STANFORD UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Divisions of:
Physical Education Activities (Including Athletics) Division of Informational Hygiene
Professional Education in Hygiene and Physical Education Men Students’ Health Service

University Health Service
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

May 26, 1938

Drs F.C. Allen
Basketball Coach
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doc:

You may recall the discussion at the last Rules
Meeting concerning an experiment in connection with the
widening of the free-throw lane. When I returned to the
West Coast, I took this matter up with the Southern Division
Coaches in order to get their reaction to such an experiment
here next year in our conference games. They were very much
in favor of trying this idea but they all had the feeling that
the rest of the country might frown on this further pioneering
on the part of the Pacific Coast Conference. They did not want
the rest of the country to get the feeling that we here on the
coast are attempting to tell the rest of the country how they
should play. Certainly we do not have that idea in mind at all.
For this reason, we decided not to take on the experiment, but
rather it was suggested thet I write to you and give you this
thinking and urge, therefore, that your cmference by all means
attempt this experiment. We are very much interested in it; we
would like to know the effect it may have on the game; we are
quite willing to help wherever possible but in this particular
case we did not want to become too presumptious. I hope that
the Big Six Conference will see fit to try out this idea. To
me, it has many possibilities, the most of which are good, IL think.
However, it remains to be seen what happens after the idea has
been tried. I had the pleasure of taking dinner with Jane the
other day at Lagunite Court. I must say that she had not lost
any of that youthful charm which I used to admire in her many
years ago. She has made a great number of friends here and seems
+o be very well liked. I know from what she says that she is en-
joying her year here very much.

With best wishes, I am

Very cordially yours,

JWB/é