March 7, 1942. Judge K. Me Landis, High Commissioner of Baseball, 333 No. Michigen Avenue, Chicago, Tllinois. Dear Judge Landis: The Associated Press carried a story announcing that you were expecially insistent that certain baseball clubs - who were making sub rosa contracts with college baseball players must amounce them. 3 : I heve pretty definite evidence that a certain univer- sity in our section has players on their campus who are being subsidized by one of the clubs in one of the two major leagues. The boys' parents are furnished the money to put the boys through college, but the baseball club or one of the scouts is the silent partmer. ‘These boys do not actually sign @ con- tract, but they are receiving money from the source of one of the professional clubs. If the boy signed a contract he would be a professional and would not be eligible for varsity baseball, but by this sub rosa arrangement the boy is in fact under verbal contract and is expected to sign when he gets through college. this you were aiming at. It is alleged that the coach at this university is a paid scout by one of the big . it is the boys on his team that he signs up after they have finished their college competition. Practically every player on this coach's team has been signed by the seme club. I am writing for information, and if you desire further information on this particular case I would be glad to sulmit it to you. If, however, you are looking only for signed con- tracts that are being withheld, then this does not answer my question nor yours. Yery sincerely yours, é Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCA: Al Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. THE KANSAS CITY STAR. DAILY SUNDAY WEEKLY COMBINED CIRCULATION CIRCULATION CIRCULATION 450,000 MORNING AND EVENING 320,000 PAID-IN-ADVANCE 600,000 as SUBSCRIBERS Dear Phog: The address of K.M.Landis is -- 333 North Michigan Ave.,¢hicago, if MOR THE NATIONAL AssoCIAHION nN a. COACHES | || Aone UNITED oy Wo Nat Holman President " 1940 * tn li ett iB December, 1940 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nat. Hoitman, President Ne son Norecren, First Vice-President E. A. Kerrener, Second Vice-President Epwarp J. Hicxox, Third Vice-President W. H. Browne, Secretary-Treasurer Frank W. Keaney, Editor of Bulletin BOARD OF DIRECTORS Vat. LEntTz Marsu D1esoip 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. Hosson, 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 Biarr Guuuion, 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 Everett DEAN Forrest Cox BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE Don Wuire, Connecticute University, Chairman Forrest C. Allen, Kansas University Sam Barry, Southern California Clarence $. 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. KeLLener, 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 December, 1940 3 THE ALL-AMERICAN MENACE By Nat Holman I have always felt that much will result from open discussion in which pro- blems pertaining to business or sport, where facts are presented, are aired out and carefully examined, However, the "All American Menace" is the loose talk that creeps into our newspapers toward the tail end of each basketball season, in which our coaches go ona "fault finding spree." The rules, the officials, the ball, the backboards, etc., etc., are in for severe criticism, It seems to me that any sport that will attract millions of people, is physically wholesome , mentally stimulating and socially sound, There is no sentiment in theperson who puts his money across the counter at the box office, Basically, he wants enter- tainment, Is there anyone who can deny the fact that our game of basketball is the most exciting, thrilling, pulse rendering sport than any other activity on the entire winter calendar? What we need more from our teachers of the sport is a "Boosters Club" who will broadcast the good things about the game rather than condemn it, The game is always affected more by censure than by praise, Con= structive criticism is good, But, when individuals, or groups, develop a "“des- tructive philosophy" airing their "brainstorms" which are harmful to our great geme, I believe, and I am not alone in that opinion, that action should be taken to eliminate that group from our "inner circle", Before "popping off", any man, who has been stricken with the lightning of an idea, should submit his idea privately to the natural body of coaches, After due consideration by the coaches, including "clinic games", discussion by rules committees and any other means of scientific testing, then the idea should § re- ceive publicity. With all of the present unconsidered criticism, the spectators, who are paying the freight, will begin to believe that something is wrong with the game, Somewhere in my readings, I ran across the following lines which are apro- pos at this time, It reads: "Once an eagle struck by a dart, said after exmin ing the leneth of its shaft, with our own feathers and not by other hands, are we now smitten," Summarizing that statement, we can safely say: "If our great gameis harmed in any way -- it will not be by the existing rules, the officials,the backboards or the ball -- but by loose-tongued men affiliated with the sport who mrinually seek the headlines, Coaches who have endured, who have made contributions to the game, who have been affiliated with the sport over an extended period of years have seen it grow, feel, I am sure, the need of rounding up these men and compelling them to "soft-pedal" on any comments which may be injurious to the popularity of the sport, This publication is eager to publish articles and news items that will beof interest to coaches all over the country, Do you know of any topic that would be worth discussing? Why not submit it to the Editor for publication inthe next issue? All contributions will be duly acknowledged, Springfield College, which represented New England in the national colle=- giate tournament, has but one regular remaining, but Coach Eddie Hickox is prom- ising another good team to maintain Springfield's fine reputation, 4 December, 1940 GELATING The elimination of the center-jump after baskets has further so speeded up basketball in the past few years that there will be few to dispute the claim that this game taxes the endurance to a greater degree than any other sport, Naturally, this has caused a number of new problems to arise for the bas- ketball coach---since this increased pace has hastened fatigue on the part of the players and led to many teams weakening in the final minutes of play to lose games apparently well won, : The first reaction to this development, of course, is the attempt of every coach to build up competent reserve strength, so that he will have at least 2 teams of approximately equal ability which can be freely substituted for each oth- er, allowing each player to go at "full speed" for the entire period he is in the game, This will ultimately be to the benefit of the game, for it will mean that more players will get a chance to participate, Very few coaches, however, have been so fortunate as to find themselves provided with ten players of first-string caliber, and, therefore it is only nat- ural that basketball coaches throughout the country have shown great interest in anything which would build up the endurance and energy of their men, to help them meet the faster pace of current basketball, Following in the footsteps of many football coaches who have been serving plain, unflavored gelatine to their players since the first scientific disclosures of the benefits of this regime, a number of basketball coaches have been includ- ing plain, unflavored gelatine in their training diet, with very interesting re- sults, One point which seemed definitely established was the fact that fatigue was measurably diminished through the use of gelatine, Presumably because basketball was not so fatiguing to players on the gel- atine diet, there was a noticeable diminution in the number of colds and other mi- nor ills with which the players were afflicted, It was also reported that the scholastic standing of the players was improved over previous years -- apparently because they had more energy to devote to their studies, Weicht charts also indicated that there was less weight loss during com- petition, and a quicker recovery of lost fluids, This has been explained as being due to the improved capacity of the aes to hold fluids in individuals training on gelatine, Not all teams using gelatine proved to be champions, of course -=- but coaches, trainers, and team physicians felt that it had improved the staying power and capabilities of their players, and had helped to eliminate mid-season stale- ness and last-half exhaustion, In most cases, the plain, unflavored gelatine was given to the players be- fore and after practice, served in water or fruit juices, It is explained that gelatine is not a stimulant, but a protein food par- ticularly rich as a tissue-builder and particularly easy and quick of assimilation _ by the body, It is not to be confused with sugar in its various forms, which is a concentrated form of carbohydrate, valuable as a source of immediate energy, but not effective insofar as actual tissue-building or body-building is concerned, December, 1940 5 1940 Annual Meeting A total of 147 delegates, representing 27 States, the District of Colun- bia and Canada, were in attendance at the annual convention of the National Asso- ciation of Basketball Coaches, in Kansas City, Mo., last March 29 and 30, Midwes- tern States, headed by the group of 23 coaches from Illinois, were best represented, The exception was New York, which presented 16 delegates, The State representation was as follows: Tllinois 23, New York 16, Mis- souri 16; Kansas 13; Ohio 11; Nebraska 10, Iowa 6; Pennsylvania 6; Texas 6: India- na 5; Michigan 4; Wisconsin 4; Oklahoma 4; South Dakota 3; California 2: Colorado 2; Kentucky 2; Louisiana 2; Massachusetts 2; and Arizona, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, each one, The 1941 convention will be held in New York City, it was voted, The 1940 convention opened according to schedule, President Grover pre- sented his report, as did Treasurer Hickox, followed by a report by the heads of the various committees, The organization extended a vote of thanks to Frank and Chuck Cramer for six articles in publications, this fine publicity work having brought about an increase in membership, More than 1000 coaches were appealed to in this unusually successful drive for members, Nat Holman, newly elected president, gave an excellent talk upon the man- to-man defense, The veteran coach explained 25 years ago, the only faith players had was in the man-to-man defense, but, since then, a lot of new defenses have arisen, The foundation of a good defensive technique, Holman said, is for a man, in playing man-to-man, to switch sometimes single, and sometimes double, Nat top- ped off his lecture with the exhibition of the final game played at the Madison Square Garden, between Colorado and Duquesne. George Edwards, in making a report on "research", stated that some coach- es would like to see an increase in the number of personal fouls permitted, before a player is forced to leave a game, The chairman pointed out that he knew of no game where more than four personals were permitted, Other items brought up were arcs of 14-16 foot radius, drawn on the floors, elimination of backboards, shoes, floor materials and surfaces, lighting, court dimensions, etc, The fan-shaped backboards also were discussed, as were 20-inch basketball rims, a smaller basket- ball, and like suggestions, A detailed report, showing the results of a study of 60 regional tourna- ment games, was presented by H. V. Porter, These figures took into account one-hail tries, personal fouls called; disqualifications, out-of-bound balls, jump balls, fumbles, etc, Dr, F, C. Allen lectured upon the zone defense, He said this should be built up from the individual defense to the team defense, as a whole, He was of the opinion that the zone defense is superior, when one is out-numbered, otherwise the man-to-man is better, He followed with a most instructive explanation how he employs his system, Following the submission of the Nomination Committee's report, Everett Morris, of the New York Herald-Tribune gave an interesting report on basketball, as seen by a sports writer, The meeting held the delegates! interest to the very end, as the entire body took up various topics that pertained to the betterment and the future of the game, 6 Necember, 1940 BASKETBALL, THROUGH THE EYES OF A SPORTS WRITER By Everett Morris (A Speech delivered et the 1940 Meeting) I want to assure all that there is no evil in my eyes, They are neither bi- optic nor astigmatic, They may be a little red rimmed, but that comes from svending forty-eight hours on the train with the metropolitan district basketball coaches and trying to sleep in this hotel, There is an unwritten rule in my profession that newspaper men should read and not see; another part of that rule is that they should write and not speak, Well, if certain basketball conferences can disregard basketball rules, I guess that I can disregard the rules of my profession, too, and stand up here and let you look at me and shoot off my mouth, The subject is rather a broad one, I have no preconceived plan of how to attack it. Maybe I had better go into something transitional and stratified, em- plying principles of man for man, at the same time using the zone and spreading my- self out to protect all vulnerable lanes or something of that sort. It is none of my business but I do wish that the University of Kansas bas- ketball team would come East some time, I would like to know what the little guy up in the corner is doing when the other guy is going around him, Of course, I may have an evil mind, I have been asked a lot of times what I think about basketball and what I think is wrong with it, and except for what I read in the newspapers I do not think there is anything wrong with it, but every time I pick up an out-of-town newspaper or the afternoon wire reports of the Associated Press or the United Press, I read that some coach thinks that this is a very bad game we are playing, that it isa terrible mess, and he has a panacea that will cure all the evils with which our notable game is afflicted. Some of these panaceas involve the use of circles and detour signs and policemen with whistles and white stripes across blue shirts, and some of them call for the illusion of © bean bag and a wash boiler, I remember that 210,000 people were in the Garden for fifteen basketball double-headers this year, and I remember that when Indiana plays Purdue you cart buy a ticket for two or three weeks in advance, when Missouri plays Kansas you can- not even get in the town, and when Oklahoma plays Oklahoma A & M they call out the Texas Rangers to keep the crowds in order, I cannot see anything very wrong with a geme that has that much spectator appeal. But I think that if there is anything wrong with the game, it is probably traceable right back to two fundamental sources, First (and this isn't very hospi- table) the coaches; second, the officials, The subjects are probably interrelated inasmuch as, unfortunately, you cannot play basketball games without officials and there never seems to be enough good officials to go around in any part of the coun- try, In every section of the country you will hear: "We have so-and-so who isgpod and so-and-so is fair and the rest of them are terrible," and when you have a con- ference that is playing four games in one night, one game has good officiating and, the other three have terrible officiating or at least they think so, Perhaps this is the fault of the coaches and perhaps it is the fault of the officials' groups themselves, I do not pretend to know, but I do think that one of the most intelli- gent suggestions that I have heard this year for improving basketball had nothing whatever to do with raising the baskets up to the balcony, or cutting another twen- ty or thirty square yards of playing area off the floor or using an indoor baseball December, 1940 = or widening the baskets or trimming up the backboard so that it looks like a back-— drop for a follies act, I do not think that any of those things put the finger on the trouble, This suggestion came from my very good friend, Dr. Carlson, It was based on the assump- tion that the coaches are not doing enough to help the officials, You have to have officials, and if they are no good you have to improve them, No one else will, One way to imvrove the officials is constantly to bring to their attention their errors in officiating technique, the application of rules and their personal interpreta- tion thereof, The time and the method of doing this in Dr. Carlson's suggestion were unique, It did not call for the immediate calling of these mistakes to the official's attention, I mean by “immediate" tearing down to the official's dress- ing room as soon as that last whistle blows and telling the chap in well-chosen, picturesque words just what you think of the way he officiated at the ball game, Dr, Carlson's suggestion was to go home and get a nice cup of Ovaltine or something and go to bed and sleep it off and get up the next morning and look out on the light of a new day and then from that point of view think the situation over, and then sit down and write a letter to the official, stick in a couple sheets of the opposing team the previous night and the other carbon copy to the head of the offi- ciels' association in that district, if there is one, or to the officials! commis- sioner for the conference, if you have such a factotum, In that letter, dispas- sionately and as unbiasedly as possible, tell that fellow where he was wrong, It is Dr, Carlson's idea that if enough coaches do this, by the power and impact of repetition you will gradually bring home to that official the points on which he is weak, and that naturally he will adjust himself, he will check up on himself, and discover that he has been wrong and try to do a better job, This may be very idealistic, and Dr, Carlson may be attributing to the officials an intelli- gence which they do not possess, I do not know, It may be that there is a great deal of meat in what he says, but it is merely a suggestion and I think it is one that is worthy of a little consideration, IT understand that the method of most English lecturers in this country is to come over here and hire a hall and get up on the stage and lambast the very dev- il out of American habits and the American way of living and American skyscrapers and subways and transportation, and it is the custom on those occasions of the Amer= ican audiences who paid to hear them to get up and cheer and applaud wildly, where- as if someone else gets up and tells the same audiences what a lovely country they have and how nice and well-behaved and courteous they are and how enterprising and scientific they are, the crowd yawns and goes home and says, "The guy is terrible," I do not want you to yawn and say, "The guy is terrible," so I will use the English lecturer's technique and perhaps get a little personal and a little insult- ing about coaches, It strikes me from long acquaintance with coaches (and I am not mind you, speaking of them as a whole, but of the inevitable minority) that for gentlemen, shall I say, in as highly paid a profession (I suppose that is out of keeping here because I heard on the way over that a resolution is going to be pre- sented to demand that all college coaches be given tenure on the faculty and first rate salaries) there is an extreme amount of pettiness in your profession and that some of the snide little tricks which I have encountered first-hand, that one coach plays uvon another in the course of an intercollegiate basketball game, are nothing short of -- well, they are just plum disgusting, Why any man holding an important job in an important university will stoop to such tricks as inflating a ball that is supposed to carry thirteen and one-half pounds to the point where the darn thing sticks to the ceiling when it is thrown up I do not know, and I do not know why an- other coach will only put eight points of air in that ball so that when it bounces it hits you in the kmees, But I know first-hand of just such cases and those are things that perhaps bring your entire profession into disrepute, 8 December, 1940 Of course, I have heard tales of coaches who asked the other team what color shirts they were going to wear and then proceeded to dress up their own team in ex- actly the same kind so as to make it more confusing for everyone, I have seen teams come into New York wearing off-color yellow jersies having three-inch high numbers of the same material and the same shade as the jersies, so that nobody in the place, even the other players or officials, could tell who the devil the play- ers were, Of course, that is specifically forbidden by the rules, but nobody pays any attention to it, There are a lot of other minor gripes that a sports writer runs into in the course of his career, but the biggest gripe that I have came to a head this year as a result of this wave or deluge of suggestions for changing the complexion and the fundamental structure of this game of basketball, As I said to you earlier, I cannot see anything wrong with this game of bas- ketball, From the point of view of entertainment, from the point of view of fun or sport or competition, it will outdraw every sport in the land except soft ball as regards spectators and competitors, and when it will draw crowds into places of such proportions that the basketball coach can not get a little of his salary in- stead of something that he can squeeze along on and has to work out with another job, I think that if I may be so bold I should like to make the suggestion that the Coaches! Association instruct its members to declare a moratorium on ideas, There is nothing that arouses more ridicule, I think, for your profession than for some coach to go to bed ainight, suffer from a terrific nightmare, wake up in the morning and accidentally mix a little powdered opium with his bicarbonate of soda, and then sit down and write out a new plan for saving basketball and call up the nearest newspaper man whom he knows and get it into print, Newspapers, my own included, I think have been over-ridden this year with these cockeyed and utterly whacky suggestions for changing basketball, I do not know any way that you can break down public confidence in yourselves and your game any faster than that, con- stantly reiterating in the newspapers week after week that the same needs changing. Some fellows say that the game is too fast. Well, who coaches the boys to play fast? They do not have to play fast. They are taught to play that way, You people teach them to play that way. I see some teams come out and play so slowly you could go out and talk to all your pals and come back and not have missed a bas- ket, I wish to state right now that that doesn't apply to Rhode Island State, I think that the Program Committee was a little remiss in not having besides Mr. Holman's talk on man for man defense and Dr. Allen's talk on zone defense and anterior-posterior positions one on the type of defense employed at Rhode Island State, I think that Keaney should really tell us whether or not it is true that he tells his boys that if they hold the opposition at 80 points they are in, I want to leave this thought with you, that I think that you will find all over the country now the situation that a greater number of men are covering bas- ketball than ever before anda larger percentage of those men are doing an intelli- gent job of covering the sport, There are places where the technique involved is not as good as it is in other sections and that is a situation which you yourselves can help and profit by it. Your game has reached proportions now where no one will deny that it is our greatest winter sport, and you can help it along in the weak places by making the newspaper men there your confidants, making them your friends and helping yourselves to educate those who do not have a good basketball back- ground, We try to do that in New York and I know that they have done the same thing around San Francisco through the medium of local writers! associations, and you can do the same thing in your own particular sections, December, 1940 9 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE OFFICIATING The Missouri Valley Conference, consisting of Creighton, Drake, Oklahoma A&M, St. Louis Univ., Tulsa Univ,, Washburn College and Washington Univ., will again continue the unique plan adopted last year for the selection and training of all officials working in Conference zames, This play requires the selection of 12 regular officials and five alter- nate officials to work all Conference games, The group selection was made at the time of the National Convention, in Kansas City, It consists of a proportion nun- ber of officials from each school area throughout the Conference, The specific as- signments are made by Artie Eilers, Conference Executive Secretary, and each school is notified of the assignments in advance of each game, The officials are required to work throughout the entire Conference area, This feature, alone, was credited last year as having been the greatest step forward in producing harmonious consis- tency and unvaried interpretation of the playing code in all sections of the Con- ference, The assignments were made in such manner as to equalize the additional travelling expense over the period of a season's play for all the Conference teams, The unique feature of this plan requires every official to attend a two- day joint meeting with the coaches in advance of the season's first games, the meet- ing this year will be held at Kansas City, on December 7th and 8th, Both the coaches and officials make a thorough study of the rules, mechanics of officiating and game problems, The session closes with a mtual understanding of the various officiating problems and has tended to a mutual confidence between the coaches and the officials, The officials are pro-rated additional expenses throughout the season games to cover the additional cost of their attendance at this joint session, The plan seems to meet with the avproval of every member of the Conference and is un- doubtedly the greatest single factor in bringing about a more uniform interpreta- tion throushout the area of the Missouri Valley Conference, With Oklahoma A & M, Drake and Creighton making extensive intersectional tours in pre-Conference games, the Missouri Valley Conference will again have teams in action in every section of the country, Mid-western teams were more than mildly successful in intersect ional play last winter, Indiana won the national collegiate title, during the course of which, it tripped some of the best teams in the East; Kansas turned back Southern Califor nia from the West; and Rice, from the South, The popularity of basketball in the mid-west has become such that two in- stitutions---Iowa State and Kansas State----are clamoring for new field houses, In- creased attendance has been noted in both high school and college ranks in these 2 states, Does this issue of the Bulletin feature sundry items on basketball in your territory? If not, it's because we have been unable to secure notes that we are especially eager to print, How about contributing items that would have popular in terest both locally and nationally? Send them to the Editor, Thanks, The New England basketball coaches voted not to use the same officials in more than three home games in one season, This is a grand move in the right direc- tion, and it will be nice if this were maintained everywhere, 10 December, 1940 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BASKETBALL STARTS 7th YEAR Ned Irish, that basketball penperbox, who was the first to conceive, (and prove!) that basketball can pay dividends, rather than continue as a white elephant, has arranged another attractive card of intersectional games at the Madison Square Garden, Beginning with the night of December 14th, and ending with the evening of March 10, Ned has arranged no less than 16 double headers, everyone of which should pack the famous auditorium to the rafters. All in all, there will be 21 different teams to compete upon the New York floor, They will bring together teams from California to Rhode Island, Oklahoma to Michigan, several that have met for years, others that are facing each other for tk first time, The full schedule reads as follows: December January February March 14 21 26 28 14 19 10 C.CO.N.Y. versus Oklahoma A, & M, Long Island University versus Oregon New York University versus Syracuse St. John's versus Oklahoma University C.C.N.Y. versus Santa Clara . Manhattan versus Illinois New York Univ, versus Minnesota Fordham versus Kansas University St. John's versus Colorado Long Island University versus Rice Fordham versus North Carolina Long Island University versus Michigan State New York University versus Manhattan St. John's versus C.C.N.Y. St. Francis versus Bradley Tech Long Island University versus DePaul Long Island University versus Butler Rhode Island versus St. Francis New York University versus St, Francis Manhattan versus St, John's Long Island University versus Duquesne C.C.N.Y. versus Fordham New York University versus Notre Dame St. Francis versus Manhattan New York University versus Fordham St. John's versus St, Joseph's New York University versus St, John's C.C.N.Y. versus Manhattan New York University versus Temple Long Island University versus Tolédo C.C.N.Y. versus New York University St. John's versus St, Francis December, 1940 11 LET'S IMPROVE THE BOX SCORE! By William G, Mokray Director of Athletic Publicity, R, I. State College The average reader would enjoy accounts of basketball games far more if the box scores and summaries were more complete than they are today, The current style as generally presented by newspapers everywhere only includes the line-ups and in- dividual scoring feats, thereby leaving the rest of the game to the imagination of the reader, On the other hand, baseball, for instance, is far more complete, It pre- sents a true picture of the offensive as well as the defensive side of the game, The very fact that many a newspaper enlarges the present-day basketball box score whenever there is an important tournament or championship game indicates very strongly that the current practice is sadly in need of revision, May I employ the records of one team in a game recently played, showing how the suggested box score is especially superior to our current system? They follow: Suggested box score: Current box score: Min, PF A FG Fouls Pts, 7. Pes Smith 1f 32 41 4 6=5 13 Smith if 4 5 13 Jones 8 0 0 2 6-0 4 Jones 2 0 14 Black rf 40 2 8 68 22 18 Black rf 8 2 18 Churchill c 13 30 0 40 0 Churchill ec G::0 0 Murphy 27 1 1 . &.. 344 9 Murphy 41 9 Murray lg 39 $3 2:2... 23 4 Murray lg 2 -D 4 Coleman 1 2.0 .0. Ge 0 Coleman 0 0 0 Nichols rg 25 48 3 44 10 Nichols re 3 4 10 Towers Ins +0 0.4... 3-0 » Towers Ep 8 _9O Total 200 1917 23 29-12 58 Total 2aie 56 Undoubtedly, the box score on the left provides much more information and permits the reader to comprehend the facts more easily, without the necessity of demanding the reporter to resort to superlatives and criticism to paint a true picture of the game, Some might explain that the box score on the left would be too difficult too maintain, This isn't so, since, seldom as it seems, it shows that it can be done if one sets out to keep it. Some newspapers not only maintain the record of the actual number of minutes one plays, the personal fouls drawn, assists, etc., but also the number of shots individually taken from the floor by both teams, This gives even a more vivid picture, although some folks might be discouraged by that, easy as it is for some of us! How can the box score, as illustrated in this article, be made universal --- one might ask, That would be very easy, if the coaches, at next spring's conven- tion, ruled that the box score be enlarged, Colleges easily could prevail upon their local newspapers to carry such additional information, since it will create greater reader-interest, To the average coach, the box score, as suggested here, will be of immense help, because it will tend to minimize selfishness and build up greater team-work, What clory awaits a hard-working player, if, after all is said and done, three ct phers stand out along side of his name and the fellows he has fed all evening get all the points and attention from sports writers and spectators alike? owever (contimed on page 13) 12 December, 1940 THE "DREAM TEAM" OF TODAY Something new in basketball will be introduced at the Chicago Stadium on the night of Friday, November 29, when the College All Stars face the Harlem Globe Trotters, world's professional champions, The contest, expected to become an annu- al affair, is svonsored by the Chicago Herald-American, The 15 members of the All Stars, selected through a poll of 36 sports writ- ers, will form the greatest galaxy of basketball talent ever assembled upon one team, All in all, here will be a "dream team" that every coach in the country would like to have at one time or another, Those selected to perform in this rare stellar attraction, in the order of their selection, were: Ralph Vaughn Southern California Forward 6-2 190 Bill Hapac Illinois Forward 6-4 188 Jim Rae Michigan Center 6=5 190 Chet Jaworski R, I. State Forward 5-10 165 Marvin Huffman Indiana Guard 6-2 185 Ralph Giannini Santa Clara Forward 6-2 175 Fred Beretta Purdue Guard 6 178 Stan Szukala De Paul Guard 6=—2 175 Jim McNatt Oklahoma | Forward 6 - 170 Bob Calihan Detroit Center 62 #£=$%192 Ed Sadowski Seton Hall Forward 6-6 196 *Mark Ertle Notre Dame Erwin Prasse Towa Guard 6-2 195 Bob Carpenter E, Texas Teachers Forward 6-4 190 Bill McDonald Marquette Forward 6-3 191 Rex Filis Notre Dame Center 6-4 185 *Couldn't perform; Ellis selected instead A survey of the records set up by the 15 players to perform in this impor- tant game shows that, in their three years of college competition, they accounted for a total of 8,767 points in 610 games, or anet average of 14,7 points per player, per game, There are former captains, "most valuable", high scorers and stars who monopolized just about every kind of honor imaginable. This Bulletin will be published for the next four months, It can be made only as interesting as the various coaches and readers make it, Do you know of any that basketball can be improved? Is there anything you especially like or dislike? Why now make this publication your forum? Is there any news item that you think coaches and sports writers in other parts of the country will appreciate reading? Send them in, for the editor will be more than glad to read it! Pacific Coast teams planning on making eastern trips this winter -- Santa Clara, Oregon and U. C, L. A, Eastern, Midwestern and Rocky Mountain teams to go to the Pacific Coast this winter are Marshall College, Indiana, Hamline of St, Paul, Nebraska, Bradley Tech, Utah and Utah State, December, 1940 13 (continued from page 11) if equal emphasis were put upon assists, minutes played, personal fouls and simi- lar defensive play, the season's tabulations would reveal far more information than the mere fact that Joe Somebody led the team in scoring or that one of the first five players was outscored by a rank substitute who played only now and then, and, when he did, he was fed in the fore part of the court! THE 1940 TOURNAMENT The Kansas City Municipal Anditorium, where Indiana and Kansas battled for the NCAA crown last spring, is "tops", in the oninion of the many who witnessed that memorable clash, The coaches were amazed at the beautiful entrance, its fine ramps, marvelous seats, and the unobstructed view of the same from all seats, For the benefit of those who were not in a position to attend, it might be explained that the court measured 94X50 feet, the floor was laid with blocks 2X4 inches, set on end, the lights were indirect; the lines were painted white, and the backboards extended by wire, The seating capacity was 10,000, All in all, the coaches were highly impressed at the excellent arrangements, Before the teams met, most appropriate ceremonies were held in honor of the late Dr, James Naismith, the founder of basketball, Following a brief de- scrintion of the founding of the game, candles were lit, and Dr, Naismith's picture cast upon a screen, His three favorite expressions were then reads: 1. I want to build character in the hearts of young men, 2. Do not fail to work for humanity and await your award, 3. Basketball is a game easy to play but difficult to master, Both Kansas and Indiana had smart teams that impressed the spectators, Kansas was very deliberate, as was Indiana, which, however, occasionally used a fast break, Both outfits brought the ball up on dribbles, The winners succeeded on many a fine one-handed shot, while Huffman once threw a basket that must have been every bit of 47 feet from the backboard, At the conclusion of the tournament, E, C, Quigley, master of ceremonies, presented trophies to the opposing captains, Fifteen meals went to the two final- ists, as did gold watches to each team, It was a grand game played by two great teams before a tremendous crowd which enjoyed every second of it! May we have more! Stanford is playing several double-headers in the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, The Civil Auditorium seats 9000 people and has a new floor which is a duplicate of the Madison Square Garden floor, The Stanford schedule in San Francisco is as follows: December 17 - Stanford vs Olympic Club (Imwisetti's debut, if reinstated) December 21 - Stanford vs Indiana (National Collegiate Champions) December 27 = Stanford vs Nebraska January 11 Stanford vs Santa Clara Univ, of California vs Univ. of San Francisco Sam Barry, of U.S.C., lost all of his regulars, but one, from his champ- ionship team of last season, It is rumored that Sam will have a big team this year, 14 December, 1940 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES OF THE UNITED STATES Ackman, William Alexander, L. A. Allen, F. C. Almquist, H, V. Anderson, Harold Anderson, W. W, Andreas, L. P. Baccus, Whitey Baggett, Al Baker, J. W. Baller, S, T. Barr, J. 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