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enierge it. However, I was somewhat surprised at the informa-
blon given in your letter and I have no doubt that Mr. Edstrom
woulé be interested in learning of the growth of basket ball in
various fereign countries. You might write him care of William
Garland, president of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, but you
will have to do this at once since he is now on his way to Los
Angeles and I am not sure how long he will stay there. Better
send your letter Air Mail. In the event basket ball cannot

be added to the program, sometimes the country holding the
games is allowed to include one or two national sports, and

in addition, sometimes demonstrations of sports not on the
program are given. For instance, there were some La Crosse
games last year in Amsterdam. Perhaps a letter to Edstrom will
do some good."

A letter was immediately dispatched to Mr. Edstrom,
to which he replied: "Your kind letter of September 13, has
reached me here on the eve of my departure for Yokohama. I
fully appreciate the importance of the sport of basket ball.
During the time I provisionally acted as chairman of the Inter-
national Handball Federation, we made an application with the
International Olympic Committee that hand ball and basket ball
be a part of the Olympic Games. Said application is going to
be decided on at the Olympic Congress at Berlin Germany ‘6 May
next year. Knowing the sentiment within the International
Olympic Committee, I know, however, that the application will
be rejected. The Olympic program is already too full and it is

almost impossible to carry out the games within the period of a