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ARNOLD GINGRICH, EDITOR October 15, 1941

Dear Dr. Allen:

Convinced that there is a place for a nation-wide monthly forum
of public expression on sporting themes, the publishers of Hsquire,
the Magazine for Men, are conducting the Esquire Sports Poll.

Enclosed you will find one of the ballots of this new regular fea-
ture of Esquire. It will be a great favor to us, and much appre-
ciated, if you will check your own views on this ballot and then
slip it into the stamped envelope supplied for its return. We
believe you will find a certain amount of pleasure in marking your
ballot, at the same time crystallizing your own thoughts on these
various topics.

We thought you probably would be interested to know that already
ballots in the new sports poll have been cast by such outstanding
personalities as Alfred M. Landon, Senator Millard E. Tydings of
Maryland, Senator Scott W. Lucas of Tilinois, H. V. Kaltenborn,
Bing Crosby, Joe E. Brown, Ted Husing, William Allen White, Louis
Bromfield, Dizzy.Dean, John Kieran, Eddie Cantor, Larry MacPhail,
Major George Fielding Eliot, Edgar A. Guest, Rex Stout, Jimmy
Dykes, Ted Lyons, Franklin P. Adams, A. A. Stagg, Charlie Paddock,
Tom Harmon, Branch Rickey, and many others.

Any questions on sport of your own that you would like to see put
up for nation-wide decision will be most heartily welcomed.

The first story about the new Esquire Sports Poll will appear in the
December issue of Esquire, which will be on the stands on November
15. We believe you will find many interesting facts about American
public opinion on sports in this article.

Cordially,

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AG:ib Arnold Gingrich, Hé@itor