_ NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A. - NATIONAL FEDERATION H. S. A. A. - Y. M. CLA. - C'ANADIAN I. A. U. ead A. B. A. NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE of the UNITED STATES and CANADA CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES Executive H. H. Satmon, Jr. Research Forrest C. ALLEN Complete List of Committee Members F. C. Allen Univ. of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas John Brown, Jr. 347 Madison Ave. New York, New York John Bunn Stanford Univ. Palo Alto, California Forrest Cox Colorado University Boulder, Colorado J. H. Crocker Univ. of Western Ontario London, Ont., Canada Desloge, Missouri Sumner A. Dole Connecticut State College Storrs, Connecticut J. Mark Good Sun-Gazette Co. Williamsport, Pennsylvania E. J. Hickox Springfield College Springfield, Massachusetts A. F. Jefferess 114 Carrick Ave. Hamilton, Ont., Canada Frank P. Maguire Dept. of Public Instruction Harrisburg, Pennsylvania H. G. Olsen Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Curtis Parker Centennary College Shreveport, Louisiana Chicago, Illinois Floyd A. Rowe Board of Education Cleveland, Ohio J. W. St. Clair Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas, Texas H. H. Salmon, Jr. 40 Wall St. New York, New York Oswald Tower Andover, Massachusetts Publication Oswatp Tower Questionnaire H. V. Porter Game Administration Sumner A. Dote Vice Cuairman, JOHN BUNN Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Calif. Treasurer, FLOYD A. ROWE Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio Epirorn, OSWALD TOWER Andover, Massachusetts Cuairman, H. H. SALMON, Jr. 40 Wall St., New York, N. Y. Secretary, H. V. PORTER 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois December 8, 1939 Mr. F, C, Allen Univers ity of Kansas Lawrence, “ansas Dear Mr. Allen: I appreciate having your letter of December 5th and the accompanying folder. In my opinion this is the first headache of the many which are certain to develop from the holding of a National Intercollegiate Basket- ball Championship. I doubt whether you agree with me on the general principle of having a natimal intercollegiate champion but I believe you will agree that if such a championship is to be held, it should be kept rigidly under the authority of a properly constituted committee authorized by the cdleges themselves. if the mtter is permitted to get into the hands of any unofficial group which may have the nerve and commercial backing to undertake control, the whole project is headed toward failure. I do not think for one minute that the various athletic boards of control in the colleges will sanction an organization which is entirely independent of any regularly approved collegiate organi zation. Unless 1 misunderstand the origin and intention of this new association, there is no reason why any individual might not form a similar one through getting a few coaches or student managers interested. I an ticipate all kinds of attempts on the part of commercial clubs and promotional groups to spon- sor and control the elimination tournaments which are designed to lead up to the national championship. It seems to me that the Natimal Collegiate Athletic Association can not afford to let these activities get out of their control. I base this minion on the experiences of the high schools in connection with sectional and national meets. The high school organizations have had to work for years to counteract the damage which was done by per- mitting some of these contests to get out of control of the regularly con- stituted school groups. It is only during the last couple of years that the damage has been largely counteracted and this has been possible only through the complete elimination of mets and tournaments of a national char- acter. Under other circumstances and with proper control, they might have been made to serve a good purpose. In the case of this collegiate development, 1 am directly interested only through my interest in controlled school athletics and through my connection with the basketball rules committee. I am firmly ecmvinced that groups such as this new association, if allowed to go without proper control,