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. I. - — ™ - ■■ !■ M y ■■ !■ 1^ I p ^ I I ' ^ ■ - — ■ yMickelson Sees Court GameA Minus CenterBY P4UL M3CWHBONKBW YORK, Pec, !•—lt;*)r-Mothers and UUm, who •Judder each tell as boo jo* rlikt hit neck *d limbs on the footballfield for th* glory of old Bo*.W!vine, now are fae'v to face witha post-season worry tha-t threatens to be worse than the original. It’* college, baskstball minus the ceater lump.Ellmlaattoa of the centerjump after a fieia goat haaturned the one* ladylike gate*into the tterdeat. meteft* tiringNobody, not even those trained young athletes,through 10 gamei a season for two Or three year* like thiswithout disastrous offsets.’*After the City college of New York-St.. Jtfffeph game, firstgame of the Garden’s* double* header, the spectators were asked their opinion of the game without the center lump rule. Those in favor of the center Tump weregame la sport. * It isn’t quite hard on young huskies on large university -teams- -which havepltnty * of wapaWe rsseroa batfor the s»an “iron man •quads the continuous running.twisting and chasings is- prettycloae to murder.It isn-t that the players topple prostrate on the hard wood floor and groan for air, althoughthere hav^beeaiaolat** of lust syehr pltuul ooeurrencee rsportsd about the country withS'cording fo. the applause. So was i, and »y friends bat~4fterwatching a Second game We changed. our minds, fcater,the basketball season only be-ls tlr-ginning. The sad-truth is theee esthualafftlc, ttalees “ kids gun themselTeeJpr 40 minute*, *a*pi«g fhe^®Mek uadto badly later U lifa whW itena get a bit slower *ki tha eld heart isn’t so johnd. All mortgages must be paid and a pretty high one ir being Toried againstthe wftopri5f college; cage play* lt;er« this saaaon. . •iMt night, I watched the, Bkf^.rtim .ft. nilnoMt. J«k5’dgame'.at Madison Hhafr^ar-den. Although th* splendidly coached mint wer* far ajiperiorand won, £M K after at dmkr~* start, tbf vaslerofd Of It,000 spectators Was chilled. Illinois scored I % points per. minutng* against a littte oTOr a vbiat by, the St. JobdVteiteir .Bit :*e*rthe finish, as thoy nifedf the • drawn eapresslon# of asms If the?weary players, modt.of .thefans abo.ut me felt sorry forth* :MtnfnafunHi “''AtCoach BoufrMfiltOf^Unoll fttaccosted on the queetien■fTf I had a big Center, I wouldn’t mind the center jump/* -he- atldr^bttt I barest got os* and so we get a batter chance. My boya were substituted quite freely. Howevsr, some said they felt worn out for the first time this season. This was A ratherwild,* offensivegame though.like this?’They’re not atf A check of the 00 leading college basketbmrg»m«alast night, however, showed how fait and. loose tile gtm*haf become without thh ali^lf rest rfven by a walk back tfd Jump ct center.The winners of those 20 games ’ acored'i t S .points, an average *f. 40, against 070, and average of24, for th* loser, That's ahav-•riff of SO poinU or two points* scored fbr every minute nt ac-tion. 1 email woffd*r*t^t James .Nbistnlth* inrantoM»fik*»»aae,’ claims U baa been spoiled from/ a scipntific point.Because , of th* smaller colleges. which ean’t put bSgeqhads on the fiber, the no center jimp rule seems tg be doorndd after a year or two of trial. But that's the danger to the game. Fans like heavy scoring and non-stop action and guy drop off like flies if the game reverts to its slower past.... It’s a serious., crisis but there
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Findlay Republican Courier
Findlay, Ohio, US
Mon, Dec 20, 1937
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