JOHN L. GRIFFITH, EDITOR : TELEPHONE ROGERS PARK 5074

THE ATHLETIC JOURNAL

6858 GLENWOOD AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILL.

November 2lst, 1939.

Mr. Forrest C. Allen
Varsity Basketball Coach
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas,

Dear Mr. Allen:

I am replying to your special delivery letter of November
20th as evidently you do not know of Mr. Griffith's illness. He was
stricken with a coronary occlusion five weeks ago Monday. We brought
him home from the hospital ten days ago but it will be some time before
he is able to sit up. He has responded nicely to oxygen treatment and
rest and if we can keep him resigned to a period of complete rest, he will
fully recover.

We are starting to let him have visitors, so we can arrange
to have you see him if you can spare the time to come out as far as we
live. He goes to sleep about 9:30 at night so we find that around eight
o'clock is a good time for him to have visitors. If your train gets in
early enough Sunday night so that you could take a North Shore Electric
train to Winnetka, we could meet the train and take you over to see him,

I fear that since you leave on Monday at 9:30 for Cleveland, it will be
impossible for you to see him that morning,

If you don't have time to come out to see him, if you arrive
in the city before 9:30, perhaps you can phone our house, Winnetka 3281,
and although we have purposely arranged him at too great a distance from
the phone to make it accessible, I can relay your questions and his answers.

Your letter to him of November 18th just reached us today
and we are taking that home to him tonight, Our residence is 717 Walden
Road, Winnetka, should you need to reach us at that address.

I would appreciate it if you would drop me a line, advising
me whether or not it will be possible for you to come out Sunday night so
that I may keep other visitors away. I am following the doctor's orders,
no more than two visitors a day.

Yours very went;
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Alice K,. Griffith,

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