October 26, 1945

Mr. Jim Grieves |
United Press Associations
600 City Bank Building
Kansas City 8, Missourd

Dear Jim:

Thanks for sending me the story on the National Collegtate
drive on the gamblers. Gordon Sabine, a Wisconsin University,
man, who is on our Kansan staff sent this over to me at my ss!
office immediately when it came over the wires and he wanted
a statement. The whole doggone story is nothing but a lot
of lip serviee without anything having been dwem but talk.

I do not want, of course, that statement quoted but it is
prima facia evidence that neitizer Dr. “ilbur Smith nor Tug
Wilson have done anything but talk. .

If Judge Landis, the National Czar of Baseball, had.to
fit the gamblers from early morning to late at night to
keep them from literally “eating-up" the ball park then what
can each institution do when they have done nothing. Wilson
said the job was up to each institution. "Cure gambling at
the site of the game and you eliminate the risk," he explain-. -
ed. "We will just have to keep plugging away, outting them
down where we can year by year until the menace is stamped out."
Now isn't that something?

The gamblers I am te lking about are professional gamblers
who are getting more bold because the growth of athletics
and crowded attendance is increasing immensely. Where you have
high interest and excitement that is where the gamblers thrive.

So disgusted was I at the statement of these two men
and at the little or nothing that they have done to stamp
it out that I will make not statement which he can print.
No comment until they actually do something about the A
curtailnent of gambling on college campuses and gridiimons :
‘This is the only statement that I care to make to you at
this time.

Yours very sincerely,

‘

Direotor of Physical Education,
Vaysity Basketball Coach
FCA:ln