5819 MALVERN AVENUE
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., NOVEMBER 21, 1944

DR. FORREST C,-ALLEN

DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL FDUCATION
VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS,
LaWRENCE, KANS,

DeaR DR. ALLEN:

YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER STH HAS BEEN RECEIVED, TOGETHER WITH THE CARBON COPIES OF Mr, SMITH'S
LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 6TH, YOUR ANSWER OF SEPTEMBER 22ND AND THE ANSWER OF THE MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN CORPORATION DATED OCTOBER 24TH. THESE WERE CERTAINLY VERY INTERESTING AND REST
»SSURED THEY ARE RECEIVED BY THE WRITER IN THE SAME CONFIDENCE WITH WHICGN YoU SENT THEM.

| HaVE NOTHING FURTHER IN THE WAY OF EVIDENCE IN THE CASE BUT THAT WHICH WE ARE BOTH FAMILIAR
WITH, BUT | BELIEVE | MAY BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE SOME CONCRETE FACTS FOR you, HOWEVER, AT THIS
TIME ALL | WANT TO DO 19 TEAR DOWN A BIT THE LETTER OF NeD IRISH.

HE STATES THAT THE RUMOR WAS DISCREDITED COMPLETELY IN THE PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS. | AM AN
ARDENT READER OF THE SPORTING PAGES OF EVERY PHILADELSIA NEWSPAPER AND | DO NOT REMEMBER SEEING
ANY STATEMENT OF ANY SPORTS WRITER DISCREDITING THIS RUMOR, THE ONLY THING THAT APPEARED AT ALL
AFTER THE GAME WAS A STATEMENT THAT ONE OF THE MEN HAD INJURED HIS SHOULDER 1N THE GAME AND
WOULD BE UNABLE TO PLAY FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS AND THE OTHER CHAP IN QUESTION HAD PLAYED WITH A
HIGH FEVER AND WOULD BE UNABLE TO PLAY ANY MORE DUE T) BEING DRAFTED IN THE Navy, [| RECALL NO
OTHER STATEMENT BEING PUBLISHED IN THE PHILADELPHIA PAPERS ABOUT THE ENTIRE MATTER.

| DO KNOW HOWEVER, THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GAME (WHICH THE WRITER ATTENDED) AMONG MANY OF
THE SO CALLED "SPORTING FRATERNITY" THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF BETS OF SEVERAL THOUSAND
DOLLARS MADE BY CERTAIN MEN. BEFORE THE MALL WaS CLEARED OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, THE WORDS “PAY OFF?
WERE BEING USED QUITE COMMONLY, OF COURSE, ONE CANNOT INDICT A PERSON ON HEARSAY EVIDENCE SUCH AS
THIS AND LIKE YOURSELF, | BELIEVE THE FAULT 1S WITH THE SYSTEM AND NOTHING ELSE.

[| ONLY WROTE YOU AND THE SPORTS WRITERS ABOUT THIS ENTIRE MATTER BECAUSE | DID NOT THINK IT WAS
FAIR TO YOU (EVEN THOUGH | HAVE NEVER MET YOU) TO TAKE A BLASTING FROM THESE SPORTS WRITERS
CLAIMING THAT YOU ONLY CAUSED ALL THIS DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE vos OF
"CZAR" OF BASKETBALL, [| DIDN'T EVEN RECEIVE THE COURTESY OF A REPLY FROM ANY OF THE THREE
WRITERS, ALTHOUGH en | DID NOT EXPECT ONE.

IF AT ANY TIME THERE 1S ANYTHING | CAN DO TO HELP YOU IN YOUR ENDEAVOR ALONG THESE LINES,
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE, BUT FEEL FREE TO GALL UPON ME AT ANY TIME.

ANTICIPATING THE PLEASURE OF SOME DAY MAKING YOUR ACQUAINTANCE, THE WRITER BE@S TO REMAIN,
YouRS VERY TRULY,

LEONARD ORMAN

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