SO. DAK. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF CONTROL

SUPT. A. A. MacDONALD, Chm., Sioux Falls

SUPT. R. M. WALSETH, Vice-Chm., Ipswich

SUPT. R. E. RAWLINS, Secretary-Treasurer, Pierre
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1935—Calendar—1936
Return card acknowledging 1935-1936 record
book filler.
November 26, Annual Meeting in City Hall,
Mitchell, at 8:30 A. M.
1936 annual dues payable before Jan. 1.
Tournaments and Meets:
District basketball, Feb. 29*.
Regional basketball, March 7*.
State basketball, March 13-14.
Regional track and field, May 9*.
State track and field, May 16.
State tennis, May 15-16.
State golf, May 16.
*Not later than.
Annual report filed with Secretary—not later
than last day of school.

Membership

Brandt, Corsica and Raymond (Ash Consol-
idated) are now members in good standing. .

Athol, Corona and Owanka are new members.

Farmingdale, Manchester and Reliance high
schools are still delinquent in their 1934-1935 an-
nual reports. No SDHSAA school can have
athletic relations with any of these until they are
once more members in good standing.

SDHSAA Annual Meeting

The 1935 annual meeting of the SDHSAA
will be held in the City Hall at Mitchell
on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 8:30 a. m. The final
date for the filing of proposed amendments was
Oct. 20. Pamphlets containing copies of all pro-
posed amendments and the report of the certified
public accountant’s audit of the financial records
for the year ending June 30, were sent to all
member schools about Oct. 25.

It is hoped that a representative attendance will
be present at the annual meeting so that the
actions taken on any imporant measures may re-
flect the sentiment of a majority of the member
schools.

Basketball Play Situation Books

The Secretary’s office handles basketball play
situation books and is glad to furnish them to
member schools at 20c a copy as long as the sup-
ply lasts. The official basketball playing rules may

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be had at any regular sports shop. Only a limited
number of these are handled by the Secretary and
they are paper bound high school editions without
any advertising. They are furnished to officials
only.

Molded Basketball

Some inquiries have come to the Secretary
concerning the rubber molded basketball which
was exhibited at the last annual meeting. The
Secretary is in receipt of an announcement from
the National Federation headquarters to the ef-
fect that some difficulties have arisen between the
National Federation and the manufacturers of
this ball.

The members will recall that at the last annual
meeting, the Secretary was afraid that there was
too much at stake for basketball manufacturers to
allow this ball to be perfected under the direction
of the Federation. A certain agreement was en-
tered into and signed by the manufacturers and
the Federation last March.

At the present time, the National Federation
is not actively promoting the sale of, or directing
the construction of the molded ball. A meeting
of the Executive Committee of the National Fed-
eration will be held in Chicago immediately fol-
lowing our annual meeting. At this executive
committee meeting, the differences between the
Federation and the manufacturers will be one of
the principal items of business. A detailed report
of just what the difficulty is will be presented in
these columns following that meeting.

An Announcement

Aberdeen High School has received permission
from the Athletic Board of Control to sponsor
a Thanksgiving day football game between an
outstanding North and South Dakota high school
team. This game is in no sense to determine the
championship between the two states, but to pro-
vide a colorful event for Aberdeen.

The Football Rules

The progress made in the efforts to establish
an independent high school football guide is
worthy of special notice. Within the past three
years the state high school athletic associations
of thirteen states have officially adopted the Na-
tional Federation football guide and in at least

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