The tall boys had run away with basketball. When they could simply dunk the ball into a 10-ft.-high basket, what chance did a little fellow have, who had to shoot? Basketball's No. 1 thinker, Coach Forrest C. ("Phog") Allen of the University of Kansas, who had been turning the matter over in his mind for ten years, last week had a chance to try his remedy. The remedy: raise the baskets to 12 ft.
The skyscraping (average: 6 ft. 5 in.) New Mexico School of Mines team played against a team of comparative shorties (average: 5 ft. 11 in.), Drury College...
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