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Do . When President Franklin De Roosevelt anounced the National Defense
Program, college men and organizations all over the country voiced their desire
help in the preparedness of the "ation by a larger physical education programe
After the football season the Mg-Six faculty representatives and athletic directors
emphasized their willingness to cooperate in this venture. During the christuas

The action of the faculty representatives and athletic directors of the
Big-Six Conference in cutting the basketball squads to ten men for travel and home
Se ee discriminatory but paradoxical. in football 33 men is the

in 10 mone Be eae eee a eee ee
tean are talnm one trip while but tm tines as muy taskotba men are perm! tted
gO on tripse

In the Mayo Clinie's research at Rochester, it has been discovered that
the peak of fatality after operations occurred during the months of January and

Plu runs rampant all through the basketball season, weakening the players!
heart action and subjecting than te strain in addition to the vigorous game of baskete
balls therefore, it is necessary that the coach substitute frequently to conserve
the health ent steenath Of the tare, With this limit on the number of players there
are not enough mon on the squad to do the job satisfactorilye Not only is it dise
orininatory but it is paradoxical when our athletic leaders say to the Nation thet
they desire to increase the number of participants, when by counteraction they
decrease the mmber of participantse

The Bigefix faculty representatives and athletic directors further went
on record by saying that in case of a tied championship, the like of which happened
last year when Oklahomm, Missouri and Kansas ended in a triple tie, the best offensive
and defensive record of the tean will be taken into account and no actual playsoff

will be necessary.

By thie rule they will foree the coach to play already fatigued players for
the sake of percentage, when the game is already actually won or losts Under the
old plan, a fresh substitute on the bench covld get his rewrd for his many hours of

This of earse applies only when there is a tied championship, tut fron the timo that
the season starts until it finishes, the coach will be laboring under the feeling
that he has an opportunity to win and therefore he will not play his substitute: who
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€ George Edwards of Missouri states that his faculty representative :
him that but ton men could be suited up at home and therefore eligible to

play in the hone gamee The only hope thet many players had was to get into a hone
Oe ae aie on aoe and if this rule ie put into a ts bas ae ee

naturally diseourage the } PIES whe here coms ont fur prnction in the hogs tgs Gap

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