THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
COLUMBUS

DEPARTMENT OF PuysicAL EDUCATION
L. W. St. Joun, Director

 

November 18, 1938

Mr. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Education
University of Kensas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear “Phog"s

Endeavoring to answer your questions in your letter of
November 16: First, it seems to me that our only sensible plan of j
procedure here is to include only N.C.A.A. teams in this tournament. 3
Doesn't that automatically mean that we are not having any teams that
do not observe the freshman rule? Inasmuch as the basketball coaches
association was the instigator of this idea and inasmuch as the N.C.A.A,
is getting behind it, it seems to me we ought to adhere to the N.C.A.A, ‘4
participation throughout. Therefore, we should eliminate entirely the a
teams that do not observe the freshman rule - I believe that will be
the consensus of opinion.

Secondly, your suggestion that the idea of selection arbie
trarily on the basis of record and personal observation might be some=
what difficult = that is, of course, true but even if you were to hold
an elimination tournament, let us say in your section, you would run
into same of the same difficulties, because in order to get your teams
inte this tournament for your district you are going to have to make |
selections of some kind before the tournament is played. So you will
probably run into some difficulty there.

With regard to your observation regarding McBride, I certainly a
feel that if we ean have Mr. McBride on this committee that would be ideal. e
Unquestionably, he is an outstending figure there and to have him on the .
committee and to give his support would be a fine move. Why not go ahead <a
right away to see if you can't sign him up as a member of your selection
committee, especially since (to answer another question of yours) I have a
a feeling that the best place to hold this play-off between the repree oe
sentatives of districts 5, 6,7 and 8 is Kansas City. I believe that if a
we can get men like McBride on the committees over the cowmtry that this
tournament will reeeive a lot of fine support in the newspapers and that
we will be able to put across this tournament over and above such attempts
as are being made by fellows like Emil Liston of Baker University. So I
very much hope you will go after McBride right away. If you wish, I will
be glad to write him to add my invitation to yours if you think that dew
sirable.

As to the third member of your committee, I am sure you would 4
have a better idea as to who should be appointed there than I would, but ;

Yess

‘gecs ” oe e