May 7, 1943.

Lieutenant Jono Duarte,
Rua Home de Melo, 972%,
Pordizes,

Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Deax Lieutenant Duarte:

I owe you a very great apology for not answering your lo tter
of Desexiber 14th sooner. Somehow it was misplaced in ny

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3 Side Ani: INCU alt ce healed venhewtent, hen Vdd niet Sammie
in your edition of "Better Basketball”. I em sending a carbon sopy of
this letter to the MoGraw-Hill Publishing Company, $30 Neat 42nd Street,
‘New York City, the publishers, asking that they communicate with you and
make the necessary adjustuant. I would suggest that you also write then
calling attention to the error in this publication. I an sure 12

be very happy to reotify the error.

seit ovine diiaty Ueamaidtnis Whi eridahdcs tn: en wien
States in organising national basketball teams, I bog to state that the

all-American teams are never assembled to play games. [t in more of a
newspaper selection of these all-Awerlcan teams. However, if you mean
the Olympic temas, that is another mtter. For the gamos in Berlin the
colleges had teams and the 4mateur Athletic Union hed teams. The
teans are independent teams and have no connection with colleges.

AAU

- The United States was divided into eight districts and a series
of elimination tournaments were set up in the eight districts. ‘The four

western districts played ani the four eastern districts played anong
themselves. Then the finals were between the eastern and western district
winners. For the Olympic gemes they tock the players from both the first
and second teams, end a coach was appointed to handle these boys in Berlin.

Answering your query regerding the basket ball rules for women -
most of the women's basketball teams are now playing under the men's rules.

However, I believe if you would write and ask the A. S. Barnes Company,
publishers of these guides, the same question you are asking me they would
be in better position to tell you than I would. We do not have any
connection with the women's basketball here at the University of Kansas.
Practically none of the schools or colleges have wmen's competitive
basketball in the State. of Kensas. Iowa and some of the other states, I
believe, do have high school basketball, tut they do not play in colleges

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