Direotor of Athletics,

October 23, 1944.

Major Ronald q. Sieber, PUA, 4

Special Service Office,

Dear Major Sieben:

And congratulations, my friend, on the promotion! We
are very proud of you. — evs ;

Regarding the basketball knee peds, they were made for
us by Milton Kelley, of Austin, Texas, my old trainer that I developed
some fifteen or eighteen years ago, but these were made up for us just
before the war and the mterial is a critical material that they can
not obtain at the present time. You might write to him. He was a ,
trainer at the University of Texas, but I understand he is now retired.
Certainly a letter addressed to him in care of the Athletic Department,
University of Texas, with directitins to forward, would locate him.

He hed a factory there in which he made the Kelley kee
. pads. You remember the old Frelley pad, and this was an improvement
over it. Tho first Kelley kmee pad was made here under my direotion
and when Kelley went to Texas as trainer there he asked if I objected
to his making up the pad in his name. I was glad for him to do so. —
‘This explanation has nothing to do with things in general, only I am
just giving you some of the background on the knee pad.

With all good wishes, I am

    

 

Sincerely yous, a

Director of Physical Edueation,
FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach.