March 7, 1940. 4 lt ; ite He i ny is “ Bas it it i Hi E Hi! Heh Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Varsity Dasketball Coache UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI! COLUMBIA March 5, 1940, INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Dr. Fs Ge Allen, Director of Physical “nian University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kane Dear Dr. Allen: Sorry to read in this morning's paper that you couldn't click against Creighton. I suppose the relapse from the mental and physical peak you reached last Friday was more responsible for the defeat than was the play of your opponents. re The main purpose of this letter is to offer my sincere congratulations for your victory over us. I know how sweet it must have been to you and your players, and realize how proud you must be of a team that has done so welle I thought that the officials did a fine job. We had the chances and couldn't take advantage of them. Consequently, my hand goes out to youland your boys for e swell performances. Please let them know of our high regard and respect for them as players and as gentle~ mene As far as I am concerned only one minor incident spoils an otherwise perfect set-up, and in mentioning it there is no desire to rob you or the Kansas boys of any of the joy of the victorye Since, however, a similar situation might afford you some embarrassment I feel it best to tell you about it. Our boys followed the score as posted on the front of the balcony. The score keeper there did some wishful thinking whenever a foul was called on Missouri, and posted the successful throw before the attempt was madee From the bench I saw what was happer@ming and made mental correction in his score, but the players state that there were confused by his acte Perhaps you recall!) that in the closing minutes the score was 40-40 and a foul was called on use Immediately, the balcony scorekeeper posted a 41 for Kansas, and our team called time to check the scoree I appreciate the hopes of your attendant that by calling Ebling's shot he was helping his schoolmate psychologically, but feel that the move wes unwise and unfair to your opponents. Please don't think I am quibbling nor attempting to offer any alibi, My thought is that, sooner or later, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA Le INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS such premature scoring may cause violent complaint by some Opponent who may feel that he was forced to an unnecessary Change in tactics. I hope you understand that this is a suggestion for the future, and not a complaint dealing with the past; that I feel in our case it was not of importance, but might readily be the cause of preventable friction. In concluding our exchange of opinions regarding the ticket situations thet have arisen in our last three games, I am including @ note sent to me by Mr. Spurling. When your letter came I was no little disturbed by your report that some workman told a Kansas player that we were installing 1,000 seats which would be withheld from sale. Had that been true you would have real grounds for criticism of our refusal to send Kansas 200 tickets. However, Phog, I wish to assure you that such a tale was false. Last year we moved back the west bleachers and placed 250 chairs in front of them. This increased our capacity to epproximately 5,000. I say approximately since our bleachers had no aisles and no marked spaces for seats. Their capacity, as usual, was estimated on the basis of 18" per person. And you know that space is mighty small. Combined with the difficulty of ching empty spaces without aisles, and the fact that many persons take as much as 30" unless forced to crowd it usually is impossible to fill any axx bleacher to its/rated capacity. Our ticket report accounted for 4,996 admissions which did not incbude the band, ushers, and other help. Just previous to the game I had made several moves to install new bleachers, and had made personally several careful counts and measurements of our capacity. I know definitely that 5,000 could not be placed around our court without several hundred people standing. To have increased that number by 1,000, as reported to you, woul@dhave been out of the question and the statement was ridiculouse I am sorry it was made, and, until your letter came, could not have imagined that you would have paid any attention to ite © There is another feature which might have confused youe We rope off a space in the center of the east bleacher for lettermen now in school and for graduated M men. This Space is given to the holder of an M pass and one companion. There are about 100 seats in this section. Ten minutes before game time the unused seats in this section are made available to holders of general admission ticketse The presence of thig reserved space might have given you the idea that the report we were givéng local lettermen passes for three high schol athletes had some foundation. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI! COLUMBIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS I hope, though, that you can see that this idea was false. The number of passes to lettermen is carefully restricted here by Committee regulations, and all of our jobs are endangered if violation of it is discovered. Also, in the light of admissions accounted for the number of passes you mentioned could not heave been accommodatede The one item which you might question is listed as "yearly" passes. This is difficult for me to break down, but I can relate personal experience which might illustrate the composition of this items According to regulations I am entitled to three passes to all athletic contests in Columbia,= one pass for each member of my family. These are issued to me in September and are known as "yearly" passese Each member of our staff, of the athletic committee, the university president, etc., are issued these passes. The total number shown on the report for the Kansas game was 157. Of course, if a coach from another school drops in on a game we issue a pass as was done for you when you scouted here. That complimentary is listed under the heading of "staff" passes. From the reports submitted by the two schools on our games of last year I worked out a comparison sheet and am sending it along with this letter. A little study of these certified statistics indicates that Kansas has no grounds for criticism of Missouri's policies and administration of complimentary tickets. According to Mr. Spurling a review of the game reports for the last decade shows similar differences. I will be interested in the statement for our game last week. In conclusion, it seems to me that conference business Managers are obligated to agree on policies regarding the giving of passes. As long as the present scheme prevails there will be many incidents which direct suspicion at one or another and throw us at each other's throats. Until this situation can be corrected I, for one, will not question what Kansas does with its tickets, and hope that you will develop some confidence in our attempts to be accurate and fair with yous Yours truly, George R. Edwards. COMPARISONS OF CERTIFIED FINANCIAL REPORTS OF THE TWO KANSAS-MISSOURI BASKETBALL GAMES PLAYED IN 1939 Ss we SS Se lOO Ol I, COMPLIMENTARY TICKET STATEMENTS Janets March 2 — Issued ta Lawrence Columbia Regents 9 0 President or Chancellor o Q Governor Z 0 Other State Officials 270 62 ee sane 28 oo. Coaching Staff 34 ei Varsity Lettermen 155 82 Varsity BB Squad 48 20 Freshman BB Squad 50 0 Press (reserved) ee Q i Working press _ 12 : 5 liiscellaneous oO”? 8 Yearly Q 157 TOTAL 657 066 Band members, ushers, ticket takerg, ticket sellers, guards, and necessary workmen are not included in either complimentary or paid admissions reportse Il GENERAL SUMMARY Lawrence Columbia Total paid attendance «=<-«-+- 56,0dle-<- <= 4,630 Complimentaries issued - - - == 657 e---++ 366 Percent free tickets oom. «+ 21,68 ----- 76% Visitors! share of receipts - = $384.47 = = - - $685.64 ‘pe ee 5s. _— oe dos Foc ome omg pO eee. WANTS M. U.-K, U, HERE COACH ALLEN SUGGESTS AUDI- TORIUM BE USED FRIDAY NIGHT. Facilities of the Arena Have Been Engaged by the Girl Scouts, Hewever—Highs There Saturday, Efforts to move the Missouri-Kan- sas basketball game, scheduled for Friday night, from Lawrence to the Municipal Auditorium floor here were stymied today because the - arena already has been hired for’ that night. Dr: F. C. Allen, coach.at the Uni- versity of Kansas, suggested the move at Lawrenée today in an effort to accommodate the large crowd ex- pected for the Big Six conference game which will have an important bearing on the 1940 title. “Tf the K. U. and Big Six authori- ties would approve, I suggest the game-be.played.in.Kansas.City. Mu- nicipal Auditorium,’ Allen said: “Cur auditorium will seat only.4,200 and I expect many fans to be turned away. Friday..night.” ; Coach George Edwards oi Missouri said he would “be happy” to bring his Tigers to Kansas City for the clash. “T doubt that arrangements can be made at this late date,” Ed- wards said, “but if it is possible I would be very happy to play in Kan- sas City.” high schools. Allen was attempting to get the approval of the Kansas university and Big Six conference authorities- today. The Girl Scouts have the arena booked for Friday night. On Saturday night there is’ the inter- scholastic basketball play-off bee tween St. Louis and Kansas City A Tere abneerienst tee UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Columbia Intercollegiate Athletics February 28, 1940 Memorandum for George Edwards I have réad with interest Dr. Allen's letter of February 235. Needless to say, neither I nor the University Auditor would have signed the game statement which was sent to the University Gi Sansas in 1959 unless it represented a true and accurate report of the attendance. The point that Dr. Allen made about the conversation with a workman is too ridiculous to take seriously. Either Dr. Allen's player had a dream or one of our workmen did a plain and fancy job of stuffing hin. I should think that Dr. Allen wovld hesitate to bring up the matter of complimentary tickets issued contrary to the rules of the Big Six Conference. As you know, our first game with Kansas in 1959 was played in Lawrence on January 18. Their game statement shows a total crowd of 3031 of which 657 or 21.6% were complimentary. These 657 complimentary tickets were broken down as follows: Board of Regents — 9 President 5 Governor 7 Athletic Board 28 Coaches o4 Letter Men 155 Press Reserved 22 Varsity Squad 48 Freshman Squad 50 Miscellaneous o7 Press Working iZ Legislators | 270 If you would care to examine them, I can show you other Kansas game statements, prepared while Dr. Allen was Director of Athletics, that show a high percentage of complimentary tickets many of which were not authorized by conference rules. For instance, the statement of 1950 — shows 506 complimentary tickets to “newspaper reporters, state officials, legislators, university officials and employees, university letter men etc." The 1931 statement shows 539 complimentary tickets of which 102 were issued to the Governor, and 15 to the President. The corresponding ia =Qe years at Columbia showed totals of 174 and 169. I mention these particular years to show you that the precedent for disregarding conference rules concerning complimentary tickets has not been just recently established. I believe, you know enough about our University procedure, George, to assure Dr. Allen that before a check is written for a guarantee or an option our auditing department has full knowledge as to the accuracg of the accompanying statement. T wonder if the Kansas auditorium has shrunk? If the capacity is now 2933 how did they crowd 4095 persons in there in 1930, 3255 in 1951, and $559 in 1952? Dr. Allen was guoted in last night's Kansas City Star as saying that they could take care of a maximum crowd of 4700. Which is considerably in excess of the figure he gave you. Gon February 25, 1940. if iaaa y ihe ; agi ue s3a33 Hanis ik HE ti ; 1 i Hf | H en | i eH file Hunn ia i it wilt i Ht ie ane E38 i Hea tl in fre git fg il iy AnH asa aaa th aH wt in 4 i 1 tt ps ist: Ai its i Ht a ad yds H| 3. i: ivieg hy rides “gaa? tit 138 ae: gaat heusteds basketball conventions sical # end if not we mi. if we can got Mrs A regarding the ase the teams will be quartered there. There are two main objectives that I am camittee to one dyed per cent. First, that we shall pay that deficit of $2500 if at all ee This was inourred year in the NeCeAe tournanente Second, that when the visitors eae to ! 4 oar tee ee ae wonderful progrem ond entertainnent for then, ae ae fuck Saar tows teas in the bende of heagltahhe.. les en ae yew bey Boe you ere in ee ee looking after your @ x am glad for you to exyress yoursel? regarding the prem, season tournament among the Big Six tom Iwas only « ta nrmote eamething, tht, would me € of noney for the exe est regard for a man who disagrees with th me in a matter of policys | I will be happy to work with you as Se Se Research Comittee. If you will write me further ¥ | é detriment end to the benefit of the hone tens : x ond Gairin tae Sens si to talk to our- Lin, itude, and then ta sther ree rien | oe the peoples : & 212, IY upe But there isn Thank t go enti With al) good wishes, I em Very sincerely yours, Varsity Dasietball Coache FCAsAH Dear Pauls After the smoke of the battle has cleared amey Se oe te ae Sint sour leier and your inflamn had mush to do with Mansas' victory. Thank you again for your wonderful letter. Very cordially yours, Director of Physical liducation and Recreation, FCAsAH Varsity Basketball Coachs La a 2 PAUL ENDACOTT February 28, 1940. ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT Mr. Fe Ce Allen, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kanses.s Dear Doc: The situation which comes to a climax Friday evening at Lawrence reminds me of a similar one almost exactly seventeen years ago and prompts me to write this brief note. I feel confident that the way the boys have found themselves as the season has advanced pots the title well within their grasp, if they will now step out and grab it. I regret that I cannot be present to see the event but would appreciate your passing on to the team my best wishes for an outstanding victory over Missouri. Sin¢gerel oy _ PE.RB PAUL ENDACOTT BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. August 19, 1940, Dear Doc, Sunday afternoon one of the neighbor girls brought to our door a note which had been left by you Sunday morning at their home while they were absent, I am sorry that we did not get to see you, Mrs. Allen, and the grandson. There were two young Oklehoma cowboys at our house just waiting for someone to drop in for a visit. Just in case you might happen to be coming through again soon, our house number is 916 Cherokee = you stopped at 912. With best regards to a remain Dr. FF. C. Allen, Director of Physical Education, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Second Annual 1940 ee Collegiate A. A. Bashethall Chompinships if Anal Western District SEMI-FINALS March 22 - 23 8:00 p.m. N.C. A. A. FINALS March 30 8:30 p.m. ADMISSION Boxes, Loges $1.68 Balcony L232 Upper Balcony .40 = GENERAL TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE H. G. Olsen, Chairman Columbus, Ohio Dr. F. C. Allen, Manager Lawrence, Kansas H. H. Salmon, Jr. New York City J. W. St. Clair Dallas, Texas B. T. Grover Athens, Ohio x« *« Also in Session --- Hotel Continental NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES March 28, 29, 30 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COLLEGE OFFICIALS March 29, 30 NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE OF UNITED STATES & CANADA March 30, 31, April 1 plays. Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. March 18, 1940. Dr. F. C. Allen, University of Kansas, Lawkence, Kan. Dear Dr. Allen: Again I offer congratulations. It appears that you not only have had a few good breaks, but that you and your squad have taken aduantage of them. That combination is hard to beat. The convention display problem is being taken care of by John Hatton. Harly in the fall I discovered that Butch had assigned me to three committees. I asked to be relieved from one. He then appointed Kellerher to handle the dis- I wrote to Kellherer and explained the plan used last year so that he would have the proper background. In his reply he requested me to contact Mr. Hatton which I did. John was unable to obtain a reply to his letters sol saw Ed while in New York and finally worked out the details between him and John. Accordingly, John carried proper authority to his organization of sports manufacturers and has arranged all display space requirements with the hotel people. He did such a fine job last year that I am sure this item may be stricken from your list of worries. By this time you have obtained the account of our expenses to Wichita. I turned it over to Virgil as soon as we came home. Then, I left town last Thursday returning Sunday night. I have checked in the office and found that the information was mailed to you. The World Series of Bashethall Saal eme > - ean ear Clack leat Ss ce Kesha upbuse Second Annual 1940 National Collegiate A. A. Basketball Championships of America Western District SEMI-FINALS March 22 - 23 8:00 p.m. N.C. A. A. FINALS March 30 8:30 p.m. ADMISSION Boxes, Loges $1.68 Balcony 1.12 Upper Balcony .40 x« « GENERAL TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE H. G. Olsen, Chairman ' Columbus, Ohio Dr. F. C. Allen, Manager Lawrence, Kansas H. H. Salmon, Jr. New York City J. W. St. Clair Dallas, Texas B. T. Grover Athens, Ohio « « Also in Session --- Hotel Continental NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES March 28, 29, 30 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COLLEGE OFFICIALS March 29, 30 NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE OF UNITED STATES & CANADA March 30, 31, April 1 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. . Our team expense for the trip was, I belive, $302.99, This was smaller than my estimate given you in Wichita as that was amount was figured on the possibilities of maximum cost of two games in Wichita. However, I am out some personal expense on my trip to Kansas City to attend the 5th District Committee meeting on March 9. For this trip I am submitting: 265 miles driving of personal car @ 34¢ per mile ----------- $ 9,27 two meals 60% and 55¢ -------- 1.18 1 4 _ Inasmuch as the trip was exclusively for N.C.A.A. Tournament business I cannot obtain refund from the University. I would appreciate if if this expense could be met by the N.C.A.A. and the check sent to me personally. I will be in Kansas City Friday noon to see the western sectional games. I hate to bother you with details of the coaches meeting, but would like an opportunity to see you sometime during the two days relative to a report for the Research Committee. In this connection I hope you will be able to bring along such in- formation as you have regarding experiments in basketball which might be incorporated in my report to the coaches. Your contacts with these subjects through your Rules Committee Research have given you a great amount of information which is closed to mee In all probability you are planning to submit a report to the Rules Committee covering experimental work. I don't care to exhaust this material before the coaches, but believe that a digest of essential findings would be worth while without robbing your report of any of its importance. You have so many other things to attend to that I am not asking you to do any more. If you can bring along your material I will work up The World Series of Basketball Second Annual 1940 National Collegiate A. A. Bashetbhall Championships of America Western District SEMI-FINALS March 22 - 23 8:00 p.m. N.C A. A. FINALS March 30 8:30 p.m. ADMISSION Boxes, Loges $1.68 Balcony 1.12 Upper Balcony .40 x « GENERAL TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE H. G. Olsen, Chairman Columbus, Ohio Dr. F. C. Allen, Manager Lawrence, Kansas H. H. Salmon, Jr. New York City J. W. St. Clair Dallas, Texas B. T. Grover Athens, Ohio =x Also in Session --- Hotel Continental NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES March 28, 29, 30 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COLLEGE OFFICIALS March 29, 30 NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE OF UNITED STATES & CANADA March 30, 31, April 1 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. 5 a resume of each experiment for presentation to the coaches, and will be glad to assist you in any way I can in the preparation of your own report to the rules men. To make it brief, I want a few minutes with you this week-end to collect what I can along the line of researchsadto see if there may be ways in which I can relieve you of some work in connection with these tournaments and meetings. Please feel free to delegate anything to me that you think I can handle. Yours truly, George Edwerdse The World Series of Basketball UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS DIVISION OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS RFE; ft LAWRENCE, KANSAS dune 3, 1940. Dr. F. C. Allen, Physical Education Department, University of Kansas. : cee Dear Phog;: This is in confirmation of our conversation a few days ago in your office requesting that you make arrangements for our daughter, Rose Ann, to take golf lessons by some student instructor. Sincerely, etna Malan Rduoation and Recreation, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS DIVISION OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS Paice, KANSAS June Sy 1940. Dre Fr. ¢. Allen, \ Physical Education Department, \ University of Kansase \ Dear Phog: \ This is in confirmation of our conversation a few days ago in your office requesting that you make arrangements for our daughter\,, Rose Ann, to take golf lessons by some student instructor. ( \ f\ Sincerely, RAYMOND F. EDWARDS Septenber 14, 1959» Mire Fred Ellsworth, Deax Fred: Thank you | for enliingg wo 8 ~ tacee waetttion to hist anni clea to Regtoseutntivve ithe If there is enything more we can do behalf, Let me Imave i i Davector of Bduewtion and Recreation, Varsity | Condlig Septeaber 14, 19806 i heve weitten to Mok end am sending - | & Gon” of my lotta, "Zan gind > ino Of your Saturation ee ee ee oe eee ne > theme fie axythins I can do in hie beel?, fect Rec redhondh amg Sad one a & i ee bate, you bees so wash pAlaties of leadership. mae ee Se aie ee tor the "og shots” an talent i, tom ee, Salaanaat goot tear : tt una == SPORTING) GOODS; EXCLUSIVELY; 1508-10 GRAND AVENUE PHONE GRAND 1911 KANSAS Ciry,MOo. September 19, 1959 Dr.Forrest C. Allen, Department of Physical Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KansasSe Dear Phog: We went to thank you for your request for quotation to= day on tennis nets and practice arrows. We are atta ching to this letter your request filled in with our bide You will note that our bid for the tennis nets is $7.75 per net, this is our No.555 which is a tarred net with a heavy duck top and made from 21 thread twine. It has a manila rope top line and cotton bottom line and is 42 by 3 feet. The arrows on which we have bid are our No.B25, B26, B28, B29 and B30, and are made of a good grade birch with ferrule arrow point and white cock featherse You will note the bid on these is $2.80 per dozen in all lengthse All of these quotations, are of course, FeOeBe the University of Kansas and subject to our regular terms of 2% 10 dayse : We want to thank you again for this opportunity of bidding and hope we may be favored with this order. Should you desire any samples we would be very glad indeed to submit samees Yours very truly, R. S. ELLIOTT ARMS CO. INE e& “It Pays to Play”