THE SCORITE MANUFACTURING CO.

422 COOLIDGE AVE.
SOUTH HILLS, PITTSBURGH, PA.

A. N. MYERS co® SUCCESSORS
Manufacturers of
Score Boards and Field Equipment

March 16, 1940

Mre Forrest Ce Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrenceg Kansas

Dear Mre Allen:

We have your letter of March 8 wherein you offer to in-
stall a pair of our backboardse

We have made some additional experiments on backboardse
The enclosed blueprint is the result; the dotted line
shows the back-brace, the light line is the modified
backboard shown on page 47 of Basketball Rules Book, and
the heavy line is, in our opinion, as far as it is safe

to go in that dirsctione You will note that the light
line misses the upper corners of the brace and as a result
would weaken the entire structure, while the heavy line
carries out the same general idea yet it retains enough
of the corners of back-brace to insure sufficient strength
if the board is properly bound with a stiff steel band
around the edgée

We are shipping a pair of boards built according to the
enclosed blueprint complets with a pair of goals, and will
appreciate anything you can do regarding their installation
in a prominent place, where they will be seen by the vis-
iting coaches. We are addressing them to you at the Hotel
Continental.

Thanks for the interest shown in our product.
Very truly yours,

Ae N. MYERS COMPANY