The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-08

the DOPE
By vEDDER GARD

f1E1E recent ag1JaJlOn concern
ing the .stalling" game In
basketball has raised the
old question Of whether or not 1t
would be good thing to do away
with the dribble--or, at least, al
low only one bounce.
There is no doubt about the
"stall'' being legal according to
present rules. There is also no
doubt about it being unpopular
with the spectators. The public
must be considered.
The larger schools might be able
to get along with only students at
the contests, but in most instances
the outside fans are needed to keep
the game going.
1t would be very difficult, almost
impossible, for a team to keep pos
Session of the ball and STALL If
the no-dribble rule were put into
effect. 1t is surprising how many
college and high school coaches
favor this drastic change. This
same question has arisen before,
and a number of leading mentors
were strong for the innovation.
Now the matter has been re-
vived again because OF the
"stalP angle. This gives the
no-dribbIe agitation another leg
to stand on. The main argument
for it before was that it would
do away with a great deal of the
rOughness.
Most of the personal contact
at this time comes from the prac-
tice Of fast dribbling. 1t is almost
impossible to play the game ac-
cording to rules, because Of the
dribble.
Two objections, roughness and
"stalling," would be done away
with if the rules were revised
so that a man was allowed
to bounce the ball only once, or
not at all.
There seems to be something
in a name at that. Nurmi, a
race horse from the Greentree
stable, won the New Orleans
Handicap Saturday and earned
his owners $4,000, This
thoroughbred is not an amateur
although he might be called a
Finnish animal. 1t was his
great courage shown at the
finish--or stretch, If you please
that brought victory.
,JAT1OT all the basketball grief
I'M these days goes to the Of
III ficials. The fans are scat
tering their "favors' and some
OF the high school coaches are
being told how to run their clubs.
We know Of two leading teams in
which outsiders have been inter-
fering.
The coaches, however, have been
sticking to their guns with cour-
age and at present are making
some of the critics back-water. Of
ficials are used to the razz and
can stand it. 1t seems almost
traitorous, however, for the towns
people to get on" the coaches.
If they just wouldn't take the
sport so seriously! After all, it is
only a game.
The French are perturbed.
They fear Mile. LengIen, great
tennis star, will be lost to France
if she rnar1'ies the Duke of West
minister. That's just like the
English" says a Paris publica-
ton. ''They always want the
best of everything. IF this thing
keeps up we're going to read
some day that the Duchess of
Westminster triumphed over the \
French"
It's just one IN" after another
for Molenda. the sophomore ath-
letic wonder of Michigan Univerl
sity. "Bo," as every one knows,
was a rip-snortin' full back. He is
starring now i'm basketball. Next
spring he probably will pitch for
the baseball team He showed
great promise as a hurler on the
freshman squad.
! looks as though Coach
DOC" MeanwelI Of Wiscon-
l----J sin is going to get his wish.
While attending the State high
school basketball tournament here
last March, the noted mentor was