UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

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INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

. You have written me recently about affairs of
the Basketball Coaches Convention and I have laid the
letters aside until time lost of trips from other duties
could be made up.

I like the idea of having Mr. Atherton. He may
be in Kansas City for the Rules Meeting and might be
available. You suggested that if he couldn't be scheduled
that some other outstanding G man might be selected. Have
you investigated Mr. Reed, chief of the K.C. police. I
understand that he is an excellent speaker. The principal
objection, probably, is that he has no connection with our
profession.

The relationship of the coach to the school and
the public might well be discussed by your chancellor or
our president both of whom are keen followers of athletics
and are intimately acquainted with all of our problems.

I believe either could be obtained.

Another thought comes to mind. As Convention
Committee I am wondering if it is our duty or responsibility
to arrange program details. We should be concerned with
accommodations,- the president and his board should set up
the program. Naturally, we both are interested in helping
plan the best meeting this group has had, and will take
over rather than to see a wash-out. Still, unless Butch
shoves it off on us I hesitate to take too much responsibility.
I assume he has done this by asking you to name the speaker,

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I am not in favor of the proposal to play a pre-season
tournament among Big Six teams.

net eens of the Research division of the Rules
Committee you are in position to know details of the problems
undergoing examination. It will be my job at the Coaches
Convention to review this work. And I intend to make it
only in the nature of a review. My plan is to collect the
results of experiments/and write up a digest of each. This
summary, I think, might well be mimeographed and distributed
to the members. Then, after the public reading, attention
might be concentrated on specific experiments if more infor-
mation is desired.