May 29, 1946 Mr. We Verne Wilkin, Manager 1010 Dwight Building Kansas City 6, Missouri Dear Verne: Thanks for writing mee Yes, I know that both Bob Rolander and Tom Boyston went a great many places. I know the local situation pretty well end I am not sure that they will to to Stillwater, but I do appreciate your writing. I have been ‘through MiePherson ‘three times and we are just not letting Hank Iba take everything, even though he pays them more than is within our reach, We can't compete with him on that basis, | ; It's a sad commentary on sports. but apparently the Oklahoma alumni put out much more money than the Kansas alumni, Maybe our Kansas alumni do not want winning teams as badly as— that. Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska consistently receive more financial alumni support than does Kansas, but thanks anyway. Fraternally, = | | Director of Physical Education, FCA:MF ; Varsity Basketball Coach. THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY CINCINNATI W. VERNE WILKIN MANAGER 1010 DWIGHT BUILDING -KANSAS CITY 6, MISSOURI PHONE VICTOR 4480 THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY CINCINNATI W. VERNE WILKIN MANAGER 1010 DWIGHT BUILDING KANSAS CITY 6, MISSOURI PHONE VICTOR 4480 August 2, 1946 ~ Mre Joe Wilson Rapid Transit Company ei 620 Massachusetts ~ lawrence, Kansas - . = Dear Joes | ; The final street dance of the summer will be held Wednesday, August 7, We certainly appreciate the fine coopera~ tion you have given us in rgrouting your bus. service during these dances, Many, many thankss | Sincerely yours, | Henry As Shenk, Chairman of the HAS sMF Department of Physical Hducation, July 19, 1946 Cple Ralph Wygle - 17177020 Hg and Hgs Sqdne 24th Gth Ae Se As Co Ae Pe Oo 264 San Francisco, California Dear Bills - Undoubtedly you have heard from Coach George Sauer by this. time about your football eligibility and prospects for next year. I turned your letter over to him and asked that he answer it because jou will be playing for him this fall, if you get back. I am sure you will like Coach Sauer and you will find that he is a great coach. , The fall term begins September 26, but registration and enrollment will be the week previous. Of course, there is a football game with T.C.U. on September 21 in Kansas City, Missouri, and so if you could get back by the first of September for practice, it would be well to do 80. There will be no short term before the regular term this years Prospects look very good for the football team, There are some excellent backs and ends, but tackle positions are a little -weake You could help them out a lot there. _— The weather here has been almost as hot as it is over there. It was 104° in the shade yesterday. If it continues, we will all be @s sunburned as your children, By the way, you developed quite a family over there in a short time. I got a bang out of the pictures you sente Joe Ryan was in this week on leave from Fort Benning, I: expect the Army down there will go to pot until Joe gets back. He told me he had had a visit with you before he came back to the States. I think you whll be eligible this fall without any question, since you left school to join the armed forces, We will be looking for you to bolster up that left tackle position and I will try to toughen you up for it in a physical education class. Yours sincerely, Henry A. Shenk, HS MF . Director of Physical Education. June 12, 1946. “Ur, Eldridge Pe Williams 73 Orchestra Place : Detroit, Michigan: | ey Dear Sirs | | Dean Smith of the Sehool of Education has informed me that you are interested in doing graduate work in Physical Education here at the University of Kansas. I am enclosing one of our dees which will suggest to you the work that we offere I would suggest that,if you decide to come to the Univere a of Kansas, youwite to Dr. John Nelson, Dean of the Graduate School, and request permission to do graduate work heres Sincerely yours, | | ° eee | Assistant Professor ~ HS «MF of Physical Education Enc. : June 3, 1946 Mr, Ve Ee Willis, Chief Attorney Veterans Administration Kansas City 6, Missouri Rest Lell, Richardson, Joseph D. Dear Mr. Willis: In connection with your letter of March 27 regarding Joseph De Richardson, I thought I had answered this letter but found it ‘in with the mass of mail that has accumulated on my desk, and so I am writing again. In checking my files I find a card for Jack Re Richardson and one for Je De Richardson. I. am rather con- fused with the two boys. I cannot place Je. De as well as I can place Jack Re Can you give me more information on Joseph Delmar Richardson that would refresh my memory? Sincerely yours, | 3 Director of Physical Education, PCA:MF Varsity Basketball Coach. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Kansas City 6, Missouri | March 27, 1946. YOUR FILE REFERENCE: IN REPLY REFER TO: J,=]] Mr. F. C. Allen, University of Kansas, RICHARDSON, Joseph D,. Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Sir: Joseph Delmar Richardson of Kansas City, Kansas has made formal application for employment as a Training Officer with the Veterans Administration office in Kansas City, Missouri. He has named you as one of the references to whom we could look for information as to his general qualifications, character and reputation. Please advise this office confidentially as to the extent of your acquaintance and the nature of your association with him. Also adviseofhis ability or lack of ability to work in harmony with a group of employees andwhether he is loyal to employer, industrious, efficient and dependable. : You are further requestéd to advise as to his general character, that is, whether he uses intoxicating liquors, gambles, carouses, or associates with questionable characters andvhether, in your opinion, he will retain information in confidence, Any information you can furnish with reference to this person will be treated strictly confidential. For your convenience in forwarding a reply, there is attached a fully addressed envelope requiring no postage. Your cooperation in furnishing this information, we assure you, will be greatly appreciated. Very truly yours, E Wikkke V. E. WILLIS, Chief Attorney. An inquiry by or concerning an ex-service man or woman should, if possible, give vetoran’s name and fle number, whether C, XC, K, N, or V. If such file number is unknown, service or serial number should be given. meta 0 8 vale ee 20. April 24, 1946 Mr. Les V. Warren Director of Playground Recreation : Kansas City Public Schools | Kansas City, Missouri Dear Les: : } ' I would like, if possible, to receive specifications as to lay-out and costs of your tarvia, bithulitic, or asphalt tennis courts. We have four all-weather concrete courts and twenty clay courts but we believe the tarvia is not only cheaper, but not so hard on the players feet. We are planning construction on new courts and would like the benefit of the knowledge that you have gained with your Kansas City setup. I will appreciate any information that you may give Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA:MF Varsity Basketball Coach, March 22, 1946 Maxyne Je Woody c/o Warren V. Woody, Agency Manager Room 419829 South La Salle Street Chicago 3, Illinois Dear Maxs It was good to hear from you and to know that you have finally ended up in Chicago and going to school. I am sure that by the time you have finished you will be as bag a "brain" as the mental giants of whom you speaks It was fine to hear of Jay Kern and Bill Kern and to know thet you and Jay are giving each other moral support, Your ‘letter was certainly a morale builder for mee We are othenpitne to raise our heads after the beating we teak last Monday night against the Oklahoma Aggies and are al- ready planning big things for them next year. Thanks heartily for your most adequate congratulations end compliments concerning ovr basketball team, It is most gratify- ing to receive letters such as yours from such ardent Jayhawkers” from time to time. If in the future I am able to continue writing rebounds, I shall certainly send you your copies, With kindest personal regards, I em . Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. et >» PRESIDENT Mie WARREN V. WOODY, AGENCY MANAGER ROOM 419 - 29 S. LA SALLE STREET CHICAGO 3, ILLINOIS: March 22, 1946 Mr. Lee Williams 7 Club Roads | ? “ Glen Cove, Long Island, New York ‘ Dear Mr. Willies; The past two weeks here at Kansas have been a perpetual nightmare and, although I hate to make excuses, I will have to admit that I am sorry that I could not answer your letter of the 2nd of March in time that whatever information I might have had could have been of assistance to you for the report, Since it is the 22nd of March, I assume that your need for this information is paste However, should you still wish a statement from me concerning postwar trends of intercollegiate athletics and the subsidigation of athletes, I shall be happy to put time and effort into obtaining one for yous ‘I am sincerely sorry for the delay but, as you probably know, we have been playing basketball through the 19th of March with ever increasing vigorosity. S4ncerely yours, ~ Director of fepition’ Education, FCA:MP Varsity Basketball Coach. 7 Club Road Gien Cove, L,I., Ne» march 2, i946 — “Mr. forrest. "Phog™ Allen Head Basketball Coach Kansas University Lawrence, Kansas Dear Mr. Allen: Being a student at Teachers College, Cotumbia University for work on my master's degree, I find that in a problem assigned to our committee that you will helpful as a source of information. We are working on post-war trends of intercol- legiate athletics. In that connection, witl you send me as soon as is convenient to you (our re- port is due March 16) all the material you have on regulations adopted by your conference on post- war problems. Include, if you will, the rules of eligibility that have been adopted, or will be a- dopted, and when. Also, I would like either a conference statement or your individual statement, or both, on the sub- ject of subdization of athletes, so far as the Big 6 is concerned. If you can think of any other topic that has a bearing on trends of athletics as a result of the war, I certainly wonld appreciate hearing of that. Sincerely I thank you for your cooperation in this problem. ec Williams £ March 21, 1946 . Mr. Edward J. Wenner Attorney and Counsellor at Law | : Fifth Floor Commercial Building Waterloo, Iowa \ Dear Mr. Wenners I was very happy to receive your letter of March 19 containing your views on the twelve-foot basket. It is always good to know that other people agree with your ideas and it is with the support of persons such as yourself that these ideae can be carried through. Our research has proven the facts stated in your letter=-the shorter boy would have more of a chance, there | would be more dependence on far-out shots, and there would be fewer personal fouls. However, I am not proposing this change - for high schools, only for college players. Thenking you for your letter and with every good wisk, I am Sincerely, Director of Physical Education, FCA: MF Varsity Basketball Coach. EDWARD J. WENNER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW STATE SENATOR (EX) FIFTH FLOOR COMMERCIAL BUILDING WATERLOO, IOWA 19, 1946 Dr. Forest C. Allen — Coach, Kansas University Lawrence, Kansas Dear Sir: I read a recent newspaper comment as to your suggestion that the rules and regulations of bas- ketball be so changed as to increase the height of the basket two feet. The present height is ten feet. Your sugges- tion would make it twelve. For some years I have been of the opinion the height should be increased so that "shorter" play- ers would have a chance. As it is now, a boy who is not six feet tall has very little chance of making a team in the Big Ten, or in any of the other leading college teams. : If the basket were raised, it would seem to me a boy of shorter stature would have a chance. The probable result of an increase in height would be that more dependance would be based on “far-out" shots. Then, I believe as you do that there would be a reduction in the number of personal fouls. : I have no official connection with basketball, but you may be assured I will lend my efforts in bringing about this change. Yours very truly, March 20, .1946 Mr. George Le Williams The Thornton & Minor Clinic Kansas City 6, Missouri Dear George: Thanks very much for your fine wishes expressed regarding our game against the Aggies. Coming from you I appreciate your good wishes more than you know, I will try to be with you at twleve o'clock Saturday noon, | if I possibly can make it. I am leaving tonight for Garden City, Kansas, and have a great number of speaking engagements, The game with the Oklahoma Aggies threw all of these things out of gear. I speak at Fostoria, Ohio, Monday, and with my work so far in arrears, I am having difficulty in getting the most essential things done first. I was to leave for Ulysses, Kansas, last night, but a double suicide in that town wes the cause of canceling that engagement. Now to the ‘ite that I did not expect to méntion in the letter but wanted to write you a personal letter in long hand. George, we did not know of the passing of your wife at all until we read of the death of your wife's brother in the paper a week ago, If Mrs, Allen'has not written the letter that we discussed at home, you will get it in a very short while. We were so fond of her, having grown so well acquainted with her through your unique Christmas greeting letter, We often talked of your happy home and your happy family and /it was a personal shock and loss to uss a decided shock and loss when we had had the Christmas greeting card and her passing was so near that date. There is nothing that we can do and words do not assuage the grief that comes to you who are so dear and so close. Only time is a great healer and benefactor in such situations. But I did want you to know per- sonally that we certainly would have had some communication definitely to. you earlier had we known of your great loss. You give your fine fourteen year old son my thanks for™ his ovspen against the Aggies. ‘ I certainly will be at your luncheon if I possibly can, Sincerely, \ I . Director of Physical Education, FCA:MF Varsity Basketball Coach. THE THORNTON & MINOR CLINIC SPECIALIZING /N RECTAL AND COLONIC OISEASES SINCE 1877 RMS AS -CTTY 4 MISSOURI March 18, 1946 i. Dr.Forrest C. Allen = University of Kansas : Lawrence, Kansas Dear "Phog" - This oo. is being dictated, , "Phos", ihinday afternoon before the big game to-night. I am stressing this, because I want: you to be my guest Saturday noon at my annual basket ball dinner for the officials an coaches of the playoff games Friday and Saturday. Whether Kansas wins to-night or not, I want you there Saturday noon. For the last four years I have been underwriting this dinner, and it has grown to about sixty or seventy people. Reeves Peters does al the inviting and we invite usually just officials and people who have soa thing to do with the basket ball games in this part of the country, inc anyone who officiates at basket ball games and people who are really in in basket ball. Please be sure and put this dow for twelve o'clock at the Ho Continental, Saturday, March 23rd. I just won't take "no" for an answer and will expect to see you there, as, I say, whether Kansas comes out on to-night or not, and believe me, fellow, this is one who certainly is p for you, and my fourteen year old boy, who played Freshman on the Pembro Country Day basket ball team this year, is going to be there pulling for too. I know that with these two "pulls" you are going to win to-night way, just remember where I am expecting you to be Saturday noon - at tl Continental at twelve o'clock. | Best personal regards, Gesige 2 Weilain GLW:mle March 20, 1946 Mr. Frank H,. Wheat 619 West 70th Street Kansas City 5, Missouri Dear Franks I genuinely appreciate your sincere expression made to us for victory over the Aggies least Monday night. Such letters coming from you make us genuinely happy, I assure you, and although we could not wineenever had a chance with the big boy--at the same time, your letter gave us a great pick-up. : I have always cherished knowing you and your wonderful dade He is one of the finest gentlemen that I have ever met. : Sincerely yours, Pte Director of Physical Education, PCA:MF Varsity Basketball Coach. March 11, 1946 Mrs Je Fe Wellemeyer, Principal ' Wyandotte High School 25th and Minnesota Kensas City 2, Kansas Dear Priend Je Fes ; Iwas delighted to get your good letter of the 8th instant and regret exceedingly that I am not in a position to offer you and the fine Wyandotte Hi teachers complimentary tickets for the game on the 18th. There is an agfeement at the hall between the University authorities and the hall people not to give any complimentary | tickets to anyone. There will be tickets given to the boys for their families but each university will pay the established price for every ticket. It is something like the tournament arrangements for your state high school game. It is necessary to do this to pro- tect the hall and the other authorities who get their share of the receipts. I am sure that you will understand this, you hav- ing been placed in a similar situation many times. ® I never have had anything to do with handling the tickets for the past nine years. Sincerely yours, : , Director of Physical Education, FCA:MP | Varsity Basketball Coach, © WYANDOTTE HIGH SCHOOL 25TH AND MINNESOTA AVENUE. ; KANSAS CITY 2, KANSAS ‘U. F. WELLEMEYER PRINCIPAL March 8, 1946 es Tres Fe Ce Allen ee are _ University of Kansas 4 Lawrence, Kansas ‘Dear friend Phog: | oe ae a ) we We are, of course, all delighted with the work meh | | ss ‘that your basketball team is doing. We're not | | | ‘unmindful of the fact that two of your best players . at present, are Wyandotte boys. Would it be possible for you to supply me with a few complimen- tary tickets for the game on the 18th? Several of Rey Evans’ teachers and some of us in the administra- : ee tion would be glad to see thet game, even — we are sure you are going to en it. Sie J. CLYDE HUME — VICE-PRINGIPAL