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STANFORD UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

January ll, 1940

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

This will acknowledge your letter of January 8.
You probably have a copy of the report which I made after 4
working with the le-foot basket. I believe you will find <
there some very positive statements concerning the rebound oo
are of the ball and the lessened congestion around the
basket. This latter fact, of course, reduces the number of
fouls because we know from the investigations which have
been made by Floyd Rowe that the concentrated area of fouls
is around the basket. a

I don't know whether it will be possible for me to
repeat this work before the next rules meeting or not.
However, I shall take the matter up with Dr. Storey and
Mr. Masters to see if we can set up the 12-foot basket on one
ef our courts. If this is possible, I shall try to get some
student to tabulate data on the two points which you suggest.

We have had one of the newly-designed backboards put
out by Medart. While I have not taken any statistics on this
board, I have made many observations and have asked for com-
ments from other coaches and many players. The letter to
Mr. Weinzettel, a copy of which is attached, gives a resume
of this subjective study. I was surprised to note that I could :
sit directly behind the board and see the ball go through the e
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It would seem to me that one thing we should do before
the Rules Committee meets is to attempt to get the reaction
of the country on the cost necessitated by such a change. If
this is favorable, then I think there will be no deterrent
factor in the way of adoption of the new backboard by the
Rules Committee.

With best wishes, I am

Cordially yours,