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April 3, 1944.

Mre Wayne F. Replogle,
Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Dear Wayne:

Saturday Mr. Don H. Saker, the father of Pvt. Don H. Baker, dre,
USHCR, Base Dispensary, Ward 7, MCB, Sen Diego 40, California, called
and said that his son was in the hospital there with rheumatic fever.
He stated that he called for a numeral for his son in football, but
was told his son was not on the list.

Mr. Baker told me that both Gwinn Henry and you had told Den that |
without a doubt he would be recomended for a numeral since he had never
missed one day of practice with the freshman football squad. Of course,
he was broken hearted about the thing and said that if it was still
possible for you to recall him and make a recommendation, then he would
be notified that he would have his mmeral, and in this way it would
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iego. ;

I know nothing about the matter and since there are no athletic
- people of the old regime here now, naturally I get all of the applications,
supplications, and near-complaints.

Please do not feel that I am forcing any issue, but I am trying ©
to carry on for father and son in this instance. I will appreciate an
early reply.

I trust that everything is going well with you, old fellow.

Very sincerely yours,

Director wf Physical Education,
PCAtAH Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
April 3, 1944.

Hr. Wayne *, Replogie,
Nevy V-12 Unit,

Webash College,
Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Dear Wayne:

Saturday Mr. Don 1. Baker, the father of Pvt. Don H. Baker, Jr,
USMCR, Base Dispmisary, Ward 7, MCB, San Diego 40, California, called
and said that his son was in the hospital] there with rheumatic fever.
He stated that he called for a mmoeral for his son in football, but
wag told his son was not on the list.

ir. Baker told me that both Gwinn Hem’y and you had told Don that
without a doubt he would be recommended for a numeral since he had never
nissed one dey of practice with the freshman football squad. Of course,
he was broken hearted about the thing and said that if it was still
possible for you to recall him and make a recommendation, then he would
be notified that he would heve his numeral, and in this way it would
paise his morale Srenmdously while he is lying in eiek bay at San
ego. : oe .

I know nothing about the matter end since there are uo athletic
people of the old regime here now, naturally I get all of the applicatiions,
supplications, and nearcomplaints.

Please de not feel that I am forcing any issues, but I am trying |
to carry on for father and son in this instenmce. I will appreciate an
early reply.

g trust that everything is going well with you, old fellow.

Very sineerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
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Cemp Maxey, Texase

Dear Don:

Congratulations on your promotion, Don. We are
proud of the fine work that you are doing, end glad to have
your new address for om Jayhawk Rebounds mailing list. A.
manber of our boys are in Texas, and although Texas is a large
state, you may rm into each other occasionally.

Z have on my desk a letter from Schhelly, who is at
Hondo, Texas, and he is still hoping that he can return to school
in Septenber, 1945. We hope so, tod.

. | Yes, I remember Tom Porter who was in some of ny
‘glasses last swaer. I hope he is getting along splendidly at
Midshipman's School at Columbia. a

We are starting some basketball for the boys next
week. A wmumber of the lT<year-olds who have enrolled in the |
summer semester ere anxious for some practice, and we want to
give them every opportunity to play. Henry Shenk will begin
summer fookyall practice in August. At the present tims he and
Reg Strait are on a two-weeks' fishing trip in Colorado ~ the
first vacation they have had in over a yeur. Dean, Elmer and
the rest of us are carrying on. ee

With best wishes to you, Pon, T am

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Bdwation,
Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
23 June 19h)

Dear Dr Allen:

After some maneuvering the last Rebound reached me today. It
seemed to me that "Kirkpatrick I mean Fitzpatrick"really hit the nail
on the head when he said that some days you think that the Rebound
ought to be coming any day and in a few days it does arrive. Last
week I thought that it should be coming any day and today I did receive
ite

I am really ashamed that I haven't written sooner but I have been
changing camps, changing jobs, etc. and the time has really flown the
last couple of months. Guess I should start at the beginning.

I left Camp Butner, North Carolina around the first of May to
come on cadre for this new Engineer Combat Battalion here in Camp
Maxey, Texas which is located here in the north east corner of Texas.
I see by the Rebound that "Joco" Ballard is only about 100 miles
across the prairies of Texas and I sure am going to try to contact
him. I came on cadre as a classification clerk and expected to go to
Fort Washington, Maryland for a course in that work.

At the last minute my name was withdrawn and I was placed in the
Battalion Sergeant Major position. It was really a fine break and
came as a complete surprise to me. This was followed by the recent
promotion to sergeant. I now have the three stripes up and now am
working for those "rockers" that go on the bottom.

Our battalion does not have it's fillers as yet and so we are
now in cadre training.

My older brother, whom you will remember fell on his ankle last
year, went back to the Springfield General Hospital in Missouri for.
an examination in late April. The doctors seemed to be satisfied
with his progress although they said it will take time for it to get
back to normal again. They gave him another six months limited service
and then he will go back to the hospital for another examination. He
is now in New York City acting as an instructor in a Signal Corps
Photographic School.

My younger brother now makes me look like a runt.. He is now
6! yt plus and doedXSeem to be letting up a bit so far. I was home
on a 3 day pass a couple of weeks ago and I think I would really have
my hands busy to try to handle him now,

I think you remember Tom Porter from Ottawa who took a course under
you last summer on the hill. He is now in Columbia University Midship-
man's School in New York. He likes the Navy fine but he thinks the
Indian#s got the best end of that famed $2) transaction.

 
Well that seems to be about all the news from Texas, I was glad
to hear about "Rope Jr". He will no doubt be dropping them thru
the hoop before that new desk calendar is too old. Give my regards
to all the athletic office crew and Dean. Hope that I will be able
to drop in on all of you sometime later this summer.

Sincerely .

fon Blac

New Address:
Set D.E.Blair
Hq 1289th Engr C Bn
Camp Maxey, Texas

 
 

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OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

February 12, 1944

-Dr. Forrest Cc. Allen

Director of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen;

I have not been able to answer your good letter
at an earlier date because we have recently been so in-
volved in the new draft regulations that it has kept us
busy trying to get out the necessary certifications.

I dug through my basketball files and found a
somewhat worn copy of the study I made of baskets at
adifferent heights. I am enclosing this for your informa-
tion.

In connection with the fatigue about which you have
asked, you should know that this material is entirely of a
subjective nature. As stated in the report, it was obtained
from the stst ements of those who participated in the tests.
It was not possible at the time to set up any plan for ob-
jective measurements along this line. So far as I know,
there has been no follow up of my study anywhere here on
the coast.

As I mention in the report, I think a great deal
of additional study is necessary before we reach any
definite conclusions. From what I have seen to date, I am
not entirely sure in my mind that raising the baskets is
the solution to our problem. I am not at the moment ad-
vocating any particular change but rather I am in a state
where I feel I need additional objective information to
either substantiate or change my present trend of thinking.
Somehow I have a feeling that the twelve foot basket will
make as much of a freak of the game as the seven foot player.
I would like to be more certain of my grounds before I take

a definite stand.

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dogmatic fashion. I don't agree with you entirely but I am
not going to attempt to argue the points by correspondence.
Rather I expect to be through Lawrence sometime in April

and will look forward to a good session along this line at

that time.

We certainly enjoyed our visit with Mrs. Allen
when she was here on the coast, and as a result you probably
know we put her to work when she got home to help with our

Christmas shopping.
With every good wish, I am

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At the 1931 meeting of the National Association of Basketball
Coaches a research committee was appointed to investigate suggested

_ghanges in the rules. This report deals with the suggested change in

the height of the baskets and backboards. ‘

_ Agitation for a change in the height of the goals was initiated
by Dr. Forrest C. Allen of the University of Kansas. His suggestion —
was a counter to the ss te eliminate the tip-off. The action in both
of these instances was. brought. about ee the desire to equalize
the alleged advantage of the tall sarae! ever the short one. Doctor
Allents original. suggestion 1 was to raise the baskets to twelve feet
above the floor. :

This suggestion was presented ” the National Association of Basket
Ball Coaches assembled in New York on | Mare 28, 1931. It was not
preseited as a change for the geason of 1932, bat for the consideration
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of the coaches and rules committee during that seasot

be formally presented at the next meeting of these two groups for their

decision.
This report submits statistics and opinions for comparison of
goals at three heights, 10, 11, and 12 feet. Data and observations were

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not only the cbewered and measurable effect of the
different heights of goals upon the tall player, but also concerning

 

 

 

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The effect upon scoring and shooting generally. Basketball
is an attraction because of its action. Action and scoring
as in this sport. Basketball is a greater

 

attraction than hockey, for instance, at the present time
because there is more scoring in basketball. Anything,
therefore, that will tend to decrease the amount of scoring

ig a questionable chatige. ifs a type of scoring the maneuvring
which produces the set-up shot is the most thrilling to the
spectators. The answer to this question was sought by charting
tition and during practice shooting
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be readily seen that in this particular investigation the
scoring was very decidedly reduced when the higher goals were

used.

The effect on roughness under the basket. Will raising the
baskets tend to open up the play around the basket and decrease
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the higher baskets ieee such a change seem to be a desirable
one? The answer to these questions was sought through charting
the rebounds from the baskets at the three different Seieiee by
noting the distance that the ball tended to rebound from the
backboa

 

» Also the general congestion or lack of it wider the
basket during actual scr

 

age was observed for the different

baskets. The conclusion dram was that crowding and massed play

under the basket was largely eliminated but the result was hardly
desirable. See tabulation and comm

 

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3. Fatigue effects upon the players as a result of the baskets
at different heights. :
This information is entirely subjective and was secured from
observation of the play and interviewing the players. It is
discussed below.
4 that effect would raising the goals have upon the courts and
playing facilities throughout the country. :
Problems of expense, relation of the height of the ceiling to
the height of the baskets, etc., must be enisenelis This
information was secured through inquiry. A summation is show |
at the end of the report. .
Tho data that is presented was taken from the work of classes in
basketball auving the spring snd sumer quarters of 1931-32 at Stanford
University. The spring classes were composed of freshman and varsity

 

players and also a group of novices, while the summer classes consisted

of coaches attending the summer coaching school. All groups were

 

required to perform all the drills so that the differences in ability
would be reflected equally in eall the data that was taken. Approximately
thirty players are represented in the data.

 

A tabulation of shots during scrimmage for the different height
goals produced the following resuits:

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For obtaining the above data each player was
shots and each msde an equal number from specified areas on the court. |

The shots daring scrimmage do not represent an individual player
tabulation, meh vuther a team result. It would be expected that some
players would shoot more often than others but it is assumed that these
players would shoot approximately the same number of shots at the
different goals under similar playing conditions which were provided.

A tabulation of rebounds from the goals at the three different

heights showed the followinz results:

   

Goal Heights 10 - 11-12
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Outside of semi-circle ——-———-———----- 56 - 62 ~ 59
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of the end line. ,

From the standpoint of shooting and recovering the ball from the backboard
it was observed that the higher goals eliminated very largely the advantage
of the tall played under the goal. His accuracy on tip-in shots was very
decidedly affected. He could net reach up and lay the ball in the basket.
He was required to make a shot in the san way that = shorter player found
it necessary to shoot. The tall man could not merely reach above the heads
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of his shorter opponents and obtain possession of the ball as readily as

 

under the lower goals. The fact that the goals were higher gave more time
for the players to get into position for rebounds and thus permitted the

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shorter players to fight more effectively for the ball. They had oppor

 

foot basket the
because he would seldom jump from the floor.

exceptionally tall player would never lose his position

Oa the other hand it was observed that the tip~in shots and the

 

using play incident to the set-up shot was practically eliminated
when the higher baskets were used. With the goals at the added heights
the players seemed to be unable to control their shots when coming in
toward the baskets at a rapid rate of speed. They, therefore, resorted to
the more set shots a little farther out from the baskets and even to the
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longer shots which were equal
passing and more long shooting resulted. This factor might be overcome

 

as the players became more ac@ustomed to the changed heights of the goals.

From the standpoint of roughness, there seemed to be less contact

| under the higher goals. This was due largely to the shooting being

longer, which fact in turn spre

 

ad the players over the court and made less

concentration under the basket.
Fatigue was more noticeable in the case of the higher goals than in

the case of the lower one. Without asking for information in this connection,

 

ained that their fingers and wists seemed to cramp and to
tire after shooting at the high goals for a time. ‘They felt that the shots
at the higher goals required so much more force than the shots at the ten
foot goal that in addition to the fatigue which materially affected the

 

uracy of the shots, the push shot became more of a heave than a snap shot.

 
 

 

 

 

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Finally there is the effect of the higher goal on the playing facilities

ef the different organizations which participate in the sport. There are
still many localities where adequate playing facilities are not available.
Many teams play on courts with exceptionally low ceflings so that the
raising of the goals would mean discar ing of such facilities. It isa |

 

most difficult problem to determine the extent to which this factor would
affeet the different localities. ‘The following information was obtained
from state supervisors of physical education in sixteen different states

and gives a fair cross section of opinion on conditions for the United

 

States. The information received fr
Summed up under the following th:
a 1. The majority of the letters indicate that the supervisors
are absolutely against any
They see no need for such a change in the rules and from the

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change in the height of the basket,

 

ndpoint of the high school teams they think thst ‘the plan
is highly impractical. Viewed from the standpoint of the present
facilities of the high school throughout the country, they feel
that such « change woul be impossible in the majority of cases
of high school gymmasia.

 

 

Be There were some who felt that the change in the height of the
basket might be an advantage to college — but a very decided dis~
advantage and an impractical procedure on the part of high school

teams and the teams of evem lower grades. Therefore, these individuals

 

suggested &@ graded system of heights for the goal to conform to the
group involved. This height would range from eight feet in the case
of the elementary school player to twelve feet for the college teams

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In the State of Maryland this scheme has been tried out and with what the

people of that state felt to be umusual success and satisfaction. A backboard

has been designed which can be raised and lowered with comparative ease.

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It was the feeling of those representing this point of view that unless
the scheme of graded heights for. the goal, depending upon the size of the

team, were made, that the game of basketball was due to lag as far as its

interest and attractiveness to the players was concerned. The opinions

from the states of Marylend, Kansas, and California were noteworthy in this

 

S« Reports from Missouri and Ohie gave the opinion that the _

 

facilities in the high schools would not accommodate « subie in the hes
of goal, but nevertheless they felt that such a change might be desirable
feature, not only from the standpoint of improving the game, but also from

the standpoint of securing better playing facilities in the high schools

 

of the country.

 

The writer does not feel that definite conclusions should be dram
fron =e: duta that is here swosenteds: The investigation should be carried
out more ‘extensively. It is hoped,lowsver, that sufficient information
has been presented here to suggest some of the problems that should be
considered, and to stimulate others to contrtiute their thinking and work. ©
A change of this kind in the rules has such a | far maching effect that no
action foe ” renee —_ the results can be predicted with a great
deal of anuariny'. ?

tue might draw the conclusion on the basis of this report that the

sing of the goal is andosireble from practically every standpoint that

 

was investigated. If a change in the height is to be made then it is felt

 

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that an eleven foot goal will meet every need for a higher goal, and if
change is made it would be practically obligatory to adopt a graded

plan of goal heights for teams below the eollege grade@.