Much of the data for the ‘rating
zomes from the regular score book,
out other items require special ob-
ervers, and in some cases two—one
to watch and the other to write
down numbers. Passing of the ball)
from player to player is too rapid for
one person to watch and write both.
he watcher gives player’s numbers

the bal] passes, indicating when
1 shot is made toward the basket,

;and when a score is made. From this

record it is possible to determine who
passed the ball to the man who
scored, and even to give credit to
the man who made the second pass
previous to the score.

What Records Show

For example, the records of the
Kansas-Baker game show that
Pralle made 6 out of his 18 attempts
to throw a field goal, and was suc-
cessful on all three of his attempts |.
for free throw. He made one im-
mediate assist, and a secondary one;
took the ball from the opponents’
backboard three times and from his
own twice, passed the ball 72 times
and caught it as many more, for a
total of 234 evaluation points, Three
times he failed to pass to an open
player, twice he made wild passes,
and once he fouled, for 19 negative

|points. His 215 net points divided
‘by his 27 minutes of playing time

|

gave him an evaluation point per
minute of eight.

In the meantime, his teammate,
Schmidt, who made only one goal
and two free throws (out of two)
chances) was making a 7.9 evalua-
tion points per minute, largely
through his feeding of the ball to
players who could take successful
shots. Four times he made the im-

‘|mediate assist, and three times the
‘|}secondary. He passed the ball 48

times, and his negative points were
only six, two for tapping the ball
out of bounds and four for a: wild
pass. The method is going to be
studied further.