19th Hole: Some New Readers Comment On Vol. 1, No. 1

Sirs:
On page 84 you say that James A. Nai-smith's invention of basketball was "the only game purely American in its origin." Canadians may take exception of this since—although the game was invented in the U.S.—Dr. Naismith was a Canadian, born at Almonte, near Canada's capital city.
OWEN G. GRANT
Ottawa, Ontario

•All praise to Canada.—ED.

LADLE RAT ROTTEN HUT

Sirs:
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FRANC END AILING WHALE TUN
New York

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MR. and MRS. CHARLES W. WELLS
Sacramento, Calif.

Sirs:
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Since eerily,
RICHARD E. JENKS
Ridgewood, N.J.

•Co-wrecked, spoof-pleader slept top. Shoulder raid "widow" ant "ant."—HEAD.

Sirs:
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is swell! We especially enjoyed the stories "The Baseball Bubble Trouble" and "Anybody Got a Solly Hemus?"