fed May 17, 1958. goes through | operated devin Sra the medina Landy Ask wok tian the tackene ~~ ooks lile a silly comtrivance to mo, besause the etudent may think the ball is going through the baslict, otiteh on tho — ‘Fed light, end the bell dogsn*t go ins Shieh litte Se Aaiet ink Wen quik tn winetanky iad OF saxo teaus do not want to use it I au going to insist an. using ours. I em sure the Basie(eLite goals are gainine in Set cf hoon faidoony on Wang ainda tn getee A tne Righ ‘Wile Fino adjunot to basketball oniiuslam I en sure it will be @ pleasure to do eo» : : With every good wish Tem | ze Pirestor of Physiea) Education, | *OAsAH be : | Vaweity Basketball Coaolie 7 BASKETBALL’S GREATEST INNOVATION =» 8s 28 ae | “In Goes the Ball — e On Goes the Light” os ‘2 ~~ THE BASK-O-LITE CO... . NEW ALBANY, INDIANA BASKETBALL’S GREATEST INNOVATION .. . “In Goes the Ball — Po On Goes the Light” oO THE BASK-O-LITE CO... . NEW ALBANY, INDIANA BASKETBALL’S GREATEST INNOVATION .. . “In Goes the Ball — gs On Goes the Light” _ THE BASK-O-LITE CO. ...NEW ALBANY, INDIANA is! A bd fe a bai pi me 0 na rs i aa fe! fad ni i] ri pe x QO ise bt ag = © a oe bas} “In Goes the Ball — On Goes the Light” NEW ALBANY, INDIANA THE BASK-O.-LITE CO. ... September 28, 19386 Mre Ce Korte, | The BaskeO-Lite Cos, New Albany, Indiantie Dear lire Korte: I received this morning the copy of your statenent for one set of Baske()-Lite goals, which is dated March 25, 1958+ This item has been presented to the Athletic Associae tion previously, and I will again give them this statement. They have been waiting until October, when the football re- tag gaat itl tad hg ue pa get ie over the summer. ta ee Shin peel aan kn ld eo Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coachs - duly 1, i958— X sagpenind ies their Statins Sint in wl nit 4% om to the Athistic Uffice. I am sure tat you will paid by the Athletic Associations Nowver, T as talking st up with then agains - Very Sincerely yours, | : Diregtor of Fiysioel sdueation FOAsAH Vareity Basketball Couche BASKETBALL’S GREATEST INNOVATION .. . “In Goes the Ball — 7 On Goes the Light” os THE BASK-O-LITE CO. . . . NEW ALBANY, INDIANA 19386 17, Hay o | BASKETBALL’S GREATEST INNOVATION .. . “In Goes the Ball — rae On Goes the Light” oo THE BASK-O-LITE CO. . . . NEW ALBANY, INDIANA Iawch 295 1938e Director of Physical Béuoation, BASKETBALL’S GREATEST INNOVATION .. . “In Goes the Ball — e On Goes the Light” a. THE BASK-O-LITE CO. . . . NEW ALBANY, INDIANA BASKETBALL’S GREATEST INNOVATION .. . “In Goes the Ball — a On Goes the Light” 4 THE BASK-O-LITE CO. . AGREEMENT. This agreement entered into this _.. or 1937 between the Baskey-: at Hew Albany, Indianen and Mts. Basketball Conch of cnieneuad | eertnn ain tee ‘iso Senool 6 at on @ Ss BS PLAID, being a member of The BeskeGeLite Company adviso ataff for the purpose of testing end recommending new improvements to the eee ao known a8 ws BaskeOG=.ite the mneenete e Company ges aus > Fy ome ubive years beginning March 1,» 1938 of an amount equal to twenty-five cents for each set of BaskeOeLite sold in the Untied States the preceding year's This contract ean be cancelled by Mir. Ll — by giving the Bask-0«Lite Company ten cays wr notices This sontrect can be er The BDagkede = Gomp a failure of it, . Sas eine ane use BeskeQ«9Lite by ten days notice in fate is a mutually agreed contract dated as aboves THE /YAS Ke OeL ETE COME Ally NEW ALB Y, INDIANA a ea saociar aatnes acai i tak FE sasaki esting Si eros pias Sores siti hentle sete tediny! Sli ist Si ag ae as re ea ia cap oS 8 December 18, 1937« I have failed to answer your good letter of the Sth because it came to me with such surprises I had never figured on being rewarded for my work in your behalf in betting the Baske(—Lite baskets adopted with any schools particularly. I have always considered that it was such a wonderful contribution to the game that I as a basketball coach . I em not signing the agreement which you have sent me for the reason that I an afraid it might be misunderstoods I would prefer to talk with you on the matter so that you could With your permission, i will hold this agreement in my possession and I may sign it later, but on the first blush of things I wanted to consider very seriously the ethical problen, so that I could not or would not be misumderstoode At the samo tine, I want to to you my appreciation of your fine offer, and I assure you that I can use this 257 per basket very nicely, but sinee it is caning extirely wmsolicited fran you and not fran me in any fashion, I cannot see where it would be wmothical for me to sign it. However, eich ta te Wis eel tee ee lle generous offer, and I am hoping that I may have the pleasure of talking personally with you before March firste a and wishing you the best in the way of Yuletide greetings, Sincerely and appreciatively yours, FOAsAH Director of Physical Educatione BASKETBALL’'S GREATEST INNOVATION .. . “In Goes the Ball — peg On Goes the Light” ve 4 | way o NK 2 | December 8, 1957 / Dr. Forrest C. Allen, { University of Kansas, J Lawrence, Sansas, | Dear Friend: * hank you for your wonderfu Six and Missourl cf L. job oF PLE alley to adopt Bask-0-Lite. 1 must be frank and admit that I I want to | setting the id cA T2 ) fs am not one-half as 5 Oo © OQ, 3 oO ba pls cr fe © j> o3 id ~ a9 a A 4 © GS 2° of the Bie Ten ao eS ee ¥ Ss 2. did everything possible to line u Bie and finally had seven for it and three against. Due to the fact that they could not have a un- animous vote on it they agreed to keep an open mind, use it in non-conference games this year and vote at their spring meeting. We are, however, breaking down resistance to Bask-O-Lite and quite 9 few sood coaches are beginning to come over to + our side. Enclosed find memo agreement which will compensate whe he wt h ao ae & ‘ee ata a me secede = : ‘ : you in vrovortion to the success of Bask-0-Lite for the wonderful help you have given us. A week aco Saturday I attended a clinic at Detroit and Dr. Naismith was there and made a talk on the 1 After the clinic was over origin of Basketball. she clini Dr. Naismith rode over to Chicago with me. [I en- joyed the vi th fh immensely and learned a L160: about th had never heard before. He saw VaskeO 4n two games at the Naval Armory in Detroit He promised to find out tor book called for the change elosed bottom type to the open type. If you should see him I would appreciate it if you will remind him about this and also if he likes the Bask-O-Lite to write us a letter telling us what he thought about the two cames he saw in Detroit. me when the first rule in nets, that is from the AS US 5) THE BASK-O-LITE CO... . 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