Show Ju f f Meddling Basketball Rules Rues Okeh II Say Skyline Coaches B By Frank Pitman DENVER Dec 29 r p Basket UPI Basket Basket- ls as now played is about as peras peril per per- il as written rules can make a aI I that's the way most es in the Skyline conference i I All ll eight coaches are definitely f t any radical changes like ce ing g baskets two feet higher to at set the dominance of the game WIer players One Oce e of the nations nation's top coaches rett ett Shelton now in his Ison on n at Wyoming summed it itin jn in answering eling an Associated 1 survey suney We Veve got a wonderful game JT lets let's not change it Shelton ij been coaching winners in amar amal ama- ama l sr r athletic union unton and college J I c for 2 27 years Shelton and the other Skyline aches thes ches were asked to comment on cr r changes that have ha been sug- sug t sted d by Allen the fabulous ath h at Kansas un university Raise the Baskets ets has oth- oth og proposed proposed among among r revolutionary re changes raising changes raising it height of baskets to 12 feet tore the floor from the present 10 iRe He also has mentioned g backboards and widening free tv oc lanes lanes to to keep tall men menn sn n 11 snagging nagging the thc ball ban on missed K tt throws The way to overcome O tall tan play- play I riis to get some yourself replied I sc Itc Baker of Utah State I Stan tan Watts coach of the Young university defend defend- rg g champion Cougars has the cue idea Were always going to the big man Well We'll have to bat him with another Watts added that any time you penalize the tall man you penalize the smaller man all the more The veteran Vadal Peterson who's journeyed to coast-to-coast on barnstorming trips with his Redskins Redskins Redskins Red Red- skins nearly every season likes the present rules and sees no need for radical changes The public likes the high scoring scoring scoring ing and the boys like it too Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son commented Too Much Meddling George Jiggs Dahlberg coach of Montana which has just joined the conference thinks theres been too much meddling on the rules We Ve like em the way they are now now Maybe we need better Interpretations interpretations inter inter- but we dont don't need any new rules said Woody Clements I coach of New Mexico The two II newcomers to the Skyline New Skyline New Mexico and Montana took Montana took part partin partI in the preseason conference tournament tournament I ment at Denver but they wont won't play regular championship schedules until next season Coaches Hoyt Brawner of Dener Denver Denver Den Den- ver er and Bill of Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado A. A and M. M echoed Sheltons Shelton's sentiments They think the game is pr pretty tty well vell governed now Coach L. L C. C Butler of Colorado I State a member of the national basketball committee after meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing with the Skyline coaches here said The only thing we need now I is standardization of interpretations I and that's coming Everybody's Everybody's Every Every- I body's pretty well satisfied with the rules Butler said basketball clinics throughout the country for coaches and officials are establishing establishing establishing establish establish- ing uniform interpretations |