NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A. - NATIONAL FEDERATION H. S. A. A. - Y. M. CLA. - C:ANADIAN I. A. U. and A. B. A. NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE of the UNITED STATES and CANADA CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES ‘ics Chane, 200 Oe a ek . . Cumann, 4 1 Ga a. Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Calif. 40 Wall St., New York, N. Y. Treasurer, FLOYD A. ROWE — ee “ Secretary, H. V. PORTER Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio ; —— 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois Evitor, OSWALD TOWER Game Administration Andover, Massachusetts Sumner A. Dote Page two - Complete List of é Committee Members must support it. There is also the mtter of a patent being taken out on F.C. Allen. such a board. In my opinion, the construction of a boardwith a eylindrical Tawiense Mauss surface is not patentable but the manufacturers of this board cmtend that John Brown, Jr. it ise This matter would have tobe ironed out before we went too far in 347 Madison Ave. 2 : New York, New York committing ourselves to such a change. John Bunn Palo Alto, California These things do not apply toa board with a flat surface and with a modified Forrest Cox size and shape. It is my opinionthat if the advantages seem to warrant it, Boulder Covad” the committee could authorize a gradual change which would not be a hardship J. H. Crocker on any school. If such a board were legalized as optional equipment, it Pair. of Western Ontario would permit schools to make the change at their convenience and I do not M. 6. Cunuingtiam believe that it would greatly handicap a team. if they were to practice with Dales Meneusi a board of the present size and shape and then play a game with the smaller Succes Aaa board. The only difference would be in appearance and my experience leads m Connecticut State College +o believe that any team could adjust itself to this difference in appearance Storrs, Connecticut : ss : 5: Merk Gooa during the five or ten minute warm-up period. One of the phenomenal things San Gazette Co, rsyivaniet DOUG basketball players is their ability to quickly a djust themselves to E. J. Hickox varied conditims. I could cite any numer of cases where actual figures Springfield College, have proven this to be true. This has been strikingly illustrated in cone ‘i ce nection with balls which have a different bouncing reaction and with floors 114 Carrick Ave. which vary greatly in resilience. We have carefully charted the percentage Hamilton, Ont., Canada : eee 2 oe ji Sein es of successful tries where these conditims differ widely and it is surprising n. - Maguire Poe how quickly the boys adjust themselves to these slight differences. * Ohio State University All of this leads me to believe that the Research Committee should expend a every effort in getting work done almg these lines and, if actual experi- “Gehannats Olle mental use indicates adwmtages such as we think exist in the modified Shreveport, Louisiana = s Hoard, there is no reason why some action should not be taken in the near “HS. EaSatte st future, possibly at this year's meeting of the committee. icago, Illinois as Even if the convex backboard should ultimately prove to be desirable, probably ee the best method of changing over would be to do it in steps, first through J: athorn Methodist Univ, OPtional use of the flat board of modified form and shape and in later years oe through the final change to the cmvex surface. This second change would ar a then involve no modification of bridgework ami the only expense would be in — eee See the cost of a couple of b oards. Incidentally, with the size reduced it Oswald Tower cachusetts snould be possible to stamp out a steel or composition board at very little expense. There is not the opportmity for warping and twisting that exists when a board of the present size is used. By this time you have received notice relative to reservation for the March meeting. You will note that I have taken your figures on room rates at the Continental Hotel. These seemvwry reasonable and I have no doubt that they are made on the basis of group rentals. Wi erler Yours truly, : : Secretary HVP/j