THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

 

LINCOLN
DEPARTMENT OF
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR September 22, 1938

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

Dear Dr. Allen:

I want to acknowledge receipt of your letter
of September 16th in regard to some experimentation to
reduce the size and shape of the basketball backboard.

Personally, I am heartily in sympathy with
any move to reduce the necessary construction around
these goals, and possibly the reduction in size, in
order that greater vision may be obtained from the ends
of the court.

As you know, my association with the football
team makes it practically impossible for me to hardly
think basketball at this time of year. If you have any
sugzestions as to what some of the other schools are
doing in the way of changing the shape and size of the
goal and lessening the construction, I would appreciate
your advising me, in order that I might give some thought
to them.

I think it quite possible that the Bond nicht
be reduced in width as well as length and still get the
maximum results in our shooting. This would lessen the
wide end of the goal and make the construction much less.

If you have time to inform me as to what is
being done, I will appreciate it.

 

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W. H. Browne
WHB: gt Head Basketball Coach