Qetober 24, 1945:

Lt. dege Milton P. Allen, USNR
Missouri Athletic Club

405 Washington _

8t. Louis, Missouri

Dear Mitt:

Nebraska can do nothing at all. Petersen is as elligble as

he can be is he is able to play for Kansas. Truth of the matter is.
that Gene will have a tough time making the Kansas team this year.
He is a fine boy and before he is through he will make a dandy.

He is only eighteen years of age and naturally he is awkward. . The
more I gee him play I marvel on his getting seven baskets on Heim
et Lincoln. lihen ileim is offihe is terrible and this was one of
the nights he was off, Nebraska was “hot" as fire crackers and
every time that they shot, they hit. The fact that they won one
tame the whole season bring the fact that they were overbeaten,

Yes, I know this boy Fox at Indianapolis. He writes some
good stuff but he took his que from (Gy Sherman's article at
Lincoln on the Daily Star. The Blligibility Committee of the
Big Six has already ruled Petersen elligible to play for Kansas
so that is just so much "pif. Please tell Lt. George Hitz that
we will have better basketball players than the boy who left Lincoln.
We think a lot of Gene and we will work as hard with him as if he
were the only player that we had to develope at Kansas and it will
take a lot of hard work. :

I just returned from Saint Bike's Ilospital late this afternoon >
where I stayed all day from 8:00 on until 3:30. Mother came out
of here operation in good style but is terribly sick and sore,
She will suffer a lot for a’ week at least. She had two bad situations.
A cystocele and a rectocele. That takes a lot of surgery and she
was on the table an hour and twenty minutes which is no fun. She,
of course, was conscious wien I left but in lots of pain. A special
delivery came from Mary this morning and she received your letter
yesterday afternoon and Eleanor's this morning. Bob was the only
one that failed to write her and 1 know it must be on the way.
Mother's address is R. 203, St. Luke, 43rd Broadway. That will get
her and I know shy will love to hear from you.

With every good wish, I am,

Affeetionately yours,

Director of ’hysical Education,
Varsity Basketball Coach