Chairman, L. W. St. Joun

CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Executive Committee
L. W. St. John
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio.

Committee on Research and
Visual Investigation

Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas.

Special Publication Committee

A. E. Metzdorf
97 Elmdorf Avenue
Rochester, N. Y.

Committee for Permanent
Organization

H. H. Salmon, Jr.
ue Wall Street
ew York City, N. Y.

Officials Committee

John Brown, Jr.
347 Madison Avenue
New York City, N. Y.

Questionnaire Committee

H. V. Porter
tr So. LaSalle Street
Chicago, Ill.

Rules Co-Ordination Committee

H. H,. Salmon, Jr:
67 Wall Street
New York City, N. Y.

Complete list of
Committee Members

F. C. Allen
Wm. McK. Barber
W. I. Black

J. F. Bohler
John Brown, Jr.
J. H. Crocker
Geo. T. Hepbron
W. E. Meanwell
A. Paul Menton
A. E. Metzdorf
H. V. Porter

E. L. Romney
Floyd A. Rowe
L. W. St. John
H. H. Salmon
F, A. Schmidt
H. A. Swaffield
G. K. Tebell
Oswald Tower

OFFICERS

Vice-Chairman, FLoyp A. Rowe Secretary, Gro. T. HEPBRON Treasurer, A, E, MetzporF Editor,OSwALD'TOWER
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio 105 Nassau St., NewYork City,N.Y. 97 Elmdorf Ave., Rochester, N. Y.

Andover, Mass.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE

OF THE |
UNITED STATES AND CANADA

Honorary Members

-James A. Naismith
Ralph Morgan

March 21, 1934

Dr. Forrest. C. Allen,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

My dear "Phog":

Last week-end I sat through a

mumber of the sessions of the finals in our

State High School Basketball Tournament.
personal observations there supplement the
conclusions I have been coming to for some
time.

First, so far as an actual rule
change goes, I believe that I am ready to
go along with some change tending to eliminate
pretty largely the center jump. A great deal
of crowding around the center circle, massing

Of players in the center of the floor at the

time of the jump, a considerable number of |
fouls called on the jumpers, at times irregular
and uncertain tossing of the ball, no _
particular interesting or scientific set plays
from the center bateoff, all conspired to lead
me to the conclusion that those people who are
actively campaigning against the center jump
and the domination of possession of the bal

by the extremely tall center, have a good deal
of merit. Perhaps the tossing of the ball

in the center at the start of the game and at
the beginning of the second half might be
retained, and at other times give the ball out
of bounds to the team who has been scored on.
The more I study this situation, the more ready
I am to go along with some proposal of this
sort. That is the only change I can see as
logical in the rules for the coming year.

The other big thing that is
needed is a better and more common sense