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GENERAL OFFICES
NEWS BUILDING NEW YORK CITY

January 25, 1945.

ae. F.C. Allen
Athletic Department
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Phog:

Keep my name out of it, but the enclosed might furnish you with
concurrent indisputable evidence in your anti-betting-on-basketball
campaign, for which you certainly deserve three rousing cheers.

This is a very quick trip up and back, so I will not be able to
get out to the middle-west, but I hope to do so with the family before
another year has passed and I shall certainly count on seeing you then.

We now have two children, a little girl arriving last March 28th.
We are all in excellent health and hope the Allen family is the same.

I would like to hear from you at Caixa Postal 719, Rio de Janeiro,
about the whereabouts of Mit, Bobby, and the other Allen children and
their states of health.

With all best wishes,

Sincerely,

a

James Alan Coogan
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February 15, 1945.

Mr. James Alan Coogan,
United Press Associations,
Caixa Postal 719,

Rio De Janeiro, S.A.

Dear Friend Alan:

It was most thoughtful and generous to do the thing you did and I assure
you I deeply appreciate it. Gertainly I would have kept your name out of
it had you not mentioned it, but you did a fine chore and I am grateful to
you fer it. : |

_ We have been hammering them right on the dome and I believe the blows are
having 4 telling effect. But the pity of it all is that the N.C.A.A., who
has the power to do something, does nothing but talk. That is all they have
ever done. 3 |

Congratulations on your fine family: and your good health.

Now, for the whereabouts of the Allen household. Eleanor married Gil
Williams, a Wharton School graduate and a Law graduate of Pennsylvania.
She is living at Lansdowne, out from Philadelphia about twenty miles. She
was married a year ago last August, and we are expecting her home for a
visit some time in April.

Jane married a Navy flyer, Lt. Elwood Mons, a Princeton graduate, who lived
in Chicago at the time she met him several years ago. They have a baby girl,
Jill, and while they are now at the Navy base at Glenview, Illinois, we are
expecting Jane home when her husband is apt to get his orders for the trans-
port base at Dallas. Seven months ago the wives were sent home and they
thought they were going to get an overseas mission, but it didn't material-
ize. These scuttlebutt rumors in the Navy keep them up in the air most of
the time.

Mit is color blind and has failed his test after being offered a commission
in both the Nary and the Marines. He went up a couple of weeks ago and
passed the color test, due to the fact, I think, that they have lowered the
requirement, but he hasn't received his commission as yet. He is hoping, be-
cause he says he gan't take it - practicing law here in Lawrence in civilian
garb. He is a very successful attorney and I will give him your address. I
hope he will drop you a line. They have a little red-haired girl, Judy, who
is a dandy. Mit bought a home at 2022 Vermont Street, and is very proud of
his place. He is doing well in the practice of law.

Bobby finished his medical work, obtaining the M. D, degree at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania last November. Since that time he has been stationed
at Bell Memorial Hospital as an interne. Bob and Mit both got down to see

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us lick Oklehoma the other night, 42 to 27, and don't think they didn't enjoy
it! Ted O'Leary and several of the old gang were here and it was “— a
gala occasion to whip the Sooners so soundly. —

Mary, with her three children, is living at Palo Alto. She was home last
summer, but #11 the children did not come with her. “Sonny” Lee Hamilton,
who is 17 years of age, came enroute to Culver summer school, te has been
there two summers and he expects to finish the summer work this nest swmer.
He, like Mit and Bob, belongs to the Black Horse Troop, a cavalry outfit .
that includes 129 black horses in their outfit. It is a very striking set-
up, and a fellow who spends that meh time at Culver gets a big wallop out
of it because they have a great institution.

ure. Allen is well, but she and I rattle around in thet big old house like
a@ couple of peas in a pod. But when the kids come home with their families
it is quite a lively place.

_ 1 em sending you a copy of our latest Jayhawk Rebounds, a nonthiky letter
that I get out to our boys overseas. I think there may be some points of
interest in it for you. : ;

Here's thanking you again and wishing you continued success and the best
of health for all of you.

@ratefully yours,

, Direotor of Physical Education,
PCA:AH : Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
 

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Dear Bob:

Masia _Time 7evy gonerous and sporting of yor te handle the sttmtion
as you did 4m your oolum, “on the Line". !

Pirst, sSentG 0b tty Gait Nell SEAN dink tee tne edb eney .
trouble. I consider Ned Irish a very astute and successful businessman.
Se ee ee ee ee en eS ee ee ee
efficient concerning details as he. ‘

The N.C.AA. group ~ Griffith, 5t. John, Olsen, et ih onal :
the ones *that organized the N.C.Ad. basketball comsittes to handle their
own tournaments. And in 1940 I handled the Western!N.C.A.A. and the
National play-off, and mde them $10,000 at the games in Kansas City.

- Oleen had previously lest $5,000 the year. before in the games between
Oregen and Ohio State played at Nortiwestern University.

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irene eS yr saamingromccneapas bie John, Olsen, — ne but that
: er here ner there. That is their affair.

 

In 1968 when Ramune played Ferdhan in the Garden, ok: eee
in Philadelphia and St. Benaventure's in Buffalo, I made the statement
at the luncheon given to the writers at Toots Shor's, that we came to New
ee ee ee ee eee
etatement. Hany of the boys ever the country like a trip to New Yor'c
ee ee ek nn SOEERE Oey Se ERY AERTS |
from the officiating in other parts. °

‘Tem very frank to say that if the ordinary top eastern teau mde :
a trip to Kansas City, Missouri, and they were subjected to the western
type of officiating, the easterners would be umiliatingly defeated. As
it is, there are few eastern taams that have been winning their games in
the Garden for the past five years, which, discounting the edge in the
officiating, would still uake the eantarners look worse in other areas.

Sue Se wan play klk, th is eal. Sik Sl ek el .
by the Rule Book. It is.a throw-back from the old pre rules and many of
the coaches having been pro players, that influence is still felt. I

 
mention the “pick off" play that is called when an off

direction. Even though the cutting player

jately called for a “pick off". The story goes ,

a western player had passed the ball in one direction

other way, and was called for a “pick eff". ‘The player said to the official,
"I wasn't doing a thing. I never toushed him." “I know,” ) Fe

"but I detected evil in your eye.” Officials rule on act.

but back east call this play for obvious intent.

In your artiele you state that “Allen should have named

eving if Ned Irish gave out this information. I am enc
wire whalch I sent him regarding Albie Ingerman. Ned

it, but I have definite information otherwise. There were

uixed up with Interman, and it is alleged on very good author~
them received $500 from the gamblers. One of the
the night before the game, went to his father and
\ i he went te the police. This happened before the game,

a ; ;

I have this information definitely from the teammates of
Neither Ingerman or the other boys played any ball, but Ned said
injured badly and the other boy got sick. . But Josh Cody had to get some
high school boys enrvulled to finish out his tournament.

I have this from one of the top sports writers in New York: “Appar-
ently Temple knew what it was doing last spring when that kid was quietly
allewed to drop out, but that is an example of local authorities handling
@ case to everyone's satisfaction." So you see the sports writers did know
all about it, and yet everyone over the coumtry denied it.

_  mether line from an : writer: “A gambler on the
inside who has talked to me insists that those things which are supposed to
have happened came because the New York orowd fixed up ome game to take the
Philadelphia crowd, and the Philadelphians retaliated."

On October 24, 1944, I sent this wire to Lawton Carver: “Your
statement that I have backed down is untrue. I stated that certain eastern
writers have minimized the gambling hagard, and your story prompts me to
believe that you are one of them. As far as my getting out of the game I
em in is concerned, I suggest you apply the same yardstick to yourself in
your profession. What could you know of how much basketball has given me?" -

Garver had said that I backed down and named no names, and I au
wondering if Irish ever gave him or the other boys the infermation that I
had sent him Ingerman'ts neme, wiich caused this outburst from Carver. ~

 
 

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You can see by what I said to Carver that I had a definite idea
that many sports writers kmew rackets were being perpetrated, and yet an
they were trying te protect the game from a2 blow-up on account of their
friendship for Ned Irish. Carver had written e spurious colwm full of
poison and libel concerning me. It was so bad that the INS killed it
one hour after it was sent out.

“eg Wihie Sen deus vie ne Bes “I don't know of a single |
case where it could be proved that the college boys were playing along»
with the gemblers." This, of course, came before the explosion, but

there were many cases that could not be proved previous to that time. .

I just wanted to correst the impression in your mind thet Ned
Trish end I had ever had any difficulty. |

Sincerely yours,

se Director of Physical shieittn:
FCA:AH : Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
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May 16, 1945

Forrest J. Allen
Director of Abhhletics
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doc:

Your letter arrived, and it was just the
right dope. Outside of orders home, it was
about the biggest moral booster I could get.
However, i'm afraid, the boys from the East
coast had a correspondenly decrease in
moral.

I just put your letter on the bulletin
board in the wardroom, then sat back and
watched their faces as they read it. There
wasn't much they could say. a

Thanks a million Doc, it was a great
letter. JI would be tickled to death to
get your "Rebounds". I havn't fun into any
of the old gang yet, but I have been hitting
right around several of them all the time.
One of these days we'll contact, and if there
is anything of interest I will shoot it on
to you.

Kindest personnal regards,

we Cla

Wayn Peres Jr. UBNR
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| Yes, indeod, T r do wenenhar yous and I am pobaster qatiiend cneworing
your letter. . r

The tournament that you speak of is the National Collegiate
Athletic-Association Tournament. The United States is divided into eight
collegiate districts, fow west of the Mississippi River and four east of
the Mississippi River. The Big Ten is number four; ther Missouri Valley: .
territory is number five, the. Southwest Conference is six, the:Rooky -
Mountain area is seven, and. the Pacific Coast area. isi:number eights: ©.

Since )} a national championship of universities and one-year
residence colleges iias been played. The plan is that the four districts
of the N.C.A.A. east of the Mississippi meet and play off the Hastern
N.C.AA, finals, and the four teams west of the Mississippi meet and play
“eff the Western N.C.AsA. finals. Then the eastern winners movt the western
winners for the N.C.A.A. championship which is, in fact, the big —"
championship ef the United States.

In 1940 Kensas won the Western N.G.AsA., and Indiana won the
Eastern. Kansas had defeated Oklahoma Aggies to determine the Fifth District
champion since Oklahoma Aggies is in the Missouri Valley Conference and we
are in the Big Six Conference, and it was necessary to decide on our Pifth
District champion. Then Southern California, Rice ( representing the rigger"
west Conference), Colorado (representing the Rocky Mountain Seer: St
Kansas played in Kansas City. Southern California defeated Colorado, and
Kansas defeated Rice. Then Kansag defeated Southern California for the
Western N.C.A.A- Indiana and Kansas met in Kansas City for the National
NoCeAhes and Indiana won.

In 1941 Stanford won the N.C.A.A. championship by defeating
Dartmouth, the Eastern winner. In 1942 Wyoming won the N.C.A.A. champion-
ship by defeating St. Johns of Brooklyn, or Georgetown, I am not certain,
the Invitation winner.

Now let me say a word about these Invitation winners. ‘They are
- nething more nor less than a selection of Ned Irish and a group of news-
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Tournament of New York City. It was promated and built up among the sport f. p
writers. This was such a vulgar promotion that policy and less heat desired 7
caused them to call it the National Invitation Tournament. It has no bear- ~/ ,

ing, no standing with any colleges at all. It is simply a promotion like t

the A.A.U. (Amateur Athletic Union). They pick the teams that they think

will draw best at the gate, and keep the money.

In 1945 Utah won the National N.C.A.A. by defeating seeiaueieie bie
‘the finals in Madison Square Garden. Then Utah went on to defeat St. Johns
ef Brookiyn for what they call the mythical, and it is very mythical because
it has no standing at all, but the money is given to the Red Cross and has
been for this play-off between the N.C.A.A. and the National Invitation.
And that gives a semblance of standing to the mythical championship. It
would never be played and the National Invitation would have no bearing
except for newspaper ane Hed Irish's promotion.

| ‘Shin we toes date: kaghen sm: Gen: Bankers Ghapatt ty date
Arkansas. They had previously defeated Utah by a top heavy score in the
first round. Then Oklahoma Aggies west east to defeat New York University
in Madison Squars Garden for the N.C.A.A. finals. And night befere last
Oklahoma Aggies defeated DePaul of Chicago fer this mythical ohampionship
promoted by Irish and his newspaper esoteric, $46,000 gate receipts going to
the Red Cross.

The National Collegiate A. A. Tournament first started when Orage
won the Western N.C.A<A. play-off at Treasure Island in San Prenciseo. John
Bunn and I, the N.C.A.A. representatives, conducted the tournament. The
University of Oklahoma‘from the Fifth District, the University of Texas from
the. Sixth District, Utah State from the Seventh District, and Oregon played
for the Western chauplonship title. Oregon, the Western wimer, then went
to Chicago and played Ohio State, the Bastern N.C.A.A. champion, and Oregon
defeated Ohio State, Seater _— ares the first National Collegiate
champion.

So the Pacific Coast has won two championships, with Oregon and
Stanford. The Big Ten has won one N.C.A.A. championship with Indiena in
1940. The Rocky Mountain Conference has won two with Utah and Wyoming
as their representatives, and the Missouri Valley has won one with Oklahoma
Aggies. Not an eastern team has won a schempionship, although Dartmouth,
Hew York University and others have gotten to the finals.

'. I knew Coach Joe Lapehick of St. Jolms very well and he ig a fine
fellew. He is an old professional basketball player and a good ak. but
St. Johns has never gone into the N.C.A.A. play-off. They have always gone
juke Gs Bmrbeiaa: tack thay tame wens pluie tor Ges tenmneded wktee. wl
no eellege authorities.

You will pardon me in not laying claim to any titular honors, but
I will send you our record in our conference. In 1942 we went east and met
St. Bonaventure's in Buffale, one of Ned Irish's promotions, and defeated
them 55 te 22. We played Fordham in the Garden and defeated them 31 to DO;
and then we played St. Joseph's at Philadelphia, mae Garden promotion,
and defeated them 63 to 38.

If you would ask my personal iii I would tell you definitely
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@ntire eastern aren. Stanford traveled with us on that eastern trip ana /
they defeated Canisius at Buffalo in this double-header that we played’ by

a lpp-sided score. The sam night we defeated Fordham, Stanford defeated
Long Islend University by a large score. The same night we defeated St.
Joseph's, Stanford defeated Temple, so there were two western teans from
different sections making clean sweeps in all games.

We have not been able to meet the eastern teams out in our part
, of the country. They could get big guarantees, but some of the boys
New York think that Philadelphia is far west, and Pittsburgh just out of
this world. Nat Holman's City College of New York team want
Bradley Tech of Peoria, Illinois, about five or six years ago and were de-

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western teams going east, and it is an exception if they lese over one game
out of four. So that is 750 per sent on ‘the other fellow’s playing fl
-.and playing under officials who oall them quite differently. It is
the same situation as if an eastern team would come west. They would ge
different playing conditions and different officiating.

I am alwaye glad to give boys in the service a prompt reply. I :
am sending you one of ow Jayhawk Rebounds, a publication that we get out :
to sur boys in the service. If you are interested in receiving this let

me know and I will put you on the mailing list.

With kindest personal regards and best wishes for your safe return,

Very sincerely yours,

Director of Fhysical Edusation,
FCA:AH | Varsity Basketball. Coaches

 
Mar 20, 1945

Dear Doc:

You may not remember me, I was a Kappa Sig at
K.U. end went to school with Noble, Rogers, Engleman
and a few other famous K Sig basketballers.

The purpose of this letter is to settle an
argument. Why is it that Easterners are so narrow |

minded. We just received the issue of Life with the
write-up of the St. Johns team. Those on this ship
from the east say St. Johns is the best team and has
been since basketball started. Also they claim to
have the best coach. I offered to bet $50 that the
Kansas teams and the Kansas coach have such a far
better record that St. Johns wouldn't even show.

if it isn't too much trouble would you, if you
have the information available, send me all the
national statistics that will show Kansas’ record as
against St. Johns, or better still any national
statistics.

 

Which is the recognized national championship.
The National Invitation tournement, or the National
AAU bBhat is played in KC? How about Kansas' record
in playing Eastern teams? ni

I maintain that in say the ten years before the
war Kansas' overall record will stand up against any
of them, and that the E ast as a section plays
inferoir ball. It makes my blood boil to have sone
half-baked Jersey or Brooklyn zoot-suiter blast any
one except the East. I want proof to show them up
before every officer on this ship.

Don't let me down Doc. and when you give the
best coach, for heavens sakes don't be modest.
I would appreciate an airmail return and am enclosing
@ stamp. Thanks a million.

yon Cdn Pergonnal regards
a do Jr. Lt. (jg) USNR
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Mr. Alex Cochrane, |
Director of Athletics, 3
Ord City Schools, ? ae ss
Ord,. Nebraskne :

Dear Alex:

Tam glad to lnow thet George Dvorakts mee is getting
none all right and that he was able to play a full season

Congratulstions on , yom fine season

The University of Kansas Ikctension Division has a film
entitled "Basketball Fundamentals", which is a very excellent
teaching film. It was made by the Eastman Kodak Company, and
I use it in teaching fimdamentals to my boys. I believe the
rental cherge is $2.00 plus transportation costs, but TI
suggest that you get in touch with the Extension Division
if you wish to use it any time. , |

With best wishes to you, I an

Sincerely Yours,

Director of Physical Education,
‘POAAH | ‘Varsity Basketball corch.

 
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September 4, 1944,

Mr. Alex Cochrane,
Director of Athletics,
Ord City Schools,

Ord, Nebraska.

Dear Coach Cochrane:

’ Iwill be very happy to see your boy with the bad
knee. I expect to be in Lawrence from now on, with the
exception of being called out of town if only for a day.
I would like to be informed ahead of time when you send
the boy down so that I will plan to be here.

It would be necessary for him to come to Lawrence and
of course to the University. My phone number is 500 at
home, and K.U. 83 here at the office.

I have just had a young man, Bernie Boucher from
Harlan, Iowa. His coach, Brick Mason, sent him down, and
I returned him last Sunday in good shape, I hope. He
seemed to derive a definite benefit.

It was good to see you at Boone.

I assure you I will be happy to do all I can for your
boy e

Very sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
FCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach.

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AVENIDA RIO BRANCO, 110-4.,0

JAMES ALAN COOGAN.
DIRECTOR NO BRASIL

2 oe ee vaneiro, 2 APRIL 945,
DRe Fe Co ALLEN,

DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND
VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH,
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS»

LAWRENCE, KANSAS, UsSele

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DEAR DOCs

| WAS DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE YOUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 15, AND No.
13 OF "JAYHAWK REBOUNDS", BOTH OF WHICH DRIFTED IN HERE THIS AeMe
IF ANYTHING 1S GOING TO REACH ME WITHIN 6 WEEKS, IT HAS TO COME
AIRMAtILe

WILL YOU PUT MY NAME ON THE "JAYHAWK REBOUNDS" MAILING LIST?
|'D SURELY APPRECIATE ITe TO COME TO ME BY SEAPOST, leEey NOT AIRMAILe
|T WOULD GIVE ME A CHANCE TO KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE | KNEW,
ALTHOUGH | TOOK A LOOK IN TME MIRROR FOR GRAY HAIRS AFTER READING No.
[3 BECAUSE | KNEW ABOUT 2 |/2 NAMES MENTIONED, No More!

IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR OF THE HAPPY LIVES-OF THE VARIOUS AND SUNDRY
ALLENS, DOC, AND REST ASSURED |'M WRITING MIT RIGHT AWAYe VERY HAPPY
TO LEARN WHERE HE IS, AND WHAT HE IS DOING. TELL HIM NOT TO FRET TOO
MUCH ABOUT THAT DISABILITY BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO KEEP THE HOME FIRES
BURNINGs EVERYONE CAN'T GO TO WAR, YOU KNOWe 7

IF "JAYHAWK REBOUNDS" ALREADY HAS BEEN FOLDED UP FOR THE BEASON,
GOULD YOU HAVE SENT TO ME THE NUMBERS FROM NO. 13 ONWARD THROUGH THE
LAST NUMBER FOR THE 1944-45 SEASON? MANY THANKSe AND| THEN MAKE SURE
| GET THEM FOR NEXT SEASON, TOO.

THE PACE MUST BE TERRIFIC FOR YOU, Doc, BUT YOU SEEM TO BE STANDING
UP TO IT WELLe UNDERSTAND JOWA STATE WON THE BIG 6 THIS YEAR=-TOUGH
LUCK, BUT YOU CAN'T WIN 'EM ALLe

WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAS THE NCAA DONE ABOUT GAMBLING BY nowt THE
ONLY REMEDY IS TO TURN THE GAME BACK TO THE COLLEGES AND THE KIDS AND
TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE REALM OF PRIZEFIGHTING, HORSERACING AND THE LIKE,
WHICH IS WHERE IT WAS WHEN | was IN THE USA Last JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
THAT GOES FOR ALL COLLEGE SPORTS, TOO, NOT ONLY BASKETBALLe SURELY ALL
STADIUMS AND FIELDHOUSES OUGHT TO BE PAID FOR BY NOW, OR HAVE STILL
OWING COMPARATIVELY SMALL SUMS WHICH CAN BE RETIRED BY THE COLLEGES IN
NORMAL GHANNELSe

PLEASE REMEMBER ME TO DOLPH SIMONDS AND PAT MALONE, WHOM | ASSUME
IS STILL AT THE J-W. TALKED To TeD BY 'PHONE FROM New YorRK AND IT WAS
A GREAT PLEASURE.

|'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A VISIT TO LAWRENCE WHEN THE waR 1S OVER AND
| HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN AND MRSe ALLEN AND MIT AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE
REST OF THE FAMILY.

WITH ALL BEST WISHES AND KINDEST PERSONAL REGARDSe

SINCERELY,
 

July 13, 1945

Coach Potsy Clark
- 615 Gladstone Ave. .
Grand Rapids, Michigan \

Dear Potsy:

i was glad to have your letter of the 5th instant, |

and to hear about your family. It is diffioult to imagine

_ that Mary and Jane are old enough to finish college, but —

&ll we have to de is look in the mirror for confirmation of

the fact that life moves rapidly on. We would like to see

dane and talc over old times with her. I was in Glen Charletonfe
office yesterday afternoon, and showed him your letter, He was
disappointed that the family was not going to be with you.

Night before last as President of the Civic Action
Counoil, I introduced Kenneth ¢. Welch who spoke here on city |

. planning and city fact lifting. Mr. Welch is one of your ee
Grank Repids architects, and he is Vice President of The Gren |

Rapids St. Bqiipment Company.

- A few years ago Dr. Harry Southwick, a chief Surgeon
at a large hospital there, the Butterworth TI believe was at
Gulver. It was when Bob and Mit were there. /He has several
children, and we found them all to be wonderful people. If

you ever nun into either of these two please give them my kindest
regards. : : : : :
tan sending you the latest issue of our Jayhawk Rebounds —
which will perhaps give you some dope on some of the personalities
_ that you might have known previously, but I doubt if you will
renember many of them.

With all good wishes, I am

Sincerely vours,

Direotor of Physical Education
Varsity Basketball Coach

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Dr. KR. I. Comuteson,
Watkins Menerial Hospital,

Dear Dr. Canstenon:

"Let's let K.U. rum their | ai ne ets ms anvenes run their
effairs. Vote for Harold for Couns

Lleyd Purgell and Merle ta es a eae al
me up and they were fighting mad. They are residents of Lawrence, of
course. T thaught want & sam stroke of strategy, or pseudo-strategy
it was.

But here's the ntowttin., confidential to you. Steve Hinshaw
tind Prank MeDonald, George Melvin and a few of the boys thought that they
eee Loe nS WE OS SY I did uot attempt.

voters did. ‘

Frenk MoDonald, you imow, was formerly atiletio diverter at
Haskell. He is now the Anuheuser-Buseh agent for Deuglas Ceunty, the
MeDenald Beverage Company. He is a big Democratic politicien, end every
time I leok at him he simulates that goed, old Amnhouser-Buseh barrel
that we used to see out on the sidewalk. 1 mean in locks, not the ol-
factory sense. MeDonald told Bob Brooke, the Hldridge pherwacist, that
if I were elected he would leave town. Hob asked him the next day what
his intentions were now, and he thought he might stay.

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Tt 4s a lot of fun to have such sterling citizens constantly
stimulating you to greater efforts.

| | Direoter of Physical Rduoation, |
FOAAE 3 Varsity Basketball Conch.

 
 
 

Jenuary 23, 1945,

Professor Allen Crafton,
Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts,
‘University of Kansas.

Dear Allen:

Pursuant to my telephone conversation with you this morning,
T am enclosing some data on Lieutenant T. P. Ihmter, U. 8.
Marine Corps, who was killed in action on Guam, July 21, 1944.
I. think there is enough material here to ere a very fine
memorial service to ham

I am sure that you may gount on any cuisines music you
may desire if you just let Director Russell Wiley mow. As I
told you, we plan to use T. P.'s picture on a screen during
the ahae't time between halvoty

fT. P. was deeply and sinserely religious. You will see some
evidence of this in the enclosed letters. There has been much
divorce in hie family - his mother and father, and all his
sisters and brothers, and once he said to me, "What do I have
to Look forward to?"

In my letter to Lt. James Surface, which is enclosed, I have
recounted an incident when he failed in five hours here at the
University and how he desided to stay and make it up. His
sincerity ad honesty were reflected in everything he did. At
the time of the Kensas-Southern California game in Kansas City,
as he watched the play from the bench, he remarked to one of
his nn “Now I know why I'm not in there playing.” ,

He was a grand character, and in my opinion, epitomized all
that Sina, genteel, Christian youth possesses.

T. Pe Hunter was a member of Ph Kappa Alpha. One of his
fraternity brothers, John R. Baldwin, the som of Colonel Karl
Baldwin, has given the University a check for $100,00 to be
- used as a “living memorial” to T. P. Hunter. ‘The name of the

donor is confidential, of course, as he does not desire any
publicity, wes

If there is any more information that I may be able to give
you, please call upon ime.

Sinoerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
Varsity Basketball Coach.