THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

i Gerorce W. RicuHTMiRE, PresIDENT
DEPARTMENT oF PuysicaL EDUCATION
L. W. ST. JOHN, DIRECTOR

COLUMBUS September 35,1929,

Dr. Forrest C, Allen,
Director of Athletics,

The University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear $=

I am enclosing another copy of the changes in
the basketball rules for 1929 and 50,

In regard to the question concerning the inter~
pretation of the pivot which is covered in rule seven,
section nine at the bottom of this Bheet, Mr. St. John
is of the opinion that the statement as found there,is
in accordance with the concensus of opinion as expressed
in the Rules Committee Meeting ami Dr. Meanwell is giving
an interpretation which is not correct, Mr. St. John
feels that while this is the true statement of the mind
of the Committee, nevertheless there is brought in some
difficulty of administration. For example, the official
under this new interpretation must decide whether or not
one foot is behind the other. That in itself is a diffi-
cult thing when the official is viewing the player from
an angle, There is the other difficulty of deciding such
a question as this; the player comes to a stride stand
with one foot, let us say four or five inches behind the
other. A situation such as this is going to make basket-=
ball fea more technical and that is something Mr,
St. John is anxious to get away from but in spite of this,
his judgment is that the statement as given out in the
mule changes sent out by Tower is a correct statement and
unless there is some change, that is the ruling which we
will have to follow unless, of course, some of our various
conferences decide on a different interpretation for their
own body.

I trust you had a pleasant summer and will look
forward to seeing you in Chicago again.

~S Lets yours,

HGO*RM H, G. Olsen,
Director of Basketball,