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fortnight. There is a possibility, however, that at the Olympic
favnax at Los Angeles in 1932, basket ball will be added to the
wrcorem orovided the American organizing committee so proposes.
he aperiean Olympic Committee has the right to propose one
netional sport and one foreign sport on the progran. "
Appeals were made to Secretary Rubien of the Olympic
Committee and to authorities of organizations promoting basket
ball in the United States including the ¥ MC A, National Collegiate
A A and Amateur Athletic Union to go on record endorsing the ad-
dition of basket ball to the Olympic program at Los Angeles in
1932. Mr, Ferris then introduced a resolution at the National
AAU meeting at 8t. Louis in November, 1929, petitioning for
basket ball as an Olympic sport. Requast was made of the
American Olympic Committee to support the application for basket
ball before the Olympic Congress in Berlin. Cormunications
went to the authorized representatives in the foreign eduntrics.
In Mexico we enlisted tho aid of Mr. A. A. Aguirri and Mr. T.
L. Rodriguoz at Chihauhauand, Mr. L. Ochoa at Mexico City, also
Mr. Sohaku Ri at Waseda University, Tokio, Mr. Akira Oshida at
Mei ji University, Tokio, also Mr. Elmer Berry at Geneva, Switz-
erland, Mr. Val Bouryschkine at Paris, France, Mr. J. H. Crocker
at London, Ontario, Canada, Mr. Charles S. Jones at Vancouver,
British Columbia, Mr. Renato Jones at Rome, Italy. Through
the kindness of Dr. Naismith we constantly contactcd forcign
representatives who assisted in our venture.
On October 15, 1929, President Avery Brundage sug-
gested that we circularize our baskct ball colleagues in

Southern California, Messrs. Sam Barry, Dic, Rutherford, a host