NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A. - NATIONAL FEDERATION H. S.A.A. - Y.M.C.A. - CANADIAN l. A U. and A. B. A.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE
of the UNITED STATES and CANADA

CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES Vice CHairman, JOHN BUNN
Executive Publication Cuairman, H. H. SALMON, Jr. Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Cal.
H. H. SALMon, Jr. Oswatp Tower 40 Wall St., New York, N. Y. Treasurer, FLOYD A. ROWE
Research Questionnaire Sucastany, H. V. PORTER Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio
Forrest C. ALLEN H. V. Porter 11 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois 7 . Eviror, OSWALD TOWER

Game Administration Andover, Massachusetts

Sumner A. Dote

July 18, 1938

Complete List of
Committee Members

F. C. Allen Mre Fe C. Allen
Univ. of Kansas Univ : of K. ansas
Lawrence, Kansas f

Lawrence, Kansas

John Brown
847 Madison Ave.
New York, New York

Dear Mr. Allen:

John Bunn
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5 agi cee, I have been out of the office a couple of weeks and consequently the answer

Univ, ot ate Gee Se peur letter of July 6th has been delayed.

M. C. Cunningham

High School I believe the experimentation with backboards should be along the line
eee nee of reduction in size and possible chars’ in shape. If changes are made
Connecticut State College I suppose the purposes would be:

Storrs, Connecticut

ee cies Ts Simplification of construction and consequently reduction in cost of

— construction through eliminating the necessity for some of the com-

E. J. Hickox
Springfield Gollege ss plicated bridgework that is now necessarye
pringntiela, assacnuse

Frank P. Maguire ion 2. Lessening the amount of obstruction in vision from the ends of the
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania courte

W. E. Meanwell
Shorewood Hills

Madison, Wisconsin 5. The increasing of the possibility for play behind the plane of the

Curtis Park
Cepicunaes College backboar de

Shreveport, Louisiana

ge ee I think it probable that almost anyone would agree that these objectives
Chicago, Illinois are desirable. It remains to be determined whether disadvantages are

Sanne) Rogers tion Life BugeOUsn to outweigh the value of these objectives. The only way conclusions
Toronto, Ont.,Canada can be reached is through the charting of that portion of the backboard

gt which is actually used. We might direct our attention to two possi-
Cleveland, Ohio bilities e

J. W. St. Clair
Southern Methodist Univ. x 5
Dallas, Texas 1. The elimination of as much of the lower part of the backboard as can

H. H, Salmon, Jr. be taken away without ruining the support for the basket. At least eight

| New York,NewYork inches could be taken from the bottom and still leave room for a base
Oswald Tower support and if a small square were to be left in the center at the bottom

Andover, Massachusetts

gi of the board, more than eight inches could be eliminated. We might start
Univ. of Wyoming with eight inches. Along with this change we could probably cut off at
Saree Noeeite least ten inches from all the other edges of the board. This would reduce
the size by pproximately ten square feet.

2e The second possibility would be in connection with change in shape as
well as reduction in size. The boards might be changed to a fan shape or
to a semi-circle. This could be done by using a spot direetly behind the
ring as the center and drawing the major are of a circle with a radius of