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NINE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK CITY

May 29,1940

Dr.Forrest C.Allen

Director of Physical iducation
University of sansas

Lawrence, kan.

Dear Phog,

I got your note and agree with you that td Kelleher
has been misinformed or else he probably got the dimensions of
his own court at Fordham confused with the Garden court. The
Garden court is 82 feet between baskets, with two foot extenddénoms
on each end or 86 feet overall playing length.

Fordham has a 90 foot court, 2 foot extensions, but is
the only court in New York City that is over 78 feet between
baskets. ,

I quite agree with you that the four foot extension
makes for a better game. The local college coaches as a body
Would also agree with you. However since only Fordham of the
seven schools which play their major games on the Garden court
have any room to put in the four foot extension on their own
floors they decided that it would not be advisable to try and
practice and play the majority of their’.games under one
set of conditions and change radically for their major games.
As it is all the teams which use the tarden as their home court
play on courts which are lone“by from four to fifteen feet than
their ow courts.

Tfrust that this will not prove any handicap to either
your team or id Kellehergs and that the contest will be
@ Sood onee

sincerely yours,
 

May 7, 1920.

Signed and tured over to our athletic office. Toult-
less they will send it to you fran thet office at ance.

We ere looking forward with creat pleasure to
our gene with yous |

Very sincerely yours,

“Director of Physical Rducetion and Recreation,

 
 

May 4, 1940.

It has been necessary for me to confer with
the members of our Athletic Board and with lars Gwinn

Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
FCAsAH Varsity Basketball Coache

 
COUNCIL ON ATHLETICS
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
PHILADELPHIA

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

April 25, 1940

Dr. Forrest Allen,
Basketball Coach,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kanses

Dear Dr. Allen:

I am enclosing contracts covering
our basketball game to be played on Monday, December 30,
1940.

I am delighted that we will have the
opportunity of meeting your team and I am looking forward
with great pleasure to seeing you in Philadelphia. I will
appreciate your signing the enclosed contracts and returning
three copies to me, retaining one for your files.

With best wishes, I am
Very sincerely yours,

Earl R. Yeomans }
Director of Athletics.

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_ Ontober 18, 1040

ire Taniel Crawford, Jre
Presi dent and General Manager
‘Hotel. Philadelphian |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Ure Crowfords -
Your letter of October 2 received,
I have just received a letter from our.

‘T @a wondering if you are in a position
offer the same courtesye I mow that this is done

to
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find cut iste egk what the pelisy its.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE PreitLnaAwvetLruin., PA,
October 2, 1940 EVERGREEN 9000

Mr. Forrest C. Allen, Basketball Coach
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Mr, Allen:

We have just learned that your team is to play on Monday, December 30th
in Philadelphia, and as this hotel has personally adapted its entire accommodations
to the college man, we feel you will be interested in our rates.

As you no doubt know, this hotel is headquarters for practically every
college team playing in Philadelphia. Over a generation of experience in catering
to the college man and the various teams, has taught us to anticipate their needs,
and our trained staff offer you services and appointments you will not find in any
other hotel in this city.

We feel confident the following rates will be of interest to you:

Single room with bath - $2.50 per day.

Double room with twin beds and bath - $3.50 per day,
($1.75 per day each person).

Three or four men in a large room with bath, each with
separate bed - $1.50 per day each person.

I believe there is a distinct advantage in our heing located out of
the central part of the city, away from disturbing noises. We are also the near-
‘est hotel to Convention Hall where you play - within walking distance.

Also, we serve training table meals in a private room if you prefer,
at reasonable prices. We would be glad to send you sample menus if you so desire.

Should any further information be required, I would he happy to hear
from youe

Trusting we may have the pleasure of being host to you and your team
this season, I remain

Very truly yours,
HOTEL PH ELPHIAN

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Daniel Crawford, Jr,
DC:m Pres. & Gen'l. Mer.

SELECT FOR YOUR NEXT CONVENTION A HOTEL COMPLETELY EQUIPPED FOR CONVENTIONS IN A CONVENTION CITY
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November 29, 1940

if. Hed Irish
Tine Rockefeller Piaza
New York City, New York —

I am writing for some information, please.
What time would the Garden be available for
practice for our game on December 287? I should
also like to lmow the names of the other two teams
that are to pley in the garden on the sane night
that we playe

Very cordially yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation
Yarsity Basketball Coach

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Mire Je Je Schafer
Mana. ger
Hotel Lorraine

Dear Mr. Sehafers

I am sorry that I have not hed an opportunity to
write you sooner but previous to your writing us we made
arrangements to stay at the Hotel Philadelphian with our
basketball team.

The arrangenents to stay at this place were mde
quite sone time ago when we arranged our itinerary. However,
we do thank you for writing us and we hope that at sometine
in the future we may stay at your hotel.

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Bducation and Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach | |

 
 

  

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HOTEL LORRAINE
BROAD STREET AT RIDGE AVENUE

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

November 25, 1940

Mr. E. L. Falkenstien

U. of Kans. Phys. Education Corp.
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

My dear Mr. Falkenstien:

Since receiving your letter dated November 7th,
I have not heard from Dr. Forrest ©. Allen, rela~
tive to the Basketball team coming to Hotel Lorraine.

If’ it is not too -mueh trouble, will you contact him
again, and let me know what his intentions are?. We
sincerely hope that you decide to come to Hotel Lor-
raine. Thanking you and with kindest personal regards,
I remain

 
  

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Ootober 5, 1940

“Bre Ned Irish
Garden

_ ‘Now York, New York
Tear Neds

Will you please tell me when the tickets will
played on December 28, the price of the tickets and

they will go om sale? I should like to have the same in»
formation regarding the tickets for the game with Temple
at Philadelphia on December 305 :

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$

Some of our friends in New York and around desire
to see the games and made inquiry regarding ticketse

Thanking you for the information, T Qity

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach — ee :
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Decenber 16, 1940
Director of Physieal Education and Recreation

Varsity Basketball Coach

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Dre Forrest Ce. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dre Allen:

We have made reservations for your basket-ball
team for Sunday Evening, December 22, 1940 respectively;
also tentatively for Monday Night, December 23, 1940
for approxémately 12 to 14 men.

We will appreciate it very much if you will
let us know whether this is about correct; also as
to what meals you would wishe We will give you a
spezial rate of %1.50 per man per night, European Plan,
Two men to a room with twin beds. Most of the rooms
will have private baths accomodations.

Ordinarily our rooms with private baths is
$2250 per mane We will certainly be delighted to
entertain your temm and will look forward ty your
visit with pleasure.

We will appreciate an early replye You may
wire if you so desire at our expense. We remain,

Sincerely
STRATH HAVEN INN
F. M. SCHEIBLEY, MANAGER

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| I have your two good letters of Thursday and Friday, and
Iam hastening a replye

“Bob, I will not forget your place on the bench, Theat is all

i

Now for the Strath Haven Im at Swarthmore. You mow I rather
like that idea anc even if we have double beds it should not mtters
How long a ride is it fron Swarthmore to Philadelphia? I am wondering
if you would be good enough to inquire froa Bill Stetson the price of a
bus from the Strath Haven te Convention Hall in Philly.

- T hewe not heard from the Manager of the Strath Haven, but

doubtless he has been too busy. If ypu § t he Hotel
TAMAS RFE ate eet oe

or. what is it, Bob?

It might be a fine thing to get the boys out there, and I want
you to know that I greatly appreciate all the interest that you have shom
in use Also please thank Bill Stetson, the Swarthmore coach, for his
kindness in offering us the use of their field, and so forth. Yee, I
think we shall come right over after the Fordham gameg

Our itinerary has not been definitely set, but we are working
on it now. I would like for the boys to go to Washington, DeCe one day
and at least take in the FeBele Building. The football players got a
great wallop cut of such an expedition and I am sure that some of the

: Thank you so much for the information on the Post article,

I am glad that you like it and I am sorry that you could not have

. arranged to do it, but this boy Turtle, who is a Kel. graduate, had a
down to Lawrence right after we played UsSeCe and

started working on the storys Personally I did not think that he would

land this, but he didse

 
 

 

Mre Reed Page 2 Dece 18, 1940

wi

Every year two or three writers come down and take some
pictures and shoot stuff and I never lmow where they try to. sell
their wares, but they are always shooting pictures so I did not
expect much to come out of ite

Mrse Allen and some of our daughters may accompany us on
our trip east. They are counting their nickels but they have not
made & decision yete Please let me hear from you soone

With all good wishes, I am,

Sincerely yours,

 

Director of Physical Education and Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach |

FeAslg

 
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COUNTRY GENTLEMAN

AMERICA’S FOREMOST RURAL MAGAZINE

BEN HIBBS
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THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
INDEPENDENCE SQUARE + PHILADELPHIA

Thursday

Dear Phog:-

I just returned from Chicago to find
your letter on my desk. Also I just finished read-
ing the article about you in the Post. Phog, I
think it is a dandy, and there are a couple of
excellent pmkm photos with it -- one of you and
Bob and an unnamed lad on the bench, and another
of you pumping up a ball. I'm delighted to see
you in the Post.

Phog, I'11 check tonight with Strath
Haven Inn at Swarthmore. If the manager wants to
meet the Philadelphian's price, I'll get him to
put it in writing and I'll mail it along to you.
It's all right with me if you don't want to switch.
For it would involve a bus trip to Convention Hall
from Swarthmore. I won't make any promises -- I'll
just ask for prices and let you know soon. I
repeat that the Swarthmore College will let you have
the field house and all their equipment. I judge you
will come right over after the Fordham game.

Good luck, Phog, and I'll be thrilled to
death to sit on your bench at the Temple game. Thankst
Will write you again tomorrow. sir,

Best i

 
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COUNTRY GENTLEMAN

AMERICA’S FOREMOST RURAL MAGAZINE

BEN HIBBS
EDITOR

THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
INDEPENDENCE SQUARE + PHILADELPHIA

Friday

Dear Phog:-

I have found that the Strath Haven Inn
can't beat the Philadelphian. The Inn is willing
to meet the $1.50 price, but they have double beds
and I know you don't care for that. So I guess you
had better let your arrangements stand. If you don't
mind, I would like to have you meet Bill Stetson,
the Swarthmore coach. He is going to bring his team
in to watch you play. The Post article is in the
December 28th Post, so wou will be here in a blaze
of glory. I repeat, it is a fine article.

The K.U. Club here, which unfortunately
wes inactive for the Villanova football game, is
stirring about your game with Temple, and you will
have an enthusiastic following in Convention Hall.
I hope you dontt forget that “bench” invitation.

It will be the thrill of my lifetime.

If I can do anything at all, let me
know. I'll look you up as soon as you get to town.

Best of luck, Phog.

Cordially,

  
EDITORIAL ROOMS

COUNTRY GENTLEMAN

AMERICA’S FOREMOST RURAL MAGAZINE

BEN HIBBS
EDITOR

THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
INDEPENDENCE SQUARE - PHILADELPHIA

Thursday

Dear Phog:-

This may just confuse the issue, but don't let
it worry you. Anyway, the Strath Haven Inn people in Swarth-
more have come to me and offered to put up you and your boys
for $1.50, two boys to a room in twin beds. I told you, I
think, that Pennsylvania always sends their boys their be-
fore one of the big football games.

I note by the schedule that you have a Sunday
lay-over between the Fordham game in the Garden and the
Temple game here on Monday. Now I think Swarthmore is a
nicer place to lay over than the city. There's lots of woods
and trees and our weather ought to hold crisp and cool and
Clear. Then, too, if your kids want to warm up a bkt the
Swarthmore Field house is open to you on Sunday afternoon.
Bill Stetson would be happy, I know, to scrimmage gently
with your boys.

Besides, Phog, I'd love to have you and your
kids out in Swarthmore over the Sunday -- you all can call
our Christmas tree yours.

If you are definitely committed to the Phil-
adelphian it's all OK with me Phog. If you decide you would
like to come out to Swarthmore over the Sunday, just send
me @ wire collect and I'll clinch with the Inn and I'll
have them send you a memo confirming it. I did tell you
that the Inn is about eight miles from Convention Hall, which
would take a bus to get you in for the game -- or a train
goes right to a block or two from the Hall. Transportation
wouldn't be a problem. I have enough cars to do the job if
you wish.

If I don't hear from you, Phog, I'll assume you
want to let the Philadelphians arrangement stand. Either
way is all right. I'll be in there punching for K.U.

Congratulations on the Texas wins.

Until f see you, then -- good luck

 
 

Desember 14, 1940

ire Bob Reed
(22 Park Avenue
Sverthmore, Pemsylivania

I have just sent the following wire to yous

"Thanks a thousands or
Swartmore. Kindeet regards

You are @ great salesman Bobg you have sold
nee

Mrse Allen and my youngest daughter, who is a
sophomore in the University, and happens to be a Kappa,
will doubtless accompany mes Wy middle daughter, Jane,

@ Pi Phi, who is an artist in Chicago, wee also expecting

to accompany us, but we got a letter yesterday saying that
she is teking a position with an art company and will not

be able to go alongs

tiie: Saatins Sen glen ead ihe 08d Bill stetson
that it is ewell of him to offer us ‘the facilities of the
field house.

“We hope the Allen's and the Reed's will certainly
have one good get-together

 

7 Director of Physical Education and Recreation
FCAslg Varsity Basketball Coach

 
 

 

December 19, 1940

Country Gentleman
The Curtis Publishing Conpany
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania —

Dear Bobs

Gee, you are a swell guy. You are asking for a lot
of grief when you ask the Allen generals into your homes The
wonen folks are all of that, aren't they, Bob? no

Bob, I think we will not get out of New York after our
gem@e Woe will stay there over night and let them rest as much
as possible on the 29th, then we will come in on the afternoon ©
traine It my be a little earlier than the schedule we now have,
but at any rate, we will get in sometime Sunday afternoon or
eveninge It would be nice if we could work out in the Field

House sometime before dinners oe

I took your gracious letter home and showed it to
Mrs» Allen aad she said, "I want Yrs. Reed's address. Iwontt |
make any promises because I know what an imposition it will be,"
I will write you again real soon, but I am just
telling you how gracious you are and Mrs. Reed will hear fran
Mrse Allen in a very short while.

 Fastily and appreciatively yours,

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Bduontion and Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach

FCAslg

 
 

Deeanber 19, 1940

lire Bob Reed

Country Gentleman
The Curtis Publishing Company .
Philedelphie, Pennsylvania

Dear Bobs

; This is our set-up: We arrive in Philadelphia
at 53258 Pelieg December 29, and will stay at the Strath Haven
through the 29th and S0the On the morning of pecember 31,
at 6:55, we leave for Mashingtom, MC. |

' I wonder’ if it would be possible for us to work
at Bill Stetsonts Field House sonetime in the early evening
of the 29the Since we are getting in at 5:38, I thought
if it was possible we would like to go to the Field House
_ and work out lightly before we eat. We can arrive their
earlier, and if it would suit Bill Stetson, we will come
- over there in the afternoons : ;

: We plan to stay at the Hotel Piccadilly in New York
and can be reached there anytime after the 26th of December.
I will thank you if we ean hear from you at your early cone
veniencGe | :

We are leaving Lawrence on Monday, December 23,
stopping at Ann Arbor and Buffalo over night, and we will
arrive in New York City on the 26th, late in the afternoon,
We will work out between halves of the Illinois-lManhattan

Very cordially yours,

Director of Physical Fdueation and Recreati
Varsity Basketball Coach :

RAslg

 
 

Novenber 7th ee
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lr. J.d. Schafer, ligr.
Hotel Lorraine

Broad & Fairmount Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Dear ir. Schafer:
. «ET have your letter of November
and in reply ‘wish to advise that Dr. Forrest
or bites our Basketball Coach, makes his arrange-

cate for hotel, etc., sia cttenieere with the
pasketball squad. ;

i

: I em referring your letter to
his desk so thet, if he has not a a arrange-~
ments for hotel accomodations in “Paitadeiphie, he may
give it consideration.

Thanking = nin” for the

courtesies shown us while in hia, and with
- best wishes, I am

Very sincerely yours,

" Bule Falkenstion, Sec'y
U. of — Phys. Edu. Corp.

ELF: IW

 
 

 

J. J. SCHAFER, Manager

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FRANK M. PERPER, PRESIDENT H O * E L L O R R A J N E
HOTEL RITTENHOUSE BROAD STREET AT RIDGE AVENUE
Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

HOTEL MARLYN

Philadelphia

November 5, 1940

HOTEL GLADSTONE

Philadelphia

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Philadelphia

 

HOTEL KAUFMAN

Towanda, Pa.

PRIVATE OFFICE

Mr. BE. L. Falkenstien |

Dept. of Intercollegiate Athletics
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

My dear Mr. Falkenstien:

I meant to take up with you when you were here last
week-end, the matter of accommodations for your basket-
ball team, which is scheduled to play Temple here on
Monday, December 30th. I will gladly make them a rate
of $1.50 per man, two men to a room, each two rooms to
have bath facilities between. We can also arrange to
serve them any training table meals that they might re-
quire at a very nominal rate.

Thanking you to favor me with an expression relative
to the above at your convenience, I remain

   

Schafer, Mgr.
LORRAINE

     

Joo: AS
Enc.
Sports of the Cimes
be AORN Tama

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

HAT this observer doesn’t know about cur-

W rent basketball society would fill a big
basket, but Irish eyes are smiling, indicating
that everything is well with what Bo McMillin,
the football man, calls “the round ball game.”
Ned Irish is the fellow who puts on the college
double-headers in Madison Square Garden and
makes a-good thing of it for all concerned. To
line up his Winter programs he scurries around
the country and checks. up on teams of all
shapes and sizes and previous conditions of
servitude.

The “Ivy League” teams remain aloof from
Madison Square Garden competition, but Mr.
Irish holds no grudge and speaks amiably of
those teams and coaches just the same. Since

basketball had done so well as a Winter attrac-—

tion at Madison Square Garden in New York, Mr.
Irish was asked why it wasn’t a similar attrac-
tion at the Boston Garden.

“Well, it’s a funny thing,” said Mr. Irish, “but
New England isn’t infested with high-class col-
lege basketball teams, though the game was in-
vented in that area. New: York, as a district, has
some top-flight teams, which is one reason for
the New York enthusiasm for the game.”

With Some Exceptions

No good basketball teams in New England?
It was the vague impression of this innocent by-
stander that Dartmouth often came along with

some dashing teams at the court game and——

“Oh, wait a minute!” said Mr. Irish, “I don’t
mean they don’t have some good teams in New
England. I mean they aren’t as thick in New
England as they are around New York. Sure,
Dartmouth usually has good basektball teams.
I’d pick Dartmouth and Princeton as the logical
contenders for the league title this year. Boston
University has the makings of a good team this
year. Then there’s Rhode Island State, which is
noted for its basketball teams. Their rooters
call them the two-points-a-minute team. They
really pour that ball through the basket. They’re
coached by Frank Keaney, who is a big fellow,
and his son, who is even bigger, plays on the
team. Warren Keaney—he’s the son—grabs the
ball off the enemy backboard and throws it all
the way down the court, where one of his little
friends is waiting to pop it in for a Rhode Island
State score.” A

That was a handsome explanation and it seems
safe for Mr. Irish to walk the streets of Provi-
dence, Boston and Hanover any day this Winter.
No man’s hand should be raised against him.

The Spread Formation

“For that matter,” went on Mr. Irish placidly,
“there are good teams now all over the country.
Tt used to be that the South and Southwest
weren’t so hot—hadn’t caught on to the game—
but. now they have some teams that can hold
their own with anybody.”

What startled this observer, possibly through
being behind in his basketball studies, was that
the great Dr. Phog Allen’s Kansas team was
beaten by Fordham in Madison Square Garden
recently. It was thought in this corner that Phog
Allen was something like the Rockne of the bas-

ketball court and his teams always were wonder-
ful. Fordham hasn’t been as strong on the bas-
ketball floor as it has been on the gridiron and
the defeat of the Phog Allen outfit—well, it just
came as a shock, that’s all,

“You don’t know the haif of it,” said Mr. Irish
with a grin, “it was only the second game Ford-
ham had won in Madison Square Garden and
they’ve been playing there for seven years. They
beat somebody the first year they played in the
Garden and didn’t beat anybody else in there
until the Jayhawkers came in this Winter. Still,
I think Fordham has a better team this year. In
fact, most of the New York teams are better this
year than they were last year.”

Holding the Fort

If they weren’t good, Mayor Fiorello La
Guardia would get after them for smirching the
fair name of New York City, Hither that. or he.
would run Mr, Irish out of town for scouring. the
country at large and bringing in the best teams
he could find to beat up the local lads on the
court.

“I’m in no danger so far,” said Mr. Irish, “the
New York teams have won five and lost four.
against outside competition. And we bring in
only good teams to play here.”

Doubtless Notre Dame was on the schedule.
They go for the court game at Notre Dame and
Elmer Layden, the Thin Man, usually drops in,
with the basketball team, just to watch the fun.

“I don’t think Notre Dame is so hot this year,”
said Mr. Irish. “They’ve been spotty; good one
night and bad another night.” | :

Could it be that the Crowe crop finally had
failed Coach George Keogan of Notre Dame? It
was recalled that, for many years, the Crowe

Ps

‘family had at least one representative on the

Notre Dame basketball team, and no member of
the family let down the Crowe tradition for ef-
ficiency on the floor.

“I haven’t seen any Crowe listed in their line-
up,” said Mr. Irish. “Maybe that’s the trouble.
You know, George Keogan had a touch of heart
trouble and went up to the Mayo Clinic for an
examination. They told him he could go on
coaching basketball if he promised not to get too
excited.”

In that case the doctors should have warned
the team, behind the coach’s back, not to play
any close games.

Bisecting an Angle }

“I wouldn’t. know about that,” said Mr. Irish,
“but I was wondering whether or not your math-
ematical friend at North Carolina, Professor
Henderson, had warned you that the Tarheels
were dropping in to play Fordham in the Gar-
den and’———

Not a word, not a line from the Chapel Hill
biographer of George Bernard Shaw and the pal
of Dr. Albert Einstein in wandering on mathe-
matical wings through Time and Space. Evi-
dently he had plotted this as a surprise attack.
It could be that Professor Henderson himself had
worked up diagrams for efficient moves. on the
court against Fordham. If so, Fordham. is in for
it and may be disintegrated. Watch out, every-
body!

 
 

February 26, 1941

Mre Ned Irish

Director of Basketball -
_ Madison Square Garden
New York City

Dear Neds
I am acknowledging receipt of your request

of February 11 and stating that our expenses exceeded
the amount we were reimbursed.s

Very cordially yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach

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NED IRISH
NINE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK CITY

february llth, 1941

~

Dre Forrest Ge. Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Phogi-

We have not as yet received a note
from you certifying that your expenses ex-
ceeded the amount in which you were reimbursed.
It is not necessary to itemize your accounts,

a simple statement to that effect from you

will suffice to complete my records.

   
 
  

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Since rely yours,
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Director of Basketball
Madison Square Garden
NI: FP