February 27, 1941

Mre Cede Shuttleworth
Senior Associate Varden
United States Penitentiary
Leevenworth, Kansas

Dear Warden Shuttleworth,

_ I @m sorry that I have delayed answering your communication
of the llth instante My teaching schedule and my game echedule keep
me tied up so closely that I do not have time to answer my correspondentes

Answering your question regarding the court, I beg to state
that from one basket to the other is a distance of about 90 feets the
end line is four feet back of the basket. There is & center line drawn
ecross the middle court called the division lines For your information
_ I em having a basketball court sketched with the proper dimensions and

am enclosing it herewith. — |

Goals are ten fect from the ground. The diagram will explain
ail the court mrkingse There is a new basketball backboard—<a lady ts
faneshaped modified backboarde I am sending you @ picture of ones The
old backboard wos rectangular in shape, 6* x 4", and the goal was placed
one foot from the bottom of this four foot surfaces

If there is anything that you do not understand regarding the
markings of the court or the goal, I will be happy to have you write
m6 &aghing

The basketball goal is set six inches from the backboarde

very cordially yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach

FCAsig

Encse