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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

 

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