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: | But as soon as basketball was placed on the
Olympics program, even though they stated that there was
no chance for it, then they jumped on the "gravy Wagon
and held on to 2% unt41 it was drained of every bit of
self-respect as well as any finaneial income, :

It is a long story, The University of Kansas
and Utah Agricultural College played in Kansas City for
the benefit of Olympic basketball, ani our income was
over $10,000, The only money that the AAU got and spent
was the money they received from the college basketball
game, while the proceeds from their national AAU tourna-
ment went directly to pay office expenses in New York,

. I talked with the manager of the MePherson
Qllers, ‘one of the groups that played in Madison Square
Garden, He was one of the men who made the trip, He
stated to me that the boys on both the Universal Picture —
Company of Hollywood, first’ place winners in Amorica,
and the NePherson Offers second place winners, thet the
Olympic basketball competitors ectually had to put up
their jowelgy and borrow money tc make out the trip to
Berlin, It Was a. sorry mess,

The colleges who had been primarily responsible
in raising the ‘money have now refused to have any baskete
ball in the Olympics for the future, There are only four
sports that the colleges are supporting in the next
Clympies, end they are asking that ovr coaches hendle
these tears. Those four sports are swimming, rowing,
wrestling end track and field, | :

«EF T ean be of any service or give you any
information thet will help you I will be very happy to

'- @o so, I do not know the name of the individual who

cares to stand out and make a fight egeinst this corrupt
group because that very individuel has nothing to gein,
Wo ee eee

uld all be paper power, —

These boys who want to play independent :
basketball don't care enough about sticking with an
individuel long cnough to whip the other outfit, They
will play where it is most convenient to them,

; I have in mind the name of one man who has

talked about a movemerit on foot in the United States to
form ae national —_— basketball organization, the
game as the CABA in Canada, but this individual's stand~

ing is not the kin? that I would care to recomonid, —