Tits

November 15th
1944

To Basketball Coaches
Big Six Conference:

Gentlemen:

Capt. Ted O'Sullivan has been sent home on leave and
he thinks he will be here from now on; he expects to get out of
the service before January lst.

Many officials have already been assigned but there
are ea few conference games, and most of the non-conference games, #B@
to be assigned. If you would like to have Ted on your list won't
you let me mow at once. Please let me know. just where you want to
put him in relation to the men you selected here on August l2th.

I have the non-conference games from a few of the
schools but need all of them as soon as possible. Feel free to
suggest officials for these games if you care to but with the
exception of near-by service teams all officials are to be assigned
from this office; this is in accordance with instructions given
me by the Directors some time ago.

We will hold our annual clinic for basketball officials
here in Kansas City on December 5rd. Any suggestions you may care
to make will certainly be appreciated. I wish it were possible
to meet with you before the season opens, but that will be imposs~
ible. If you have some definite criticisms to make of the officiating

you received last year we would be glad to get it.

Each one of you have definite ideas of how a basketball
game should be worked; if we could only get a composite picture
of this it would be of immense value to all officials. Since this
can't be done,the next best thing id to have expressions fopm each
of you and then interpret them in teerms of what the book says.

Best of luck to all of you thruout the season

Sincerely yours,

K2neo

R. Ee. Peters