REPORT OF THE ALYMPIC COMMITTEE ON BASKETBALL

Mr. President: ~ .

| Your chairman wishes to present the sean of the
Olympic Committee on Basket Ball. We began early in 1928 to
interest our local and foreign Prints in having basket ball
incorporated in the X Olympiad to be held in Los Angeles in

1932. The local men contacted were Avery Brundage, president

of the A, A. U. of the United States, Daniel J. Ferris, secre-
tary-treasurer of the A.-A, U., and Frederic W. Rubien, secretary
of the American Olympic Committee.

Mr. Daniel J. Ferris' suggestion of July 26, 1929,
was: "that you address a communication to the American Olympic
Committee, asking that they go on record as favoring basket ball
as one of the optional events on the Olympic program at Los
Angeles in 1932. Fersonally, I feel that there will be so much
objection by foreign countries to basket bali that it will be
impossible to have it listed. They will contend that so few
countries are playing the game that it should not be included
as one of the Olympic Sports. However, this should not prevent
you from making every effort to have basket ball included."

Mr. Avery Brundage stated in his letter of August 23,
1929, shat: "Last year at Amsterdam, a new International Federa-
sion was formed to take jurisdiction over the games of handball,
basket ball, and the German game called field handball. If I am
not mistaken, I am one of the officers of this International
Federation. The program for the Olympic Games at Los angeles
will be setsied at the next meeting of the Uxecutive Committee

of the International Olympic Committee, which will be held next

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