NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FOOTBALL COMMISSIONERS

President Asa §. BUSHNELL Secretary-Treasurer
ArtHur R. HuTcHENS Eastern Intercollegiate Reaves E. PETERS

Southern and Southeastern Football Association Big Six Conference

Conference ArtuHur E. EIers Ga:

om Missouri Valley Conference James W. St. Cram

ae. ees Joun L. GRIFFITH Southwest Conference

Poetic ‘Const Conference Intercollegiate Conference

(Big Ten)

Want to use officials that are not known to hin.

Do you have any officials in mind,other than those on
your preferential list that you would like to see in action in
any of your non-conference games?

I will be in Chicago for the All-Star game the 28th,of
this Month. Would you care for me to get in touch with the DePaul
coach at that time?,if so have you a list of Big Ten officials from
which you would like to have them select the officials. If you have
only a one year contract with them would you like to have one of
our officials in the game?

The plan in operation for assigning officials for c aofer-
ence and inter-sectional games in football seems to be working
out to the satisfaction of the coaches;they are very happy to be
relieved of the many unpleasant situations that arise when coaches _
have to battle over offic ials. I believe the time is near when
a Similar situation will exist in basketball.

I don't believe we will ever have uniformity of interpret-
ation,or practical standardization of officiating until we adopt
@ plan similar to that in use in football for all inter-sectional
games. At the present time the Mechanics of officiating in football
a4sepractically the same in all major conferences. There is not a
Single major conference that will make a single exception to the
rules as t hey are written in the book this Fall. Cam 't% you rem-
ember when the special interpretations were almost as difficult to |
master as the rules. |

If we can come to a common agreement on what the game of
basketball should be as it is played on the floor;all officials
using similar mechanies,and having a common interpretation of the
way in which the rules should be administered we will have gone
a long ways towards helping basketball. Using mixed crews whenever
possible;bringing officials from thecwarzous conferences together,
not only in the conference room,but on the floor will help a lot.

This is rather rambling I know but have just been thinking
out loud. ; :

When are you coming to Kansas City for a game of golf? If
you can't do that why don't you invite a fellow up to play in your
back yard. What are your plans for the remainder of the Month?.

With all good wishes,I am

Very sincerely yours

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