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to the game the semblance of hockey. the ball was tossed up at center once and after
the toss-up it beoune a wild, harunsoarum soraible to outerace the opzosition to the
offensive basket, As soon as @ goal was made by one team, the team scored upon grabbed
the bell out of hous and hurriedly tossed it in, snerificing good fumdenentals of
ball handling for speed, ond more speed. Speed mania eeised these contesting teams,
ond thet mania reflected to the crowd. The players drove fester than good cvordination
dictated. Terefore, loss of potsension becine the rule, and the speotators rather
than enjoying « clever, artful and versatile passing, dribbling and shooting game,
feasted mentally upon an orgy by the players’ Sudbling that made for a general crowd-
player neurotic situation. In other words, the spectators knowingly and willingly
sacrificed good play to the point of excitement, even though the level of skilled

Paoetiously speaking, the spectators are nore prostrated after a hectic game of 7
be furnished the spectators after a gane to enable them t recoup fom the nervous shock. —
They need the relexation and refreshment after these hypertensions as much as do the
players.

senting 1 on tiyossibility with these fast-noving players Avtving doa the
court. tt 4s impossible for evan the best officials to properly offickte this hurri-
cane type of gamde The srowd gots exaited and "rides" the officials because & play is
mise-oalled. Im the gam of basketball the crowd 4s right on top of the players and
ti Offieials, and the crowd never cets off of un official beceuss it ie the American
game to give him « “buggy ride". Good basketball ie sacrificed, and the orowd in their
excitenent forget the values of good ball handling, team play and goal shooting, and
allow their jaded nerves to be satisfied with a fire-wagon brand of the gene that dees
not begin to compare with games in previous yoars where patterns of play beautifully
sot up won the plaulits of the sduivers. — .