the offense. Tne many men in motion give the impression of a speca-
ed-up game, but most of the men and most of the speed is the defense.
The defense is all set for the offense.

11. Time and Energy are wasted bringing the ball up to scoring

area.

To bring the ball up from the farthest end of the court to
within scoring range requires at least several seconds. Thset time
is really wasted but could be saved by a chenge in rules.* Most
certainly the energy is wasted. Great back-court activity is wasted
ate. That energy used in useless running should be conserved so
that it could be put to better use when the ball actually reaches the
scoring area. The punch should be saved for front-court activity.
12. Playing is now so strenuous that speeding it up is inadvisable.

With its quick starts and stops and its continuous running and
jumping basketball is & most strenuous game. It hes no rival in the
demands it makes upon a whole team all the time. lonk Meyer, Don
Blser, «end Red Hagan, eccording to Richards Vidmer, think basketball
is tougher, physically end mentally, than football end requires better
condition. WNMore speed is inadvisable.

13. Basketbell should not be made into ashuttle race.

Racing back and forth from one end of the court to the other at
break neck speed is not necessarily good basketball. The westerners
call head-long playing “fire-department* basketball.

14. Out-of-bounds is not as fair or just as the center jum.

No fairer, more just, way of putting the ball in play than the
center jump has as yet been devised. A big center-man may "eet the
jump" but efter that he may be in his own way and also that of his

team-mates. Then, too, speed, guile, smartness, etc. can still be

*See Suggested Remedy