“February 27, 3946

Mr, Don Faurot oe
Direetor of Athletics ‘
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

Dear Don: .

Not having been asked by you for a recommendation concerning Andrew
McDonald of the Southwest Missouri State Teachers College, I am nevertheless calling
his high talents to your attention: : :

Andy MeDonald played on my Kansas Varsities both in football and basket-
ball, He played end in 1920 when we were outweighed by the Nebraska Corn Huskers 27
pounds to the mane We were behind at the half 20 to 0 in this game played at Lawrence,
_ Which by the way, is the game that built the stadium, This was when Henry Schulte was
coaching the Corn Huskers, We came back witha great upsurge, scoring 3 touchdowns
and tying them 20 to 20, but failed to make the winning touchdown, Andy played a
wonderful end in that game, as he did in all the other games of the season.

I was coaching only wtil we could secure Potsy Clark, whom Chet Brewer
hes hired an additional year at Michigan State College. meee

Andy played on wy basketball team the two following years, having played in |
1925 on our ever victorious basketball team.

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I want to be entirely frank with yous Personally, I eannot coach as
vigorously against one of my own boys as I could against someone else who might come
in at Missouri, I think you can appreciate this sitvation, but in the light of these
facts I want to tell you, in my opinion, Andy McDonald gets more out of his material
and does a better job of coaching than 90 percent of the coaches in the field. Andy
is not only a safe and valuable man to deal with young men, but he leads them by the
power of his personality. He is clean, courageous, and capable. He is a heeman in
every respect, yet he is a sterling gentleman, | ,

He is a veteran of the First World War and served in combat with éistinction.
He knows basketball from A to Z and understands its fundamentals and its tactics, but

above that he is a sphendid psychologist, a practical and a winning one,

But why should I tell you about Andy McDonald further, because you were in
the conference with him and doubtless met him in competithon in many occasiond. I just
wanted you to know that I believe in him 100 percent and I am happy to recommend him
without reservation or evasion. |

It was good to see you at Columbia where we showed more stuff than we
generaliy have. I shoul@ certainly make an exception of our free throwing. If we
‘had missed just a few more, we would have had a .000 percentage. s -