THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, MO.
STAR BUILDING

NOovemBEeR 29, 1939

De Fe Ge ALLEN
HEAD BASKETBALL COACH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS

DEAR DR. ALLEN:

BOTH MR. MICKELSON, OUR PRESENT NEWS EDITOR HERE, AND | APPRECIATE GREATLY
YOUR WRITING THE ARTICLE ABOUT DR. NAISMITH AND ABOUT BASKETBALL WHTCH WE

CARRIED EARLY THIS WEEK AT THE DEATH OF THE SPORT'S INVENTOR, | AM SURE
THE ENTIRE NAISMITH FAMILY SHARED OUR PRIDE IN YOUR EULOGY, :

THE STORY RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS "PLAY." | AM ENCLOSING A PAGE OF THE
OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES WHICH USED YOUR ARTICLE. | ENCOUNTERED IT IN
VIRTUALLY EVERY PAPER TO REACH MY DESK TODAY.

|F THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAN EVER BE OF SERVICE TO YOU, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO CALL ON US. AND IF |, PERSONALLY, CAN EVER AID YOU IN ANYWAY | “WOULD
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF DOING SO,

SINCEREL

  

HAROLD CLAASSEN _ es
REGIONAL SPORTS EDITOR