June 17th, 1941

Mr. Thomas J. Deegan
American Sports Press Relations
271 Madison Avenue
New York, New York

Dear Mr. Deegan:

Your letter arrived just at the time I was
finishing my baseball season and then our examinations end
Commencement came on. Wetre now just atarting our Summer
School work.

- IT notice that you have gotten much information from
Springfield College and you doubtless have the book, "Basketball",
edited by the Associated ress. This should give you much information
and background.

I have been associated with Doctor Naismith since 1905.
I pleyed on the Varsity team here when he was our only coach. He
éid not intend to coach much but his philosophy and interest in the
geme was very interesting, :

I became Varsity basketball coach in 1908-1909 end
won the Championship both years. Then I returned to the University
of Kansas as Athletic Director and have been coaching here since that
time. All these years I was directly and closely identified with
Doctor Naismith, he being Director of Physical Edusation and I beaage,
Director of Athletics and Coach of Basketball. Sen, I was given
both departments of Director of Athletics and Director of Physical
Education, while Doctor Naismith contineed as Professor of Physical
Education.

  

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If there are some points that you wish for me to give
you information on, I will be very gled to do 50. But, it would be

an endless takk to write sbout my associations with him unless there
were some definite and specifie thing to touch upon. 3

The Spelding's Athletic Library, in the official basket-
ball guid for 1940-41, the writer has written a tribute to Dootor
Naismith on pages 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the guide under the title, "Father