/ Football aor however, is conducted on a pretty darn high plane. As
George Marshall, the owner says, the professional teams admit that they pay
their players but many universities and colleges hypocritically deny that
they do! Dud debated the move for a long time, but his salary is such that
he couldn't afford to turn it down.

  

Ruth and I thoroughly enjoyed Mrs. Allen's very sweet letter.
Ruth and the boy are both doing very well and are home now. Of course, the
old man is beginning to wear down under the strain of personally adminis-
tering the 10 o'clock, 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock feedings! ‘Thank goodness I

had years of physical education wrk to build up my resistance for these

nocturnal marathons and endurance contests! We have named the youngest /
athlete in the DeGroot clan Donald Forrest. ‘The middle name, of course, is
for the finest boss and one of the greatest guys 1 have ever known, and I
hope you don't mind our taking the liberty of naming him after you. I only
hope Donald Forrest can live up to his name; and he'd better be a basketball
star or else! Ned already performs a pretty fair two handed pass as well as a
bounce pass, so he’s on the road at the age of three.

I am working on an assignment for Headquarters AAF right now
which will require a trip to Denver or somewhere in the Middle West, for a
conference within the next couple of weeks. if I can come through Kansas
City I'll make every effort to stop off and visit all the old gang at KU.
If I possibly can, I hope to see KU's game at Denver or one of the later
ones in October.

I presume that you will be starting basketball practice pretty
soon and that your next "Rebounds" will tell us what your prospects are.
Stanford is finally breaking down on its “duration” athletic policies to the
point of playing basketball this coming season. Although I live in Palo
Alto, I very seldom get out to Stanford. I did see Everett Dean about two
weeks ago, however, and intend to get over there again in the near future.

Good luck in the season to come, Doc, and best regards to
Mrs. Allen and all our friends at the University.

Yours sincerely,

Edward B. DeGroot, Jr.
Major, Air Corps
EBD/w Physical Training Officer