of basketball played for the first time in the international com- _
petition. "The father of basketball" was sent to Berlin following
& national drive for funds by spectators, officials, and players who : ;
wanted to have Dr. Naiemith present when the teams of all nations 4
filed in behind flags of their countries. Dre Naismith addressed the —
assembled players before the start of the tournament--and, he said
later, his eyes were misty. 3 2
In the spring of 1959 Dr. Naismith and Mrs. Florenée Kincaid,
for many years a housemother for Sigma Phi Epsilon at K.U., were ~~ a
Dr. Naismith's children are Krs. Thomas L. Daw, of Topeka, Mrs.
Le He Dodd of St. Louis, irs. George B. Stanley of Pueblo, Coloe,
John Edwin Naismith, of Topeka, and dence Shovaen Waieuith of Dalia:
Dr. Naismith was first stricken 111 on Sunday night, Nove 19,
at his home on University Drivee He made a remarkable recovery from
effects of the cerebral hemorrage ana was released from the hospital
to return to his home on “ednesday, Nove 22. A relapse in his con=
aition came Tmursday, ani he died on Nov. 28, 1939.