ROTOR? OF THE VISUALIZA ION CO:MITTUE Page 6,

The chief purnose of the Visualization Comuittec is to
bring before the coaches of our association, through the medium of the
motion picturo, a detailed analysis of the various styles of
offonsive and defensive technique used by leading authorities in
the snort togethor with any definite problems arising in the sport
throughout the playing season, It is omtremcly gratifying to
report that fow corplaints reached tho attention of the mombers of
our committee with the nossible exception of the under-tho-baskct
dofensive tactics of Mike Novak, center man on the Loyola University
varsity basketball team, Mr. Clair Bee, chairman of our rules
comukttce, ond our cormittce vere ready to prepare a film to clari v
any such probloms. However, in view of tho fact, that our convention
date came so soon after the final invitational tournament held in
Madison Square Garden the best we covld do to cooperate with hin was
to solicit the cooperation of Mr, Ned Irish, the basketball director
of Madison Square Garden to take a nhotogranh of the final game,
Fortunately Mike Novak played in tho final game between Loyola and
L, I. U. and we were in a position to record his movements in this
contest. It is only fitting at this time, that the chairman of the
visualization comuittee request the President of our organization
that he writo a letter of thanks to Mr, Irish for the trouble and
exnoense he has gone to in preparing this film, Also, Mr. Leslie
Winik of N. Y. U. has propnred a film ontitled "COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1939"
showing excerpts of a numbor of college games played in Madison Square Garden *
this winter, This picturc, tho final game of the invitational
tournament, and othors brought here by our coimitte members
will round out on interesting motion picture program, We
are quite certain thet you will find them ontertoining, educational
anc instructive,

I should also like to report at this time the business
trensactions our association had with the Agfa Ansco Film Corporation
of Now York City with roegerd to the motion picture ontitled "College
Basketball" they put out for us last seeson, You will rocall that
this picture was produced » s a result of the many pictures sent to
me froi our follow coaches throughout the country and thon assemblea
into one largo picture of 1400 fect, being sold at a net price of
$57.50 destination, The sales on this picture were rather dis-
apnointing and for thet reason, the committee decided to discontinuc
this project for the time being, However, a detailed revort of the
various sales made is attached herevith, As chicf distributors of
this victurc our association was entitled to the maximum discount of
33 1/3% A check in tho amount of $93.31 covers the Film Corporations
indcbtedness to us, after deducting postage and mimeographing costs,

Last, if I had the time, I would be more critical thm I
feel at liberty to be, in commenting upon the appalling obtuscness
mony teachers have toward the use of visual aids. In «© changing
game which moves with ever accelerated temo, coaches, players,
officials and spectators alike con lonrn the various techniques
employed by our leaders in the ficld toe degree they could nover
experionce through textbooks alone, With few exccptions, every tean
thet came to Madison Square Garden to participate in the schedule had