Decenber 25, 1940 Mrse Orman Vanamker 608 Buchanen Topelm, Kansas Dear Janes = Enclosed is a copy of a letter I have written to Miss Irene Spitzmamn, ¢/o Refugees Comitteee 39 Ancens Square, Glasgow, Scotland, in answer to her letter of Jume 17, 1940. I am sorry it has been impossible for me to answer this letter soonere I have been traveling over the country much and delivering lectures, and in addition my basketball coaching duties are just @ small part of my main job of ade ministering this departments 3 With all good wishes for the Yeletide's Blessings, I amy Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Mducation and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach 2 | FeAslg e denuary 3, 1941 Mire Ray Woodard 3208 Second Avés Des Moines, Iowa . Dear Mr. Woodards Your letter of January 2 regarding defensive pley, hes been received. Dre Allen is out of town at the present time but as soon as he returns your letter will be brought to his attentions Sincerely yours, Seoretary to Dro Forrest C,. Allen Jan,.2,1941 $208 Second Ave, Des Moines Iowa. Dear Sir: I am a boy of 17 and a menber of one of the best boys basketball team in the city. But we are not able to get a defense that will work, and just the other day 1 happen to read your article in the post about your team, and thought may be you “would send me a few diagrams on defensive play. I know you are a busy man and probably will not have time to answer my letter but thanks any how, Yours truly, Ray Woodard 3208 Second Ave. Des MOines Iowa P.S. Good luck to your Kansas team Ure Jele Wellemeyer, Principal Wyandotte High School 25th & Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, Kansas Dear lire Vellemeyers Your good letter of the 8th instant has been received and since my position in the Department of Athletics is one of basketball coach I naturally refer all the administrative matters to lire Gwinn Henry, Director of Athletics and Mr. marl “alkenstien, Financial Secretarys Mire Henry is out of town on speaking dates, so doubtless “re Falkenstien will handle the matter, I am sure you will hear from him in the very near future and I am also sure you will find him cooperative and friendly in the extrence Thank you for your good wishes regarding our team and I assure you our good wishes are most friendly and reciprocal, With kindest personal’ regards, I am, Very cordially yours, Director of Physical mducation and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach PAglg Jd. F.WELLEMEYER PRINCIPAL WYANDOTTE HIGH SCHOOL 25TH AND MINNESOTA AVENUE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS J. CLYDE HUME VICE-PRINCIPAL January 8, 1941 Dr. Fe. C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Friend Allens As you know, I have about forty-five men on my faculty here. They work on the gates and doors at our football and basketball games and many of them are actual coaches of athletic teams. We notice that you are playing Missouri at Lawrence on January 16. That date finds us free of activities here and we would like to organize a good size group to come up there and see your game. Would it be possible for you to issue passes to this group of about forty-five men? Please let me hear from you. We are an- ticipating a fine season for your team this year. Our own boys, both in junior college and high school have started out well. Al with cordial regards, 1 te PRINCIPAL | ; I am very happy to have your letter of the 9th instant and you ean rest assured that it is a pleasure for me to give Odd a high recommendation. I have always been very fond of Odd as he is always very courteous and personable and I am so pleased to know he is doing fine academic works f I saw Skipper a couple of times at the Country Ciub when he was home for his vacation, and I was happy to lmow that he was measurably pleased with Culvere You have two very splendid sons and I mow how proud you are of then bothe a | Thank you for your good wishes for the Holiday Season, and may I reciprocate by wishing you continued health and prosperitye Sincerely yours, Director of Paysical Bducation and Reereation Varsity Basketball Coach danuary 13, 1941 Mr, Dick Wagstaff savhnul 7 834 Vernont Lawrence, Kansas Dear Ticks Enclosed is a copy of a letter I have written to Ernest Invig concerning the bill he owes yous T trust you will hear from him very shortly. — ‘Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach PCAslg : ' Yance Haji Charles Walker Dear Tiutch and Vance: Maurice Jackson desires to take a picture on Fridey afternoon at 5:50 P.M. in Hoch Auditoriums He wants you two boys in your white Varsity uniforms, together with Dean Nesmith and mee ‘ih sin wie Dn tn tk arene 2 ‘or your equipmente will see Dean also, so all you will heve to do is to to Dean and he will dress you up and send you to at 3 i 2306 Thank you very muche Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach LOW tay 20 GF berit Even Her ee ame A Lhe XO Led bine. January 18, 1943 Mire Armin Woestencyer Peoples State Bank Lawrence, Kensese and Mire Quen Carl Carl Clothing Company Lewrence, Kansas Gentlemens I em sending you a carbon copy of a letier that I have written to Glenn Charlton and George Hedtick. I am also enclosing a Xansas State Basketball Program for your inspections, Very cordially yours, Director of Fhysical Education and — Varsity Basketball Coach FOAslg ! U Encese January 18, 1942 Miss Dorothea W. watts Reke #2 Eudora, Kansas Dear Miss Watts: I received your two letters dated Sunday and Thursdays I have been out of town much of late and my correspondence has suffered thereby. I am sorry that I could not angwer sooner. . I am in absolutely no position to help yous. I have made several business camitments since the time that you were clerking for Julius Marks. My how time flies, and so does moncys I was sorry to learn of the passing of your fathers I had not heard it before. These are troublesome times and IJ trust that you and your mother somehow can work your very difficult situation out to a favorable conclusion. With best wishes to you, I em, Sineerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation ‘Varsity Basketball Coach : FOAsig Jenuary 10, 1941 lateh, Washington Pear — voods Answering your favor of the sixth instant I bal state that ny definition of the stratified transitional man for man with the zone principle is that whenevor we are outnumbered, of course, we play the principle of the zone, but when we have ecuel- numbers to meet then we play a sliding zoné€e However, when two men of the opponents quickly move into a zone area, then lion: Secon ton ia juranansgeaeett anerand ec tecoral at that there will be no man loose for a quick — As I observe your defensive formation as sketched on your letter, I ean see that you play @ 2ele2 zone defenses Your apex man, which is your eenter, would not be able to cover shots from the side of the court, say ten feet in from the side line and twenty or twenty-five feet out on a diagonale For instance, the offense could slip a man in to the area just in front of the position.of your center player, then the right forward of the offensive team would swing arowmd as if he was dribbling tovwerds the basket. He would then pass the ball to the offensive man located just in front of your center, The right guard would feke as to go to the. left and then would swing down to this area that I deserited and would shoot a looping shot from the sides The defense that you have ciagremmed would prevent anyone from getting close into the basket, but if the guards were fairly good shots they would soon work the ball aroumd until they could consider this defense a lot of trouble, unless your defensive men were so big and powerful that the offensive guards would get but one shots The strategy of the team to work against your defense would be to put your best shots out in the guard area and count on longer shooting and a quick retreate Please do not think that I am finding feult with your defense, but if the opponents get onto your style and if you would go out to get them quickly then they will develop a type of play with set shooters that will - Cause you some troublée However, if you are versatile enough with transitions on defense, then I would say that you have a corking good defense and one — tough to beate . If we relied upon this defense strictly in our territory, there are a few coaches who would patiently work out a type of offense that would lick uSe For that reason we try to cover up our apparent defensive set formation with some versatilitye Of course, if the defensive team does not have some good big men under the basket, then of course, they are doomed. Coach Wood ‘Page 2 Jeane 10, 1941 I have observed this rule when you have a versatile linesup you can use most any type of orthodox offense or defense and win with it, but when your men are small, which ours have been for the last eight years, then you have to congest your defense and gamble on their beating you from out in fronte I would much rather take chances on their beating with longer shots than short ones. Therefore, my contention is that you will win eight out of your ten games by playing a sliding, switching zone type of game, but if you move out too far you are liable to lose over half of theme . I would say that your defense looks very good and I still believe that we are not so far apart on the type of denfensive that we both use. We move our center defensive man out just a little further, keeping him back to the location you show for a while, but flanging him anteroposterior and diagonally a little further than you shows sy i would say that your defense looks very good and if’ I am not answering your questions I would appreciate your writing me again and I will be happy to do the best I can to explain the situation in a short description that is permitted only in a letters : i ~~ With all good wishes, I em, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Nducation and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach , WAsle Latah High School Latah, Washington January 6, 1941 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: In your book "Better Basketball" there is a passage appearing on page 332 which -—— Pi- causes me some concern. Speaking of 5 on 5 or as in a regular game--"Each of the defen- sive men specifies a certain opponent for whose movements he will be personally re- sponsible during these regular game situations. These defensive men are taught to slide and trade and switch so there will be no excuse for permitting an offensive opponent to score because he shook his opponent loose." After building the team up through 2 onl, 3 on 2, and so forth based on the zone prin- ciple it seems from the above quoted state- ments that the zone is discarded for the man to man principle. Would you please clarify this problem? We have been using a zone type of defense with fair results. We shift to put the head of our defense in front of the ball pulling our forwards back into the free throw area when the ball goes into the cormers and the men near the basket shift to meet the scoring threat. This is our defense formation: moO > & | C. FS aos ee fe ie . I hope I may hear from you because I am interested in your defense as it is different from most of those taught in the Northwest. Yours very truly, P?. C.. lod diol Mie Relie Wason 416 3. Leonard Liberty, Missouri Dear Mre Wacons I acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 20 making ern six tickets for the Oklahoma Aggie-Kansas game, March lle i have referred your letter to Mre Barl Falkenstien, the Finaneial Seerctary of the Athletic Associations He will write you concerning the best awilable ticketse j{ au sure you will hear from We are confronted with the same situation as Kansas State at Menhattame There sre 2926 seats in Hoch Auditoriwa that afford a good view for besketball gamese We sell a great nuaber of reserved season tickets to our patrons due to the fact we are close to Kansas City, Otteawe and Topelt.e In addition, there are about 2000 students who have paid an extra dollar for a reserved season ticket for this year. Besides, the meubers of the Legislature, when they are‘in session in Topeka, generally want to cone over aud bring their wives, se you can see there are very few available seats in Hoch Auditorium, : The Keaen of all sports are admitted to games, players get @ ticket for each year they are on the squad, and then the members of the athletic board are admitted. We regret that we do not have better seating | capacity so that a larger number of our many friends who would like te see & good basketball game could come and sit in comforte Counting every seat in the top balcony, which nuabers about we have out S501 seats available in the whole auditoriwne There are a@ 575 seats in the auditorium thet do not give the spectator a view of the sntire floor. This reduces all good seats to the number of 2926, which is net much larger than the gymmasium at Menhattan, Hoch Auditorium was not built for a basketball court, but was ‘ built for a combined auditoriwa and basketbail court, and the builders failed to make it a firsteclass basketball court or a firsteslass auditorime $0 I regret that it may not be possible to reserve the seats you desire, but I am sure Mre Falkenstien will do the best he can and you will hear from him shortlye Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Redreation Varsity Basketball Coach FUAs 5 a co: Be Falkenstien By AL SANTORO Sports Editor, Los Angeles Examiner |; Bill Schroeder, general director of the Helms Athletic ||, Foundation, has been going througth the morgues, tones and || clippings again. This time, after more than six months of research, and exchange of letters with coaches, authorities | | nd sports writers, he comes-up with what he says is the|) best basketball team of all time. He also names the greatest coaches in the. game that Doctor James Naismith in- vented with the aid of a couple of peach baskets. While there is no denying that Schroeder's brace of selections are most worthy, plenty. of basketball countries, which feel they may! have been slighted, probably will be heard from. Not that we: execpt many to kick about | the Helms’ selection of Angelo (Hank) Lui- | § setti of Stanford as the greatest player of all time. He rates No. 1 on the team. He was ‘recent enough for most of the present basket- m bali followers to appreciate and accept. Hank | | -has the high score for one game, 50, against |} | Duquesne during Stanford's barnstorming | ' tour of 1938, and the only other man to come close was George Glamack of the North Caro- AL ‘SANTO lina teams of 1940 and 1941. Glamack was a remarkable fellow. He was six feet five inches tall. But he was so near-sighted, the Schroeder research shows, that he shot -his buckets} by instinctive knowledge as to where the net should be. And when it came to instinct, he had plenty. of that.. Es The research discloses that he bagged 578 points in 28 games, which you will admit is rather tall ee even . ‘when. -you can see the basket. Here's All-Time ison Selections | | But to get to the meat of the subject, which meat is not ra-|§ tioned, here is the Helms all-time basketball team, which you may|& accept or dissect at your leisure. a Forwards—Victor Hanson, Syracuse, ’26-’27; Cat Thompson, |§ Montana State, ’29; Charles Hyatt, Pes 28 - '29- 30; Angelo Luisetti, Stanford. . Center—John. Schommer, Chicago, 706- "07: "08-'09,. and: George : Glamack, North Carolina, ’40-’41. P ' Guards—Pat Page, Chicago, 08-09-10: ‘Edward McNichol, Pennsylvania, ’15-’16-’17; Paul Endacott, Kansas, '21-’22-'23; John a Wooden, Purdue. ’30-’31-’32. oo ER : ot - A lot of fellows, even Schroeder will admit, may look askanse |f upon any team that neglects to name among its all-timers a man}} like Charles. (Stretch) Murphy, who- played: a lot of center for Purdue, a lot of’ others may ask about such as the five Cowboy McGlincheys of the Livermore Valley, who, if not. all-time caliber, were anyway unique in that they made basketball a family affair. _ I suspect, too, that a lot of the boys are going to wonder if | Frank Lubin, the big man from 20th. ee, Fox, ‘doesn’t or for sucha club, Barry Among First Ten Coaches The all-time coaches team, also 10 in number, includes none}, other than Sam Barry, the former Trojan coach, now at St. Mary’s Preflight, and we don’t think there’s going to be any argument about selecting Sam. The others are: Doctor Forrest Allen of Kansas, truly one of the all-time great mentors, Clair Bee of Long Island, Osborne Cowles of Dartmouth, Clarence (Hec) Edmundson: of Washington, Nat Holman of New York City College, Lon Jourdet; of Pennsylvania, George Keogan of Notre Dame, Ward Lambert of Purdue and Doctor Walter Meanwell, former long- time coach at Wisconsin. ' But we do believe that there will be some mystification as ite why Clarence (Nibs)* Price, the little:giant of the Berkeley campus of the University of California, didn’t get a tumble. And also why the late Harlan (Hebe) Dykes of the great Santa Clara basketball teams didn’t get a better shake, ( Going back among the great players, a tet of fans. who saw Imp Begley are also going to wonder why the. oe didn’t show him, in greater light. However, you are forewarned that the Helms board expended more than six months of research before: ‘popping eut with = teams. It must of been a herculean task. : OTTAWA,KANSAS February 14, 1941 Mr. Fogg Allen Director of Athletics University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas — Dear Mr. Allen: Our committee on athletics has advised me to confer with you about the attitude of the Big Six Conference toward A. A. Ue. and Ban Johnson teams for competition with your university squads. We are of the impression that the Big Six frowns upon such competition. Wot that they are professional, but that they do not fit into your athletic set-up. In other words, we have the impression that you consider it undesirable to play games with those organizations. Moreover, we understand that you would not admit to your competition on your Big Six teams men with playing records on these organizations. Are we correct in this impression? Any information you can give us as to the Big Six attitude on any matters touching upon the questions asked will be greatly appreciated. We admire your position on clean sport and it heartens us to know that some connected with the university management of athletic teams stand "four-square" on @& question of amateurism in universities and colleges. Sincerely yours, | W. B. Wilson WW scm Chairman of Athletic Committee Rhinelander, “isconsin Maroh 24,5 1941 Ure Frog Allen University of Kensas Arkansas, Kaneag Dear Mre Allen: Reason for this letter to you is because of reading your article about emphasing basketbell and football. I think you are hitting upon a good subject which surely needs to be looked into. What brings this te my attention is the fact that this weeke end you are going to have in your pert of the country the U. of “isconsin basketball team which I believe is « good example of what you speak about. There is now one man on team "Kets" ond another man now ine eligible, who are victims of this high power salesmanship to get them inte the Unive to play basketball. I kmow both of these boys well, and they surely have no pleee going to school the wey they were persuaded to go than I heave of being President of Ue Se : They both were teammates on their State Championship He 8. team and both erecker=jack pleyers as you can see by Kats. Due to town spirit and confidential ballyhoo by Use of We coach, ete., they enrolled at the University. Both came from families hard pressed. Leinheiser has a widowed mother (pest 3-4 years) and couple of brothers and sisters. No income for family except a gother’s pension. Katz's family not much vetters Has e brother about to be draftef, and hear if he is, Kets will heve te leave school to help support rest. Both finished school without a nickel, and with a few donations, etc. from local people and promise of more at Unive,they started out. -Leinheiser wanted on engineering course; he started thate Kate took easier one, Physe Ede oth roomed together. Leinheiser honor student here in He Ses Katz got bye they made grades as freshmen. This yoar Leinheiser got hooked in organic chemistrye Lost to team, feels diseppointed, wants to give it upe Coach perssuades him to teke Physe Ede He hed to work hard, study herd, end help keep Ketz ine (Roomed together) Wrote themes for him, ete. Kats also has to work, etce This may be all right to work, etce, but still thet's too much and try to keep up other ends elso, Am afraid result will be both will be out in cold-due to these things abovee Mire Fe Co Allen -2= Mareh 24, 1941 If Leinheiser quits, Katz will surely have to, too, because I hear he ean't get slong without Leinheiser. ‘What I am trying to got to you is this. Getting those kids down there to the Unive of . the way they do, without any support from home whatever and trying to get by there is too much for theme They get a little glory out of it while on team, but think of whet is going on back here and if they do not make the grade at U. and lose all this time and 2-3 years education, it is going to be quite a blew to some people here and to theme I think like yous there's too much emphasis on this stuff. The Ue of W. is riding high now end coach is getting big, too. But what eetisfaction is it if thesekids end their families have to struggle the way they de to get them an education and give the Univ. 211 the glery and fineneieal rewards Bigger crowls now at basketball than et footbell and making plenty ef dough at whose expense? If these boys could go thru school without working and just stick to sports end study, it would be different. Leinheiser could not keep up work study, and basketbell; result flunked, (Herd subject) which he really dreamed of wanting to finish and he probably could if time to study it way he should, So I think, come out with it. Either pay or hire them to play so they can go thru sehool way they should or let them weit until they can,etce, without dragging them down there for deer old “ise by different methods,es now usede oe sscsiteietahinatiishl ent notation tila be nn 3 eae 1 (THIS SIDE OF CARBS FOR ADDRESS > Physical Education Department Kansas 2 University Lawrence, Kansas st. Francia School of Nursing Wichita, Kansas. he Sirs: Having been informed about your supply of educational films, I would appreciate very much if information in regard to the kind and cost of renting such films could be sent to us. Sincerely yours, iste. ilo dh Sp. M, Edith