November 20th
- 1944

To ee Aeon

Very little has been done to work out a set of signals
that basketball officials can give to the coaches and spectators
that they ay know what is going on out on the floor.

I am collecting all the data available foon all parts of
the country and hope to come up with something worth while. I
know you will want to cooperate with me in getting this infor-—
mation to the public before your season begins. I believe it will
be of interest to the spectators as well aé informational,

ae don't want a complicated system that will be difficult
to give and even more difficult to remember. Keep in mind that at
various times when an official needs to give a — he will have
the wan in one hand, |

wall you sit down and do some tall thiintitne end come up
with some ideas thet you can shoot on to me right away. Our clinic
will be held here. on December 3rd, and I will want all information
in and assembled before that date. I don't know of anyone more |
interested in this than you coaches, nor do I know anyone that
should be better able to figure out some good signals- you are
always figuring out the angles in your play.

Ags you know commercial promoters are busy in all our cities
trying to get college teams to come in andplay that they the pronm-
oters may wax fat off the take. I like the idea of this sort of

competition but feel that the colleges should get all the —
I don't know of anyone thing that will cause conference Heads
insist that all competition go back to the _— “~ —
than schools playing for promoters.

I don't know whether or not you “patie town cesenibia by
anyone here for games but if you are beware of the promoter. It.
is not as rosy as he may think, and he may not be as reliable as oa
you may think. There is some concern among the followers of good oe
basketball that real damage to our following here may be jepordized
by such individuals making a flop of such ventures- a flop to
themselves, the colleges,or both.

Give me your ideas right away.

Sincerely yours,

Re E. Peters 7 ,

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