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 .
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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

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