5/1: West Gold, National Basic.
#17 preseason. We’re going to have 8 slots to fill with transfers an’ scholarships. Hope the transfer pool looks good, an’ hope I can pick up some decent walk ons!
Maude arrives tomorrow.
Just heard that the famous outlaw Jesse James got shot an’ killed by one a his men for the reward money.
An’ bad news for my old Mormon “friends.” The U. S. just outlawed polygamy.
5/12: We’re doin’ well enough here to buy a house. Livin’ in faculty housin’ in the meantime. We’re tryin’ ta find a way ta bring the two families a servants we had in Mississippi here ta work for us. It’s pretty complicated though.
They’d have a much better life here an’ we got real close with ‘em.
Baby’s due soon.
6/5: Mijo Sujc left MS ST. I offer to him. Fingers crossed.
Joseph Henry Jones has arrived!. He is another big boy, an’ he sure looks healthy!
6/12: We get Sujc an’ a very good lookin’ PG!
6/25: Keepin’ 5 walk ons, at least for now. Two look like they’ll help us an; the other 3 may. They’ll at least help us at practice.
6/26: 6 scholarships. Prob’ly go 3 an’ 3 or 4 guards, or try to. Lookin’ at 22 guys. All show interest.
Still workin’ on getting’ the folks from MS up here. The place we’re buyin’ has a second home on the property that has two apartments side by side, an’ there’s plenty a work ta do. One problem is it ain’t easy for colored folks ta travel, especially this far.
7/11: Looks like a REAL good year for recruits, an’ we got lots a them interested.
7/31: Recruitin’ is goin’ well. Too early ta nail anyone down but it looks like we’ll get some good guys.
The Mississippi folks are on the way. Ta make things easier we arranged ta transport ‘em on the U. of Oregon private train, an’ got my dad ta be the conductor. That should make it a smooth ride up here.
8/7: I have my first ever Norton candidate. PG Tony Call is #45 on the list.
The MS folks are here. This will be a whole new world for them, and there will be adjustments, but we’ll help.
8/21: We offer ta 3 PGs, a PF, 2 Cs. All have us high on their lists, a couple have us
at #1.
9/18: Wow! We get 4, lose 2. We get two PGs, the #1 guy in the class, an’ #9. 2 Cs, #8, #40.
Coaches Classic vs. Ohio ST. Except for that tourney every pre-conf. game is at home. I’ve never seen that. Great this year, maybe not so much next year. Challenging schedule.
9/25: Got the other two, but both are iffy for the SAT score. C, #14, PG, #30. What a haul if they all hit the score!
10/2: 1st day of practice. I like this team, strange as it is with all the walk ons.
11/6: We’re starting with an 11 man rotation. Things will sort themselves out in time. Here’s the lineup:
Junior Tony Call is at PG, an’ senior Ben Fann is at SG. Backing them up are juniors Cole Walk an’ Cal Howe.
SF is the most up in the air position. Senior Stew Spin starts, with junior Shah Sitt an’ frosh Tom Venn getting’ minutes.
Inside it’s soph Rick Menz an’ frosh Ab Chin, with junior Josh File, an’ frosh Ram Ward backing up.
We open at the coaches Classic with #10 seed Ohio ST. We’re #7.
Always somethin’ new. Now it’s electric lights. I’ve actually seen them an’ they’re gonna change everythin’. An’ this telephone thing is almos’ here in the northwest. Excitin’ times!
The MS. Folks are settlin’ in nice. They are so happy that their kids can go to a real school with white kids. They work hard for us but they also can’t believe they actually get paid, get free time, an; can go where they want. There’s folks don’t like it, but not that many, really.