ATTORNEY AT LAV
_ 219 HOLLYWOOD SECURITY BUILDING

638! HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD 4 a ae
HOLLYWOOD 28,CALIFORNIA _ ; December 8th,194

  
 
   
 
 
   
   
   
   
 
  
    
  
   
  
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
     
  
 

Dr. Forrest C. Allen, ce
Director of Athletics and Basket Ball Coach,
University of Kansas, ;

Lawrence, Kansas. |

Dear "Phog™:-

Interesting articles in yesterday's L.A. Examiner
and in today’s L.A. Times about your speech before the Kansas
City Rotary Club, on professionalism among college teams and ©
gambling in connection with their contests.

; More power to you and keep up your grand figsth

. cleanse intercollegiate athletics and drive these damned gamk
out ! If this gambling element keep up their racket, there no
only will be blowoff scandal but the death blow to college

athletics. : 7

Cr Too much hypocricy in connection with the colle
and the blame is on the faculties, who are commercial minded
most shortsighted. All this athletic scholarship, free tuiti
poard,spending money, etc.s done mostly under cover, in the f
analysis and stripped of it's verbiage, is professionalism. _

ae : Here in Los Angeles, the two local colleges,
and U.C.L.A., have kept professional football out of our Colise
Neither one wanted the Coliseum turf "profaned" by profession
| players. What a lillywhite crowd 4 Protecting my morals an
ie ee morals of others who love to see the Chicago Bears, Green ae
ey Packers, New York Giants, Cleveland Hams; Philadelphia Hagles.
| Washington “edskins, et al. play. oe :

. A sport writer here recently referred to many ¢
college players as "amateur professionals” as distinguished
the “professional professionals" of the National Football

| When I see this riff-raff gambling element at a
local sporting events-baseball, football, track, swinmming,ho
etces 1 get disgusted; they are a loud, coarse, blatant, croo.
punch and care not a damn for real sport. Sooner or later;
will bribe players to throw games and then Good bye to sport

ae More power to you and best wishes to you and ~
and Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to
the fearless Allen's, jJncluding of courses dear "Phog". -

    
   

  
  

sincerely:

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