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NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE

CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Executive Publication
Fioyp Rowe Oswatp Tower
Research Questionnaire

Forrest C. ALLEN H. V. Porter

Game Administration
Sumner A. Dote

Complete List of
Committee Members

F. C. Allen
Univ. of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

John Brown, Jr.
847 Madison Ave.
New York, New York

Forrest Cox
Colorado University
Boulder, Colorado

J. H. Crocker
Univ. of Western Ontario
London, Ont., Canada

Sumner A. Dole
Connecticut State College
Storrs, Connecticut

C. S. Edmundson
Univ. of Washington
Seattle, Washington

J. Mark Good
Sun-Gazette Co.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

E. J. Hickox
Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts

A. H. Jefferess
114 Carrick Ave.
Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Frank P. Maguire
46 N. Cameron St.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

H. G. Olsen
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Curtis Parker
Centennary College
Shreveport, Louisiana

G. Warren Phillips
High School
Hebron, Indiana

H. V. Porter
11 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, Illinois

Floyd A. Rowe
Board of Education
Cleveland, Ohio

J. W. St. Clair
Southern Methodist Univ.
Dallas, Texas

H. Jamison Swarts
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oswald Tower
Andover, Massachusetts

of the UNITED STATES and CANADA

Vice CHairman, F. C. ALLEN

Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.

Treasurer, H. JAMISON SWARTS
Univ. of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa.

Evitor, OSWALD TOWER

Andover, Massachusetts

CuairmMan, FLOYD ROWE
Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio

Secretary, H. V. PORTER
11 S, LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois

November 11, 1940

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog?:

The basketball season is now upon us, and I am just wondering
if there is anything this office can do to further the work
of the Research Committee.

If there is, all you have to do is to let me know and I can
assure you I will make every effort to be of assistance to
you and your committee.

I am reasonably certain that Harry Newman will go through with
the experiment on the height of goals, and have a report for
you in ample time for our next meeting.

We have installed in all of our new gymnasiums (six in number,
I believe) the new type of basketball backstop. My personal
feeling is that it is a better constructed backstop than the
old type, but quite frankly I don't believe it is going to be
found to help the game of basketball at all, unless it does so
because of the fact that it is more rigid and a better
constructed piece of equipment. I write this simply as a
suggestion to you for research along this line. My personal
feeling is that the only virtue in the new backstop is to in-~
erease game visibility for the spectators who have to sit at
the end of the court,

With personal regards, I am

Sincerely yours

FAR:McG Chairman