83 Thackeray Rd.
Rochester, N.Y.
Jan.9,1¥44.

Dear Phog:

Your handsome profile appeared in & tone-
spicuous spot on our locéli sport sueet tnis morn-
ing and I realized I had not sent the Aliens a
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year - so here it is,
together with the clipping.

Head hoped to see your daughter and her family and
Burt and Ruth this Xmes,as a member of the East
coaching staff,but at the very last minute they
decidec they couidnt spare me from our local V-12
unit.It was a great disappointment to both Alice
and me for we had counted on it all fall.

Hear from Burt occassionally-now a Major.He was
back here in the fall for six weeks but was not
able to get time enough to run up here *rem Was’.
so we didnt see him.

Despite war restrictions tasketball is still
carrying on in this regien,aitho I must admit the
calibre of play is way off.Thanks to your recom-
mendation,Ase Bushnell has assigned me a number

of E.I.A.games the past two years,especiall¥Y at
Cornell.Teis vear wity Syracuse out of the picture
I am not working as many games as usuai-altho I
have been assigned all of the tough ones.

we have about s00 Marine and Navy boys at UR and
while we are glad to have them there is hardly

the same spirit and enthusiasm for athletics as
during normal times.The kids are so harrassed

with heavy progrems,discipline and drill that they
lack the enthusiasm for good competition. Suppose
it is the same everyvwhere.Kindest regards to all
the Allens from all of the DeGroots.

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