December 6, 1944. Col. Karl P. Baldwin, ยข.8.C., A.P.0. 924, o/o P.M., San Francisco, California. Dear Rotarian Karl; In our Rotary Club your name is constantly and inter- mittently mentioned when an example of a good Rotarian is brought up. I am writing to Mr. McBrien, the secretary, today. I am sorry that I have waited so long. I certainly would be interested in seeing one of your games as I know. there is much wrong with the Anerican game. There is an interval of 30 seconds between practically every play in American football. It is a sporadic activity game. Doubtless football requires less physical conditioning than most of the sports that we play. The ability to withstand punishment is the ess- ential in American foothall. A big, ounberson, well-knit, lumbering type of fellow can play a good game because he can dish it out as well as take it. Ormond Beach and Mike Clawson, two of our splendid foot- ball players of past years, played in Canada, and they say the Canadian game is much superior, as far as ball