2-08 Lathrop
Kansas City, Kansas
Oct..24, 1941

 

Dear Doc.¢:

Things are progressing wery nicely for your |
basketball clinic.. Next week we ie going to get considerable pub-
licity regarding it. There is no doubt but what we will have a
eapacity crowd at the dinner which will be at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening,
November 4. The clinic which will follow will be held in the Y's '
gym..providing that there will be accomodations for all that might attemi, —
ifwe feel that we need a more spacious place we are making plans to
obtain another gym which will be able to hold the crowd..

There are several points which [I would like to
ask you eee tor they concern publicity which the newspapers are
putting out about this affair.. Would it be possible for you to send
us some pictures of some of the local boys that might be with you in
this demonstration or some of the other team members which you are
planning on using?. I know that it would be impossible but the presence=>
of Ray Evans would add considerable local interest..

The next point is one which I read about in an
editorial in the Kansas City Kansan, last Sunday, concerning the pro-
posed idea which you propounded in regard to a memorial building to
Dr. Yames Naismith. Would you like to make this the subject of you
speech at the dinner? We are advertising your clinic in conjunction
With the fiftieth anniversay of basketball.. |

If you should be in town accidentlly or otherwise

sometime this next week if you would stop at the local Y long enough for

  

@ picture to be taken of you talking to the local authorities concern-
ing this clinic the loeal newspapers would appreciate it..If you know

ahead of time that you might be in town please let me know when it would ~