| Show i Careless in ill Practice Deserve a a. Say Sa bij FRANK K BAKER Most coaches I believe make a mistake in not acquiring competent officials for their then practice scrimmages or preseason games They go to great lengths in developing their offensive setup in drilling their boys in shooting in teaching their charges how to pivot and then allow them to grow careless by lax officiating in their practices It is a lot like building a good Rood strong basket and putting a frail fratI handle on It IL Maybe Mayoo the handle will hold and ma maybe be it wont I If It doesn't the groceries will be spilled before belore you get home Letting a team become careless in its playing habits is h no worse woe than putting a weak handle on the grocery basket The players get accustomed to taking too many steps without being called for travel travel- In lug ing 1 They Ibey grow prow rough in their play because body contact Is not called Then when they get into 3 a game their play I is handicapped by bythe bythe bythe the strictness of the officials Under the thc pressure of 01 heated competition competition com corn petition they wonder why they're called for lor habits that never cause any trouble in In practice Instead of having a friendly attitude for lor forthe forthe the officials these youngsters oung develop a di dislike lIke for tor the men with the whistle Ive I've noticed this problem frequent in my trips t to the various high schools to review re the basketball prospects in the state At one school a sophomore was given gl his whistle and told to handle a. a pres preseason ason on game As this lad went onto the floor Ioor the coa coach h of or the home school told me Hell call everything he knows all right That I dont don't doubt but in his own statement the coach reco recognizes the weakness of the policy Everything he knows What about all the details he doesn't know about Hes He's only a boy barely out of or the grades Boys Declo Develop Rough Brand of Ball BallIn In Iii Loosely Handled Scrimmage The youngster was as fair as could be but long before fore the game was over it became rough and wild There was lots of holding and hacking hackin under the baskets Traveling or progress was a frequently overlooked I. I violation Boys drilling under those conditions will play that kind of orl ball in a real game When theY're called for their fouling the opposition profits in two i ways First it gets some free throws which may decide the game Secondly Sec See the pla players ers trying to avoid their poor habits dont don't play as well as us they could and the opposition usually beats beath them y t Ih S. S Somebody looks at the score book If it hadn't been for our fouls i the referee beat us wed we'd have won Yeah How often orten weve we've heard that remark Its It's needless to remark that the players and not the referee made the fouls fo that the official simply called what took place Directly its it's the players' players fault for making the fouls louis but Indirectly the coach is to blame for permitting his men to fall faIl Into the habit of that kind of play At another school I found a a. number of football men still strivIng striving ing hard to forget the body contact ct principles of the gridiron They were rough A competent official would have called a dozen personal personal personal per per- fouls on one of them inside Imide of five minutes Yet nothing was done in this scrim scrimmage mag-e. mag It Is b a problem I admit to get good officiating at these early games without too much expense Still a a. coach usually has a a. chance to develop some whistle men in the gym classes Then theres there's usually usually usual usual- ly Jy era se several officials who'd gladly donate their services for the sake of practice themselves before the season starts Whatever course is followed the coach is wise who provides strict officiating for his charges in scrimmage and preseason tilts Get them accustomed to going at top sp speed d and still avoiding violations violations violations viola viola- and fouls and they wont won't be licked by the official in hi a a. real r Same game I Utah Officials Should Be Given Chance To Help in Determining Rulings Rulings' Its It's high time football officials In Utah should be recognized when it it comes to determining the rule role interpretations for the- the Rocky Mountain Moun tam tain games Colorado virtually dictates the policies for tor the whole conference C. C Henry Smith adjuster for the R. R M. M C. C has been in the habit of sendIng sending sending send send- ing out exar examination papers grading them according to the accepted rule interpretations on that side of the conference and then appointing the officials chiefly from their academic grades A mans man's practical ability was not generally taken Into consideration If a prospective official could pass pas a good schoolroom test he was given preference Repeated proposals for Smith who is librarian at Colorado university sity to confer with a representative here in Utah regarding a mans man's experience and practical ability brought no real Improvement A man was appointed on several occasions but his reports were seldom sought much less countenanced Now that Smith has resigned and the Big Eight Is Ta hanging fire Its It's high time that the three Utah schools fight for a just representation from this tills side of the On Monday the officials will wUl take their exams for for- forthe the 1934 season The questions have nave been drafted by Bresnahan Truscott and and- Bill Greim of ot Colorado without conferring with any of the officials from Utah The answers will be gr graded ed by the he according to the eastern division interpretation One commendable proposal has bee been made mad by Greim who is in charge of the exams That is that western division officials determine determine determine deter deter- mine their interpretations on each question immediately after the exams and mall mail them to Denver Wherever the two groups ou S differ they will confer with one another In an effort to establish a unanimous unanimous Inous ruling hereafter The Importance o of this unity can readily be seen One of the Utah schools for instance may be accustomed to toa a western division practice ce of officiating a and d g go to o Colorado and find a contrary cus- cus tom It could easily produce a serious hazard in an Important game ame |
