May 10, 1945.

Mr. Jacob Podoloff,

The Podoloff Insurance Agency, Ino.,
Arena Building, 3

20 Grove Street, *

Dea r Mre Podoloff: ,

I acknowledge recel pt of your pee and was interested in
reading your comment. ;

| i have not been one of those individuals who are against the
ten second rule. Many coaches stalled in the back court and then used
the pick off in the back court, then raced for the other end of the court,
for their om basket. I have always thought of this as basketball in the
reverse. The strategy in this game, of course, came about to see who
would score first and then they would go into a stall game if they were
ahead, making the team behind come and get the ball, then use their pisk-
off.

I Lint eabiobsiahinil oi Ak OES geal Wiekuhe er tthe: rit is on for
7 £t. players and they place him under the basket where he camps. I agree
with you that if they would sone him off, that would take eare of the
situation. But why have all those zoning rules and three-second rules
when all you would have to do is raise the basket?

aie.

It is an interesting thing how unprogressive many people are.
They will never try anything which requires a very simple experiment like
raising the basket to try it out. Of course, they want the drive-in and
lay-up. Bighty-two per cent of all the fouls are made within an are of
15 feet of the basket. For that reason it seems to me appropriate to
raise the basket. Sure, it would eliminate some of the drive-ins and
- lay-ups, but it would immediately upen up the area where the congestion
is. Rebounds would come out higher and the short shots would fall down
under the basket, permitting a smaller, faster man to capture the wall.

A player accommodates the moles of his eyes to height the
same as he does to distance. You will understand that I am not advocating
a.12 £t. basket for high school players. They are immature and do not
have the height and stamina that independent and college teams have. ‘The
only teams that were in the championship hunt last year were teams that