Robert Eq Doherty, President of Gameghe Sesh, ie che octlese
president whe came out and told the wide world exactly what was happen~
ing at his institutions For the life of me I cannot umderstand why
_ other college presidents, lmowing what is going on, will mintain such
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7 Mac, I want to explain to you regarding ny book, “Better
Basketbell". for over a year now 1 have been telicing about ruming
in to buy you that spaghetti. dimer. I felt pretty badly last year
shout whet tamgoiael pagundine Gis fads MeGrawllil1 and Company sent
a copy of my book to each sport writer in the coumtrys This obtained
‘to the four directions of the compass, north, east, south and west.

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but the point I wanted to make was that I wanted you to have the book
- ‘first, look it over, and write your convictions on the booke .

I think "Better Raskethell" is ty far the best book thet I
heve ever done. It is just about twice as good as “My Basketball
Bible", and of course I would have prized the statenents from you
more than from all the other sports writers combined.

T Uo senendbee, Get, how Silla you oute Hc mabe ecnient «
little later regarding the book, and I doubly appreciate thate But
the program was not the way I wanted it, and it has alwmys been a .
source of embarrassment to me, and I have always wanted to explain it
to yous But I thought over the spaghetti dish I could do it betters

In 1928 I wrote "My Basketball Bible", end we had a sale of
over 15,000 copies. In 1929 I wrote for Ginn and Company a chapter
on the organization and administration of Bhysical Sducation and
Athleties for their volume, “Higher Edueation in America", This. text
prince cont. Gs ame repamtigaen. ier Teo Aiageelege carcass ted dggehersivet, 4
of Louisville, and it was @ compilation of all heads of the different
divisions in American educations The School of Education chapter was
written by Charles H. Judd, Director of the School of Bducation at the
University of Chicago; the School of Engineering chapter was done te
William Ee Wiekenden, President of the Case School of Applied Seience;
the School of Law chapter was written by Roseoe Pound, Dean of the Law
School at tarverd thiversitys the Sehocl of ledieine chaptor ms :