Games proved Georgia. Coleman a champion, A beautiful girl, who will be just as happy if her name isn't mentioned here, was giving Georgia a ‘licking off. the 10-foot board, She came to her pet.dive, a dif- ficult thing she usually did perfectly, It wes, in fact, too easy, because she flopped the dive badly. Sne forgot (memory) whatshe had learned, broke her habit, did not look at the board, failed to feel. she was wrong, did not determine to do as she knew she could, failed to concentrate, let her attention wander; and she undoubtedly - aid these things because her imagination had grasped what it meant to be licking Georgia Colemanand becoming the champion of the world, She thought the wrong things. : Ce eee ; Georgia Coleman, with the full pressure on her, stepped to the board and knocked off two of her best dives to win the cham- nionship - - @s usual, She used each of the basic qualities properly. Continued, PREPSTER'S RUN A HONEY Johnny Petrovich, the Alhambra backfield ace, used the all- importent items on a gallop against Santa Barbara for the South- ern California championship. He hit wide around his own right end, He had his emotions and imagination under control because he was perfectly relaxed, Learning and habit were proven by the masterful way he was loping along with the ball tucked under biz arm on the side away from probable tacklers, His sight and hearing were keen ‘because he was sidestepping, swerving past and straight-arming 'tacklers with split-second precision, : It took great determination, resolution , concentration, and attention to see, hear, feel an d do all he was doing. He had a bag of tricks available, including a drive. straight ahead, but he instinctively t..ought and. selected-the proper trick of moving under part speed toward the sideline as he got rid of three tacklers, THEN he selected-the_ right moment to put forth the power and drove up-field for the goal line, taking the lone re- maining tackler with him. ‘To.-me it-was one of the most beautiful runs ever seen on a footbell field because the athlete making it. had put everything into it, as he had to, to ‘make it. FIND ‘EM IN ALL. SPORTS If. we can find. like paints: in such: sports as. football and women's diving, it is not difficult to find: them also in all others, from polo to ite hockey, And one of the cores ote as fectors we find was stated: grandly years.ago: by Harvey. °.,Woovlruff in the Chicago Tribune, He said: "Compe tition in athleti cs im- poses self-restraint, recognition of fair play-and, respect for law (rules) under a code: more exacting then that found in any other activity of the humen family. No person. can participate -- without absorbing respect for the rights of others - - he must bridle acts of open unfairness or he and his team suffer penalties imposed by unbiased arbiters - - - Even.in professional sports, where any means of victory does not shock many devotees, rules of conduct are imposed whose violation, means disqualification or forfeiture, No individual's own viciousness can upset the scheme of things without reaction upon himself, So whether from fear of consequences or from a sense of sportsmanship,: athletics give a viewpoint and a training not obtained elsewheres- - The college athlete. leaves the campus and goes into life more tolerant of his fellow man, : REVEMBER ~ REKEMBER - REMEMBER - The National “Association of Basketball Coaches of the United Stetes will hold their convention in Kansas. City March 28, to 30, with headquarters at the Hotel Continental, For the convention, a special. group rate of. $3.50 for a double room and $2.00 for a single room, All rooms-are equipped with bath, .- : ‘Make your reservations early. for choice reserve space, REMEMBER YOU WILL MEET ALL THE BOYS AT KANSAS CITY - March £8 - 30, 1340, a : NOW THEY KNOW HCW THE SHORTIES FEEL Cage Storks Crane - - Basket Up a feet Seattle -(AF)- University - of Washington basketball players -raised their sights to a basket 12 feet nigh Tuesday. They conclud- ' ed it was a pain in the neck, The altitude, tuat is; not the idea, t The idea for the experiment camé from Coach Clarence S, (Hee) Edmundson, Hec is-a member of the: National Basketcall Rules com- retbehe t which meets in Kansas City March 31 to consider rules chang- ‘One of the suggestions to:come before the hoop rule makers will ber to. waise.the: baskets from the 10 to-the 12-foot lewbig This is ‘to take the premium off tall players who camp under the hemp ‘and make life miserable for pint-sized guards, So Hec, in the interests of basketball science, decided to hold a -casaba clinic, an@-used his ‘varsity as guina pigs. a Sure enough, the stratospheric baskets took some of the prem- . ium off «the tall. fellows, The rebound arc under the hoop was materi- AIL BAZ y widened; end the. irgieandial had ae ‘bet bag chance to cneck the storks, Even the ‘tall fir owe came away pabis ap theit necks after cran- ing back all afternoon and taking aim, Now they know how the little fellows have felt ali along, MITE Use. ee but ates not too» sold On at, 1 Edmundson said after the: "Clinic. “The big men are not “400 she6 Adve under the higher basket, but oT still hold an advantage over the shorter men, And it seems ‘Lo be easier to male the long ‘shots, ys df like- to. ‘try an -]1-foot “basket some’ time, Sut: berauss of eXais -we — ” able tonde dtothiis vyeary Maybe = adhe foo-ers would be the answer, vit: ait Ot ' HAPAC) REVISES ILLINIn RECORD BOCK Dhahiesig bj. 4iaay Marth: & (AP)~ The end of Bill) Hapac's college “late career found him in. possession of virtually every record in oy the University of Illinois dnc EEA. woauolere are some of his - achievements; - Big Ten: Gwin ba cinere “piidhig 1s ‘game record of 34 points, -Illinois: record of 582 points for a three- rye om season (all eae Illinois record of 244 points for a single season(all games), Modern Illinois record ‘of 387 points for three years of Big Ten play. - vane Tliinois record of 164 petniae for a single Big +h oo Tee apo, oi Tied Chuck’ Satheyera 3 1920 LL dnots: reed of 60 fieid goals for a Big Ten season, to Big Ten: ne cb bes pit ia pfoain from Td 1am Ve since Carney (1922) [A (m0o%: ; — —_— — ~~ — SEE: YOU! AT KANSAS CITY: —: MARCH: 28) & BO mo ETS) A DATE. : a COACH'S SON, TEAM'S STAR, - NO FAVORITE OF HIS. He! 'Straight-A" KNedic 3tudent - “Studies ‘till, 2: 00 fe Me. Before Big Game. Lawrence, kan, Feb, 26,-(AP)- 8 Sports: -criteas se” he is the fair- haired lad of the Kansas university basketball team, but Bob Allen is never "papa's boy" on the court, "T never give him special attention nor-do we talk basketball _ games" says Dri-F.c. .Allen, veteran coach of the perennially potent Jayhawks, | a, DA. dinner vat the ‘Allen ‘home. supports. him, Finland, the Mal- thusian theory, inability: of ‘Bob. to register. for a course in scien- SERGE: German and the loss of her sorority pin by a "certain" co-ed were argued or discussed. The only dribble ‘mentioned was one which sneaked off side of a. dish of plum jam and spotted the tablecover, BOG, £0, 18 8 straight "A" student in the pre-medic school, Although his father coaches.the basketball team which again is a Big. six title threat and. Bob is the conference’ Ss fourth ranking scorer, his studies come titel: | nwhy, the nignt. beforé we lost» to. Ylarrensbure, (Mo. ) teachers, Bob studied untill after 2:00 A, .i, But I have stme sld-fashioned ideas, one of which is that. most boys, come ‘to college’ for an edu- cation," explained the . coach, |. , From Mrs. Allen one learned that: her son handled a basketball from his kindergarten. days’ on Ups. "Their father didn" t tutor them much, His‘ ~work kept: him. at the school ‘until almost dark and their games were alway 5 over when he arrived home, I don't recall but I-imagine he did téach ihe boys how to shoot, -*Bob is the iquargerback" an center on the Kansas ‘cuetet, a - post held by his older Srp ther, ‘Milt, » on the Famous Kensas pives of 1935 and 1936, ae | Wh Tonight the Allen & ‘Son aynasty takes the floor ab Iowa State college where it meets a similar combination,’ “that of Louis Menze and his son, Bob, ss Ba gS “wn Claire Bee, coach of basketball at Long Island university; gave the most interesting talk ever had at any one of the hoop conference at 1;.3.C, He talked for 30 minutes or so on his basket- ball experiences as a coach and player and for the most part had the group in stitches with laughter at his humorous stories, But he had a very serious picture to.present in telling how perserver- ence, confidence and-* training play an important part in his work at i. Las Bee said Sank the rules committee should leave the game of basketball alone, "I Gan see no changes that will benefit baskets. ballany more," he said.. "Right now it is a grand game, It has speed, action and plenty of scoring. The fact that it is popular is attested with large crowds all.over the country, I see more uniformity -in. officiating with*the gradual inérease of intersect- ional games, and once that becomes generally: uniform, ,Basketball will be the greatest game in-tne. country, if~iteisn't already." After his talk at the Lord Jeffery Inn, the group convened at ie Be C., and saw movies of the Long Island games this past winter with Southern California and. Oregon university. Then Bee took the M.3.C. court and illustrated fundementals and general coaching technic, using the State college fréshman group on the court in explaining methods of shooting, dribbling, defense and offense, G.S. Mass, State College. ‘put it over, 10 -= EDITOR'S NCTE: Here you are gentlemen, a new backboard or a set of them, or what have you, This information is submitted by Mr. C.D.Waller --and forwarded .by H.E.Foster, Coach of Basketball, University of Wisconsin, mn ifr: , = > : y Di clarver’s petteres = oe Gentlemen; T have & backboard for. basketball that requires othe skill of marksmanship and luck to make the score and, skill of each palyer on a pivot. play. .It could be made into a double basket and allow "Fot*Luck" scores from the 4-ft zone back-goal, or by chance, every ball: that goes through the back basket counts 2 off - 4 off'or’6 off the finals, Here in comes the Element of luck or sorrow to the final score. © oi. The hew device eliminates the "Old Bumper luck" and demands inarksmanship, What I would like. to do is let "U of Ww" , -, give it a trial, actually play a game or series of games, on the’ darn thing, and I am sure some brand new "thrills in scores" and yellS will. develop. I have no money to put it ever, but I am sure tiiat-a ‘stall aporopriation om tne part of open minded sports will give-it test, and place,basketball on / a "Hockey - Baseball - & to 1 ee ene! meet never | to 3 5 to O basis and de- mand skill and luck from: the Ineavers, "Drop ihe, é lieeaet IAT TSS ESA i - b- ($62 ahecth ————] 5 OED . ST ae aponts Yours, Lruly | ie | | ok | gy ag | z tt icy i eats Cap Wal er, doe! ott The Bas} Baller. cee rrr! ” * Double ‘baske 4 u { athe eres Gomer sahoti ce as ss By @o91L «. . I wonder * if any of them are any good a) Ae one ee (ine) nial iy, bet \NUTS / . AtthtipeLs ie ac os Wa ee 2 Sapp ; c » Why nov anvengO (ib (7 Uy): | Throw the basket (5 ne a a over the ba}p? / u. WIs Aamasol? oggt Les. ; } Wall Model Pee Rd SS as Mats Se ee: Le. VED Os ~ =: x Se os i ‘ce SRY Xe s* MN . < ‘ ‘ om” : SK bane *, _ Heavy Sa i 5 ee vy mabe , T ad Floor Model 3% — eee ene rere This is i . “Hanger more of Ae <3 a dress. up model with: the class co-f} lor effect on targ ae ‘Hanger A rear Gesket might add to the luck: ::; Double baske t t ‘ ‘ 7 ~F: 3. Arges S_XYZ Etc ‘Shows: ‘nissing areas te 2 * 33 ie : 4. This l’odel is more oncn- plus A ce uter spot ope £Or/ free ‘throw possibilities :% 74 os 243 t i 13 - Targets 1-2-3-4-5 demand ‘skill to hit the bulis eye for a goal 3 Thes rods™ résiliency to OLLie Bell irdlks :ove rod or balances\*< at wedge to roll in the basket a ; is yy Se we EINES ce Dag” to fall either: sick, for luck & skill “HANGER Sruces a-b-c-d give .the radius of luck on the rods: / ward slightly es - SE BASKETBALL REBCUNDS Fitt Coach Annoyed by 'Loboy' for Changes, Tosses in some Good Fointers, By Everett B, Morris. For years Dr. Harold ¢ Carlson,M.D, Pittsburgh University's Health officer, and basketball coach, has enjoyed .-.if that is the word - a not undeserved reputation in our game as aggre tie “of a stormy petrel, It has. been the custom to bracket him wit such niviaahor ended hoppers: and convention eirdirdnds as Plgey Loeber’ and Doc Meanwell. “ But. time and his. ‘en Let’ Seite < Ca Lling eaves combined to mellow r,.Carlson's nature and: t0 reduce. the violence. of. its Sap i OR h~ ness, As befits a figure: of his status in the ‘sports, he has come to look upon’ basketball and its © yee wi oh. on enselfich, toler- ént and understanding yee) - Consequently, he has: been fhuch a) stutwea: bg ‘tho peens wave of suggestions for altering the game, Proposats to go-:back to the rules of -ten years ago ond counter-propogals to: toh the baskets, establish traffic zones, use smaller’ balls andido dway with the backboards cause im to Rpinkie his “brow in.perplexity. PINT LLIGENT Ap? ROACH URGED %, "There is- nothing | wrong with basketball “that cannot be cured » with a properly intelligent: ‘ooprocach," ne..sayss- "To put: it bluntly, ‘the fault lies right-with us, the condues, as "This maze of” rule chang GS leads, to nowhere, it>ts..a man- ifestation of dissatisfaction “with thé situations which force the officials to decide the winners in a great majority of ali games, We should have hed the courage end intelligence to face reality When the pivot’plcy erystalized the fundamental issue of contact several years ago, We evaded the issue by restricting ereas on the floor rather then defining our game as non-contact, And now we have more territoral claims to cause more wars, "If we can return to the one fundamental of a non-contact game, most of: the complexities will become simplified, The players can end will play a non-contact game if they know waht to expect, The officials will not be forced to define the varying degrees of contact, Their work will be comparatively simplified by the per- sons responsible for the contact, "Let us begin a campaign to help the officials rather than confound them further," 7 REST CURE FOR COACHES Furthermore, the good doctor has a concrete plan for helping the harried whistle-tocter, He suggests that a coach, instead of putting the blast on referees in th ie heat of disappointment, after losing games, go home, sleep on his troubles and the next day think the whole matter over ‘rationally.. "Then," Dr, Carlson suggests, Continued. i Be ‘let him write a letter to the official, constructively criticizing the unsatisfactory phases of his work, And let him send a carbon copy of the letter to the opposing coach and to the head of the leegue or,.officials! association, Critical coaches are not likely to be so violent or unfair in their criticism if they know that their colleagues and league officials are going to read the com- plaints, "In this way an official can check up on himself, If he re- ceives several complaints of the same nature he will know that some part of his work is fundamentally wrong and will take steps to correct it, Our game is at the mercy of the officials and we must. help them all we can, I'm sure that they. Sh gs PpPreeie ate properly expressed and intelligent criticism, "EDITORS NOTE BP exe gees _ ‘Panger College of East Orange, New: Jersey has won 40 straight Gomes. a. Ce i ) Western Kentucky ‘State won the Southern’: dé bicitaefato title for the fourth straight time, beating Lousiana Nornal in. the final tournanent game, “University o of "Genter biaut and Rhode Istand State Collezea put on the grcatest offensive show of .the year ‘on Pebrt.ccy 24th Rhode Tsland winning 1O2 «+. BL. .e shooting of both teams was remarkable. The return engagement at. Storrs, Connecticut on Varch 9th was won by | Rhode Island AD = 46 in the last second ‘of the game. ’ Broberg of Dartmouth missed his 46th foul after throwing 45 streight, This young men also broke thé Ivy league scoring record, Coach Mike Brume low of Texas. Girtsttor says "}eave the rules alone, I can't think of any changes that would help us. After his team fem 849 last in. ‘the Soutuern anes for five years... “Coach Harold a. Olsen of ‘gid State Weg gs questionnaire sent to coaches in his area including Indiana, Chio, T¥finois, VWiseonsin, Minnesota, he ontucky, - ‘est. Virginia,ang Fennsylvania shows that the. coaches. are well satisfied with the rules as they stand. We feel we,,have a game full. of spectators interested, and we want to keep it that way." | ; "By. ae pe Hage “Indiana, was picked over Furdue for the “Kigale Weal; representative in tae. N. C A. A. _tournament. Got i é ~i6 + President Elliott at the banquet givén the champion Purdue team said "When we honor athletes let us Also honor the student who is inside the athlete. Coach Lambert paid « real tribute to his squad when he said "This may not be tne greatest team Purdue has ever had, but it has shown courage that never has been equaled, ‘Ib. conld have Lost at Bien gee, Wisconsin or Illinois, but won on sheer. courage : It is our opinion that ‘spring pasketball should be dis- pensed with altogether, Some day. the college authorities are going to get smart and do away with this out of the season stuff, George Keogan of Notre Dame speaks up and says “ Its funny but the middle westerners allowed the Pacific Coast to come along and take the game away from them, Now you'd hardly recognize it as basketball, Its hodge-podge, The boys run up and.down the floor and shoot. Why only thé other day a fellow who really used to work -on his boys told me he had forgotten. fundamentals, He said there was no point in wasting time with them now that the game is strictly disorganized.skirmishing. There is no science to basketball, you don't see the finished players, you don‘t see tine fine defe msive work that .charaeterized the old game, Ernest Blook - 63 year cld ‘pesketball mentor has scored over 1 ,COO victories, The "Lrofessor" first sprang to fame at Passaic High School. where his Gm ia. 200. vidtories-against ona defeat from 19156 “1925 7 Passeic eld a ‘Virtual’ monophy'on high Bchoos championships earidd that times In “hps last -years cat | ssaic his. "wonder" “tcams netted 159 streight, Blood certainly aoula know G lot of this game's inerensing pop Whori ty and he expressed a belief that basketball has reached tne peai. of per- fection end he -urges that we let the ruies. stand as they are. Bill Hepac, tne Illinois basketball ace, must be quite a Leader,»@s. well es a cager, liost sports writers’ picked him for the all Big. Ten. te ch end its captain, too, , Harry: Rabenho rst, coach: of ‘Louisiana’ State University and Johnny Mauer, coach of Penne ssée, blasted the glass backboards used in some courts, The former said "When you go out and wheel around it's like looking through a window, E. C. Quigley, veteran @11 around official said the Kansas -University. - Missouri. game. was. one. of the best games he ever saw, The fans also thought. it was tops for thrills. In, a recent game between Satan. Celifornia and Stanford - the. former. team stalled for five minutes to protect a 37 - 3% lead, During the’ stall ttanf ord: committed six. flagrant fouls and U.S.C, refused to try the free throw each time. Was not this rule inserted in the rule book to eliminate this deliberate foul and why was the players not banished from the game? ~ at ee Fred Hallin, University of ashington, Freshman scored 10 ffald and 2 fouls out of 12 attempts in a game this last January. Why. should coaches kick against the zone defense, While it slows up the game, we cannot see why it should be blasted out, As long as we live up to the rules, an y team should be permitted 'to use any defense, Some coaches think there should be a gentleman's agreement not to use the gone, Sports Writer Fox of the Indianapolis Times say's "Most baffling about furdue is its change of pace. One evening the rurdue boys are all over the floor offensively and defensively and then on other occasions they work out their destiny ina brand of ball that is surrounded by serenity." Whitey Martin, Sports Writer from New York say's "that the ‘gone defense is on its way out of college games; that Ned Irish sees quality of basketball better than ever this season and notes the closeness of Intersectional scores tells; and the "Fire Department" style of play is rare nowadays, Dutch Lenz's Army team defeated Dartmouth at Hanover and this was the first defeat for the Indian champions on their home court in 42 games, a. : As we read the basketball news from different parts of the country, it is very evident that gerierak rotchnese is stain creap- ing into the game. The.coaches aiso kick about the: inec.sist sncy of the, officials, We agree somewhat with the latter statement, but it is not the cause with coaches, tnuemselves, To us if there is contact in this game, a.foul should be called whether on the offensive or defensive man, This is up to the official the way he sees it and the officials will be pretty consistant if the coaches ‘back the arbiters on,the rules, Some coaches want contact, teach contact, and expect only a few fouls to be callea, Let us again warn the coacnes tnat this grand game deteriated and was nearly obliter- ated a few years back because .of these holding and ruffing teams and the scores were below 20 on’each team, We all know that the game does not need a clever player to hold a really skillful one from scoring; but it takes real cleverness to stop an excellent cager:sfrom; seoring.... : | eas WG 2 Why is scouting becoming as prevalent as football? Here in New England, the opponents know my team better than we do, Not one ‘game, but five and six in succession, Our little note to coaches is that give any coach about 10 skilled:plavers with brains, fairly big and fast, that team will beat you, anyway, unless you are their equal in man power, ue ee Paul Hinkle will nave comslete charge of the N.C.A.A. basket- ball elimination.games, Go to it “aul and we know you will do a fineajobwess s oe a EN & eord, The .Vestern.N,C.A;4. play-offs wiil be “neid #2 4. a : t kansas City under the direction of ihog Allen on Vareh 22 “an 2 «58 Gordon Gilmore, Sports “‘Iriter in speaking of the Minnesota - Wisconsin game mentioned "The game was rougher than sandpaper and sent more players reeling and spinning than the tumbling exhibiton between halves, The Badgers showed more, disposition toward ab- usivness with three of their number in the brig for four personal fouls, This game combined social graces of a backroom brawl with refined elegance of an alley fight . Western State Teachers of Bowling Green, Kentucky will re- present the third district. “Yestern Hilltoppers won their ninth straight Kentucky Intercollegiate Conference championship and also were victorious in the Zzouthern Intercollegiate A, A, for the fourth successive time, The I'adison Square Garden 4ll-smerican team, picked by the seven metropolitan coaches, from teams ap ,saring tiere this season is - Ralph Vaughn and Edward Riska of Notre Dame forwards - John Dick: of Cregon, center and Jerry Steiner of Butler -and Edward Jilkovien of Duquesne at guards, , From California - Tiose sentimental Stanfords have decreed that number seven (7) jersey immortalized by Angelo Luisetti snall never more be issued and the original jersey, if it can be found, shall be enshrined in the trophy case beside Ernie Nevers' number one €1).football jersey. Thay say that Everett Dean of Stanforc and libs ! ice yf University of California have recommended to the ‘ules Commi ttee that. the optional foul ruling, permitting out-of-bounds plays insteed of a free throw, be junked, Nat Holman gave a very fine and interesting talk on baskev- ball in frovidence, hod. Island recentiy. He told the audience how the Celtics played the opponents - viz slow - medium or hard, DANGEROUS FOR STECTATORS, TOO Silver Creek,N.Y., Feb.21 -(AF)- Bees Griewisch, 16, left guard on the Silver Creek High ®chool basketball team, says "sit- ting on the sidelines is just as dangerous as playing in the game," Here's wy: Last week, playing against Jamestown High, Griewisch snapped a bone in his left ankle as he scored a béesnet, — Lest night, serving es timekhecsper wnile uis teammates played Falconer High, he dislocated his left shoulder as he yanked the bell rope, ending tne game. NEWS Nat Holman will have sufficient copies of his selected biblio- grafly on basketball to give each member attending. the Kansas City Convention arch 69 - 30, Of course they wili be presented with Nats compliments, Ee sure: and:come and get your copy, as ‘this ought to be an added incentive to attend, 19 « AN EA TO THE GROUND By Ed Danforth,Sports Editor the 3 Atlanta Journal, BASKETBALL OFFICIATING LESS STRICT; More Open Games Fromised, wey Less whistie’ blowing: ‘in basketvall games is a principle that found favor with most coaches: aiid’ Hany officials who watched the _ Southeastern championship tournament recently at knoxville, “|, ‘Adolph Rupp, coach at Kentuckey, cam leAllister of Florida, and’ Johnny, of Tennessee, were leading protagonists of, the theory that. players prefer that officiais be jess of ficious, Everybody, it seems, wants fewer fouls called and more’ action, even if it roBDREPRPEPR.. the rough and PRES ES type that marked the Some, a decade GLO. oe _. Bowser Chest, perennial tournament official, -was quot ed on the ‘subject as follows: "There's no doubt that the open ce is favore’ 2 yy tine fans, Cf course, we officials have to reach a happy meditm in our inter- pretation Of the: rule S... Ue ane. trend Certainly is away from strict “adherence, ee 3 tse robust ‘sgentine a8, 1° Ports shout apo bvars No: one is “likely to get hurt in these modérn basketball courts where tne walls “are far back and ‘there is ‘a Caen) PR UF spectators bo Pal 1 or? SO ist them Ta Des: 2 ae Ho, hum , who ‘remembers those kriock- birt BA drag-~out fames , they used _to play. in the little Atlanta Athietic Ciub <¢ym?’ ¢ohnny Graves, Fie Weaver, Scrappy O'Sullivan end their -sang used io pitch opposing forwards against tire wells ond catch | ‘them on first bounce, or no. count. stg ot - Ae ee * Jack Robinson, i ee s tricky sharpshooting forward is 1940 hign point champion. of the southern divasion, Pacific Coast Conference, basketball race, With last” ye ars ee eet wer “Veugnn,’ Ueoece forward, An second piace, Se ee ee ce ee ee _ = = Tay PCRGCT "SUC ni vas ges oh FRG, AT wo Baseball writers with the - lashing ‘ton ét we an ite fe Crlendo camp forgot that "Bucky “ Harris, the ‘team manager, once played pro besketball ... So ‘they challenged. "Bucky" ‘to ’-d:-free _ thr owing contest ‘in an Orlando put: where the ‘athletes were taking a ‘rainy- day workout, ecu aes tee freezing “day? Ay ere "Busky" collected v.. . Or. the | ‘basebcll writers stil i owe.) “By Al Wola: Western sports” ariter, Have you noticed the i sappeara Ince - of orie of ‘paaketball's best plays - the feint and guich ‘-break? One ofthe high school “followers. point stout that “this néat. ‘ley “ain't what it ‘used to bet because now'a ~tayer“with the ball selIdom‘dares to. make that ‘préak ‘with the es of old‘bééruse he's afraid-he'll be: charged with committing a charging foul - - And the defending man is afraid as well because in such a break he fears he'll be charged with a blocking foul, amare ee Es ae a LET A COMLTSSIONER OR COMMISSION SELECT THE OFFICIALS -. By William G. Mokray, Scorts writer - RIDER LOR » Fad * Following a close game, or when fe tay feeling runs espec ially high, the BESS HE FS ery... Ons hears is "Way didn't they hire two GOOD officials{" without Piet. to criticise officials, at must be said that several elose.,contests are marred by poor refereeing. On ‘the Other hand, there have been closely played contests which have been so well nandled that, Lireapecki ve of tne outcome, no one dares “accuse a Fererce OF being < either partial’ or incompetent, Instances, Ssuch.,as the latter, however, are less c omt:.on than the alternate, How can the officiating sroblem ve improved, wuen? ° ‘Lfter closely watching baske tall for tie past £0 years, both in and outside New England, it appears to me that those who-‘navée the say here in New England are too conservative and susvicious and are play- ing a gane that puts the emphasis upon the winning -"- at the cost of the individual players, teams, college ‘eae toes Get eee and, “eventually, their very selves It seems to me , that very row colleges are innocent tow such a charge, it. one; were Lo study the newspaper. box scores of the various “college teams here in’ New England, he will detect that several en- lightening points standout, In the firsy platy, nei si note — u certain college is make it a point to employ a certain referee or pair of referees at most of their home contests, He'll rote Ait such colleges (and their PAUSE, naturally) conform to a game or style of. play that appeals to these selected referees. . ee HEncs:,. a, minimum nunber. of fouls, The result? They're hard to defeat at home, and invariably lose or come near losing the moment a new set of officials is encountered, By no means do I accuse, or infer, in the least, that New Eng- land officials are dishonest, In fact, I honestly feel that their integrity is as good as mine. What:we cannot deny is that we are -all human! Let's look at the present set-up of assigning officials to college basketball games here in New. Engiand, As a rule, the physical director (graduete manager, or coach) corresponds with officials, asking whether they would come down for such and such a game on such and such a date,. aN is understood that’ the two officials, on report- ing, will ‘be paid the fee, ¢lus traveling expenses.” Like everyone eise,. I “would like to" rece ard refereeing as a hobby, an official being an individual, who, eSpéclally fond of the game, likes to pursue it in the capacity of an umpire. The pay, then, is incidental, being.a renumeration for sacrificing an evening to execute his tasks. However, wnen refereeing attains a point where an official (or officials) earn, during the winter season, renumerations that go well into three figures, and, in many. instances, undoubtedly, far above $1,000, then we ean. no longer term it a HeRee but, indeed, "big business, " De Continued, - el It stands to reason that when you or I can earn hundreds of dollars, or probably more than a >1,000 over a three-month period, money that comes to us in addition to our weekly earnings, you and I are not going to attempt to diminish this extra coin, if we can help 1%, Aren't we, then, at the mercy of the physical director (graduate manager or coach) who hires us froin time to time? What would be our feelings toward e team (at a subsequent game) should its coach display an objection to our officiating? The answers are obvious, and, being human, you or I would feel as bitter as anyone else -- however fair we would try to be, Basketball, because of its make-up, probably needs more competent officiating than baseball or football, It needs a system where the physical director (graduate manager or coach) as remote as possible from the officiating element. Is such a Utopian system possible? I think it is. It is my belief that if a Coumissioner (or a Commission of three) were selected by the New England colleges, empowered to assign all officials to college games, the game will be greatiy enhanced. If such a Czar (or a Commission cf thtee) were to perform such assigning roles, the referees would feel that they were the choice, not of the home team, but of BOTH teams, svectators and all. In other words, by popular approval: None of us even for a moment can imegine that an American League umpire, working at Fenway Park, is en employee of the Boston Red Sox, and, when this same umpire appears at the Yankee Stadium, is a hireling of the, New York Yankees! The reasonab!e explana~ion is that-hé rees/fPon h@abGtarters, and not fron the cont dine teams, In analyzing my suggested plan, leifs over-look th. elesent of traveling expenses so that the scheme would be clearer, Unoer tne proposed system, all colleges would forward, at the start of each basketball season, @ sum of money covering the cost of of- ficiating. Suppose a college pléys 10 none ganes in a given season and each official receives 315.00 per contest. Tne officiating would cost $300.00 for the season, Upon being advised that a veferee worked a contest assigned to. him, the Commissioner (Commission of three) will forward him his ‘check for ,;15.00. In such an instance, the assignment officials will not regard themselves as employees of the home team, nor look upon their fees as compensation received from the home team, nor fear that, in tne face of an honest but adverse decision, the home team will cease accepting him in future eantests, It is interesting to voint out that in sectional games, such as those staged at the Medison Square Garden, Philadelphia, etc., the teams don't look upon the referees as employees of their oppon- ents, 4nd undoubtedly, these officials, receiving their fees from a third party, don't give a hoot es to who wins, or how angry this or that coach is! The official tries to do his best because he knows that, if he does his best, the promoter will want him beck, irress. pective of how many times the "home team" may lose, Some may say that it would be cimost impossible to find a capable Commissioner (or Commission of three) in 211 New England, Football has its Commissioner, why can't basketball? If all New England can't provide one (or a Commission of three) it is a sorrowful state of affairsm sorrowful for the manhood of this section, and also of the physical directors (graduate managers, or coaches) for not being able to agree upon either one or three men} Sea or ¥ Piet. sie gta ‘~< Corrected to Septe Ist 1959 Semplote sewberehtz: + Hiekox + See-Treas NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COAG - Aleoxender, l A Allen, FC ~Almquist, KY v Anderson, Herold - Baceus, Phitey —Badler, & tf ~- Baker, J ¥ ~ Berry, [an “ Boe, Glair alias Earl, All ~——ponnett, Jim All - Bowling, Floyd - Boyle, George -Breeil, Lloyd Brean, Jokn ——Erowmny PR. 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Logansport H S Hampton Inst. 2 ee Univ of Lows. aiis, AD, "ALL eS Junior Coll Winograd, Sam AlI~-°~ ~. oe Cetlens ) Mew Yuk | , 97 gen a v ; * Gonn State Colls< w White, Don & Morton H & —ziebell, N A All | (Spauldings) ey l stra Pp All Evansville Ind Lewiston Maine St Louis Missouri Springfield Ohio ‘Maywood Illinois Chicago Illinois Kalamazoo Mich Chicago [11 Athens Ohio Grinnell Ia Moscow Idaho East Lansing Mich Springfield Bhio Cincinnati Ohio Logansport Indiana Hampton Va Iowa City Iowa Joliet Illinois New York New York — Los Angeles Calif Storrs Conn . Cicero Illinois Chicago, Illinois Noverber 8, 1939. ie. Frank W. Keaney, Rhole Island State College, Kingston, R. I. In response to your inquiry of the first instant, the FansesCity Star, which hes a morning edition ~ the Kansas City Times in the marting = the Ster in the afternoon ~ and Sunday, is considered second only to the New York Times in get-up and readability, and is by far the arbstending newspaper of the middle west. C. E. MitBride is the sparts editer. The Kansas City Journal has a lerge circulation, also, and its spat editor is Parke Cerroll, one of the outstanling football and basketball officials in this pert of the country. He probably officiates at mare basketball cemes in ar Big Six Conference than any one other official. He is especially interested in rules of basketball, and I believe in respect to the most basketball news you would get it fron Parke Carrell's spe@ting comment column. ; Personally, if you could stand the strein, I believe it would be well to subseribe to both of these papers, because Mp. MeBride is so outstanding. However, I em leaving it to you to do whet yo think best. Sincerely yours, Directar af Physical Education ani Recreation FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coch. — | l B. T. GROVER, OHIO UNIVERSITY DR. JAMES A. NAISMITH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS NAT. HOLMAN, CITY COLLEGE, N. Y. PRESIDENT : HONORARY PRESIDENT FIRST VICE PRESIDENT THE NATIONAL Asso SKETBALL COACHES EDWARD J. HICKOX, SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SECRETARY-TREASURER OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ni enn Foe VineP esident AT. HOLMAN, First Vice-Pr NELSON NORGREN, Second Vice-President = November 1 ° 1939 EVERETT DEAN, Third Vice-President EDWarD J. Hickox, Secretary-Treasurer FRANK W. KEANEY, Editor Mr. Forrest C. Allen BOARD OF DIRECTORS W. S. CHANDLER Marsu Dsoww | Kansas Univers ity W. H. BROWNE VAL. LENTZ Lawrence ; Kansas EDITOR OF BULLETIN FRANK W. KHANEY, State College, Kingston, R. I. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTER Dear Mr. Allen: BLAIR GULLION, Cornell University, Chairman OSBORNE COWLES, Dartmouth College Wisi Canam, Neth Caroling Untrorsity Would you be kind enough to let me D, 0. Mowsnrt, Detaaw Univesity know the daily or Sunday paper in your section with FEANE Root, Kanses State the best basketball news. We want to make the bulletin sade Gent, Texas Unive a success and by subscribing for the best papers in H A. Hoccom Beets Ulieoan, different parts of the country, by picking a piece BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE here and there that will be interesting to all the jearc La Gece basketball coaches, I hope to improve our bulletin. SAM Barry, Southern California nn Feutumee Bockdr one e . A. or niversity : : Gaba acne Noe Hees baat The best papers in our District are: Warp C. LAMBERT, Purdue University JOHN LAWTHER, Pennsylvania State DALE LasH, Wesleyan University 1 Dail ‘= JOHN MAUER, Tennessee University ° Roy M. Munporr, Georgia Tech. Gus TEBELL, Virginia University JOHN TRUESDALE, Grinnell College 2 4s Sunday 8 as COACHING ETHICS COMMITTEE C. B. Hoy, South Dakota University, Chairman Te emer” Coughton Daivenity Inclosed herewith stamped envelope. J. W. Hurron, Hamline University Please fill in the required information and mail. JOSEPH LAPCHICK, St. Johns University Rou F. WiuiAMs, Iowa University VISUAL INTERPRETATION COMMITTEE rul ur Nat. Homan, City College, N. Y., Chairman Very truly yours, W. H. Browns, Nebraska University EVERETT DEAN, Stanford University Harotp E. Foster, Wisconsin University CuuckK TAYLOR, Converse Rubber Co. RESEARCH COMMITTEE Gzorcn Epwarps, Missouri University, Chairman Fr ey H. C. CARLSON, Pittsburgh University EVERETT DBAN, Stanford University / BLAIR GULLION, Cornell University { HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE CLIFFORD WELLS, Logansport High, Chairman CoRNEY COLLINS, Omaha South High ‘ H. T. McCo.Loueu, Crawfordsville High JOHN TRACY, St. Ignatius High, Chicago OFFICIALS COMMITTEE Forrest Cox, Colorado University, Chairman W. J. FERGUSON, St. Josephs College, Pennsylvania Ray OostineG, Trinity College, Connecticut E. L. RoMNEY, Utah State CONVENTION COMMITTEE Forrest C. ALLEN, Kansas University, Chairman GEORGE EDWARDS, Missouri University H. W. Brownz, Nebraska University CONVENTION DISPLAYS E. A. K®LLEHER, Fordham University, Chairman TOURNAMENT AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE H. G. OLSON, Ohio State University, Chairman F. C. , Kansas University JOHN W. BUNN, Stanford University PRESS COMMITTEE Paut D. HINKLE, Butler University, Chairman