BOARD OF EDUCATION ; ; OFFICIALS

: Chesterfield Centralized School _
O. A. Donovan—President ; Harry M. Gwynn—Supt.
Earl Abbott ‘» FULTON COUNTY, OHIO Gerald Fenimore—Prin.
R. Borton February 25, 1942 Ralph Bates—Clerk

A. H. Phillips MORENCI, MICH., R. D. No. 2
Dale Clark
Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas.
Lawrences, Kansas
Dear Mr. Allen;

I am a coach of a gmall Ohio high school basketball team. We
play the game with intentions of winning so quite maturaliy we play
s hard fast game and make every effort to condition our players so

they are ready for the rigors of the game. his year we played a

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schedule of 15 games out of vhieh we won 12. Because’ we.won a large
per cent of our pomes the fans count this a highly successful season.
As long as we are in the basketball business it is our intentions to
continue a policy of attempting to win. ‘This fis not to say that we
are going to cease to emphasize the vastly more important values of
‘competitive sports. We firmly believe the two are compatible. [I
eard you say in Toledo last fall that "Pop" Warmer had the greatest
emphasis on the wrong thing when he preached "Win at.any price rg
We are not fanatical about winning. I have kept players out of

important games becausé I felt’ that at that time the stress.of the

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ure the boy's health. But at that. time *%e was not a

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healthy boy in some respect or another.

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I read with considerable interest your article inia reeent issue

of “Esquire”. Several things you mentioned struck me as being
focal points for the thought and study of every man interested in

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promoting the welfare of American youth through competitive athlet

and especially those connected with the game of basketball. Since [I