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SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940.
Tiger Cinder Team Is Potent
Simonizing SportS BY JAY SIMON
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Yesterday Dr. F. C. Allen exhibited a game of basketball between two of his teams playing under a new rule which he, as chairman of the national rules committee, plans to submit to the legislative body of the cage sport when it meets at Kansas City, March 30, 31, and April 1.
The rule provides that circles with eight-foot radii be drawn beneath each basket and that no player of the offensive side may shoot at a basket in this area. They may dribble in and out and handle the ball, but no drive-in shots or tip-ins will be permitted within this area.
Doctor Allen believes that this prohibition will cut down a great number of fouls, especially the player who is fouled when driving in for the basket in an attempt to shoot a goal.
"Three years ago," Doctor Allen said, "the enthusiastic advocates of the proposal to eliminate the center jump from basketball made the claim that if the center jump were eliminated this rule would drive the exceptionally tall man from basketball. They claimed that the importance of the center jump was sufficient cause alone for the presence of the altitudinous player.
"The center jump was eliminated for the 1937-38 season and has been in effect since. The 6 foot 4 and 6 foot 5 player was the average height of the exceptionally tall player at that time. Instead of driving the tall player out of the game, the demand for tall players is even greater now than it was before. At least, there are a greater number of tall players in the game today than ever before. The 6 foot 7, the 6 foot 8, and 6 foot 9 player is not a rarity."
Doctor Allen has long advocated the installation of 12-foot baskets and still believes that it would be much the better method of taking the advantage away from the "mezzanine peeping toms," as he calls the 6 foot 6 and up cagers. However, that idea hasn't seemed to take so well with many of the coaches, and now Allen has struck upon another idea with which to combat the giants.
If the rule were to go into effect it would place a much greater premium on long shooting and relieve the congested area around the basket. However, it still would not do away with the tall boy who stands in front of the goal and slaps shots back in the face of attackers. The rule seems to strike more at the offense than the defense. The defense is not penalized at all, but the offensive team is not allowed to drive in for set-ups, and the tall boys will not be able to stand under the hoop and dunk them in.
We will all be anxiously awaiting the reaction of the national committee to this proposal.
Indoor Dual At Columbia Saturday
Columbia, Mo., Feb. 22—The fans get first crack at a field house record when the University of Missouri indoor track team is host to Kansas here Saturday night.
Two weeks ago, a new alltime dual meet attendance mark of 1,200 was established when the Tigers defeated Iowa State in the first indoor meet of the year and this mark is expected to be exceeded this week. Tigers in Good Shape
Back from a brush with the stiff competition at the Illinois Relays Carnival, the Tigers appear in fine fettle for their second dual meet of the season.
The Kansans haven't fared as well as the Tigers to date. Misfortune has dogged the Jayhawkers at every step, with ineligibilities, accidents, and injuries in large doses. Not to be deterred, the Jayhawks have made a gallant comeback. After losing to Nebraska, Kansas almost whipped Kansas State in a dual meet last week.
With Captain John Munski on tap for the mile run, Marshall Reeves available for the half-mile stint, John White and Jimmy Johnson ready for the hurdles, Dick Higgins aspiring for more pole vault honors, and Sol Schumitzky determined to enhance his broad-jump achievements, the Tigers loom as a rather formidable aggregation with which to cope. Missouri Hurdler Back
Missouri hopes soared again this week when it was learned Ed Slaybaugh would participate. Slaybaugh won the 60-yard low hurdles in 7.2 seconds against Iowa State two weeks ago. Then he suffered a minor injury and was confined to the training table while the Illinois Relay carnival was in progress.
Nevertheless, all is not gloom in the ranks of Bill Hargiss' men. Rather, they pin their hopes upon three men who may prove themselves in the forthcoming meet.
Ray Harris, mile runner, is foremost among the top-ranking invaders, but a sprained ankle will severely hamper him when he is pitted against Munski. Facts and records are concrete, and a perusal thereof shows Harris turning in a 4.29.9 mile last week while Munski spun around the oval in 4:10 on the anchor end of the University medley relay at Illinois.
Mathes Should Take Sixty
But Kansas has an edge in the 60-yard dash as Darrell Mathes turned in a 6.3 seconds performance against Kansas State, and Missouri's best mark this year is 6.5 seconds by Sol Schumitzky.
The broad jump promises to be one of the most closely contested events on the program as Kansas comes up with J. R. Jones, who jumped 23 feet as a sophomore last year. A year ago, Schumitzky set his best indoor record gainst Kansas as he leaped 23 feet 8 inches. However, he has yet to reach that distance in the current campaign.
One Reason Why Missouri Leads---
This cocky-looking little forward is one of the Tigers leading front line men. He will be one of the starting forwards when Miss-
souri squares off against Iowa State at Columbia tonight. This will be the Bengals last game before coming here next week to meet the Jayhawkers.
Harris Won't Run Against Missouri
Ray Harris, Jayhawkers track captain and star two-miler, will not compete in the dual meet with Missouri at Columbia, Saturday, Coach H. W. "Bill" Hargiss announced this
morning.
Harris' ankle, which he injured a Lincoln two weeks ago, has not improved and the track coach decided to hold him out of action this week in order to give him a good rest before the Big Six indoor meet at Kansas City, March 9.
Harris ran two races against Kansas State in the meet here last week, but his ankle has become worse since then.
Sig Alph Five Nips Delts In Overtime
By Clint Kanaga, c'42
A one-handed shot by Bob Bond in the last minute of an overtime period gave Sigma Alpha Epsilon a highly valued victory over Delta Tau Delta last night, 27 to 25. It was the Sig Alph's seventh win in eight starts. Bill Hall, flashy little Sig Alph guard, turned in a splendid performance, counting five baskets and two charity tosses. All but one of his goals were from long range. Halftime found the two teams deadlocked at 14all.
Displaying their usual whirlwind attack, the Buccaneers piled up a 20 to 5 first half lead and then went on to win from the Warriors, 51 to 7. Ralph Bourne, Buccaneer, tallied 18 points for high point honors, 11 points in the opening period.
Despite the absence of their ace center, Westehouse, the Galloping Ghosts accomplished their 23rd consecutive triumph, downing the Dominoes II, 53 to 22. The Ghosts played like a championship ball club last night. Fournier and Coffin, Ghost guards, were particularly impressive. The box score:
SIG ALPH (27)
Bond, f ... 4 0 FT PF
Ziegelmeyer, f ... 1 0 1
Wilson, c ... 0 0 0
Hall, g ... 5 2 1
Amerine, g ... 0 0 2
Howard, g ... 2 1 0
Totals ... 12 3 7
DELTA TAU (25) PG FT PF
Westerv, f ...1 0 2
Banta, f ...4 0 0
Elder, c ...1 3 0
Cluster, g ...2 0 2
Trice, g ...3 0 1
Palmer, g ...0 0 2
Totals ...11 3 7
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