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November 15, 1937.

Mre He Ve Porter,
ll Sow LaSalle Ste, —
Chicage, Illincise

Dear He Vet

_ I acknowledge with thanks the National Basketball
Committee letterheads. We can very nicely use our University _
envelopes, but I de think the Committee stationery is an assete

From some of our umiversity coaches I have been getting |
_& eriticign on the new seamless basketball. They state that on —
hard 40#foot passes, the ball develops floaters, sinkers, drops,
curves and twisters. These are the terms applied to the tricks
done by passing the bail hard. This is from an eastern coach
who has a national reputation, His players discarded the ball
in the: Sreeeihe Cf Whe SRLeNey GRNTUEES So Wie, MOnrrReeeEt
of the coaches. . ;

I-understand that the aponsors of the ball now say the
new scamless ball has been corrected and this objectionable
thing elimineteds

St. Clair, you will remenber, said at our meeting last
year thet his boys all threw the balis up in the balcony after

uy hed slah 5 font Geklin

| The eastern coach had this to say: “On the basis of
our actual experiments with the ball we ean have no confidence
in it. We Se with no sules
talk",

sss ales Gila Uind plied Sdesnind 66 than pen
may have the specific criticism arid work out certain trials

according to these comments. Persomally, I do not like the new
molded type of ball at all, because we do not want anything too
perfects ee ee ee