Lawrence, Kansas
April Sth, 1 9 3 6

Dr. Fe Ce Allen,
McAlpin Hotel,
New York City, N. Y.

Dear Dr, Allen:

I am very sorry that I cannot be present at the
meetings. I feel that I have as great an interest in the
game, and have a more comprehensive view, than any who have
come in later.

In making this statement about basketball, I am look-
ing at it from the world aspect, not from the standpoint of
a coach. I fully appreciate that a coach has a different
attitude from those who are using basketball as a form of
recreation.

We have worked for years to have a unified set of
rules and I am sorry that there will probably be a split
and a number of sets of rules introduced. Some conferences
of the High Schools are committed to making their own set
and the Intercollegiate seems likely to repeat the 1905 revolt.
My sincere hope has been that the American Guide should be
the general set of rules which will be applicable to all cases,
with such additions or eliminations as may be necessary for the
different groupse

It seems to me that the miles of 32 and 33 were of this
nature with the possible exception of the center jump, which
has become slightly one-sided. But this might be equalized
in several ways so that each center man has an equal chance
at the ball. I like to see the ball put in play from the
center of the floor rather than from the side. All games work
from the field rather than from the side lines.

1. Throw the ball at warying heights so that there
would be another attribute entering in, namely, physical judg-
ment. The shorter is more likely to have this attribute than
the taller man.

2, Limit the difference in height to a couple of inches.
3. Let the opposing captain choose the center jumper.

4, Bounce the ball between the centers rather than
toss it up. Any one of these would be preferable to putting
the ball in play from the sidelines. *