Heo Ants

NINE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK CITY

February 26, 1940
Dr. Forrest Ce Allen
Director of Physical Education
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

I have had several letters recently fran coaches in
your conference and others in your section and all seem to agree
that your Kansas University team will be the outstanding team in
the Big &/next season. In view of this fact, I am wondering if
you would be interested in bringing your team East. There are
several possible dates that I could suggest, and if yo are in-
terested I could have the schools who have the option on the
Garden court for these dates communicate directly with ym regard-
ing such a tripe City College of New York has the right to lease
the Garden court on Thursday December 26th or on Monday December Dth-e
There is also a possibility that St. John's University, which has
the right to the Garden court on Saturday December 21st, may not have
concluded its negotiations regarding that date. Manhattan College,
also a member of the I.C.A.A.A.A-,has a tentative arrangement with
Texas which I think hinges on the probability of that team winning
in the Southwest Conference Championship. That date is Saturday
Decenber 28th. It is also possible, although I am not definite-
ly sure of this yet, that New York University may not have closed
for its opponent on Saturday,Jamary 4th. |

On any one of these dates it wold probably be possible
for me to have Temple in Philadelphia arrange to play you a night or
two later in Convention Hall, which is a modern structure and has
the same playing surface and conditions that surround our court in
the Garden. St. Joseph's College and La Salle College also use this
court as their home court for all major games. St. Joseph's is the
team that defeated Missouri this year, although Missouri at the time
of their trip here mst have been mch weaker than they are at the
present writing.

As you know fran our previous camversations, we do not
make arrangements directly with the compet ing schools. The local team
which leases the court would te responsible for the conduct of the
game and for the financial arrangements. However, it is our custom
to see that your transportation and hotel expenses from Lawrence,
Kansas to New York and return would be campletely underwritten by these
two games. Kansas University would also receive 10% of the gate re-
ceipts after deducting your traveling expenses. The transportation ‘
of any other visiting team which plays in the Garden or Convention Hal
on the same night, and the expenses of conducting this program in the
Garden and Convention Hall limited to $1500.00 in Madison Square Garden