#2 Mr. L.W, St.John
March 26, 1934

a change as that always makes a busy evening for the officials.

I always think of the tip-off at center, the same as the kick-

.off in football, I know the Pacific Coast Conference is not

sold on the center jump, but they will still have the big boy Sy
in there for the bebounds and the follow-ups on both the defen- y
sive and offensive baskets.

As far as we are concerned in our
section this year, the game continued to improve in interest
both from the spectator and player standpoint. You know, Saint,
I think the greatest difficulty we are having with officiating
is the inability of our audience to be decent to our officials,
“Immediately, when a game starts, a certain percentage of the
audience declare themselves audibly for one team against the .
other and their clevage to their friends is emphasized by their
loud guffaws in the form of booing against an official who may
be doing a pretty good job of it. At the first slight fault or
error of an official, a part of. the crowd turns loose with an
awful boo. Then, if an official does something displeasing to
the other part of the crowd, they voice their disgust in the |
game vocal fashion, It seems as if the crowd is competing in
booing, while the players are competing for field goals and free
throws,

: As far as I am concerned, I would
like to see the Coaches! Committee amfi the Rules Committee
ask that where practicable, 12 ft. baskets be installed with 3
points for a field goal and 1 point for a free throw. You will
be surprised just what will happen. Then, I would like to see
the baskets moved in 6 ft. from the end line, if they raise the.
baskets, and where possible, where you have plenty of room,
widen the court 3 ft. on either side, And, if they want to
draw that circle around the larger circle, 0.K. But why,
should I continue to write you this letter, when I am sending
you a copy of the letter I wrote Roy Mundorff.

I feel that after our meeting at
Atlarite with the coaches and hearing their ere I will

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