THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, MO.
STAR BUILDING

MARCH 4, 1940

Dre FORREST UC. ALLEN
BASKETBALL COACH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS

DeaR DR. ALLEN:

THANKS FOR YOUR KIND NOTE. | WAS LUCKY----8UT WHY DID HARP HAVE TO SINK THAI
FREE THROW AFTER THE GAME WAS OVER? |'D BEEN A KING IF HE HAD MISSED.

| Hope ' NEVER HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT HORSE RACING OR BOXING=---TWO SPORTS |
THINK ARE LOWER THAN KANSAS CITY POLITICS.

| TRIED THE “SYSTEM" AGAIN ON THE OUTCOME OF THE OKLAHOMAS\ANSAS GAMEe lt

FORECASTS A ‘*ANSAS DEFEAT. HereE'S HOPING THAT CONFUCIUS AND CLAASSEN ARE
IN THE SAME BOAT---WE TALK TOO DAMN MUCHe

SINCERELY YOURS,
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HAROLD CLAASSEN:B a a
REGIONAL SPORTS EDITOR