PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS GULF REFINING COMPANY P.O.BOX 106 - ILLINOIS BUILDING EASTERN PRODUCTION INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA DIVISION BB: BRIDGES, General Agent March 25, 1940 Dr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Sir: In the belief that Kansas would represent the Western half of the country, I charted the two games played last week-end. I am sending what little information I have in the hope that it may prove to be of some value. I am attaching a chart of the game between Indiana and Springfield, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, this game was not very closely contested and does not present a true picture, but does serve to show that as a rule Indiana does not take very many shots from past the free throw circle. The numbers in black indicate the man who shot and the position on the floor, with a circle around the successful shots. Red indicates a foul made, while blue indicates a foul made in a player's own offensive end of the court. This Indiana outfit is good. Their starting team will probably be composed of McCreary and Shaeffer at forward, W. Menke at center, = th Dro and Huffman at guard. Shaeffer and McCreary are both about o* 10° 4 d“are exceptionally fast and very clever. They both shoot with either hand but definitely prefer the right side just off of the free throw lane. They both fake very nicely, pivot either way, and if a shot isn't open one of them will break toward the pivotmen for a fast, short pass and shot. This break will usually come from = - opposite the man with the . ball. ce : 2g Menke, the center, is about 6' 2%, whose favorite shot is a ri handed push shot which he will take almost from the side line, but will, of course, come in as close to the basket as possible. He very seldom shoots from the left side of the court. These three boys in the forward line work extremely well together and throughout a season's play will sco about the same. Menke is, as a rule, the “feeder” to the two forwards, and when he is out the play is not as effective. They are all ball hawks and recover a great many rebounds which they will shoot immediately in e preference to passing the ball out. Dro at guard is about 6' 1" and his play reminds me a great deal of Frosty Cox. He is rugged, a fair shot and will break for the basket 4 ¥ + *: Dr, Forrest C. Allen - 2 March 25, 1940 when the opportunity presents itself. Huffman,also at guard, will shoot from just beyond the free throw circle and will, as a rule, play ina little closer than Dro. He breaks well and hits a good percentage of set shots and is fairly good on right-handed push shots. Armstrong will see quite a bit of play, and he will take shots from either side of the court. If he is hot, he is tough, but he appears to be rather easily disgusted and his efficiency decreases in pro- portion. As you probably know, Indiana plays an extremely fast break and it is not at all unusual for them to pass the entire length of the - floor. As far as I could see whenever I saw them play they had no set plays but depended on clever ball handling, fast breaks and one-handed fast shots. To my mind, the men with the ball should be played fairly close with quick pivots in mind, but the men without the ball should be played a little looser with a fast break in mind. This team very seldom passes to the free throw circle, but rather to one side or the other, at which time their fast breaks come in to play. / Duquesne bothered their offense quite a bit by crowding the area right around the basket. One of your guards, if not immediately being used in offense, should constantly be on the alert as soon as there is a chance that Indiana will recover the ball, as the fast break will often shake two or three men loose. When I say fast break, I do mean fast. Indiana employs a strict man for man defense and shifts only when absolutely necessary. It seems to me that some of your screening plays should be effective. They will not go out much further than six feet from the free throw circle on defense unless the opponents start getting too hot on their long shots. A guard like Fred Pralle would do very well against this team, due to his accuracy on long shots, coupled with his fast break. Another spot that is usually not too closely watched is on either side of the basket about six feet in from the side-line. As I recall, you used to have a play that gave a man a good shot from this spot. It should be effective. I hope this small amount of dope will be of interest tc you in the game Saturday. It is amazing how good the people in Indiena think their basket- ball is. They think no one else can compare at all. As far as that goes, though, they are good. Don't sell this team short as they are tough in any league. 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LE t+ web ff Indiana University of /iim:m 1940 Record Indiana 37 Wabash Indiana 58 Zavier Indiana 49 Nebraska Indiana 51 Pittsburgh Indiana 40 Butler Indiana 51 Duquesne Indiana 45 Villanova © Indiana 38 Illinois Indiana 45 Iowa Indiana 44 Minnesota Indiana 40 Wisconsin 34 Indiana 51 DePaul 30 Indiana 46 Purdue 39 Indiana 57 Michigan 39 Indiana 36 Northwestern 40~ Indiana 46 TIwa 42 Indiana Chicago 34 Indiana 26 Ohio State Indiana 51 Purdue Indiana 52 Ohio state Playoffs Indiana 48 Springfield 24 Indiana 59 Duquesne 30 988 totals 772 Won 19 Lost 3 Averaged 45 pts. a game Opponents averaged 35 pts. a game 335 oe 35 University of Indiana Paul Armstrong Herman Schaefer Bill Menke Huffman 34 Marvin/fmmnahmong 36 Bob Dro Andy Zimmer Chet Francis BobMenke Jay McCreary Jim Gridley Roster Ht. 51 11" 6* 6°35" 6° e" ofili" Home Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Huntingburg Newcastle Berne Goodland Danville Huntingburg Frankfort Vevay Ralph Dorsey Horse Cave, Ky. Bill Frey Kokomo University of Indiana Scoring Regular Season FG FT Paul Armstrong, f 70 40 Bill Menke, ec 63 32 Herman Schaefer, f 65 25 Bob Dro, g 11 Jay McCreary, g 15 Marvin Huffman, 2 10 Andy Zimmer, c Bob Menke, c Chet Francis, f Ralph Dorsey, f Jim Gridley, g Two Playoff Games Pts. Herman Schaefer, f 22 Bill Menke, c 14 Paul Armstrong, f 13 Marvin Huffman, g 12 Bob Dro, g 10 Indiana Personalities FORWARD- Paul Armstrong, junior, 21, 170, 5'11", Fort Wayne, Ind. Was captain of basketball, also all-state selection. Plays softball in summer. Enrolled in School of Education, plans to coach. Has been playing basketball with Herman Schaefer since 4th tide. Member Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Worked in brewery last summer. Team's leading scorer this season. Lettered last year also. FORWARD- Herman Schaefer, junior forward, 21, 175, 6°, Fort Wayne, Ind. Has been playing basketball since 4th grade. Was co-captain high school basketball team, all-regional and all-state second team two years. Of German descent. Plans to coach. Is enrolled in School of Education. Was not in school second semester last year and did not win award. Is member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Worked on state highway last summer. CENTER- Bill Menke, junior, 21, 175, 6°35", Huntingburg, Ind. Graduate of Huntingburg high school and attended Kemper Mil- itary Academy. Honorary captain of haoketbatl sk Huntingburg, all-state Player at Kemper. Started playing basketball in M@M@M 1929. Favorite food is T-bone steak and cheif recreation is playing tennis. Of Berman descent. Enrolled in School of Business. Member Sigma Chi fraternity. Winner of intramural cross country run the past two years. GUARD- Captain Marvin Huffman, senior, 22, 185, 6*2", Newcastle, Ind. Of German-EnglishsIrish descent. Graduate of New Castle high school, where he was all-state in basketball, captain of the team. Also played football and was captain of the baseball team. Is in the School of Business. Started playing basketball as a freshman in high schoool, when he made the varsity team. Spent the summer car- rying ice. Knee injury as a freshman kept him out of football. Is a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Is a brother of Vernon Huffman, co-captain and all-American basketball guard in 1936-37 of the Indiana team, and another brother, Gilbert, was captain this year of the Uni- versity of Tennessee basketball team. Indiana Personalities (cont.) GUARD- Bob "Moose" Dro, junior, 21, 190, 5'11", Derne, Ind. Graduate of Derne high school, Was captain of both basketball and baseball, and all-state in both sports. Of Swiss descent. Favorite food is banana pie. Enrolled in School of Education. Hopes to break into major league baseball. Won letter in baseball as wellZ as basket- ball last year. Is member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Spent summer as playground instructor. (First Substitute) GUARD- Jay MeCreay, junior, 21, 145, 510", Frankfort, Ind. Graduate of Brankfort high school, Was captain and all-state forward on Frankfort's championship team of 1936, also participating in football and track. Of Scotch-Irish descent. Won letter two years ago, but was not in school last year. Enrolled in School of Education, plans to teach and coach. Member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Worked in soft drink botkling plant last summer. . } ICE PLANT. OFFICE 710 EAST FOURTH ST. 65 TONS te CAPACITY TELEPHONE 51 ; GLENN ICE AND FUEL COMPANY BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS March 27, 1940 MANUFACTURED ICE Dr. Forrest C. Allen sistas Varsity Basketbell Coach University of Kansas Lewrence, Kenses FRANKLIN COUNTY AND Deer Dr. Allens SPRINGFIELD de Since leaving Kansas City on Monday morning I have contect- COAL ed a number of reliable sources by phone and wire relative to the tyve of team the University of Indiane has this year. eile From the generel concensus of opinion regarding the Hoosier Five can be condensed in the following veragranhs. GASOLINE The Indiana offense is of the fast break tyne using crazy FUEL OIL one-handed shots from any place on the floor while going full speed, but it must be remembered that while teking DISTILLATE these off balanced shots the team follows heard on the board. Vie The teams that were successful in heating Indiana this vear cs stonvped their rebound game first then their fast breaking offense secondly. \ — Offense Set-Un AIR CONDITIONED ICE REFRIGERATORS COAL STOKERS About the only set offense that Indiane uses, and it is really not wheat one might call a set offense, Mencke breaks down first to the free throw srea and either breaks out | OIL BURNERS for 2 psss or goes to the side line for a pass before shoot- ing a right hended hook shot. Outlined below is a brief summery of the personnel of the Indians team: Du is best going around the outside and is just a fair shot from the floor but is good on driving in. - Dr. Forrest C. Allen -2- March 27, 1940 He is 6 Ft. tall. Armstrong has rebounds as his specialty and is 6' 1''. Huffman is a good long shot and is 6! 2". Schaeffer excellent long shot and goes around the outside as does Du, he is 6 ft. Mencke has his best shot while pulling away from the basket, uses right or left hand but prefers right, he is 6' 3". Zimmer 6! 5" and just a fair ball player, can use either right or left hend but prefers right. Their other offensive set-up might be something like this. gl b-! ta _ p Sarr |. f Incidentally, achaeffer scores heavily on this type of set-unv shooting quickly over block 2s outlined below. Sometimes 9 criss-cross is used in front and then a pass in to the side with a cut around @s shown above. Branch McCracken, the coach, is a fine chap before and after the game but during the game he is revorted as being a second Piggy Lambert. A famous basketball vlayer him- self, he uses his personality to ing ire the boys to great Dr. Forrest ©. Allen -3- March 27, 1940 heights, this was shown in his two victories over Purdue this year. In summing up the Indiana team a tough defense plus poss- ession of the ball, employing a men to man defense com- bined with battling them on the boards should make it really tough for the Hoosier Hot Shots. I trust this information will be of some value to you and the squad in prevaring for the Indiana game on Sat- urday night, March 30. or de JEG/CK iN He GL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES Prozram of the 1940 Convention Thursday, March 28 G200 PF. i. Board of Trustees, Pre-Convention Dinner Meeting Friday, March 29 9:00 A. M. Registration throughout the day 9:50 A. M. Opening Session Address by the President B. T. Grover Report of the Secretary-Treasurer E. J. Hickox 40:00 A. M,. Reports of Standing Committees Editor of the Bulletin Frank Keaney Membership Counittee Blair Gullion Convention Committee (Banquet) Dr. ¥F. €. Allen 10:50 A. M. Presentation The Man for Man Defense Nat Holman Pictures - College Basketball in Madison Square Garden Nat Holman Noon Recess 2:00 FP. M, " Committee Reports Continued Research Committee George Edwards High School Committee Clifford Wells 5:00 P. M. Presentation The Zone Defense Dr. F¥. 6 Ailen Committee Revorts Continued Convention Disvlays Committee E. A. Kelleher Nominating Committee Dr. H. C. Carlson Visual Interpretation Committee Nat Holman Rules Committee (preliminary report) Don ‘white 6:90 PP. M. Banquet Hotel Continental Program of the 1940 Convention (con.) Saturday, March 30 9:30 A. M. Pictures 10:00 A. M. Committee Reports Continued Coaching Ethics Committee Press Comittee Presentation Building an Offense Committee Reports Continued — Officials Committee Final Discussion of Rules and Adoption of Suggestions to National Comnittee Election of Officers Committee Reports Continued Olympic and Tournament Comittee Adjournment Nat Holman Cc. Bs. Hoy Paul Hinkle Douglas Mills Forrest Cox Don White H. G. Olsen 8:00 PP, M. National Championship Game at Municipal Auditorium (Special Price to Coaches - $1.00) Coaches wishing to go on a sightseeing tour Saturday afternoon, please contact Dr. F. C. Allen, 9:00 A.M. 10:00 A.M. 12:30 P.M. 2350 Pulls 9:00 A.M. AGENDA 1940 BASKETBALL COMMITTEE MEETING Held at Hotel Continental, Kansas City, Missouri(Parlor 1612) SATURDAY, MARCH 30th Informal Conferences of Committees including Questionnaire, Research, Game Administration and Credentials Committee. Treasurer Floyd Rowe, presiding Seating of New Members and Election of Officers Minutes and Report of Secretary -- H. V. Porter Report of National Basketball Coaches Association Reports from other national or sectional organizations including Chartered Boards, National Federation Committee and Collegiate Officials' Committee. Reports of Questionnaire, Research and other standing committeos. Questionnaire -- H. V. Porter Research =- F. ©, Allen Game Administration -- Sumner A. Dole Editorial -- Oswald Tower Luncheon Chairman elect, presiding Consideration of: Topics from Questionnaire and Research Committee Reports. Recommendations made during first session. Mimeographed suggestions from questionnaires and correspondence of official interpreter and secretary. Various sections of the rules which may need clarification. SUNDAY, MARCH 3lst Chairman elect, presiding Final action on problems held over from proceding day. Business meeting including: Report of Treasurer -- Floyd 4. owe Report of Publicst ions Committee -- Oswald Tower Time and Place for 1941 meeting. Adoption of Constitution. Foreign representation on committee. Action on any other business matters which may be brought before the ZYOUPe 4ppoirn ment of Stending Committees. Re ©eonpeTitvyriow ARD SBYeLawss of the NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ARTICLE I - NAME The name of this organization shall be "The Natioml Basketball Committee of the United States and Candda". ARTICLE II - PURPOSE The purpose of this organization shall be to legislate upon the official rules of basketball as played in the colleges, schools and by amateur teams in the United States and Canada; to supervise the administration of the official rules and to pro- mote the welfare of the game to the end that recreation, healthy competition, and good sportsmanship may be aided thereby. ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP Section l. the constituent organizations holding membership on t his committee and the number of representatives for each shall be; (a) The National Collegiate Athletic Associationse...ccccccecseeeeed ropresentatives (bo) The National Federation of State High *chool Athletic Associations.....4 representatives in The Young Men's Christian Associati on..csccccccvecccccvecvecee representatives (d) The Canadian Intercollegiate ‘Athletic Union......soseeeeeseeel representative (9) The Canadian Amateur Basketball Associntion.sssecececseeee- ool representative In addition to the representatives mentioned above, tho Y.M.¢€.A. shall have the privilege of designating honorary member John Brown, Jr., as 2 voting member as long as he may be actively connected with that organization. Also Oswald Tower shall be considered a National Collegiate member-at-large as long as he continues to ve edi- tor and interpreter. The committee as a whole shall elect an editor who may or may not be a regularly ap- pointed member of the committec. By a two-thirds vote of the committee, an invitation to other organizations for mem- bership on the committee may be extended and by the same vote members or former mem- bers may be designated as honorary members for life when by long and distinguished service such members may merit this distinction. Honorary members may attend meet- ings of the committee and shall have the priviloge of the floor but no vote. Section 2. Constituent organizations holding membership on this commitee shall provide the secretary of the National Basketball Committee annually with credentials of member- ship on the committee. ARTICLE IV -- OFFICERS Section l. Officers of the Committee shall be a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer am an Editor. Section 2. The term of each officer shell be for one year. NOTE: In order to insure some degree of stability it should be tho general policy of the committee to continue the officers through their term of committoe member- ship, except that the term of the chairman should not exceed four consecutive years. Section 3. Election of officers shall take place at the annual mecting of the Com- mittee and the newly elected officers shall take office immediately upon election. Page two - ARTICLE V - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of the officers of the National Baskotball Committee and such other members of tho Committee as may bo duly elected by the membership. The Executive Committoe shall handle all business of the National Committee betwoen the ennual or any special meotings of the National Committee. Four members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum. ARTICLE VI -- DUTIES OF OFFICERS (a) Chairman -- Shall preside at all meetings of the Committeo and of the Executive Committee and in goneral shall perform the duties incident to his of fice. (b) Vice-Chairman -- During the obsence or inability to act of the Chairman, shall perform the duties of that office. (c) Secretary += Shall keep tho records of all meetings of the Committce and the Executive Committée. He shall give ond serve all motices of meetings and in general perform the duties incident to his office. (a) Treasurer *= Shall keep full and accurate account of all moneys received and shall deposit the seme in the name and to the eredit of the National Committee as may be. designated by tho Executive Committee. He shall disburse the same under the direction of the National Committee and shall present at each annual meeting a written report of the Treasury. In general, he shall perform the dutics incident to his office. (e) Editor ,-- Shall assemble and odit all material for the Official Baskotbal? Rule Book and Guide, keep accurats record of all amendments to the rules and interpret by mail, if requested, any and all questions arising out of tho rules and in ,eneral porform the duties incident to his office. ARTICLE VII -- VOTING Each member of the’ National Committee shall have one vote and the vote of a majority shall prevail in all. matters unless otherwise provided herein. Members unab le to attend may, with the consent of their constituent organizations, send an alternate with power to vote. Voting may not be by proxy. ARTICLE VIII -- MEETINGS Section l. The annual meeting of the Committee shell be at the close of the basket - ball seascn in the spring at a time determined by vote of the committee at the time of the last preceding annual meeting or, in tho absence of such vote, at the call of the Chairman. The order of business shall be in accordance with the agenda made up by the Secretary and approved by the Executive Committee. Section 2. Special metings of the Committee may be called at the discretion of the Chairman and shall be called upon the written request of six members. ARTICLE IX -- DUTIES AND POWERS Section le It shall be the duty of the National Committee to formulate the playing rules for the game of basketball for schools and amateur circles generally. These shall be considered the official rules. Section 2. The National Committee shall have sole jurisdiction over the publication of the official mles and the ownership of the copyright shall be vested in the com~- mittee. Publication of the rules may be by contract or an undertaking of the Com- Page three - mittee at the sole jurisdiction of the Committee of the whole. The National Fedora- tion of State High School Athletic Associations shall, while they are a member group of the Committee, have the right t. publish and distribute a high school edition of the official mles as adopted by the Committee. This same privilege may bo granted to any other member group by a majority vote of the Committee. ARTICLE X -- SPECIAL COMMITTEES Seetion 1. All Special Committees shall be appointed by the Chairman and shall con- sist of the number of appointees designated by the Chair and perform the duties out- lined at the time of their appointment unless otherwise designated by the Chair. The Special Committees shall be: (a) Committee on Research. b> Committes on Game Administration. (c) Committee on Questionnaire. ARTICLE XI -- FINANCES Section 1. After payment of all current committee expenses and the establishing of a suitable reserve (approved by the Committee as a whole), the balance of the receipts shall be divided as follows; 85% to the National Collegiate Athletic Association 10% to the Young Men's Christian Association 5% to the(Canadian Intercollegiate athletic Union (Canadian Amateur Basketball Associaticn NOTE: The share paid to the two Canadian groups will be piid haif and half until such time as tho Committee by majority vote might choose to apportion the amount to the two groups on some basis tc be agreed upon. The percentage allotted to the Canadian groups may be increased by the committees at any time the sales of the guido in Canada exceed 5% of the total sales. Section 2. As long as the National Federaticn olects to print and distribute the special high school edition of the guide, they will not share in the incomo from sales of the regular guide and they shall be expected to take caro of the expenses of their ow representatives on the committee. ARTICLE XII -- AMENDMENT This constitution may be smended by a two-thirds majority vote of the duly accredited members of the National Committee either at the annual meeting orat o special meet = ing called for that purpose. In either case written notice of the proposed smend- ment shall bwe been mailed to all members at least fifteen days prior to the mecting.