UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

LAWRENCE

DIVISION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

#2 Suggestions from Basket Ball Questionnaire

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R. Gilbert, Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa

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This would complicate free throw lanes. When player is in
act of throwing fa basket and is fouled, there might be
some merit in awarding one point and one throw instead of
two throws. Deliberate fouls on players making shots from
reasonable or comparatively "sure' spots should be checked.

E. Bowles, Wm. Jewell College, Liberty, Mo.

Do away with the jump ball at center.

R. Fulmer, K. S. T. C., Kearney, Nebraska

#8 (a) O14 gyms would not permit

Present rules are 0. K*

V. MeDermott, University of Oklahoma

1.

To cut down tall eenters importance; make the center jump
play rotate among the other (8) players. This would make
a center play a team play rather than a one man specialty
act.

John F. Lance, K. S. T. C., Pittsburg, Kansas

Why should a captain not be allowed to decline a penalty
as in football? Example: Player of team A breaks for
basket. Player of team B pushes holds or trips player
of team A as he breaks for basket. Official calls a foul
on player of team B just before player of team 4 makes
good his shot at the basket. Why should we reward the
defensive player for having fouled the offensive player
by taking the basket away from the offensive team and
allowing but one free throw?

V. T. Trusler, State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas

Eliminate the free throw entirely.

C. Youngworth, Yankton College, Yankton, S. D,

I still think some better plan of play ean be devised than
the center jump after every goal. More and more the effec-
tiveness of center play is dominated by the official tossing
the ball. No two men do it uniform. Very few can toss it
the same every time. The resultant to me is that a large