ae April 9, 1945. A.P.B.R. - W.0.8 os Pueblo, Colorado. Dear Vance: Bat Thank you for your very good letter written to me on Friday, April 2nd. “You need not feel ashamed, Vance, besause I know how busy you are and how difficult it is for a fellow to write when he has a few minutes leisure time. But I do thank you for your of songratulation on our having a very good season this year. — giad that it gave you a lift when you would pick up a paper and that Kansas knocked ‘em off once more. iif I imgine old pueblo is still a little ecol, is it not? But it is interesting, I am sure, for the boys in service to - move from place to place. After this war is over many of our boys will be very much traveled, and traveling is always broadening. I & 5 *t mean the hip and shoulder kind, but the mental and social that a fellow gots meeting other people. I em glad that you get a thrill every time you go in the air because when you have a sestful stimulus like that, this life is neither boring nor irksome. I want to thank you again for your compliment paid me as to our having a possible winner. soygalt-genilellee oe hye cami am sure that this is the very year we will get knocked off, but 1% I imagine as long as I that feeling I had better bow my neck and work hard, and maybe we will have a better team than I innately Witly all good wishes and kindest personal regards, Very sincerely yours, . Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. ( A oh. ata AAA AY Th Amend fot WK... Hed cin ee : THE KANSAS CIry STA SUNDAY, F ALLEN IS NO. 1 1 COAC _|HELMS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION REPORT HONORS K. U. MENTOR. The Tutor of Champion Jayhawks Designated as ‘‘Greatest of All Time’’—Record Most Out- standing’in History. | (By The Star’s Own Service.) LAWRENCE, Kas., Feb. 27—Dr. Forrest C. Allen, whose University | of Kansas Jayhawkers have won) the Big Six championship again, has been named America’s No. 1 basketball coach by the Helms Ath- letic Foundation. Dr. Allen was designated as “the greatest basketball coach of all time,” in the collegiate basketball record prepared and issued last week by the Helms Foundation of Los Angeles, which contacted coaches and basketball authorities through- out the nation in quest of recom- mendations for “greatest coach” honors. . A KANSAN BY ADOPTION, According to the Helms survey, conducted in 1942, the 57-year-old K. U. court mentor is credited with the most outstanding coaching rec- ord in the history of the game, In heralding Allen as the “dean of American basketball coaches,” the Helms staff of research men summarized the coaching achieve-| ments of the K. U. personality, who, although born in Independence, Mo.., is recognized as an “adopted son” of the Sunflower state in which he has coached athletics twenty-five years, As evidence of his remarkable suc- cess, the Helms report first men- tioned the two Missouri Valley championships. captured by Allen-| _|coached teams at Kansas in 1908-09, before the native Missourian took: over the athletic reins at Warrens- burg State Teachers college in 1913, where he won seven straight circuit crowns before feturning to Mt. Oread in 1920 as athletic director Jand head basketball coach. TITLES NOTHING NEW, In his uninterrupted tenure at K.' U. of twenty-three years, Dr. Allen gained national recognition for) is strong defensive and high-stepping | Offensive aggregations.” Since 1920, Jayhawker teams have won five Mis-- ouri Valley titles, 1923-27, after tying | for the crown in 1922. Since the| formation of the Big Six conference ' in 1929, K. U. won six undisputed loop championships and tied for top laurels on four occasions, In addition to these conference feats, the Helms research study emphasized the fact that Allen- tutored cage crews of 1922 and again in 1923 were chosen as the national champions, and almost captured the ititle again in 1936, when Utah State snapped a 21-game winning streak in ‘the Olympic trials. Also contained in the collegiate basketball report were seven Kansas players, who under Allen’s tutelage, have been given positions on the all- _|American basketball teams of the Helms Athletic Foundation. Ray Evans, a Kansas City, Kan- sas, youth who made all-American| _|football honors last fall, is the most | recent addition to the list of “all- time basketball greats of Kansas.”| Evans was selected as guard on the | 1942 all-American team. CITE PAUL ENDACOTT, Other all-American choices by the| Helms foundation are the following | Jayhawk basketeers: Paul Endacott, guard of 1922; Charles Black, guard | of 1923-24; Tusten Ackerman, for- ward of 1925; Gale Gordon, forward, | and Albert Peterson, center, of 1926 jteams; Fred Pralle, guard of 1937-38, | and Howard Engleman, sharpshoot- | a forward of the 1941 Kansas out- | ti : Endacott has also been awarded! the distinction as one of the “ten| greatest players of the Helms ali-, time all-American selections.” In| addition the Jayhawker guard, now ‘om | vice-president of the Phillips Petrol- the,;eum company, was named as ths, two | low ssic ion. 3200 a to $10 ing. for ser, Bill 1ep- 3ell, iles, dek, aco, rold Ray ster, son, rnie ton, ten, low, fake | eson rity, Bob inis, fom nett, Vir- ther suld ack- “player of the year” in 1923. Black, who is no relation to the current Kansan forward, also was selected as the “player of the year” in 1924. BARRY AMONG FIRST TEN. While Dr. Allen was selected as the \“greatest basketball coach of all time,” the Helms foundation named the following cage mentors among the first ten: Justin M. Barry, Southern California; Claire Bee, Long Island U.; Osborn. B. Cowles, Dartmouth; Clarence S.:Edmunson, Washington; Nat Holman, C. GC. N. Y.; Lon Walter Jourdet, Pennsyl- vania; the late George E. Keogan, Notre Dame; Ward Lewis Lambert, Purdue, and Dr. Walter E. Meanwell, formerly of the University of Wis- consin, Hank Iba, mentor at Oklahoma A. |: & M., although not listed on the first ten, was named among the twenty-six ranking. coaches of the nation. Allen and Iba were the only two coaches of the Missouri Valiey schools to receive recognition. Herber.. Bunker, guard of the University of Missouri, was the oniy | other Missouri Valley basketball player mentioned in the Helms “Hall of Fame.” Bunker was named on the second team of the all-time all-| American basketball selections. He played at Missouri in 1921, 1922, and 1923. He ‘Stil’ Knows Hew. (By the Associated Press.) IroNWwoop, Micu., Feb. 27.—Gro- ver Cleveland Alexander, 56 years old yesterday, is expecting a call to return to baseball. Alexander, former National league pitcher, declared he was ready to return to the mound and figtired he’d be able to hold his own, DOUBLE CONGRATULATIONS. were in order following the University. of Kansas triumph, 42-33, over the Uni- versity of Oklahoma in Lawrence. Dr. F. C. Allen, whose Jayhawks captured the Big Six conférence championship, is shown here con- gratulating Ray Evans, junior guard of Kansas City, Kansas, for his superb defensive and floor play. Evans, acting game captain, offered a handshake to his coach, for piloting the Kansans to their eleventh conference championship in the 15-year-old history of the Big Six. December 10, 1942. 2 am happy to reply te your favor of the 7th instant. I am heartily in accord with the program of every healthy individual walking at ieast three miles a day, and five if possible. Certainly no one can keep in good physical condition without using the large — muscle group of the bedy. When you walk you "breathe with your legs". Walking, running, jumping, leaping, vaulting, climbing and crawling are the fundamental activities of the human animal. the reason that so many boys have their knees and ankles injured in athletic contests is because the boys have. practically quit using their legs and have resorted to the automobile in getting to school and the movies. when the legs are used in walking the large fundamental muscle groups are used, causing a muscular activity and thereby stimulating metabolism. Metabolism is that process of building up and tearing down that is constantly going on in our bodies when we are active. Catabolian is tearing dow and anaboliam is building up. Both precesses are known as metabolism. When the oxygen is depleted in the tissues after exercise it doubles carbon dioxide and other waste products. This stimulates the nerves to activity and causes a reaction which causes increased breath- ing and heart action. Oxygenated bleod is pumped by the heart through the arteries and capillaries to the depleted area so that the tissues can be replenished with food and oxygen. ‘Therefore, we build up by tearing down. As the roots of a giant oak sends tentacles into the earth to fasten themselves around a giant boulder to make the tree more sucure © in its attachments, so do the ligaments and tendons attached to the rough beny prominences to make more secure the muscular attachments in our - bodies. By developing strong muscles we are enabled to stand off the ravages of disease and old age much more effectively than when we fail to take regular systematic and fatiguing exercise. No person should undergo strenuous or long fatiguing exercise \ until he has an examination by a physician. But if the vital organs are pronounced in good physical condition by a physician, an individual can exercise strenuously without hurt to themselves. =le The confidence that one gets in long hikes through the woods and over hill and dale is necessary to our enotional stability. Good physical condition begets optimism, confidence and and a joyous- ness that we sorely need during our present emergency. A good slogan for a fellow to have is “Breathe with your legs, keep your chin up, and walk on the sunny side of the street". Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. 524 N. Fourth st. Tola, Kansas December 7, 1942 Mr. "Phog" Allen Lawrence, Kansas Dear Sir: I am studying feature writing through the correspond- ence bureau of the University of Kansas. I am doing some research for an article on the merits of walking. At the present time it seams patriotic for us to "pet back on our feet again" whenever possible. I believe that it will not only help in winning the war for us to do that but that there will be a great physical and psychological benefit derived. I have heard people who live but a few blocks from their work renark "Believe you me, I'M planning to stay on wheels”. May I have from you a statement for use in ny article of your opinion of the salutary effects to be derived by the American people if they will get out in the open and "hoof it" awhile? : | Respectfully, Wetrim L ee Melvin L. Haye THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STAR BUILDING KANSAS CITY, MO. JANe 24, 1943. DRe FORREST Ce ALLEN, LAWRENCE, KASe DEAR PHOG?$ OFFHAND, THE RESULT OF YOUR LAST NIGHT'S GAME SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN PINCHED BETWEEN A STALLING GAME AND A CRACKER= BOX GYMNASIUM. THE RRHRD PURPOSE OF THIS NOTE IS TO THANK YOU FOR COOPERATING ON THE NeCeAcsAe STORY. IT GOT A GOOD PLAY ALL OVER THE COUNTRYe NEW YORK ASKED VIA THE WIRE THAT THE STORY=*WRITTEN FOR THE PMS BUDGET---BE TRIMMED BY ABOUT 70 WORDS BECAUSE OF A HEAVY NEWS FILE. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, 1 AM PASSING ON TO YOU THE TWO PARA= GRAPHS DELETED FROM THE STORY BY OUR NIGHT MANE (MOR E) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STAR BUILDING KANSAS CITY, MO. ALTHOUGH BEMOANING THE LOSS OF THE FINALS BY KANSAS CITY, THE DOCTOR RELENTED FROM HIS I-HAVE=COME=TO=-COLLECT= (@) 1936 J. C. HABERSTROH et a 1207~ MOTHER BEAR AND HER THREE CUBS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK o> 3>5 ~ “ > ee wy. ; s a“ 2 i, : * \ a : UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS =a ® ‘eis Pal” clan es a ‘. : . \\ ~ DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN. >.> $35, g : \A URBANA, ILLINOIS : ~ * a ‘ ll. pnt, 55 ~\ ee JL w a g ; aD, August 3, 1943. Miss Ruth Hoover, Dept. of Physical Education for Women, University of Illinois,” Urbena, Illinois. — Dear Miss Hoovers We aro in vattior @ dita ond I think I should write you to give you the best information I have at the present time. | , At a summor session Sonate meeting the Chancellor explained to the Cunthy thick Winn at the tenets Coad Yana A ak Ciseh ttle sae and others of the faculty would not. But those who @ ) first five weeks would be expected to teach through Jume t duly first. Their salary will start at the beginning of t Deen Lawson and the Chancellor have informed % compulsory physical education should be required a of the civilian students during the first five weeks. Under the set-up, I am forced to agree with them. Therefore, as I look at your schedule it appears as if you women folks will not have anything to do the Mirst five weeks. Of course, this schedule applies to the men, also, but it does not vitally affect their activities as it does the women during the five weeks period. Before writing Miss Stapleton and Miss Bliss I + ee you. Doubtless it will affect their plans also. I renlixe tint you will be back about the 10th asl I can then go over this mtter with you in person. Sut I wanted to notify you at the earliest | ‘possible moment. I have just talked to Deen Lawson over the phone. Me wet me Saturday at the postoffice and told me of the Chancellor's and his decision. I of course was thinking of this ruling and ite application to So eee and he tells me this is so. Trusting that you are onjoying your work and hoping we will tave ool weather upon your return, I am | Sincerely yours, = | Direotor of Physical Education, PCA: AH : ———— Miss Jean Bliss, NeParland, Wisconsine Dear Miss Bliss: I am enclosing a copy of a letter I sent to Miss Hoover last week regarding the fall teaching schedule, ami glso a copy of her reply which came today. ‘She, of course, is greatly disappointed at the news, but ee the information from Dean Lemson. . S de tot bnew of snything olee I could have done umder the cirounstances. I trust you have been having a pleasant sumer, and hope to see you upon your return to Lawrence. Sincerely yours, Direstor of Physioal Education, Varsity Basketball Coachs August 9, 1943. Mies Joie Stapleton, Camp Oak Openings, Saugatuck, Michigan. Dear Miss Stapleton: T an enclosing a copy of a letter I sent Miss Hoover last week regarding the fall teaching schedule, and also @ copy of her reply which came today. She, of course, is greatly disappointed at the news, but we notified Miss Hoover immediately as soon as we had the informetion from . Dean Lawsone ee unter the ciroumstancese I trust you have been having a pleasant summer, and hope te see you upon your retton. Sincerely yours, _ ‘Direotor of Physical Education, PCA:AH : Varsity Basketball Coach. ie Ww E S L E RN