Letter to Mre Allen page 2

keep from castigating the individuals who were so earnestly engrossed in the basket-
ball question, as to whether a molded type ball or a sewn type should be official,
or whether a fan shaped back stop or a rectangular back stop was all importent. As
I say my mentel attitude was probably so conditioned that it was impossible for me
to see the importance of the basketball meeting. As a matter cf fact, prior to it

I tried to get it cancelled. I still feel it should have been cancelled and the
time and energy of the men who went there and organized all these inconsequential
matters could have been much better spent.

Thanks, Phog, for letting me blow off a little steam to you. Trusting that our
paths may cross in the not too far distent future, I am

Very sincerely yours,
Floyd A. Rowe
Principal

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