Ee of which Avery ; Brumdage was the president, and Dan
Ferris was seoretary, cies oh Pealiaeaia: tion. loiter ie,
basketball anywhere exsept in the United States. I presented an article _
that I had written for the Athletic Journal in 1929, showing that 62 foreign
countries were playing basketball at that time. .

. Of course I got most of my informition from Dr. Janes Nalamith,
whe wee then in my department, and had been previously head of the }
ment ef Physieal Education at his “= te the University in 1898. Dr.
| ‘Naismith died here in 1959. as ae

Le We SteJohn, ce tak dies, se ie Barry, of Cornell, were
on the N.C.A.A. Olympic Committee with me, and they doubted, with Brundage
end the Olympic outfit, that we would ever land an 0 Olympic game. Then the
N.C.A.A. sold basketball down the river by trading with the A.A.U. Major
Griffith said to then, a as oe et eae” neo ee
erew, and swimming, and we will iet you control basketball.”
Olympic Committee had named the c of these sports that the colleges
desired to control. That is where Major Griffith and St. John began the
political power in the N.C.A.A. and the Big Ten. os

But that is enough of that. ‘Thought you might like that angle.

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