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October 23, 1944.

Mr. Ae J e Lewandowski,
Athletic Director,
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebraska.

Dear Lew:

I dislike to bother you when you are busy with your —
football tean, but I ie possibly you might want to play in Kansas
City on December 23. We (Missouri, Kansas State and Kansas) are play
ing on the 22nd and 23rd. ee

We have arranged for Frosty's University of Colorado
team to come on the 23rd because they cannot get away for two dates.
He possibly could come on the 22nd if you could come on the 23rd.

| My angle in asking you is to get four Big Six teans,
if possible, uder the tent in one evening. Cliff Rock has written
regarding his Denver teem and he wants to get in on the foursome.
and then George Pepperdine College wrote saying they were making a
trip, so this morning I called George Edwards and asked which outfit
he would rather play. |

; Now, to be perfectly frank with you, Lew, I don't want
to talk you into something that you do not want to get into. We can
get Denver and Colorado to fill the foursome this year, but you know
I have always tried to get all of the Big Six teams together. If you
would like to come on the 23rd I will see if Frosty can chenge his date
to the 22nd, and that means that Denver and Pepperdine would be out.

won't you write me at four earliest convenience? And do
not feel that we are trying to talk you into something. Frenkly, if
you do not want to come we can make it out this year, but we hope next
year that we can plan to have all eix Big Six achools in on a week-end
tournament in Kansas City. We will make as much on those games as we
will make all season in ofr early games. I am confident that we will
pack the hall each night. Someone suggested that we get a Rocky Mountain —
Conference team and a Big Ten team to complete an eight-team tournament .
My, what a dandy that would be! !

 

I was sorry to see you devoid of so much material, but
of course no one could deny that the viotory for Kansas, even though