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...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...
Almost unnoticed in the last Chelsea game was the fact that, by notching 21 points, speedy Don Swegan boosted his three-year scoring record above the 500-mark, reaching a total of 501. A scorekeeper's error almost deprived him of this achievement, however, when he scored a basket just as Lou Decsi was being fouled...
...kind of ball he played a quarter-century ago, when he was one of basketball's greats. He seldom diagrams a play. Once, pressed to explain his "N.Y.U. system," he deadpanned: "Well, we throw the ball around a lot and do our best to put it in the basket." His real formula: hold the score down, wear 'em out, then pour...
...Decsi utilized his height and agility under the basket to score 21 points for the Crimson. Continuing to improve, Paul Swegan filled the injured Captain Gray's shoes ably, dropping in nine field goals from every section of the court...
After Champion tied the score at two all, sinking a pair of free throws, the Stahlmen took and held the lead. They had to move fast, however, to keep ahead of the sharpshooting Chelsea five. Using the fast break, peppering the basket from the corners, and working around Decsi's pivot work, the Crimson quintet looked strong in their ninth straight victory...