February 8th
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My. George J. Johnson
418 orth a
Bloomington, jane

Dear Mr. Johnson:

  

in reply to your inguiry concern-
ing my resetion on the possibility of e1 im: tt

juap I beg to state that I am not in fevor 7
center jump on account of several reasons.

ee ty ee
of basket ball. If you could el the juup efter held
balls and the jump when the ball soes out of bounds when two ven
simultaneously touch it, then I. if you could eliminate ali
jumps from the game I would be in favor of being consistent and
eliminating the center jump. | |

! I heve done quite a bit of research
on the center fump and found that the center jump comprised but
two-thirds of the totel jumps in a game and this wes when they
jumped at center efter a successful free throw following a per-
sonai foul oy a technical foul.

a . Even you should elt:
these center after field goals, it would still be nec
up at center. ‘This shows how ebsolutely necessary the jump rule
is from eae fvmdementeal standpoint. ——

ite Now, take the thing thet the jump
contributes to a game. It contributes definite high expectancy
as to who will recover the ball on the tip-off. The crowd is not
gure but what the opposition may dart in ami stenl the ball from
a center who controls the tip but places it at a spot that the
opposition is able to steal the Sip.

: ZL distinctly remexber Dr Haden th
asking a group of coaches as they thought was
spot or the highest thrill to spectators when a field goal was