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Kansas won 16 of our 17 contests played this year.
Summing up the suggestions that Coach Allen wili ent to the
coaches meeting for consideration and further to the rules body,
Coach Allen listed them as follows «
1. Raise baskets to a hei of 12 ft.
Purpose: to equalize the height of men and to clear up the con-
stlon under baslet. Purther to reduce the great number of fuls
phat are now made by players driving in for lay-up shots and being
fouled by the guards on this play. This will decrease foule at
least by SO per-cent. Rebounds from shote will fall further out
into the court, making it impossible for big, powerful guards to
bleck out the opponents coming into the basket, Dr, Naismith
yesterday 0.K.'d the —— of raising the baskets for college
and A,A.vU play to this e
= fo increase width of court to maximum of 56 ft. instead of 50
Purpose: @# A blow against the so-called sone defense. Also
making geeetie fewer out of bound balis. A team in possession
of the ball can much easier manipulate play off of the side of the
basket than out in front and into the basket with 6 ft. additional
of floor space on the side. |
3, Move the back-boerds 4 to 6 ft. inside the end line, Sy rais~-
ing the basket 2 ft. the back-board will be elevated so that the
baeck-board and basket will not interfere with pesses from back of
the board inte the court, striking the back stop. This will also
lessen out of bound plays. Wary shots @s4 m&eeeé which missed the
basket heretofore can now be e@ and play continued which
heretofore was not true under the present rules, This will make
more sustained action and continuems play. |

4. Increase the field goal to 3 points, leaving t
one point end the four personal fouls rule as it is,

8, Prohibit pivot pest man from shooting at basket, while he is

in the free throw lane with his back to the basket, Allow him to

— ball in the free throw area with the three second reatric-
On &@8 now,

6, Take no time out for substitutions in the last minute of each
half as is the ease of the football rules. This permite substi-
tutions but prevents a coach taking excessive time out to beat the
purpose of the rule by creating unnecessary delay,

7, A mtnioum eireumference of 29) inches for a basket ball, The
rule now states it shall not be less than 50, nor more than 351.
Because of the fact that such a change might work a hardship on
the ball manufacturers it would be inadvisable to rush such a
rule through, ost players favor a smaller ball because it more