mie

Nal: I kmow, Phogesel knowe..-NoO young follow has ever tried to conch basket-
ball around hore...-eBut still, I'm almost temptod...By George..I will
write theml They ought to be willing to give you e try. They can't
get anyone clsCee.

ALLEN: Thanks, Dr. Naismithe You can bet your life I'll give thom overything

I've got, and I'll bet we will vin some ball gamost

NAI: (Feding) I'll write them right away, Phogee..eWeo ought to hear soone
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NARRATOR: Phog Allen went to Baker to coach thoir team to victory in their noxt
basketball seasone Any doubt I may have had about his capacities as a
coach were dispclled that very yeere His sciontific approach to the
gamo, his dazzling attacks and defensos bewildered almost every eneny
team his Baker boys played. He entered =e school soon after that,
however, and devoted his attention to mothods of guarding against and
relieving athletic injuries. In the Fall of 1919, Phog Allen became
athletic director at the University of Kansas. Beforo the Baksetball
season was over, he was also basketball coach. Conference victorics and
championships came frequently to Kansas after that. (Fade ) His teams
beat the best from all over the country.

VOICES ; (Fade In: Background of Murmuring) Vo won agnin...inother championship
er makes thirtcen straicht...Whetestrein...Kansas Wins another
championshipe Only lost one this yocre..-That makes four championships
in 2 roOWee.WmetSitauc?.....lle've won seventeen straighte..-Only one more
to enievclibiuectern champions$}...eAnother championshipe....\Vin againese
United States Finals...Olympics?ee...eKansas may go to the Olympics...
(Fade ) Madison Square Gr lomeee.-Best Coachingeres.

NARRATOR: In the 1932 Olympics there was an exhibition of the two outstanding bas-
kotball teams in the United States. In the 1936 Olympics, the gamo was
incorporated as one of the international sports. In the United States,
funds were raised in a national campaign to send basketball's inventor
over to the Olympics to witness the erowth of his gamee After the
tournament was completed, the winners were announced to the spectators,
with the 21 competing teams on te courts....(Fade) From the Judge's
stand, & voicel

VOICE: Ladies and Gentlemen.e....The winning team in the internetional basketball
tournanmentes.-Is from tho United States. (Fade) Second place to
Mexico, and third, to tho dominion of CANATAeccee

Narrator: And later, the 21 basketbell teams from all parts of tho worl’ wuc

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