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Pro Basketballtiii;(Continued from Page 10) texcessive, according to the Canton promoters. The salaries paid the players are not exorbitant and the team and hackers do not have to run the risk of losing money because ot cancellation of games through bad weather, risks that hurt football and baseball. Basketball is played indoors with no weather conditions to interfere.There are-a great many professional teams In Ohio and it is no difficult job to arrange a schedule of from three to four games a week, one being played at home and the balance on the ro'acl, guarantees received on road games being applied to the payment of salaries with the result that practically all of the proceeds taken in' at the home contest can be applied to other expenses with a good chance of making the sport niord than self suppoi'ting..Outside of high school basketball Massillon, has not had any worthwhile indoor attractions for many years. It might not be a bad plan to have the Canton pros play several exhibition contests here. It would at least furnish local fans with a high class brand of the' sport and might go a long ways toward stimulating interest in the game, both in the youngsters who want to learn to play basketball and in the fans w7io enjoy good contests.
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