Show Amusing Basket Yarns Include Old Time Tilt I Ohio Obio Official Gets Along h by Joking With Wilb Cage Players B By Forest C. C Allen LAWRENCE Kan Feb 10 ID P Pl iP- Basketball yarns are arc becoming more numerous with the increasing age ge of this young and vigorous indoor s sport port In the early days of limited seating seating seat seat- b j ing i rig areas galleries for the i tors tars were built at the ends of the court In order to give these spectators spectators spec spec- unimpaired vision glass or wire backstops were installed The Haskell Indians with a galaxy of national stars in their lineup were pla playing ing the Kansas City Cit Athletic club I team on the Indians' Indians court in 1903 The Indians' Indians court was fitted with c chicken hicken wire backstops and instead c o of ot f shooting for the baskets the In In- In Indians fired red away from a distance at the sagging a ar area a in the thc wire netting LLuc t 10 to me tile 01 of their white man opponents the ball would drop dead and fall directly into the bas bas- ket ketTo To matters further in the Indians IndIans' gymnasium there were six lar large e round steel floor supports located in i the playing court I The Indians would dash down the court feint to go one direction then clutch a post and swing ot off at an unexpected angle to elude their pursuers pursuers pur pur- and receive the ball at an un un- un- un looked-for looked angle SANTA CIA CLAUS US SHOTS A New England coach relates the following basketball story in which a chimney figures Several years ago ao we visited a prep school in our om state where they I j pla played ed in the li i living room m or lounge which had an immense red brick colonial fireplace at one end with the basket superimposed over the fireplace The first half halt it was nip and tuck but the second half hall when the they shot at the basket over the fireplace they ran away from us Right night a at the start of ot that half their forward I cut for or the right hand corner anc and I when well over and still running away from the basket he hooked a I shot that rolled up the chimney along the incline across a shelf anc and I then lien dropped of off into the basket fo for two points They The garnered several of these we protested but to no avail We were inform informed cd that we had the same privilege but just hadn't used it What a beating bealing we took and how that bo boy could roll em cm up tp the bricks across that shelf and into the basket bas bas- ket He lie got ot twelve GOOD LITTLE MANOne MAX MAN MAXOne One N c of f my friends from Springfield Spring Spring- Spring field jcl Ohio Ohio thc thic Mc I One of the snappiest little oUi oUi- daIs working in Ohio this year is Dick Bra Bray about as big as a wren and quicker Hes He's fast on 00 his feet teet and nimble with his wits He gets along with players In all hard games because he jokes with them When When Wittenberg college was running run run- ning fling a string of or 15 victories in 1931 the players didn't kick about decIsions deci decI- because they were usually away ahead in tho score but the opponents did One young giant on n a visiting team earn went up to Bray in a nasty hard I voice and told him about a decision Bray could be heard in answer up to within five packed rows Now watch little feller If yo you dont don't look out you'll be sitting over there with your coach pretty soon |