September 23, 1942.

Mr. Ned Irish,
§ Reckefeller Plaza,
Tew York City, W.Y.

Dear Hed:

* I am serry fer the delay in replying te your kind letter
ef August Sist, but I want te assure you that we will be very
happy te use the Hetel Belvedere, as per yeur recemmendation,
and you may tell Mr. Feohtman that we will use it. We will
be glad te ceeperate pitimyou whenever pessible as I know yeu
have our best interests at heart, as we have yours, because

it all adds up te a successful and pleasant trip.

I think you have an auther's cepy ef my beek, “Better
Basketball", and I want to call your attention te page 7
where we mention the Buffale Germans. |

I have your letter of September 16th, and wish te say
that it is entirely acceptable that we use the Geldsmith
X9L ball. I imagine that is the stitched ball, which is all
right.

The enly mentien that we have made ef the gane is in the
letter that I sent te my basketball squad, a cepy of which I

em enclosing. I didn't know that there was eny desire on
your mee to withheld that information, and while we — not

lease on the eastern dates.
Sincerely yeurs,

- ‘Director ef Physical Education,
FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach.