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GENERAL OFFICE AND FACTORY
POTOMAC AND DE KALB STREETS

ST. LoutIs, Mo.
June 9, 1939

Dr. Forrest C. Alien
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen;

Back home again and I want to thank you for the prompt response to my wire.
I noted the information given us very carefully and had quite a discussion
with Mr. Porter in Chicago. He made a very significant statement concern-
ing the convex board in that he expressed a liking for the way the balls
rebounded off of this surface into a wider area on the floor than was true
with a flat board.

However, he repeated the statement made in his letter to you of May 29 in
which he thought that a flat board of modified size would cause less dis-
senmsion and confusion in the change-over period than one with a convex. sur-
face and of modified size. Obviously this was not encouraging because if
basketball officials, nationally, adopt a modified board with a flat sur-
face, it is not in order to expect them to again swing over to another board
with a convex surface within a short time. Consequently, I think it is up
to us to attempt to get this convex surface included with the modified size
in this present effort of the Rules Committee. That is our problem as I see
it.

Incidentally, as regards the convex surface in the Shooting zones painted

on your backboards, as discussed when we were together in your gymnasium, the
thought was advanced that possibly it would be much better to move those
shooting zones to conform to the convex surface of the board rather than at-
tempt the complicated and difficult problem of levelling the curve within
these particular areas. Have you given that some thought, Dr. Allen? In
other words, it might be better to change the markings on your boards with
the camvex surface to provide for the slight affect on the ball when used
against the convex boards, rather than attempt to depart from a true circle
at these two points.

I think your name for the new game, “Goal-Hi" is pretty good. Let us con-
tinue to think about this game and the name for it.

Thank you again for —— to me in Chic ago and with kindest regards, I
_ remain

prongs yours,

 

R.E.Weinzettel/ac