83 Theckery Rd.,
Rochester,N.Y.
Jan.21,1943.

Dear Phog:

During my recent sojourn in the S.F.Bey Region I managed to
sneak away from the team late Xmas afternoon and spend a few minutes
with your lovely daughter and her family in their home in Palo Alto.
Burt and Ruth were there for dinner with their off-spring,Ned and we
spent 2 most enjoyable half hour visiting.Next day my wife picked Sonny
up and brought him down to Sante Clara where the Hest team was training
and brought him in to watch practise.A*ter the practise I introduced
him around to all the big shot All-Americans and he really was a tickled
kid.However when I asked him who he was pulling for he was torn between
allegiance to the West- his boys - and his new found pals.

Mery looks just fine and she certainly has a lovely home and family.Her
husband seems to be a fine chap and he end Burt and Mary and Ruth app- —
-arently see quite a lot of each other.How lucky those Californians are
at this time of the year - beautiful flowers,green grass and warm rains
and here we are snowed in with miserable blé@zzards with no thought of
seeing any greenery for three months.And yet I dont think they apprec-
viate what they have.

We really had a fine bunch of kids on the east team this year.They
wernt bigs;in fact the west outweighed us about ten pounds,but they

made up in spirit what they lacked in size.This East-West game is a
great experience for a young fellow like me and I certainly appreciate
the opportunity of working with fine coaches and great players.I learn
a lot every year.Incidentally I heve become quite well acquainted with
Don Faurot and his charming wife.Even though they are one of your hated
rivals Alice and I must admit they are"swell people".

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Have been following that team of yours thru the papers and as usual I
am pleased to note that you are making a lot out of a little.Only wish
I lived near enough to be able to watch you at work and see how you do
it.I'm certainly willing to agree with Burt that you have no peer.He
cant sey enough ebout your methods and ycur spiritual ccaching - and
hopes somedey,when the worid settles down to normal,to be beck with you
again.

I know how busy you ere at this time of the vear but I am taking the
liberty cf hoping that you may be able tc find a minute sometime soon

to put in a word for me es an official for the forthcoming NCAA tour-
nement in N.Y. “hile Bushnell hes very generously assigned me a number
of E.IJ.A.games this season,and I have been working others for Colgate
and Syracuse,I'm intelligent enovgh to know that no'outsider'will

creck thet closed NY corporetion of Kennedy anc compeny unless pressure
is brought to kmmm bare from ovtside sources.I em working for Harverd,
Princeton and Yale this season,in addition to a number of other collezes.
But as lcng as I am working I neturelily want to get @ crack. «t the tour-
nement gemes if possible,for which I am sure ycu cant biame me.

Anything you may be able to do for me will be deeply appreciated and
you may rest assured that if assigned I'll do the best job of which I'm

geee agate! kind personal regards to Mrs.Allen and g luck in all
es Q