Mr. Porter stated that the sum of $150 voted upon at last year's
meeting for his use in making a film, was not used because he had not
had opportunity to obtain photographs suitable to offer to this com-
mittee for distribution. The few forms he had time to take served
hi.s purpose for high school play only.

Yr. Bohler and Dr. Allen both said they thought Mr. Porter had
done some very excellent pioneer work, and they thought the college
coaches themselves would present some suggestions and work with this
group.

Chairman St. John made the following presentation:

"From now until our next meeting there will have been presented
to a great many of you the opportunity to do something in connection
with the promotion or handling of basketball in the Olympic Games.
Basketball is now played in some 25 or 30 foreign countries. It owes
its adoption in these countries to the activity of the International
Y.M.C.A. representatives who have carried it from this country into
other countries. Of our membership here, Dr. Allen, by his activity
and letter-writing over the last four or six years, has probably had
more to do than anyone else in promoting the basketball game from the
Olympic standpoint to the place where it was officially adopted.

"Our own Olympic Committee reported that basketball would not be
included in the Olympic program for this year, so we had given up hope
of having it accepted. Shortly after this the annowmcement was made
that the Committee had accepted basketball on the program for this
year as part of the Olympics.

"The American Olympic Basketball Committee is being organized at
the present time, which will have charge of selection of a coach, se-
lection of a team, and general management of arrangements to select
the team to represent the United States."

Mr. Crocker stated that Canada will also be represented in basketball
in the Olympics.

Chairmen St. John continued:

"Basketball will be a good source of finance to the General Fi-
nance Committee of the Olympic Games and the campaign for the support
financially of the Olympic team in the United States.

"The reorganization of the present National Basketball Committee
of the United States and Canada; I need not go into detail of the
steps that have brought us to the present representation bases, or
the pro and con reasons as to why it is necessary to revise the pres-
ent basis of representation. The National Collegiate Council Meeting
here in New York last December, and immediately following that an
Executive Committee Meeting of the National Collegiate body, stated
that it seemed desirable for the reorganization of the basketball com~
mittee in a way that it would be more acceptable to the A.A.U. When
we begin to make some revision in representation and membership on
the Committee that has to do with the action of basketball rules so as
to give to any one of the present constituent members a more satisfac-
tory membership arrangement, it seems to me, personally, that involves

MOTION
PICTURE
FILM

BASKETBALL
IN
OLYMPICS

BASKETBALL
COMMITTEE
REORGANIZA=
TION