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less of Homer Sherwood. But we are in a war and athletics are emphatically secondary to
the big struggle at hand. Therefore, we are raising no issue, - only calling atvention
to some discrepancies that doubtless should not exist.

fen weeks age, dating back from March 2, Price Brookfield entered tows state
College. It is understood that the Y«5 program is for ten weeks. This would complete
Price Brookfield’s training on Merch 2, but doubtless some arrangenent will ve made for
Mr. Brookfield to appear against Kansas hore on vaweh 3. Kansas is not objecting to this
in the slightest. ‘Infact, the Kansas team would much rather meet Iowa State with Brook-
field in the Line up than without, but whe some teams are dupleted of their star
‘material overnight 4t seons as if no exceptions should be mde on account of an athletic
contest to favor one team over the other. oe

The tw stand-out players of the conference are old, experienced men. Prices
Brookfield, of Iowa State, doubtless has been the cause of the Cyclones oseupying top
position. Allie eine, the 4P star athlete at the University of Oklahoma is the main
reason that Oklahoma is riding the high orest. Paine's home is in Oklahoma City. He
hos pluyed three years with the sconers and played one year of independent basketball.
These two men are head and shoulders above anything else in the conference because of
their age and basketball playing experience. Paine was a stand-out when the conference
teams were stronz, and he and Brockfield are the class of the conference. Their diff-
erence is doubtless the difference in persentage points over other contesting Rig Six .
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Meany of our Lawrence friends have been sadly disappointed with what they term ex-
ceptionally low grade officiating. Good officiating is a rare exeeption rather than
the rule. Basketball fans openly state that neither ono of the tw officials in a gane
do a good job. “Rotten” ie the unsavory word they apply to the officials’ work. This
year I believe the dissatisfaction has been accentuated more than in other years. How
ever, it is my prediction that while the officials are blamed for poor officiating, the
fault is not withthe officials so moh but rather with the Rules Comittee and with the —
game of basketball. hen the center jump was eliminated the Rules Committee contributed

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