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Mr. Roy Mundorff, President,

National Ass'n. of Basket Ball Coaches, |
Georgia Teeh., _ aes -
Atlanta, Ga. . | : 7 |

Dear President Roy:

es | I am wondering if 1t would be —
possible to arrange a pair of goals 12 ft. in height at the
Atlanta Athletic Club or wherever you plan to work your test games,
for the purpose of trying out the 12 ft. baskets so that the coaches
might see a game in action under those conditions. ESV ee

idaenats : . If it would be possible to have a
sliding scale for this game, say an adjustable basket, that we
could try a game at 11 ft. and one at 12 ft., it would give the
eoaches a definite idea as to what the ‘possibilities might hold
by incorporating for the future a consideration of a possible
change in the height of the basket.

I claim that it will decrease the
number of fouls by at least 30%. On all ley-up shots and cuts for
the basket, the higher basket will do away with these. It will
diminish or practically exterminate the pivot post play. Big,
husky, powerful guards will not be able to block opponents ous
away from the basket under this proposition.

Dr. Naismith has 0.K,'d the sugges-
tion of ret sing the baskets and I believe that the quest for t LL
players, especially centers, that the elevation of the basket will
equalize the height more progerssvente:y between the extra tall
man and the medium individual and it will elso serve to clear up
the congestion under the basket.
I am alsok just throwing out 4 sug-
gestion as to a possible increase in the width of the court to a
maximum of 56 ft. instead of 50 ft. as a blow against the so-called
zone defense or mass defense throwing itself around the basket.
This will make fewer out of bound balls.

And, by moving the baek~boards 4
to 6 ft. inside the end line with the raised basket, this will
further tend to decrease the number of out of bound plays. Under
these conditions it might be necessary to increase the field goal
to three points, leaving the free throw at one point and the four
personal foul rule as it is.