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who wanted the tip off eliminated. It is my definite confiction that st.
John and Olson promised these Pacific Coast people that they would work for
the elimination of the center tip and in my judgment the price was games
with Ohio State on the coast. Now, I do not want you to quote me on this,
but I have made this statement confidentially to a mmber of people, and
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of these fellows can get out of it. That is why I am not much interested
eny more in such people's activities. Life isn't worth it, and why should
I worry about it. St. Clair is a fine fellow, but just another politician
when it comes to office ‘hope. Oswald Tower is an honest, square~shooting
fellow, the editor of the Rules Comittee, but St. John has always had June
Salmon as chairman, or some fellow that he could definitely handle, and
this fellow would go at the direstion of St. Jolm. The Canadian people do
not oppose much, They are fine people. The Y.M.C.A.'s for a while tried
to dictate: but siw they. were out of luck and they present little opposition.
St. John uses the high school people like Floyd Rowe of Cleveland, the
best of his advantage, but H. V. Porter is a tough nut to crack, and in my
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- But hanes the thing, liarold, these fellows have the majority. They have
eight ‘votes and whatever they want to put through they do. Now don't mis-
understend me. They are intelligent fellows in a way, but the slate is

made in the N.C.AeA. set-up. It doesn't take long to have a rule passed.
You_can_ have it passed in one year or in one hour, but unless the powers —
thet be want it, you would have a tough time except where'it is over= —
whelmingly in favor, then of course er ‘would not fight ite

_ The reason, Bs r have’ told you, why this taller basket doesn't go over
is because all the high school players like to drive’ in for « lay-up and
they are afraid that will take too much out of the game. In fact, if you
see most high school players play when they have a good shot out 20 feet
from the basket they will start dribbling in for the shot, whereas if they
just stood end made their shot they would have a good shot ummolested. I
study these things and watch intramural games and high school teams play}.
and I gee it repeated so many times that ! can understand why they are
againat the 12 foot basket. But that is not for the high schools, you
understand.

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® year or so of expsrimentation. | No, they tried to put it over the first
year, but they were whipped on it. .Then_John Bunn, me es th the aid
of St. John and °lson and the rules committee, ‘naturally had the cards
stacked to the point that it went over but it was not a popular move, and
right now there is much opposition against the play without the center _
jump. But I do not think it will ever come back because the high school
pley over the nation manages, consciously and unconsciously, the doubtful-
ness of the return of the center jump, and the difficulty with the 12 foot
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