April 9, 1946 Wr. John O. Herbole Attorney at Law 219 Hollywood Security Sudiaing 6381 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood 28, Californig Dear Mr. Herbold: Now that the basketball season is over and I find a little more time on my hands I am writing the letters that I should have written during the pest two or three months. I want to acknowledge with appreciation your note with the clippings attached concerning myself that you got from the Los Angeles papers on the 7th and 8th of December, 1945. I also appreciate your thoughtfulness. a Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FOAsMF Varsity Basketball Coach. LEED © SG SEE Be Ya Sigh kon a ee se. ts : 2 ae err oS * JOHN O.HERBOLD | ATTORNEY AT LAW ; ou 219 HOLLYWOOD SECURITY BUILDING a 638! HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD = ‘ HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA December 17th,1945. * a Los Angeles "Times" of 12/7/1945 Igs Angeles “Examiner” ne * vil w 2. _ Dear “Phog"3= Ps. Thought you might like these clippings from local papers for your Scrap-Book? 5 | i Saw the Fleet City Navy Bluejackets wallop the El pede ogg ee 77 to 25 oe — football game Sunday a week go in our Coliseum. t colored boy, “Buddy*Your * is certainly a speedster. * Cee re ; thought the "Redskins" would take the "Rams" yesterday. — ie st wishes, Sincerely ° O % : | — a danuary 31, 1946 Mre Wayne E. Hird Rural Rote 1 Lawrence, Kansas Dear Wayne: Reports have come to me that :you,have been rather active in interposing yourself in a situation that is hardly justifiable or complimentary to you. I have helped you in many situations, in some of which you needed quite a bit of help. Therefore, I think you are entirely out of place to try to per- suade, even though unsuccessful, a student not to participate in basketball during the basketball sport season. When a boy has been in the service of his country quite a few years and returns to school, he should be allowed to follow the dictates of his own desires, rather than to be even approached by someone who has not given that service, Some boys go to college to get an education and football and basketball is incidental. it is not the main objective. I believe that you know what I mean. : Sincerely, “A , ‘Director of Physical Education, FCA:MF a5 Varsity Basketball Coach. SECRETARY January 29, 1946 Dr. "Fog" Allen Kansas University Lawrence, Kansas Dear "Fog": Again, I want to congratulate you on your recent victories over Oklahoma and Iowa. Surely, : you have been able to do “wonders” with our boys i there at K, U. 4 How I would like to see the football , climb to the pinnacle we have enjoyed in basket- ball. Maybe that time is now beginning under the advent of Mr. Sauer. "Fog", it is a long trek back to the night many years ago in Mankato when Wint Smith called © ; me, the grade school principal, and asked me for 4 a pair of my pants for "Fog" Allen to wear while he (Fog) refereed a basketball game between Man- kato and Belleville. Sa ona Sa AES anc Next, I met you on the Summer Session Base- ball Team in 1921. You, Wint and I all played on it. While I was assistant State Superintendent under W. T. Markham, I met you many times. I always enjoy your talks here in Topeka before our various civic organizations. Very truly yours, RDH:bjm Gel c ENA aan ied a en ia dice Daa AIR de a ky January 22, 1946 Mie We Pe Hieronymus, President Midland College Fremont, Nebraska Dear President Hieronymus: IT am late in replying to your inquiry of January 15 regarding your consideration to the application of Mr. John Pfitsch for the Director of Physical Education and Athletic Coach at aotaene College in Fremont, Nebraska. I am habe to state that Mr. Pfitsch is my assistant in varsity basketball and also my assistant in the Department of Physical Education, He is a sterling character, has an exceptional personality and is as clean as a hound's toothe He has leadership far beyond even a superior leader, He has an unusual yen for cooperation with the other fellow, His ability to get along with young people and to lead them by the power of his personality is unexcelled. I might relate my experience with Mr. Pfitsche Several years ago I was teaching summer school at the University of Texas in | Austin, Mr. Pfitsch was a graduate at that time, After receiving his AeBe, he followed me here to the University of Kansas, where he took his masters' degree, majoring in our department. He is a son of a physician, a former medical missionary, When the war came on, he tried to enlist but the examining physician found that he could not supinate, due to the fact that the head of the radius was too long to allow him to upturn his palms in m outward direction, The theory was, of course, that a soldier could not fire a gun readily if he could not supinate freely, so he was turned down as a candidate for officer's training. However, he was drafted and entered the Army as a private. He came out a captain and was being recommended-for his majority when he came out. He was one of General George S. Patton's trusted men and made a great record. He was sighted and decorated for bravery on several occa= sions, He is fearless and has the spirit of his convictions. He does not use narcotics or alebholic beverages fini any way, nor have I ever heard him use profanity. He went through the entire war without even drinking coffees he is that clean in his personal habit, He is of small stature, but his personality is such tht this is no handicap to him whatsoever. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and follows his ideals religiously. I would recommend him to you without reservation or evasion. , aX Sincerely yours 4: , Director of Physical Education, FCAsMF ee Varsity Basketball Coach. MIDLAND COLLEGE FREMONT, NEBRASKA W. P. HIERONYMUS PRESIDENT January 15, 1946 Dr. F. C. Allen University of Sansas Lawrence, Kansas My dear Dr. Allen: We are giving serious consideration to the application of Mr. Jom Pfitsch for the position of director of physical education and athletic coach at Midland College. I will appreciate it very much if you will be so kind as to give me a candid estimate of Mr. Pfitsch with respect to his character, his competency for the position, his willingness to cooperate with others and his ability to get along with young people. imclosed herewith you will find a stamped return envelope for your convenience in replying. thenking you for this favor, I am Very cordially yours, W. P. Hieronymus President WPH:mjp December 14, 1945 Mr. Sammie Hasegawa Wheaton High School Wheaton, Kansas Dear Sammie: I think President Martin wrote me about you. We would be mighty nappy to have you here at the University of Kansas. ~1 ausure you that there certainly is no racial prejudice around here regarding your ancestors. Our sumer segsfey starts Jue 18 and ends August 9. I will teach basketball and will be glad to have youe Sincerely, Director of Physical Education, PCAsMP Varsity Basketball Coach. Wheaton High School Wheaton, Kansas October 2, 1945 Dr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas = Dear Dr. Allen: I would like to know what you offer in terms of classroom work, in the theory of coaching basketball during the summer session. I'm very much anxious to have some work under you since Mr. Godlove of Ottawa University was not coaching during the two years I attended there (now in the Navy). I have a minor in . science and need some physical education credit to be able to coach properly. Presently I have the respon- sibility of coaching basketball here at Wheaton High School and will do it with what knowledge I experi- enced through college competition. I wish to know also whether K. U. is still dis- criminating students of different ancestry. Sometime ago I read in the Kansas City Star that the University would accept all honorable discharged soldiers, even though of Japanese ancestry, I am of that racial ori- gin and have been discharged from the Army. I would appreciate whatever information you can give me in regard to this matter as well as your teaching, Thank you kindly for your time. Sincerely yours, ee Sammie Hasega HEADQUARTERS 14TH ANTIAIRCRAFT COMMAND APO 75, September 5 Phog: Please excuse the lousy typing you aredbout to read, but I can get more on a page this way. T have just received the June 25 Rebounds and I think that I haven't missed an issue since you first started sending them to me. I want to repeat what has heen said many times and has been thought by every man who has received the Rebounds-- it's the finest Stateside morale keeper- -upper publication in the business; that is of cougse excluding the letters from the 1il woman. Now that V-J Day has thrust itself upon us I hope you won't forget about us pointless wonders who got over here late and will probably have to remain to help close the gate. I have run across: fery few KU people in my Army travels so far. Hoyt Baker worked in my section at Camp Edwards for a short time in 1943 and I saw Ray Evans in El Paso last October following the 2nd Airforce-New Mexico fracas. War has taken its toll of some especially fine boys. I particularly remember the day Fred Eberhardt came into the office to get the dope on - applying for Marine Corps OCS... He must have made one of the best Marinef Officers: in the businesse. While I was in California before I left the States I had a chance to run up to Palo Alto and see Ruth and Burt DeGroot. We had a lot of fun together. Burt has gone all out for volleyball in those west coast bases and plays himself morning noon and night to hear Ruth tell it. He was also involved in some Physical Training movie production work at the time t was there. I'M back in the school business again--in fact I have never been out of it. This time I am Education Officer for 14th Aktiaircraft Command, in charge of plans for supervision of the Army Education Program in most of the AAA units over here. You are no doubt familiar with the War Department plans for giving the soldiers a chance to start preparing themselves for that Civilian job they expect to go back to. We hope as soon as things settle down to have a rather elaborate educational program gofing on all over the place to ocaupy the time of the men until they can get on the boat and go home. I've only been working at this thing for about three weeks but it looks as if it might develop into something pretty big. Censorship is no more==S0 t can say that I am comfortably located in Manila, near the Wack-"ack Country Club,if you ever played golf over here. The climate is pretty tot and sticky raéght now but we have plenty of water for showers and the nights are cool so, aside from being Vdddy¥/ff47 lonely for my family I'm living very well. I get down town to hear the Manila Symphony es out every other week and we have movies every other night. My wife and little boy are living there in Lawrence now=- perhaps you've seen them. If you get to see the kid, pat him on the head for me--then maybe he‘ll"grow up to be a basketball player like his dad never got arouiAto being. — | = Sept. 15, 1945. Major James K. Hitt Hq. 14th Antiaircraft Command APO 75, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California Dear Jin: I appreciate your fine letter written September 5, 1945. Only last night we mailed you a véry voluminous thirty-eight page Jayhawk Rebound. I wish that your letter might have arrived so that we could have included some or your fine comments. I notice that you are at the Wack-lack Country Club in Manilla. I know that I would enjoy playing there because I like the game of golf. I was in Chicago at Rotary International meeting from June 14, to June 19. I was elected District Governor of our District here and was up at Ghicago imbibing some inspiration and information. Burt DeGroot called at the hotel and left word for me to call him. I tried, but missed it. So, I haven't had an opportunity to chew the fat with him for quite some time. My daughter, Mary Allen Hamilton, is here visiting and she gives me word of the DeGroots, so I feel that I am still in close contact with them. Burt is to be stationed in Washington, D.C., I understand, and Ruth may come our way for a stop over. . We sold our big home at 801 Louisianna and are moving into a cottage that Mrs. Allen bought Milton when he studied law a few years back. We got a fairly good price for the place and we feel that getting rid of a big house at this time was a good thing to do. Our grandson, Lee Hamilton, graduated from Culver swmer school this summer, after having spent four summers up there. Jane, our middle daughter, is with us, as is her ten months old baby, Jill. ier hus- band is on Guam. He is a Navy flier, Transport Command. Bobby Allen finished his internship at Rosedale and is stationed at San Francisco. lle was ticketed for the amphibious landings, but the atomic bomb saved that joust. Milton is a lieutenant, junior grade, back in Boston. But, why should I carry on this information when the Rebound will give it to your more fully? . IT am happy that you are in educational work because I know that you feel happier in this activit® than you did in aimlessly sitting around with the knowledge of doing things constructive as you are in your program that you have outlined at present. Ed Elbel' is hoping to get out of the Army and back in the University about November 1, but that is not dead certain as I get the information from Mrs. Elbel. I haven't seen your wife and little boy for quite some time, but I will make it a point to do yjust this thing for you. I might add that it would be awfully good to have you back with us and I hope the time will not be too far distant in the future when this may come to pass. With all good wishes, I an, Sincerely yours, August 17, 1946 * HobsoneMcFarlend Tractor Company 2151 Washington. : ae - Kansas City, Missouri oak Gentlemens o | \ - I am interested in purchasing a power roller for use on tennis courts and athletic fields. I understand you handle the Kelly-Springfield Tamden Power with a Diesel engire. Would you kindly send me information about the cost, size, etc., of these — rollers. If you handle hand rollers, I should like to have information about them also, . Very sincerely yours, Henry Re Shenk Chairman of. the a HAS sMF | Department of Physical Education June 4, 1946 Mr. Gene Holmberg Pro Golf Manager : Wilson Sporting Goods Sian 1509 Baltimore Avenue ; Kansas City 8, Missouri- 3 | eg . Dear Gene: Thanks for your letter of June 1 regarding my golf bage There is a lot of sentiment connected with this bag, since it was presented to me full of Kenneth Smith clubs and irons, The citizens and friends of mine of the community gave it to me when we defeated the University of Southern California in March,. 1941, for the Western Con- ference Championship. Therefore, I do want it repaired and, if nothing ‘else, just have the bottom of it stitched so that I can use it. They can let all the rest of it go and ship it back to me, but it will take some sort of a stitching-device that I thought they would surely have, because since they made it and stitched it once, it seemed to me that they could stitch it again for me as there are no parts missing. Gene, it seems to me it took them a long time to dis- cover that they could not repair it, because your Kansas City letter was dated May 2 and they felt "that they should write immediately concerning Yes, I want it fixed, Gene, and just the bottom of it, and then they ‘can a it back to me the way it is and I will still like it. | sikesely yours, 2 Director of Physical Education, PCAsMP : : Varsity Baske tbell Coach. irs Wilson 7o0-o4y ~ IN SPORTS EO OLPIVELN F. SPORTING KANSAS CITY DIVISION G-> G OOD S CO. 1509-11-13 Baltimore Ave. ae Kansas City, Mo. June 1, 1946 Dr. Forest Allen University of Kansas lewrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: Below we guote a letter just received from our bag factory in New Yorke Please let us know what you want to do. _ “We have inspected the golf bag which you sent.in for repair on order No. 13483 KC dated May 2, and felt that we should write you immediately concerning same@e The amount of repair work necessary to put this bag into first class condi- tion is so great that it is our opinion that this golf beg should be scrap- ped. Frankly, it is so bed that we do not feel that we should be asked to attempt any repairs and if we have to proceed with this repair work the cost of same would be so great thet it would represent a good portion of the necessary price for a new golf bag. We earnestly recommend that Dr. Allen be contacted regarding this bag to ask for its disposition as we would prefer to return it as is than go ahead and make repairs and put through the large cherge for the repair work. Wild you please advise promptly as we will hold this bag awaiting your reply." Cordially yours, WILSON SPORTING GOODS CO. a oe he Holmber . Pro Golf “she ger GH/d jw June 3, 1946 -Mr. Harry Huston Superintendent of Schools Blackwell, Oklahoma Dear Harry: This morning I got in touch with Coach Ralph Dugan, who coached our Varsity in baseball this year. I told him that you are wanting a pitcher or an infielder and he will write you just as soon as he’ oT his boys and sees what they are ) planning to do this summer. I did not recall whether it was Ban Johnson or ‘just semi~pro ball, and so if you will write me right away, it will help in the determina+ tion of the boys who might be available. ~ It was good to see both you end Marsh at Rotary conference in Oklahoma City. Marsh spoke to me then-about baseball players, but I did not follow it up as closely as I should have. With all good wishes to both of you and assuring you that you will hear from Coach Dugar shortly, I am . . Sincerely yours, a Director of Physical Education, a FCAsMF : Varsity Basketball Coach.