Only Audio Recording of Naismith is found
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This is something that I know everyone on here will appreciate.
http://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/show/naismith150/collections/radio-interview
The hosts asks “and what rules did you have?” Naismith replies: “we’ll I didn’t have enough!”
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Great find by Dr. Zogry. Sounds like it was a highly scripted interview, but I guess that’s how they did everything back then.
By the way, the interviewer, Gabriel Heatter, was known across America for his catchphrase, “There’s good news tonight”…sort of the '30s/'40s equivalent of “That’s the way it is” for Walter Cronkite.
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I don’t know how to thank you enough for posting that recording of the interview with James Naismith. It was one of the most priceless experiences in my long life. It is hard to describe here finally hearing the voice of the man I have so long wondered about and frankly nearly worshipped. It is like hearing the voice of my grand father that died before I was born that I have always so desperately wanted to know better. At first, I almost doubted that the recording was for real. It seemed impossible that it has not been found before now. I actually feel a kind of completeness about the game that I never thought possible. My father used to tell me about him and Allen, from a scant few memories of seeing him during my father’s time on the KU campus during the late 1930s. But I never dreamed I would ever get to hear his voice. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
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@oldhwkfan reported it also!
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Scripted (definitely!), but really cool. Naismith apparently had a lot to do with perpetuating his own legend with the peach basket. Judging by the photos, he carried one around with him 24/7.
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Thx for the recall of Heatter. I hadn’t heard of him. Fascinatingly upbeat approach to news.
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It was something that dribbling came about because the guys played too rough if they just ran with the ball.
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Good point. Otherwise, Izzo would have like 10-15 titles!
