The author of "Dangers of Winning - Horatio Alger Story" is unknown. The story describes an unnamed 1952 physical education graduate who coached a high school basketball team that won nearly all of their games. The school board members tell the coach to “arrange to win the final games, regardless of the means, or look for another job.” He refuses to fix the game, and a local University hires him for his high standards. The story ends by saying that schools badly need professionally-trained physical education teachers. The title may refer to Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899), a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his novels about impoverished boys who rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. Two duplicates exist; Not actually sure why this was put into the collection of Naismith, as it only has to do with basketball and seems to have no direct connection to Naismith, but it remains in the collection as it was originally placed;
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