April 27, 1948. Mr. George Edwards, Basketball Coach, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. Dear George: Thenk you for your very good letter of Apri 7th. I feel that you have spent entirely too moh time oe to me the reaction of the Rules body. Frankly, rt think we would get much further along if the colleges alone would handle their problems rather than some of the groups they sit in with. The vote on the high ashool situation 1s very much different than the needs for the college group. And the Y.M.C.A. is practically non-existent. May I repeat thet I went to congratulate you on your honesty of endeavor. Ami I might add again that I hope the players get taller and taller! I notice Tha is going to have a boy 7 feet 3 inches next year, and I hopa someone else has one 7 feet 6 inches. It is only by the addition of such men that the Rules Committee will continue to show their stupidity. Sincerely yours, -‘Direetor of Physical Education, POA tal Varsity Basketball Coach. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI cOLUMBIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS April 7 1945 Drs F..C. Altes, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. Dear Phog: Since my return from New York I have taken all spare time to fulfill an assigment to revise and standardize the code of visual signals for Officials, and haven't had a chance to report to you, as promised, on the dis- cussion and action concerning your proposal to treat all personal fouls with the technical foul regulations. In your letter of March 22 you commented, "I dare say that the rules committee will pay no attention to any of mine and to the majority of other suggestion’. As a matter of fact our whole meeting was concerned almost entirely with suggestions given by youx and others. Among these were the reports of interested groups including the Coaches Association, the Officials Associations, The Y.M.C.A., and the Canadian groups. in addition, every suggestion written on the ouestionairres and letters from individuals (every one of them) was listed, read to the committee, and discussed. We were in session 16 hours and spent about one of these on business sessions,- the rest were on the rules. Among these communications was your letter which I read in whole; thergave my digest as outlined to you. In the related discussion which was about 30 minutes long the committee voted by a large majority to leave the personal foul regulations alone. They were guided in this by the result of the questionnaire vote which resulted in 1,083 believing that the present foul regulations are satisfactory as against 123 who desired changes. Even though one thinks that coaches, officials and administrators don't know what is good for the game I don't see how any elected representatives can slap a majority like that in the face. Your guess that the committee would refuse to reduce the number of personal fouls from five to 4 was correct. Here are some interesting statistics on which the committee based this refusal. 1. Average number of fouls called in 800 high school games: 1939 - 20.8 fouls 1943 - 24.1 fouls—-an increase of 3. a fouls per game 1944 - 27.5 fouls - an annual increase of 3.4 fouls per game. -19§5 ~— 29.1 fouls - an annual increase of 1.6 fouls per game. (The 5 foul rule was in effect only in 1945) 2. Reports from 923 high school games in 1944 and 1,261 such games in 1945 (not the same games as listed in 1) showed a standard deviation of 1.64 fouls per game. 3. Reports from 250 college games in 1944 compared with 260 college games in 1945 showed an average increase of l. 1 fouls per game. oe The records show that the number of called fouls have been increasing Since 1939 when the studies were started, but that the increase in the last year under the 5 personal limitation has been less than between 1943 and 1944 when 4 personal fouls operated in both years. Another interesting comparieerfoncerns the number of times a player was eliminatedby excessive fouling, in 800 gamesin 1944 players were benched 2.3 times per game for 4 fouls; in 1945 the number was 1.5 per game for 5 fouls. The steady increase in fouls per game for 6 years opens many questions which, frankly, have not been explained to my satisfaction. - Are players/cruder? - Do players knowing they can stay in longer foul with freedom? - Are officials more strict? - To what extent ddore rapid play affect fouling ? - Has free substitutions led to more fouls ? - Has 3 second violations and play around the basket brought more fouls. Wa WDM FF The vote concerning the 3 second rule was 943 satisfactory; 232 not Satisfactory. The minority here is growing and indicates that some action must be taken soon, We covered every recommendation, and found them so widely diversified that we couldn't agree on anything except to order more research. I still couldn't get enough support to move all jumps to the nearest circle but there was less objection than previously. Ed Hickox, as chairman of the research division, was asked to make some tests. ~Without official sattion from the Big Six I suggested that we be allowed to use the circle jutap regulations next year, and with Ed's help compare such statistics as we can gather with those of another conference using the present rules. i'll bring that up at our spring meeting. if you favor it you might be thinking of the types of records we can obtain to prove our point. My own assignment was to work out differences in the visual code of Signals for officials. My report was accepted and we have tried to describe the signals and will have new drawings made for next year's Guide. i imagine we have some bugs in them, but a little use ought to show just what can be added to have all referees using the same motions to transmit their decisions. I was present when H.V.Porter gave a review of our procedings|to the newspaper men and know he was accurate, but the news items gave some false impressions and actually were inaccurate in some instances. Whitney Martin's comments on giving additbonal help to the tall man on offense were based on these inaccurate articles as you will see when Porter prints the rules changes. After all this letter was written simply to let you know what I did with your suggestion, and to outline the reasons why it was not accpeted. The other stuff is merely a review of things in which I thought you might be interested. Yours truly, veorge R./ Edwards. Li j.¢ Dos Ehing 4 wai FS” ine 2 Sate an hes AA BO #8 Te zl cb bee sce hn Feat Kd. ave ths APO po gh i 4, ch ee Bet~ % Ano fT) oes Ae e anon iia é . ; aE Log Paiste 92 ROP Ii ie Ree Rg ue eae umes ay 6 Sea mile dit nol a 19M! xolA.. 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ALEX DIACHENKO . ~ December, 1944 KEEL LAID JULY 18, 1944 LAUNCHED AUGUST 15, 1944 | APDI28 U.S. S. ALEX DIACHENKO ALEX MAXWELL DIACHENKO, WATERTENDER SECOND CLASS, U. S. N. b ALEX MAXWELL DIACHENKO was born in Hartford, Connecticut on March 21, 1919. He was killed in action on March 10, 1943. DIACHENKO enlisted in the United States Navy at Hartford, Con- necticut, on September 24, 1940, and served continuously until the time of his death. He was posthumously awarded the SILVER STAR MEDAL for service as set forth in the following citation: “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepedity while attached to a United States warship in action against enemy forces. When a hostile vessel was intercepted and attacked, DIACHENKO, as a member of a boarding. party attempting to salvage the vessel, displayed exceptional courage in the face of grave danger from threatening flames and the powerful explosions of demoli- tion charges. While preparing to ascend the ladder of the vessel in order to assist in the hazardous salvage operations DIA- CHENKO lost his life as the result of a sudden violent explosion. His exemplary conduct and heroic devotion to duty were in keep- ing with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.” b Next of Kin: Mr. Michael Diachenko, Father, 283 Barbour Street, Hartford, Connecticut. Miss Mary D. Diachenko, 32 Babcock Street, Hartford, Connecticut, Cousin; was the sponsor of the U. S. 8S. ALEX DIACHENKO. Commissioning Order of Events 10; i. 12. 18. The ship’s company takes parade stations on stern of ship. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding arrives on Board. The bugler sounds attention. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding reads the orders to place the ship in commission. The crew faces forward. The bugler plays “To the Colors.” The salute is rendered. 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