University of Nebraska Lincoln University of Oklahoma Norman University of Missouri Columbia Coach Dr. University of Kansas KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI December 12th 1944 Fr. GC Alien Lawrence, Kansas Dear Docs; Date Jan. 5 Jan. i2 Jan. 20 Jans 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Mar. 2 1. Deca Office of University of Kansas Commissioner of Officals Lawrence Big Si. — a College Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Iowa Sra Callase 342 So. Chelsea Avenue Ames Here are the officials assigned for your games to date. Conference Games Game s Kansas @ Columbia Nebraska @ Lawrence Kansas @ Norman Iowa State @ Lawrence Kansas State@ Lawrence Officials Van Reen, (Lance or Oberhelman) Oberhelman, Evans(?) Lance, Hogue Oberhelman, Lance OY a Lae Roper, Oberhelman Lance, Hogue Lance , i A Oberhelman ,j’ Lance Carroll, Knox Kansas @ Lincoln Oklahoma @ Lawrence Kansas @ Manhattan Missouri @ Lawrence Kansas @ Ames Non-Conference Games 8 Washburn @ Lawrence O'Sullivan, Woodard Hope the above meet with your hearty approval. Sincerely yours, R. E.j Peters The offici,,s for the games here on the 22-23 are Lance and Oberhelman. a. December 2, 1944. Spe eS Father John P. Daly, Gide, | Athletic Director, Be | Rockhurst High School, 3 | Kansas City 4, Missouri. | Dear Pather Daly: : | I an enc los ing a copy of my letter to Mr. Clyde Baker, Box Office Supervisor at the Mimicipal Auditorium, : which will give you the necessary aicsiaule dco about tickets, per cent of gate, and so forth. Mr, Reaves Peters is handling officials. desire any further information I will be happy to hear from If you you. Very sincerely yours, Direotor of Physical Education, PCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. — Eno. ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL $225 TROOST AVENUE KANSAS CITY 4, MISSOURI November 29, 1944. Dr. Forrest &. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Sir: I am writing relative to the arrangements for the Rockhurst High-Shawnee Mission High basketball game to be played as a preliminary to the Rockhurst-Kansas U. game on Dec. 12 in the Municipal 4uditorium. Fr. smith tells me the same arrangements prevail as last year. Please advise me of these arrangements as I am new at this position. Indicate where I am to procure the tickets, the price of them, the percent of the gate Rockhurst High will receive, and any matters relative to the financial end of the game. Will the same officials work our pre- — liminary game as work the Rockhurst-Kansas game? Time of game? Talking with Mr. Harold Reade of Shawnee-Mission today, he indicated that he had no information concerning the above matter either. I thank you sincerely for the above information. Your "GE df F. Daly,/23.d Athletic Director. November 16, 1944. Mr. Lew Lane, Coach, .. Rockhurst College, R” Rockhurst Road and | Kansas City, Missouri. ost Ave., Dear Lew: | I am in a plokle, lew, and I hate like the dickens te put you on the spot by having you play Kansas State one night and Kansas the next, but I am really up ageinst it. You see, lew, we are plaving Washburn on the 4th at Topeka, and on the 8th at Lawrence, then play you in Kansas City on the 12th, The 19th would be the lest day that wo sould play you because we have only the 18th and 19th reserved here at the auditorium, and we | are playing in Kansas City on the 22nd and 23rd. We have sot a number of men on our football squad who will be on our basketball team, and we will have so few days to get ready that I would like to ask you to play on the 19th here to help us get in shape for our season. You know how valuable competition games are in molding a team and finding really who are your competitors. I will appreciate it if you will accept the 19th, and we will do something for you some time. Charles Aylward is a very clever boy and playing a fine game for us. We are very happy to have him with us. You have certainly taught him a lot of basketball and he is a dandy boy in every respect, Won't yoy write me at your earliest convenience? - We will want to begin to give a lot of publicity to our game in the Hall after the Kensas~-}issouri game on the 23rd, so from the 25th on begin to play your game up in the local press. I am hoping that we have a fine crowd. 0 9.4 /with a2) good wishes, an Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH 7 . Varsity Basketball Coach. ROCKHURST COLLEGE ROCKHURST ROAD AND TROOST AVENUE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 4 a ee J 4-) Lf. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION NWOVEMDEL 14th, k944 Dr. Forrest C.Allien, Basketball Coach Kansas University Lawerence, Kansa Dear Dr. Allen; ; + 17 ~ 2 7 2 Se ee aes a a a ee : A Father Smith asked me to write you and see il ° 5 ae 2 - Oe pick Si hoe Se fa ~s ae aie yOmMme ae it would be possible to pick a date for our return game ab — . 7 t re ay a2 2 7 es a at ei $y > 2 ee Lawerence a little later as we are finishing trip of three 1 a list of our games, orate n which you will note that we have marked I! Lawerence, tentative, but we would much prefer a date a Little lat Cle Lew Laney Coach TONS EOE LOT POI ae Jan. Jane Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 16 19 17 19 13 19 ROCKHURT COLLEGE 1944 ~- 45 BASKETSALL SCHEDULE Ke Use im Auditorium At Herrington A. Be Ks State at Manhattan ‘Kansas U. (Tent.) there Maryville Here Ke State Here Baker There Herrington Here St. Benedicts Here Washburn at Topeka Warrensburg The re Washburn Here Warrensburg Here Mo. Valley Here Baker Here . st. Benedicts at Atchison Noverber 10, 1944. Mr. Lew Lane, Basketball enali: Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri. Dear Lew: In trying to arrange « return game for Rookhurst to play in lawrence, I am suggesting either Desember 18 or 19. Probably Tuesday, the 19th, would be the better night for our students. I am tentatively holding both of these nights. Let me know at your early convenience which date you prefer. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Rducation, PCA AH _ Warsity Basketball Coach. October 28, 1944. Mr. Lew Lane, Basketball Coach, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Mo. ! Dear Lew: I am enclosing copies of the contract for our basketball game in Kansas City on December 12th. Will you be kind enough to return one copy after it has been signed? Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Sducation, October 23, 1944. Mr. Lew Lane, Coach, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Wo. Dear Lew: T em asking Mr. Quigley to send a contract for the 12th of December. Last year we paid your expenses to Lawrence and they were very reasonable. We oan agres on the same terms his year, and we will set your game for Lawrence in the very near future. I think it fine that Rockhurst High and Shawmee- Mission cen play the preliminary game. This certainly is highly agreeable to me, and I om transmitting this information to Harold Reade of Shawnee-Mission, and if you will pass it on to your Rock- hurst High coach everything will be fine. With all good wishes, I am Sincerely yours, 7 Director of Physical Education, PCArAH Varsity Basketball Coach. ROCKHURST COLLEGE ROCKHURST ROAD AND TROOST AVENUE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 4 October 3, 1944 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIGAL EDUCATION Dr. Forrest C.Allen, Varsity Basketball Coach Kansas University Lawerence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen; - : Was glad to receive your letter regarding a basketball game at the Hall here in.K.B I talked to Father /Smith this morn and he said the 12th of December would be 0.K. The game in Laman of course, can be arranged later on. Father Smith also asked me to have you send a contract for the game here as the Athletic Board usually asks for one Rockhurst High would like to play Shawnee Mission in the preliminary and preferabyy the game just before ours. Would like to hear if this is agreeable to you. Sincerely yours, Lor Lome . Lew Lane, Coach September 28, 1944. Mr. Lew Lane, Rockhurst College, Kensas City, Mo. Dear Lew: Ernie Quigley turned your letter of September 16th over to me for reply in regard to a basketball game. Last Saturday when we were playing in Kansas City I stopped by the hall and found that Deoember 12th, is available. How would the 12th suit you in Kensas City? We can arrange the game in Lewrence a little later on, but I thought it might suit you to play the open- ing game in Kansas City as we have been acaqenne in drawing yy good crowds. Very sincerely yours, Direetor of Physical Education, PCA :AH : Varsity Basketball Coach. ROCKHURST COLLEGE ROCKHURST ROAD AND TROOST AVENUE KANSAS GITY, MISSOURI 4 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION september k6, 1944 Mr. £E.C.Quigley Director of Athletics Kansas University Lawerence, Kansas Dear Mr, Quigley; Hope you will pardon my delay in answering your letter regarding football dates. I handed the letter to Father Smith; he placed it before the Athletic Board. The Board was against any change on our Missouri Valley date due to the fact that we have so few home games, Regarding playing your second team, they felt that we could not offer enough competition, due to the smallness and youth of our boys. We have played Kansas University tin Basketball the last two years and enjoyed the relations very much. We would like to play them again in the hall here in Kansas City this year and would be glad to go to Lawerence for a return game. Will hold early season dates open until I hear from you. We have the 18th of December taken as we we to Kansas State on that date. Kindest personal regards to yourself amd Wirs. Be alan Quigley from all the Lanes. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence December 6, 1943 Messrs: Mel Bishop Tom Dorney Harold Reade Father Lubke Lew Lane Clyde Baker Reaves Peters ~ Gentlemen: : Lew Lane has asked mo to handle the arrangements for the Kansas-Rockhurst game in Municipal Auditorium on Saturday night, December 11, This is the arrangement we have made with the high schools. Shawnee-Mission and Rockhurst High will play at 7 o'clock, and Ward High and Southwest will play at 8 o'clock. We had hoped that the high schools could cut their time-outs te one minute, reduce the time between quarters to one minute, and cut the half down as much as the coaches think it is safe and desirable, play at exactly the agreed upon time to start as a timee game. If the officials the line that will help, The ticket sale arrangement for all the high schools is this: ‘the re- presentative of the high school is to get tickets from Mr. Clyde Baker of the Muni- cipal Auditorium. These are to be sold to high school students for 25¢ and the high school selling them is to keep half of the amount of money as their own and the other half is to be turned in to Mr. Baker at the Auditorium, I talked to Mr. Reaves Peters, Commissioner of the Big Six Conference, on Satgrday and he stated that he would work with the high school coaches and get the two officials to work both games for $10.00 for the two games. He will also contact Mr. Lew Lane, coach of Rockhurst, and get two college officials to work the college game for $10.00. The game between the University and Rockhurst College will start at 9:15, so it will take teamwork from all concerned to get it going. We will ask if Mr, Reaves Peters will use his good offices to see that the games are speeded up and kept moving, and especially started on time. Can we not have it agreed upon that if a team comes late for the game and does not start on time, especially the first game, that there shall be no extension of time, but the game shall be out by quarters proe portionately. Of course this would not affect the second game if the first team ve ¢ Rockhurst and Kansas « should of the game, The high schools will use their own officials and timers, or at least make arrangements with Mr, Peters. Father Lutz, of the Ward High School, will have his band there to play. If any of the other high school bands desire to attend the game and play we will be very happy to have them, If such is the case, I would be very happy for the coaches _ Of the high schools to call me at my expense and give me the information so that we can make arrangements with the hall to entertain any of the bands of Rackhurst, Shawnee-Mission or Southwest, It will be up to Chaches Lene and Allen to make arrangements for the timer and scorer for our game, If Commissioner Reaves Peters knows of some adept fellow who would like to serve as timer or scorer without a fee we would be very happy to have hin, | With all good wishes, I an Sincerely yours, | Director of Physical Education, FCAAH : Varsity Basketball Coach. ROCKHURST COLLEGE ROCKHURST ROAD AND TROOST AVENUE See ' KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 4 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIGAL EDUCATION November 20, 194.4. Dr. Forrest C,Allen, Varsity Basketball Coach Kansas University Lawerence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen; I talked over the matter with Father Smith about playing you at Lawerence on the 19th of December, He took up the matter with the Dean and we were granted permission to play at Lawerence on that date, We are very glad to accommodate you in this matter. i appreciate very much the kind remark ~ you mentioned in your letter about Chuck Aylward and I surely hope he can do you some good, Cordially yours, Lier Corre Lew Lane, Coach i October 25, 1944. Physiieal Ptues eine, Arny Air ‘Field, Pay Tae ; Mr. i. C. Quigley, our Athletic Director, has _ veferred to me your letter of Ostober 25. Due to the inmaturity of our team this year we are curtailing our schedule, and of course will have to get our college schedule arranged first. I am sorry I ean give you no more definite information at the present time. Thank you for asking us. i | ih J Sincerely yours, | | Direstor of Physical Pducation, PCA: AH | Varsity Basketball Coach. PHYSICAL FITNESS OFFICE HJP/j¢g Army Air Field Pratt, Kansas 23 October 1944. Director of Athletics University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Sir: We are planning our 1944-45 basketball schedule, other than our scheduled games in the Second Air Force league, and it is our desire to play your team. A home and home arrangement would be desireable, with each team being responsible for their own expenses. Our home games will be played in the Civic Auditorium in Pratt, Kansas. The majority of our players are former college varsity men, and our player- coach is Lt. E. Ce Ochsenreiter, former star with Maryland University of the Southern Conference. Enclosed you will find our Second Air Force schedule. We can play your team on any other dates. Would you please let us know at the earliest possible time if you will play us, and if so the dates you desire. Sincerely yours, oe HERVAN J. PRESEREN end Lt.e, Air Corps, Phy Fit Officer. November 15, 1944. Lt. Forrest F. Mock, Physical Pitness Officer, - Army Air Field, Great Bend, Kansas. Dear Lieutenant Mock: Due to the immaturity of our basketball team this year we are curtailing our schedule, and as yet have scheduled no service teams. We have been attempting to get our schedule arranged first. I am-sorry I can give you no more definite information at this time. However, I do thank you for asking us. | Very sincerely yours, = Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. OFFICE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS ARMY AIR FIELD ‘GREAT BEND, KANSAS. 12 October 1944 Dr. Allen Director of Athletics Kansas University Lewrence, Kgnsas Dear Dr, Allen; We have dared to hope that you may see fit to schedule our Base Team on your floor sometime dur- ing the 1944-45 season. Having attended your coaching school a few years ago. and admiring your coaching technicue it would give me great pleasure to have an oppo- rtunity to match wits. We would like to complete our schedule as soon as possible and would appreciate an immediate reply. stained Aral & Mock FORREST F. MOCK lst Lt. Air Corps Phy Fitness 0. November 14, 1944. Lt. Ronald E. Davies, Athletic Officer, Prisoner of War Camp, Indianola, Nebraska, Dear Lieutenant Davies: Due to the immaturity of our basketball team this year we are curtailing our schedule. We have scheduled no service team as yet, this year, because our men are extremely young. However, I thank you for asking UB » Very sincerely yours, : Director of Physical Education, | PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. ARMY SERVICE FORCES Seventh Service Command Prisoner of Wer Camo Indianola, Nebruskae 25 october 1944 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas cear girs; Our basketball team, comprised of former stars fror New yors University, Haskell Institute, North Western University, Graig University, Kansas University end other schools with oute- standing athletic records, are seeking bookings with college teans iu the neighbouring vicinity. Tt is our beclief that we have « top noteh group of players and can ratch up with the best competition. We would sreatly avoreciate if your athletic director would arrange for a neeting of your tcam with ours. Whether it be a tournanent or an offeschedule game is to your choosing. Very truly Tang RONALD BE. DAVIES 210 Lit oj AeUseSe © Athletio Officer, September 30, 1944. Lt. We. H. Yost, Basketball Officer, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma. Dear Lieutenant Yost: It might be that we could play you in Norman on December 9th. I have been working toward that situation and it looks as if it may materialize. Twill write you in the very near futures We are endeavoring, of course, to arrange our basketball sched- ule with the colleges before we play the service teams. Our Chancellor objected to our playing so many games last year, and for that reason we are trying to hold our non-conference schedule to the minimm. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physioal Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. * In reply address not the signer of this letter but Commanding Officer, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Okla. NAVY DEPARTMENT Refer to No. NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER: NORMAN, OKLAHOMA 21 September 1944 Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education Varsity Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Mr. Allen, Would really appreciate hearing from you in regards to our tenative basketball arrangements. We still would like to have you come down here the first week in December. Was talking to Drake yesterday and he informed me you were looking for an opponent for a double-header in Kansas City. Why not play home and home - we would be glad to come to Kansas City. Sincerely Oe oe Ww. H. Wet, if. Basketball Officer WHY/ilt Lieut. W. H. Yost, USNR, Basketball Coach, Neval ‘ir Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma. Dear Lieutenant Yost; I have just returned from two coaching schools for the Iowa aud the Kansas high school athietic associations. This accounts for my failure to answer your letter sooner. I find ' my desk piled high with details that should be handled, and as soon as I get the desk olesred I will confer with Mr. EB, C, Quigley, our Athletic Director, with a view to closing with you one of the dates between December 4 and 9, if possible. : At any rate, I assure you we will endeavor to mike the trip to Norman if at all possible. it was a pleasure to met you in Kansas City. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. a see neve In reply address not the signer of this letter but Commanding Selcite Celt: Meena Oba. NAVY DEPARTMENT Refer to No. NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER NORMAN, OKLAHOMA 17 August 1944 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Kansas University Dear "Phog" Kansas University at N.A.T.T.Ce the week of 4-9 December is going to be cleared here. We can give you four hundred dollars ($400.00) as a guarantee and also work out any meals, lodging and transportation that you might need. Pick out a definite date, write and I'll get the contracts to you immediately. Sincerely, ALT ft W. H. ST, LT., USNR Basketball Coach WHY/ilt Ence