Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-06 | Page 12 | Big and Little Players Favor Elimination of Center Jumping

Big and Little Players Favor Elimination of Center Jumping By HAROLD HARRISON INDIANAPOLIS Jan 6 AP Profound AP-Profound Profound opinions about th the new basketball rules have come from scores of coaches and from grandstand and press box experts experts but but how about the boys in th the trenches How about the fellows who have havethe havethe havethe the actual job of producing goals Tiny Jerry Steiner 5 feet 7 inches of basketball dynamite who has been leading scorer for a Butler Dutler university team that has- has won Vlon seven of its first games says of the center game I like It it Then he grins and adds It gives me an edge The new rules have put little guys' guys like me back in the ball bali game he said At the other extreme Bill Merrill Merri 16 6 feet 1 inch pound Butler ce cen cen- ter who has had his jumping duties tal taken en away by the new rules says say Suits me rae fine in fact it makes i it easier for me I