European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse A dim Klay september 13, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 21 holding via rear Hardwood classes Kentucky rivals take note Rupp not yet ready to retire by Ralph Bennington staff writer bad Kreuz Nach Germany is Many basketball coaches around the country would gladly Settle for a .500 season. But not Kentucky s Adolf Rupp the recognized Baron of Basket Ball and the winning est coach Active on the collegiate scene to naturally chortled Here s How Kentucky s renowned basketball coach Adolph Rupp left helps 8th div demonstration players Marvin Coslett Center and Tyrone Parker on techniques at the Usa eur basketball coaches clinic currently being staged at the Ros Barracks gymnasium in bad Kreuz Nach Germany. In the Back ground is Harry Lancaster Kentucky freshman coach who is helping Rupp conduct the five Day clinic. Is photo by Hunter when the wildcats wound up their worst season Ever Back in March with a 13-13 record but the smiles wiped out quickly when they think Back Over the years an take a look at the school s and Rupp s Overall record for the past37 years765 victories against Only 165 wonder t h e drawling Hardwood Maestro is also regarded with Awe by the 70-Odd coaches attending the usar eur clinic being held at Rose Barracks Here this week. Mostof the students Are at least 30 years younger than the 66-year-old coach but to the Man the name Rupp is virtually a House hold word particularly if the topic is a living legend the undisputed Boss of the Wildcat is certain to have a Section All his own in the future history books of basketball. Rupp him self is not history yet and opponents can bemoan the fact that he s not about to quit. Asked at the clinic Here if heis considering retirement the Spry old Baron snapped Backwith a Quick Heck then just to prove his Point despite restless night due to an recur ring intestinal Bug picked up Ona Middle East tour a couple of years ago and a hard fall while visiting Berlin last week he grabbed a Ball to demonstrate pass techniques and footwork. Back to the podium he seemed to Shock some of the coaches with the statement if you begot a troublemaker get rid of him. Talent or Star status obviously in t everything to Rupp. Known As the Man in the Brown suit because of his superstitious preference forbearing Brown at a game he is Quick to Tell anyone that the first thing he looks for in a prospective player today is his that he adds quickness whether he s big or was t always the Case As Rupp recalled one incident fro past years to show How a player can be developed. Spivey Bill a Star at Kentucky in the late 40s and Early 50s came to us a Angling kid of 165 pounds. I told him son if you can get unto 225 then Well see what we can do. Bubas Lemons court at Safe Cage clinic by Ben Abram staff writer Wiesbaden is Vic Bubas and Abe Lemons two personalities who should know whereof they speak batted the basketball Breeze around her monday during a break in the annual Safe Cage clinic at Wiesbaden agreed that generally it is a Good name but each contributed some comments which he believed could make s contribution to the american sports scene even bet Ter chatter covering such aspects As defensive statistics slowdown basketball condition ing recruiting and , highly successful Duke Mentor started the Ball rolling or is it dribbling when the topic is basketball with the comment that he did t think defensive statistics meant too much As Longas there was no time limit established in which a team must shoot statistics a laugh defensive statistics have Tobe a laugh under our current method of tabulation. I could beaming the top ten every year if i wanted to resort to such tac tics As holding the Ball for 45 or 50 seconds without taking Ashot. It s a simple deduction that Rny defensive average Points allowed per game is go ing to be Low if i Don t let theother Guy have the Ball Bubas another thing chipped in Oklahoma City u s Lemons i was always taught the object of the game is to win and i seems to me you re defeating that purpose when you let statistics be the guide line when you have the so called Best defensive Mark in the nation and keep it not by setting up a sound Tiefensee and applying it but by the Mere act of slowing Down the personally would hate to set a time clock Lemons continued but something will have Lobo done. I think the coaches should devise some method of correcting the situation them selves before something we real a Don t want is forced upon us. Control basketball is quite in resting and exciting to watch f it is being used in an Effort to win the game but i be heard coaches say i la hold the Ball be fore i let a team run up 100 Points on me now i ask you what difference does it make How Many Points you get beat by. is a loss and those close ones Hurt me More than the Routs. In fact i use those one sided deals to get my Bench some experience. It. Certainly is a poor philosophy to hold Heball to keep the score Down i d rather take the one Chance in a1,000 than sit there and have none. Can solve stall of course Lemons quipped you can solve the stall by pressing. We make them move the Ball even though it usually costs us two Points he does a great Job in defense Bubas added but of course Johnny wooden has the horses and that always helps and with that remark the topic gradually rebounded towards re s certainly More to coaching than coaching bub Assaid. Nowadays a coach has to be a super Salesman an experienced traveler an administrator. More and More coaches from Al sources the four year schools As Well As the Junior colleges Are beating the Bushes for Talent. There Are so Many boys that Aman just can t see them All. So we study films supplied by High school coaches and take recommendations from these coach Sand others who see them play i d say there Are three big aspects to modern basketball sue Cess getting the boy keeping him eligible in an Evev toughen ing academic world and finally if you succeed at the other two comes the ," drawled Lemons. Officiating has been a perplex no proposition for most coaches because there just in t a great degree of consistency throughout he nation. It s generally consistent to certain degree within any one conference or area Lemon said. However when you go out of your territory when a country Joy like me mingle with them 3ity slickers you just got to Adust accept and adjust. I do believe that a coach ought to have the right to ques Ion an official to talk to him Challenge him on some Calls. But on the other hand i sup pose under such arrangements a coach would always be hollering at the poor whistle Tooter. I guess we make it Tough enough on the officials As it is. I Tell you what he mused As Long As they Call it my Way and we win the game i Promise never to get too also included in the clinic which will run through Friday Are big ten official George red Strauthers and Trainer Jack Cramer. Strauthers is stressing the rules changes in his chats. Most conspicuous will be the Regula Tion which bans offensive Dunk ing. Revisions in the a new Ball control when dribbling interpretation and aban against the defensive team slapping the backboard or grab Bing the rim Are also in effect. Cramer s Angle is the importance of conditioning being in shape so that injuries Are avoided being the Basic consideration. He advocates running running and More running because basketball is a running game an you have to be Able to keep up with he said that the value of having a Trainer has become so widely recognized that Man High schools now employ one full time. He went to work in a local drugstore and they were priming him with milk shakes including raw egg four times a Day. Well the weight kept going Upland Spivey became quite a for the record the 7-foot Spivey was one of 24 All America play ers turned out by Rupp since Betook Over the reins at Kentucky in 1930.although he jokingly says now Why i helped Naismith Jamesa. Who invented the game in 1891 Nail up that peach Basket Rupp has seen Many changes in the sport and Many of them he helped introduce. Shooting is a major differ ence. The one handed and jump shots changed things a lot. An you need a better shooting percentage to win fabulous five one of Rupp s most notable clubs from1945 through 1949 got by shooting Only a 35 per cent average. Intakes Between 48 and 50 per cent today depending of course on the other speaking of other teams Natu rally brought up the question of who is the Best in the would have to say Urcla Rupp about his own club for this year particularly in vie of his worst showing last season Well go with sophomores. You just Don t win with he obviously was talking about Rupp admitted those Sophs could be real Good so Southeastern conference As Well As other opponents around the country can not count the wild cats dead. Any tactician who has been named coach of the year four times and is noted for re building quickly can t be taken is being assisted at the clinic by his longtime assistant Harry Lancaster who also has compiled a significant record with the freshman teams 193 wins in 241 games Over a 17 year was Lancaster who offered some figures to Point up the popularity of basketball Back in the Bluegrass country. We have been sold out for the past five years and this year too Al though the tickets Don t even go on Sale until oct. 15. The new coliseum seats 12,000 but Back in the alumni gym Days we had to use an a and b ticket system the As getting in for one game is for the next. Cage chatter instructors at the Safe basketball clinic Check the program during a Short break. From the left Are Abe Lemons Oklahoma City University coach a in Bubas of Duke Trainer Jack Cramer and Moltu Ial Georg Strauthers. Is photo by Zolule
