Curved Backboard on Display at Cage Clinic.

Arrangements were completed E
yesterday with the Fred Medart
Manufacturing Company of St.
Louis to place one of the new
“streamlined” curved-surface back-
boards on display as an added at-
traction at the free basketball clinic
planned by The Star at the Butler
University Field House Aug. 18.

Because of a change in the rules,

requiring a space of four feet be-
tween the backboard and the end
line of the court instead of only
two feet, the modified backboard
developed after several months of
experimental work, has been en-
dorsed by many coaches because:

1. It will permit freer use of
the four-foot end space.

2. It will increase the zone of
Visibility on the playing floor
for spectators at the ends of the
gymnasium.

3. It will relieve congestion in
the foul lane by making it neces-
sary for players to cover a wider
area to control rebounds.

4, And it will simplify the
bridgework for supporting back-
boards because of its reduced
weight.

The rectangular backboard in
use at the present time is 72 inches
wide and 48 inches high. The one
shown in the accompanying re-
production is 54 inches wide and |
32 inches high with rounded cor-|;
ners and a curved surface made by /
bending the sides away from the
basket.

Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, Kansa
{University coach, has termed th
new backboard a ‘marvelous ide

       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

 

  
   
  
  
 
  
 

    
 
 
 
 

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