Stroud , Oklahoma
December £4,1942

Mr. Forrest Allen , Basket-—ball Coach ,
University of Kansas ,
Lawrence , Kansas ,

Dear Sir:

IT put in some spare time as assistant scoutmaster and
coaching a boy's basket—ball team in the grade school here. I have
two boys whom I believe will make real. plavers . Mv own son ,

Don , is 13 , six feet tall and weighs 150 pounds , plays quite
a bit of running guard . The other boy , J.T.Poskey is 14 ,
about 5foot, 10 inches tall an is extremely cuick in starting
an fast getting down the court. He is a natural plaver but has
a serious handicap . He is near sighted and has to wear glasses
to eorrect his vision .

A couple of years ago I was in Lawrence and as an old
K.U. student I went to see your Jayhawks beat Denver U . I noted
the fact that three of your boys wore shatterproof glasses taped
to their heads during the game .

I wonder if you would beko an old pair of unbreakable
glasses sor near siehtedness which you would send me rr the
Poskey boy .

[I assure you it would be a @od send for the boy as he
is a splendid athlete and determined to play whether he can see
good or not . There are about six children in the familv so that
his father has plenty of expense .

Sincerely

AG

L.A.Wise

207 West Sixth St.

Stroud , Okla.