November 21, 1941.

Mre Je EB. Kisseil,
Portis, Kansas.

Dear Hr. Kissell;

Thank you very much for your very good letter of the
17th; also for the clipping enclosed. It is very interesting.

: I will not write you e lengthy letter, but I do went —
to tell you that I enjoy your letters very much and I hope to see you
here Saturday for the Missouri game.

I cofild not see how Kensas State could lose, but in
reviewing the case in my mind I can see how, as you Shy, Kansas State
was “just right” for what happened. It was interesting about the way
they boomed Jack Gardner for a field house, wasn't it? But if we
hadn't been as luck as the mischief and as torrid as hot tar they
would have licked us.

< The last two years that we played Gardner out there
at Menhattan our boys have done the impossible - almost. So some day
if they catch us off our stride they are liable to lick us.

: We should have a fairly good year in basketball. I
‘am not rounding the boys any too rapidly, waiting for the coming of
the men from the football squad before we co all out and in dead
earnest this year. All of our boys are improved over lest year, and
I believe that Sollenberger is going to be a dandy. Of course, Evans |
and Miller will strengthen the squad perceptibly, and these other
boys are coming along in good shape. Charlie Walker, Jolm Buescher,
Vance Hall, 7. P. Hunter - all are improved over last year. And our
freshmen of last year are coming along in good shepe. Max is improv-
ing, comparatively speaking, although he is not up with some of last
year’s gang. But he is flashy, intelligent, aggressive, and he is an
A No. 1 fighter. He gets a little over-anxious on certein play
situations, but when he is out and on the court driving and fighting
for that ball he is just as versatile as most any of them. He will
make a great player for Kansas before he finishes. I will make that
prediction to you. |

I was interested in reading about the time you
with Kansas Wesleyan. That must have been in 1909 or 1910,
was it not? : , tes