Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-12-03 | Page 25 | Here's Tip to All Hoop Mentors; It's a Swell Idea If it Works

Here's Tip to All Hoop Mentors; It's a Swell Idea if It Works RICHMOND. Va.. Dec. J (.n i Coach Mac Pitt of the Univer- aity of Richmond, who announced j the other day that he would have no forwards, guards or centers on his basketball team this neftaon took the basket out of th game today. Workmen unscrewed the tron-' tron-' rimmed baskets in the gymnasium gymnasi-um and painted little black Apots on the backboard . while Pitt told puxzled onlookers: "I do not want my boys to shoot baskets this season." He explained. "When a player Is going at full speed and at-tempts at-tempts to shoot ft basket, more , often than not he ia unable to judge how fant he is moving. As i a result the ball hits the back- . board like a bullet and bounces back without coming close to the basket. "What I like to see them do Is lay m up. with both feet off the floor. In teaching the tech-, tech-, nique of lay-up shots 1 have found , the basket more of a hindrance i than ft help." , i '