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Mr. Alvin 5. King,
Eing Motor Cos,
Hesston, Kansas.

Dear Mr. King:

I em sending you herewith a scopy of
letter I received from Johnny Dewell. You

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read the
original letter when you were in my office last week.

Cordially yours,

' Director of Physical Education,
FCA:Ai Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
 

 

 

Hiv. Parl Foltenstion
Kansas University —
Lawrence, “ansas

Dear Hr. Palkenstien,

- Dr. Forrest C. Allen informs me Tt may mail you e check -
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

BUSINESS OFFICE
KARL KLOOZ, BURSAR February 16, 1943
’

Dr. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Education
Head Basketball Coach
University of Kansas

My dear Dr. Allen:

This will acknowledge
receipt of your letter of the 9th together
with copy of letter that you wrote to Mr. W.
A. Dewell of Newton, father of John.

Please accept my
thanks for your interest in the matter.

I note, also, by the
papers that he has gone to S. M. U. and is
expected to follow in the footsteps of his
brother Bill.

Yours very truly,

 

Bursar

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February 6, 1943.

Mr. Dwight Keith, Editor,
Southern Coach and Athlete,
751 Park Drive, N.&.,

Dear Mr Keith 3

I deeply regret the long delay in responding:
to your request for a short article for your magezine,
but I have been away on several basketball trips.

I eam enclosing an article which you may edit
as you see fit. If you care to use illustrations or
diagrams, that will be fine. I do not know how much space
you will have for the article. 7

With kindest regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
Enoe Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
  

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

GEORGIA ATHLETIC COACHES ASSN.
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ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSN.
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LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL
COACHES’ ASSN.

Coach Forrest C. Allen,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Coach Allen:

I don't see how I can let the year go by
without having at least one article from you
for me magazine. I am a little short of material
for the February issue, and wonder if you have
time and will be kind enough to write me some-
thing for this issue. Any topic and any length
will be O.K. and will be appreciated.

I am enjoying my work here at Tech. We had
a good year, but the "Longhorns" were a little
too strong for us. Our basketball will be only
fair. It is made up mostly of freshmen and soph-
omores.

Many thanks, and highest regards,

Sincerely yours,

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Dwight Keith

 
MOTIVATION OF BASKETBALL FUNDAMENTALS

FOR YOUNGER BOYS

Forrest C. Allen, Basketball Coach
University of Kansas

As an ideal class program the mimetics of basketball furnish all the
“motivation necessary for teaching basic fundamentals around which all types
of plays evolve.

Por example, a group of children in the gymnasium classes could be more
easily led to strive for better stances in both offensive and defensive
positions if they were told and shown that John Doe, the high school star
athlete, executed his fundamentals thus.

In this type of motivation, no one should handle the ball except the
Gelerioter who demonstrates the play. One of the class members should work
with him in the demonstration. In order to hold a large class in floor for-
mation it will be necessary to alter follow-throughs somewhat, but the nature
of the alteration should serve to increase the value of the exercises as a form
of calisthenics, and should not seriously affect the value of the exercise as
a floor assignment, Changing the class positions is thus avoided.

The exercises should be performed and the followethrough made with an
avoidance of tensing the muscles. The smooth and seemingly effortless baskete
ball player is the imaginative model to follow. As a cat stretches itself to
health, sm should the versatile basketball player of the future unlimber his
shooting muscles.

A class of 40 to 50 can be handled in this manner without difficulty.
All members of the class should execute the same fundamentals witil every type
of play on both offense and defense has been fairly well mastered. Every coach

will differ somewhat in methods of teaching, and no two coaches will stress the
Ze

same fundamentals,

It is the author's hope herein to sell to the coaches the idea of
teaching shadow basketball to immature youngsters before permitting them
to handle the ball, By watching the coach-instructor demonstrate the pimy
with the ball and then by being directed to go slowly through the mechanics
of the play without the ball, junior high school boys will acqiire the correct
, mechanics of fundamental basketball before they reach high school. —

Each individual instructor can outline his own series of fundamental
offensive and defensive movements for such mimetics. There is available at
the University of Kensas a ; |
twoereel motion picture film in which all the fundamental movements are
elaborately described, step by step.

After the more simple fundamentals have been mastered the groups can
then work in pairs. Alternate rows can handle the imaginary ball, while the
other rows can act as guards and face them, constantly keeping their 3 ft.

distance from the ball handlers by the use of guard steps.

Push or Chest Shot

 

1. Step left foot forward with weight on balls of both feet, with
knees half bent, and with imaginary ball held waist high ond somewhat in
front of body.

2. Shoot, rising on toes, extending legs, except that the ball is
carried inward and upward along the chest, preliminary to the extension of
the arms in shooting. Follow through with body in full extension but avoid
strained or tensed position. As ball leaves hands with a snap, the thumbs
and palms should be pointed upward and fingers should point toward the line
of flight.

Se Drop hands to knees with the body in a full crouch, ready to push
Se

off in either direction to follow the ball,
4, Drop arms to sides and return left foot to starting positions

5.e Assume starting positions

Guarding

Defensive starting positions l, Step left foot forward with the weight
distributed on both feet, but the greater weight on the front left foot.

2, Bend both knees and extend left arm and forearm forward and upward |
with elbow bent. Right arm should be drawn back and down to the right side, as
if to block low bounce passe The right elbow remains bent.

3. Just before the offense shoots, the guard should bring his rear foot
forward and thrust his left forearm and hand high in the air to block the
imaginary shot of the forward. ‘The guard should never leave his feet unless
he is sure that the ball is leaving his opponent's hands. |

4. After attempting to block the shot, the guard should drop to a full
crouch with his hands upon his knees--all the while eying his opponent and
making ready to dart off in any direction indicated.

5. Drop ane i sides and return left foot to atarting positions

6. Assume starting position.

The sides now reverse their positions. Again the same set of maneuvers
is repeated. The defensive mn craftily watches every move of the offensive

‘man and shouts to surprise him as he attempts a shot.

Over Shoulder Hook Pass
Offensive starting position. 1, Forward turns partially away from
opponent and watches him over his left shoulder. At the same time, the forward
forces the imaginary ball into his ow right hand and wrist, with his left hand.
2. Cpyoss-step with the left foot, Bend knees into a low crouch, Force

ball against the right wrist on arc of backswing with the left hand. Push left
4e

forearm across front of bodys Reach well backward and down with the right
hook, right arm straight, trunk backward, and twist to the right. Bend right
knee considerably more than left. Put weight principally on right foot.
ase ever elt Ghedider and in dhe dtvestion OF Xho hack pase, but keep eyes
down, so as not to telegraph direction, A pivot to the rear can easily be
made from this stence, but that is only a safety escapes

3- Pass, keeping ball directly in front of forearm and swinging it through
are with hips as a center. Rise on left foot, turn and spin, and, near completion
of the pass, whip right arm over in the direction of left shoulder, on and down-
wardeekeeping wi right elbow straight. This movement brings the right foot and
body forward with full extension in followethroughe Float the imaginary ball
over the opponent's upstretched arms

4. Drop hands to knees with the body in a full ites ready to push off
in either direction to follow the balls

Se Drop arms to sides and return to starting positions

Defensive starting positions 1, Guard is alert, with knees bent and
arms extended in a boxer's stances |

2e As the forward cross-steps and moves slightly away, the guard ade
vances cautiously, vineing up the gaps

Se When forward starts to spin and rise in the air for a hook shot, the
guard, in an effort to block the ball, slides forward, using a boxer's step, and
springs off both feet with a full left-arm extension, pplling as the jump is made.

4, Guard now alights in the same manner as the forward, with a full crouch,

and hands on knees: ready for a push-off in any directions

Across Shoulder Bounce Pass

 

Offensive Starting Positions 1. Farward, with knees fully bent, draws
imaginary ball back of head and left shoulder to floor=-bounce past his opponent on

the opponent's right side,
fe

2. By presenting his back to his opponent the forward can either back-
pass or, after faking to backepass, by shifting his wéight on his right foot
he can spin to the opposite side and floor-bounce past his opponent on the opponent's
left side»

3. Forwards now return to starting positions

Defensive Starting Position, 1. Guard, alert, with knees bent and legs
spread, extends his arms to block the bounce pass in any direction that the for-
ward may elect to throw it.

2- The guard cautiously shifts his feet, shouting and waving hie’ erie in
en effort to confuse his opponent into meking bad passes.

3. After the forward has made his attempts, the guard returns to his

original starting position.
MOTIVATION OF BASKETBALL FUNDAMENTALS

FOR YOUNGER BOYS

Forrest C. Allen, Basketball Coach
University of Kansas

As an ideal class program the mimetics of basketball finish all the
motivation necessary for teaching basic fundamentals around which all types
of plays evolve.

For example, a group of children in the gymnasium classes could be more
easily led to strive for better stances in both offensive and defensive
positions if they were told and shown that John Doe, the high school star
athlete, executed his fimdamentals thus.

In this type of motivation, no one should handle the ball except the
instructor who demonstrates the play. One of the olass members should work
with him in the demonstration. In order to hold a large class in floor for-
mation it will be necessary to alter followethroughs somewhat, but the nature
of the alteration should serve to increase the value of the exercises as a form
of calisthenics, and should not seriously affect the value of the exercise as
a floor assignment, Changing the class positions is thus avoided.

The exercises should be performed and the follow-through made with an
avoidance of tensing the muscles. The smooth and seemingly effortless basket-
ball player is the imaginative model to follow. As a cat stretches itself to
health, em should the versatile basketball player of the future wnlimber his
shooting muscles.

A class of 40 to 50 can be handled in this memer without difficulty.
All members of the class should execute the same fundamentals until every type
of play on both offense and defense has been fairly well ecuhvinrels, Every coach

will differ somewhat in methods of teaching, and no two coaches will stress the
26

same fundamentals,

It is the author's hope herein to sell to the coaches the idea of
teaching shadow basketball to immature youngsters before permitting them
to handle the ball. By watching the coache-instructor demonstrate the pimy
with the ball and then by being directed to go slowly through the mechanics.
of the play without the ball, junior high school boys will acqiire the correct
mechanics of fundamental basketball before they reach high school.

Each individual instructor can outline his own series of fundamental
offensive and defensive movements for such mimetics. There is available at
the University of Kansas a
twoereel motion picture film in which all the fundamental movements are
elaborately described, step by step.

After the more simple fundamentals have been mastered the groups can
then work in pairs, Alternate rows can handle the imaginary ball, while the
other rows can act as guards and face them, constantly keeping their 3 ft.

distance from the ball handlers by the use of guard steps.

Push or Chest Shot

1. Step left foot forward with weight on balls of both feet, with
knees half bent, and with imaginary ball held waist high and somewhat in
front of body.

2. Shoot, rising on toes, extending legs, except that the ball is
carried imward and upward along the chest, preliminary to the extension of
the arms in shooting, Follow through with body in full extension but avoid
strained or tensed position, As ball leaves hands with a snap, the thumbs
and palms should be pointed upward and fingers should point toward the line
of flight.

Se Drop hands to knees with the body in a full crouch, ready to push
Se

off in either direction to follow the ball.
4. Drop arms to sides and return left foot to starting position.

5. Assume starting position.

Guardin,

Defensive starting position, 1. Step left foot forward with the weight
distributed on both feet, but the greater weight on the front left foot. |

' 2. Bend both knees and extend left arm and forearm forward and upward
with elbow bent. Right arm should be drawn back and down to the right side, as
if to block low bounce pass. The right elbow remains bent.

3. Just before the offense shoots, the guard should bring his rear foot
forward and thrust his left forearm and hand high in the air to block the
imaginary shot of the forward. The guard should never leave his feet wiless
he is sure that the ball is leaving his opponent's hands.

4. After attempting to block the shot, the guard should drop to a full
crouch with his hands upon his kneese-all the while eying his opponent and
making ready to dart off in any direction indicated.

5. Drop arms to sides and return left foot to starting position.

6. Assume starting position.

The sides now reverse their positions. Again the same set of maneuvers
is repeated. The defensive mn craftily watches every move of the offensive
man and shouts to surprise him as he attempts ea shot.

 

Over Shoulder Hook Pass
Offensive starting position. 1. Forward turns partially away from
opponent and watches him over his left shoulder. At the same time, the forward
forces the imaginary ball into his om right hand and wrist, with his left hand,
2. Cposs-step with the left foot. Bend knees into a low crouch. Pores
ball against the right wrist on aro of backswing with the left hand. Push left
te

forearm across front of bodys Reach well backward and down with the right
Daath, vhahth nom WAAUAN, teveke backward, and twist te. the right, * Subd Hert
nee considerably mare When lett, Put weight prinaipally ei right fect.

Face over left shoulder and in the direction of the hook pass, but keep eyes
down, so as not to telegraph direction. A pivot to the rear can easily be
made from this stance, but that is only a safety escape.

S. Pass, keeping ball directly in front of forearm and swinging it through
are with hips as a center. Rise on left foot, turn and spin, and, near completion
of the pass, whip right arm over in the direction of left shoulder, on and down~
wardeekeeping the right elbow straight. This movement brings the right foot and
body forward with full extension in follow-through. Float the imaginary ball
over the opponent's upstretched arm.

4. Drop hands to knees with the body in a full crouch, ready to push off
in either direction to follow the balle

Se Drop arms to sides and return to starting position.

Defensive starting position. 1. Guard is alert, with knees bent and
arms extended in a boxer's stance. |

2. An the forward cross~steps. and moves slightly way, the guard ade
vances cautiously, closing up the gape |

Se When forward starts to spin and rise in the air for a nee shot, the
guard, in en effort to block the ball, slides forward, using a boxer's step, and
springs off both feet with a full left-arm extension, pplling as the jump is made.

4. Guard now alights in the seme manner as the forward, with a full crouch,

and. hands: om knees: ready for a pusheoff in any directions —

Across Shoulder Bounce Pass
Offensive Starting Position. 1. Farward, with knees fully bent, draws —
imaginary ball back of head and left shoulder to floor~bounce past his opponent on

the opponent's right side.
2. By presenting his back to his opponent the forward can either back-
pass or, after faking to back-pass, by shifting his weight on his right foot
he cen spin to the opposite side and floor-bounce past his opponent on the opponent's
left sidee .
3. Forwards now return to starting position.
Defensive Starting Positions 1. Guard, alert, with knees bent and legs
spread, extends his arms to block the bounce pass in any direction that the fore
ward may elect to throw it.

2, The guard centiously shifts his feet, shouting and waving his arms in

an effort to confuse his opponent into making bad passes.
3. After the forward itas made his attempts, the guard returns to his

original starting position.

 
Just received your letter, Clint, regarding tickets. I
to Mir. Earl Falkenmstien, and heave some bad news for you.
weeks efter the Oklehome-Kansas game at Norman on January

all the tickets were sold out for the Kansas-Oklahoma game

However, here’s the only possibility that we might do
Many of the students have been called for .

that fine | good luck that hac characterized
canal.

Director of Physical Education,
Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
Tickets are $1.00 a slain
Palkenstion a cheek for $4.00 and tell |
best seats availabie - if you do wider these conditions ~
te ee ee ee ee

I ox sending you a little later a eoyy of a letter that dolmty
Dewell wrote me from 5.4.0.

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
TELEPHONE 63

ALVIN B. KING, Prop.

KING MOTOR CO. >

SALES => SERVICE

_ Hesston, Kansas
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Feb. 19, 1946

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Lawrence Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen,

I really appreciated receiving the letters from you
recently vertaining to the correspondence you had
with Mr. Dewell and Johnny. I sassure youl did every-
thing possible to keep Mohnny at K.U. I talked to

the three orominent business men in Newton who in
turn contacted the Dewell family also. Everything
seemed to be all cut and dried however for the transz-
fer to S.M.U. before we started working on them. Will
talk to you more in/detail later.

I plan to take in your 0.U.-K.U.game at Lawrence Feb. 26.
The way it looks now there will be four of us from
here attending. Would it be possible for you to get
four good seats for us. If so we would very much
aporeciate it, and will pay you when we get them Fri-
day before game time.

Congratulations on your three last games.

Hope to hear from y°u soon.

Yours very sincerely,

Y )

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CAG.
V7 |

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lir. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lewrence, Kansas

Dear Pfog:

I was really pleased with your letter to lir. Dewell because you put
the thing just exactly the wey I felt it should be put. In fact, once
or twice I said the same thing to parents, myself, although perhaps I
was not quite so polished and did not use the delicate finesse that
you used in telling him he was selling his boy out to the highest bid-
der, and making a gladiator out of him.

I am sorry, of course, to lose a good athlete, but if they can't iron
out things for a boy who was being tsken care of like he was, in other
words, if they expect more than that, it is just too bad. Anyway, l
can't get real excited right now with this bigger job we have on our

handse

I hed a letter from Clint written January 351 after they hed completed
their drive up the island, and he has been through some terrific times,

I will tell you about it the first time I see you.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

NORMAN : OKLAHOMA

Jan. 21, 1943,

Dear Coachs

Thank you for your letter regarding the extant Gerald
Tucker case. I am always glad to have the other fellow's
angle and you had some I had never heard, There are
always two sides to every argument,

In my review of the unfortunate event in the Sooner
Magazine I may have written some things I shouldn't
have. We had never before been on the defense in an
eligibility fight. Believe me, it's rough, You probs
ably know from Kansas's harrowing experience in the
heated Jim Bausch case back in '30 how rough it can be
on the defending school and everybody connected with
it.

I am sure that if Oklahoma ever were to be embroiled

in another similar controversy(heaven forbid!} I should
try to handle that part of our publicity over which I
have control in an entirely different way. One learns
something from every new embarrassing experience in life.

Your remarks about our Dean Adams surprised me; I did not
know he had ever coached or that he had any connection
whatever with the Tucker case, Meanwhile, the fact that
Gerald is making fine grades in all his other courses

other than those in the business school, and has consist-
ently made them last year and this year, is evidence enough,
I think, that he is a good student. He is a fine, clean
boy in every way.

I was down in Bruce's office yesterday afternoon while
the team was dressing for practice, Our boys are all
pulling for you against Creighton.

Sincerely yours, |
a

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Harold Keith.

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