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105 WEST TWELFTH STREET
January 16, 1939-6 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Dre Forrest Ce Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
Varsity Basketball Coach,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear "Phog":

I want to thank you for your kind letter
of sometime backe It was exceedingly nice of you to
take the time and write mee

I felt that you were giving me a break in
having me as one of the officials in your game with
Oklae A & Me, and I did try to do my part in working
the gameS.Mre Iba, the second night, did ask us to
watch the violation you had mentioned to him, and I
do feel we called it a great deal closer the second
nighte

As for your putting us on the spot, I can
say this, whoever told you was just a trifle mixed up
in the mattere The statement did not orginate with mee \
Who said it first I do not care to momtion. I did find \
out after the game that Mr. Iba was the one who walked \
to the bench and complained about not receiving another
free throwe You, acting in the good sportsmanship, you
have always displayed, stopped the game, and announced

‘ there would be another throwe

Relative to Bob, and the foul that was
committed, Bob is téps with me and always has been.
I had worked @ number of games in which Bob had played
when he was in high school, and if all players were as
nice and decent as he, then it would be a great night
for officialse

As for the two throws, I talked with a
number of officials, and have found them to be about
equally divided as to whether the two throws should be
allowede We officials do study our rules end try to
act upon them the best possible waye