: DON EBLING
a: 303 BRUSH CREEK BOULEVARD
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

November 19,1940

Dear "Doc":

In behalf of Ray ad myself I wish to thank you for the
honor of being one of your “Champions of Yesteryears" in the
forthcoming battle between the Varsity and Alumni, I assure
you we are most hanny to accept the invytation,

Ray has been on the road again so I am taking the
pleasure of writing you and accepting, As to our personal &
condition, I can assure that Ray has not had a ball in his
hands since the last A.A, U. tournament, but although he has
2 "“becinners" middle age spread he is nof anybody's fool on
the court, and he said something about he would be ready to
go at least for tem minutes, As for myself I have been in
very poor shape all fall, but with our season getting under
way Dec. 4, I have been trying to work pretty hard three times
per week. Since I heard we were scheduled to play the present
Varsity on the 26th, I have been doing road work along wi th
practice, ami the last three evenings I have been in bed be-
fore ten, Anyway, by the 26th, I should be ready to go at
near top speed.

TI rather look forward to this contest with eager, as
it seems as though as far back as I can remember, at least in
the basketball Bnguage, Ray has been my idol, and one of my
main ambitions was to someday play alongside him on a ball
club. TI have been in competition for 7 years, and, Ray about
ten or tvelve, and not once have we vilayed together, On
Tuesday, maybe one of my ambitions will have been achééved.

I pray SO.

Doctr , I dont know how this league ball is going to

be, but the other evening I said to Ray, “i. dont believe ¢& -
will go very well, because everyhhing is so different, He

merely looked at me, and said you just do the things that

Doc taught you, and I assure you there wont be any trouble

for you to go. After a moments thought, I immediately

understood what he meant. Doc, you would be surprised how

much more basketball I know than several of the boys I play
with. I may not be good, but I still have the knowledge of

the tutoring of the best coach in the game, and wth that

IT should manage to hold my own. Every little trick, every

Little fundamental, every "do and don't" gives me a head

start, over most of the boys although my natural ability is

not much, I only wish we hac to.coach us,as such things a

dont pass across the son ee Bing ag nS TS? that are oo

Biles Gad0PEEAs and as you teach, to pass out and not in world Mamie Lebel
AUS a good ball team, I am sort of anxious to play now.
.. Btene a lot better in the city, and like my work
y much, You know as well as I that this ball is secondary

Gh