REPRO Re

 

Mejor Griffith  “Fage 3 sevember 30, 1940

activity 1¢ is being oeebiiant umnecesserily. and, too, the professional
prometers elweys offer «uch more in the wey of lueretive expense secounts
thee our Ue Ce As Ae covmittes offers, The professions1 promoters offer

_te pey expenses for 15 men end they will guarantee you « purse in addition

» te the guerantee. Very enticing. ‘Therefore, I believe that if we are

g0ing te continue this tournament thet we should not have to eompete in
@ellers end cente with these fellows, but-we must follow slong the Line
oF giving our teams eneugh money thet it will be st least a friendly gesture
in seeting the competition tht the professio als are sonstbtently offering.

In Chieage when our committee met with your group I was veined
sn care (o. seq your group ask for a 10% cut before 211 expenses were
hen Jo BO. out of the tetel, ®hen tree receives but 10% it
sould pay #11 expenses and then have the Ne Ge Ae Ac

teke 60% of the tote! profite and ‘istribute 60% fourteen weve thet this
would be more then faire I believe that everyvody would be heppy with such
an orrangement. But the 50% was certainly more then sny member of the

Tegional Basketbell Committee ever thought of.

  
 
 

1 wee not the one to oky thet the srrengunent whigh your exeeutive
dete » but we were in no pesition te do thet

 
 
 

ssiness «t hand. Then when you wrote Ole setting .
forth the findings of your committee, we found thet that was not whet was :
egreed upon in our meeting» : %
to me thet your group end our committee should mediete, because whet was
written to Gle was not whet wes egreed upon es it ume read to ft.. Clair,
Olsen end mee Ole sent me 2 earbo ee i presume
thet he also sent ft. Clair one. .

 

In closing let me rake nyself pleine f will agree to do vost anything
for tre good of the order. | ateninilinoy leynity to the ". Ce As Aj
however I can see no reeson why we cannot continue with a fine tournament
in whi h the 3. Ge Ac Ae oon immediately count on « fine income end where
the fourteen colleges participeting will heve at best « very emell sum, but
et least enough to eske them happy.e Therefore, i bag of you to see if it
ig net possible with some sediatier toe forget the criginel 10: discussed
and to psy the reilroad, pullsen, hotel and seal expenses of «11 fourteen
teers competing in their respective Eastern, #estern end fiationel pley-of is
and thee te divide a very hendsere profit, 60% of the Hs. Ce Ac Ac, und 50%
of the net te tre ee thet the committee suggests.

~ Zeke oathabdlesdel septa tees! snares ated a nal lee

Wishing you end your family & very never © end prosporous Yuletide,

I remain
es sincerely yours,
‘Director of Physical Hdueation and Recreation
Varsity Basketbell Coach
FeAslw . |

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