#6 Mr, John R, Tunis
February 27, 1935

Further these manufacturers rate the
following as their list of the fastest growing sports in America
today: mh

1, Soft Ball
7. Ping Pong
5. Basket Ball
4, Badminton
5. Soccer

6. Squash

4, Archery

They further state that badminton is
growing rapidly but is a very small industry in comparison with
other sports, and that soccer and squash are just about holding
their own. They have handled archery equipment for years but be-
lieve that archery has had its peak,

| I have just finished a definite check-

up with Dr, James Naismith, who ériginated the game of basket ball
in 1891, as to the nations now playing basket ball. He lists 46
nations, namely; Australia, Africa, Brazil, Germany, England,
Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand, France, Spain, Portugal, Madagascar,
Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, Switzerland, Rumania, Czecho-Slovakia,
China, m Japan, ilippines, Candda, Chosen, Para ay, Greece,
Turkey, Egypt, Panama, Italy, India, United States, Poland, Bulgaria,
Argentine, Latvia, Hungary, Syrie, Guba, Porto Rico, Haiti, Persia,
Siam, Arabia, Ceylon, and Boli °

? | Basket ball is now an Olympic sport be~-
cause of the surge of youthful interest in this game and not because
it is in a class with “pogroms and bull fighti « The Olympics
have revived and kept alive track sports. So shall they further
develop ag growing popularity of basket ball among the nations of
the world.

In Section III of your article you
elaborate upon the deflation aspect of "Bulletin No. 29" of the
Carnegie Foundation Report, Aside from causing an initial flurry
among the athlietie and academic faculty as well as providing an
opportunity for sports editors to elaborate pro and con regarding