Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 15 | Naismith Grins as Referee Forfeits Cage Battle, Saying it Reminds Him of 'Those Good Old Days'

e Naismith Grins as Referee Forfeits Cage Battle, Saying It Reminds Him of Those Good Old Days1 KANSAS Crrr. Mo.. Feb. 16 (UP) Players and coaches were supposed to be on their good behaviour be-haviour in tha Naismith basketball basket-ball league last night, because Dr. Jamas Naismith, 78-year-old inventor in-ventor of the court sport, was a spectstor. It waa the last night of tha aeason and much was at stake in the three gamea on the schedule. That's why the friends who had Invited Naismith were horrified midway in tha program when Coach Al Fa us of ths Simmons Bed quintet protested a decision 1 and was ordered to leave the bench. Fa us refused and when Eddls Hogue, referee, gave him three minutes to leave before ha forfeited for-feited the game, Faus did not budge. Players and spectatora milled about Hogue and the league sponsors, sitting with Naismith. squirmed. The dignified retired physical education instructor from the University of Kansas smiled. Hogue forfeited the gams to ths Phillips Oilers. Nsismlth's smile became a laugh. "This takes ma back 25 years," he said. "We used to bavs a lot of excitement Ilka this In ths old days. I remember an official who used to work a lot of our games who positively wouldn't start a contest until he was certain there was an open window In the dressing dress-ing room, which might, if necessary, neces-sary, serve as a means for an escape." Referee Hogue said it sounded like a good idea.