Portis, Kansas,
January 7th, 19435,

Dr, F. C. Allen,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Dr, Allen:

A word to say that I have been holding my breathe ever
since your first game back East and do not know how long I can hold
out without some new air,

Your victories were all grand and then tha result with
The Olathe outfit was ‘more! grand and then agains\\it ssuors was
ever 'more! grander, altho I had figured you should beat MU.

I feared your team would crack. It might be that is

what will happen before Sat. night but I hope not and I will try
to hold my breathe till about midnight Sat. night. I will not

be greatly disappointed if we lose but I would surely like to win
it for two or three reasons. If holding my breathe® will help any,
I will hold on.

What I really am writing for was to mention about the reply

Chas. Black made to my letter, I should have written you before

you went Hast on on the way but did not. Would sent his reply

to you but it is not here now, I thot it was fine the way he wrote
me and he said he got off on the wrong foot and that 'now' he wa

getting lined up and was going to really go and uphold the KU préde

and so on. Anyway I thot it was nice the way he wrote me and also

thanked me for writing him; when as a matter of fact I may not have

had any particular business writing him. It may have helped

a little thoughe

Would write about several things but just haven't time now,

I send you a meant-to-be comic telegram back East but it
may never have been delivered to you as the WU man said they could
not get it thru.

All I know about the MO. game last night is that you won
I think 68 to 44 according to radio report. We do not get good
sports news here any more and not many box scores, 1 got a KU Kansan
today that was two weeks old.

In haste and kindest regards,