Forrest Allen
Works on New
Scoring Plan

Special to The Christian Science Monitor

LAWRENCE, Kan., Dec, 23—A
rating system by which a basketball
player is given points for all work
contributing to scoring, and is
penalized for. acts which detract
from good team records, is being
worked out at the University of
Kansas by Dr. Forrest G@ Allen,
basketball coach, and chairman of
the department of physical educa-~
tion.-He is being assisted in the
problem, both in the compilation of
records and the evaluation of serv-|:
ices, by Prof. E. R, Elbel, and Dr. |:
Vernon Lapp, members of the physi- |:
cal education faculty. Major stud-|:
-| ents in the department handle many |.
of the details, The K. U. News
Bureau gets into the picture through
its recording of minutes each player
‘is in the game, and its time-record-
ug of scoring.

Details of the technique are still

ject to modification, but in gen-
efal..the Allen. rating system. en-
deavors to assign various positive
points for meritorious work, and
negative points for work that de-
coe By dividing net points a
player has made by the number of
minutes he was in the game, an
evaluation ratio is obtained by
hich the playing worth of players
1ay be compared.
Evaluation Points

The plan, for example, assigns
qine evaluation points for making
3 field goal; six for a free throw;
four for an “immediate assist’—
oassing the ball to the player who}

 

A negative point is given a player |
‘or an “error of omission,’—failure
Oo pass to an open. teammate.
fumbling a ball so that an opponent

our minus; a persona) foul is minus
sight.