From the Lawrence Daily World for March 5, 1908: “They say the distillers controlled the election of a U.S. senator in Kentucky. Well, if distillers can’t control an election in Kentucky, where can they control anything? : Dr. James Naismith, who probably knows more about athletes than any other man in Lawrence, is leading an effort to get more men and boys interested in workouts at the YMCA gymnasium here. Naismith is an expert on physical training : “