Now, I do not want you to take veer basketball too seriously.
Of course your dination come firste But every mth, whether athlete
or noneathlete, should have a justifiable pride in aplasia
physique end, bhe knowledge of being physically fit. | So take care
of yourselves in a common eis waye Remember what I told you in
spring practice regarding the push-up and the dip on your fingers and
toes. I said start this exercise three times, both morning and night,
end then the obs week execute it six times each morning and nighte
The third week build up to nine times twice a day, and the fourth
week spring up on your fingers and toes twelve times » touching the
chin and barely touching the abdomen to the floor, but not eonking,
then push up and touch the right ear, push up and touch the lett
eare Do this on the fingers and not the palms of the hands. Now,
I lmow you may say it is a little tough, but the fellow who won't
do this will never be the valuable member on a varsity team that
he should be. ™

You say you want to win a championship. Well, let's see you
begin now, and when you come back to school borers the last week
of September is over we will be having our meeting for varsity

basketball. We are going to start practicing our fundamentals

early. If most of the boys are working in the afternoons then we

will practice at night. But we are going to practice at least
three times a week starting in late September, and by the middle
of October we may increase it to four times a week. We are

dedicating the Oklahoma A. & Me fieldhouse on the 9th and 10th’

of December, and then we go to Texas, so you see what we are up

against. I must get one game before we play the Oklahom Aggies

at Stillweter. I am going to try to get Washburn, but if we can't