One junior college coach reported that the town team in his com
munity adopted the. rule and felt it to be an improvement over the game
as they played it when they were in school. He also reported that the
high-school players in-his community were quite envious because they
were not using the new rule. Gym class and playground games have been
conducted for years without the use of the center jump.

5. The officials associations on the Pacific coast are all str-
ongly in favor of the new rule, There is a general feeling of relief
on the part of the officials to think that they do not have to bother
with the center jump. They are glad not to have to handle the ball so
much and parade back to the center after each goal. This sentiment is
best expressed by those officials who worked in the P.A.A., tournament
on the coast. The center jump was used in all games in this tourna-
ment because the A.A.U. would also use the center jump in its games at
Denver, After working all season without the center jump, they were
decidedly against going back to it again. Even the teams listed to
play with the tip asked to play without it. The mid-western officials
who worked in the games between Stanford University and her opponents

pressed themselves as strongly in favor of the new rule with one ex—
ception, The exception was Mr. E.C. Quigley, who has steadfastly
maintained that there is no need for any rule changes, Here is what
these officials say in part:

Mr. Nick Kearns: "Having officiated in over 2,000 games with the
jump ball at center and upon experimenting (Mr. Kearns worked the
Michigan State-Stanford games in which the center jump was not used,
says: "There is no doubt in my mind; the center jump is through as
far as basketball is concerned, The games I worked this past season
in the Middle West for Stanford proved that elimination of the center
jump was vastly in favor with the crowds. The audiences everywhere I
officiated were almost unanimous in their votes for this elimination,
Without the center jump the game was faster and constantly on the
move. This greatly delighted the crowds of people. And don't forget
this elimination does away with a great amount of fierce body contact
brought into the play to catch the ball at the center jump."

Louis A, House of Kansas City, Missouri, who officiated in the
Stanford-White Eagle Oilers game in Kansas City where one half of the
game was played without the center jump, says: "I liked very much the
play without the center Jump. I really believe it a step in the right
direction, Have heard much favorable comment on the play."

6. All except three coaches who reported were heartily in favor
of the elimination of the center jump. It is interesting to note that
two of these gave as their reasons the fact that for the first time
they have a tall center who can easily control the tip in their con—
ference and therefore they desire to profit by whatever advantage they
may gain thereby,

One junior-college coach commented to the effect that the elimin—
ation of the center jump had proved so satisfactory to everyone con-
cerned that he doubted very much whether his conference would use the
center jump even though it were not eliminated in the national rules,

Coach Ben F, Van Alstyne of Michigan State commented as follows:
"You may quote me as saying that after trying it out we are in favor
3 not | retaining the jump. A majority of the fans also liked this
change,