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PHOG ALLEN

Plans to shift the annual All-
| Sports banquet of the Y.M.C.A.
ito larger quarters were announced
Saturday, the presence of Coach
Forrest C. “Phog” Allen of Kansas
U. as principal speaker being one
reason for the shift. The banquet
lis set for Thursday, April 13..

| There is no more famous in-

‘dividual in the basketball ranks
than Dr. Allen, who founded the
Kansas Relays, sparked the drive
to build Memorial stadium at
Kansas U., wrote two books —
:“My Basketball ‘ Bible”. and
| “Better Basketball” ~—- and. who
has contributed articles to most
lof the leading publications in the
COUNTEY. ==;

Dr. Allen got into basketball
with both feet upon his gradua-
|tion from Kansas U. in 1905, his
Kansas City Athletic club team
{starting him on the road to fame.
That club made headlines when
it soundly drubbed the Buffalo,
TN, -Y.,. German Y.MUC.A.. .team
‘\which had won the Olympic title
at both the Pan-American and
the St., Louis World fairs.

Coaching the Kansas U.. cagers
in 1908 and 1909, Dr. Allen’s
{teams won Missouri Valley titles
both years. He served several
‘jschools in the period between
1909 and 1920, at which time he
returned to coach basketball. He
has won 23 championships in 30
years and was founder of.the Na-
tional Association of Basketball
pion ages

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