Phog’s Howls |
E Aren’tHeeded :

Most ‘Coaches Back |
Basket Rules: ©

. New Voirk: March 6 (@)—Dr:' F. |
C. “Phog” Allen of Kansas uni-
versity could hardly be called a}
“voice in the wilderness,” yet the
chairman of the National Basket
Ball Research committee .seems
to be a lone and forlorn figure
as he demands a drastic. revision
in ‘basket ball rules. -

The coaches’ consensus, garnered
in a nation-wide poll, seemed to
be “let the rules alone’—until the |
Kansas precinct. ‘reported!

All. Allen wants to do is in-
crease the height of the basket
two feet, create a 16- foot “don’t-
shoot-in-here. safety isle’ around
the basket, restore the center
jump, decrease. the -size . of’ the
ball, increase the size of the court
‘andiadd two players to each team!

Has One. Supporter —
If the studious” doctor, who has
| made the name .Kansas synony-
| mous with good. basket ball sug-

| gests all those. changes to the na-
tional rules committee, he is liable
to get.a cold shoulder from the
remainder of the | esonehing, fra- |
ternity. . ‘fe

Or, in the: ‘words a ‘Coach Mike |
Brumbelow “of “Texas: Christian,

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