#2 Mr. George J. Johnson
Februery &, 1957

being shot and the ball was two feet above the basket. Dr. —
Batemith ssid to the conches, When is it that the spectators
get the greatest thrill,“ and a coach replied, "When thet old

ball gees t the bucket." Dr. Naismith replied, "You are
wrong. It is when it is above the basket on its way to the

 

| astion is will the bal : the basket or
will it miss. e ae ew

: fhe vneertainty of the thing - will
it or will it not - one set of rooters pulling for it to
through, the other set pulling for it to miss. Isn't that en
argument ¢ ble to the jump ball, tip-off or tap in this
phase of basket bail. ee aa

. 7 When the rules will eliminate the
juap ball altogether then I would say thet I would be consistent
sand vote for the elimination of the tip-off or jump bell at cen~

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You are fust making another out of
bounds play when you give the opponents the ball out of bounds
under the basket. ‘You have removed the dash and color and you
haven't speeded up the game only you have enabled a team to pass
the bell within bounds. | 3

Bat, the teas which has just scored,
if it has half-way intelligence, can drop back quickly on defense
before the tean t has been scored upon ters the bali and
drives down the floor. Certainly no quick break will be permitted

by a half-way smart team under such conditions as these. .

A quick break is much more thinkable
by a defensive guerd who recovers the opponents' shot off the |
back-board and by a semi-long 3 to a sleeper team mate or one
who has laid « slightly initiateé a drive to the besket. And,
would a quick break be best by a team that has been scored upon
recovering the ball and making the sane type of pass?

. fhe defense would be thet when the ball
starts to go through the hoop, the scoring team senses it imuediate-
ly and immediately drops back. While in the other case the offen-
sive team would be driving in to follow their rebound and by hav-
ing a defensive guard recover it, the first offensive team would

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