PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

THE PORTIS INDEPENDENT

J.E.KISSELL, EDITOR, OWNER AND PUBLISHER

PORTIS, OSBORN Co., KANSAS

October the Fifteenth,
Nineteen Hundred Forty-one.

DR. F. G. ALLEN,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Sir and Friend:

iI frequently feel called upon to write you about one thing or a-
néther but generally get too busy to get a letter off.

Right now I have in mind the all=star basketball game in Chi-
cago the night of Friday, November 28th3 the contestants being an
allestar group of 1941 college senhors and the champion, or so-=
called cmampion Detroit Eagles, I guess you know about it as I see
by paper you are on some advisory committee in connection with it.

Are the KU senhor boys, that is Bob Allen and Engleman, eligi-
ble foythis game and if so, do they care ye take part, so far as you
know, if they were chosen--either of them, I r@ad the Chicago papers
and see a good deal in them about the game and thot that if the Kansas
boys were eligible and cared to take part, that some move might be
made in their favor. . I know a number of fellows there that I could
at least suggest names to.

If you can give me some information on this, I will be glad.

I see that Gene Kemper devoted a columm the other day to you and
football and I was amused. at some of the conclusions he drew. He ev-
idently wants to make a big noise that sounds good to him but which
will back-fire with some of his readers. You ought to have Kemper
referee all of your basketball games and then maybe he could give you
a boost????? You understand of course that I am joking on that be-
cause, though I have seem worse referees of basketball than Kemper, right
now I can't recall where it was.

I was of course disappointed “aturday in the KU--NU game. From
this rather long range, I wonder if maybe KU is not putting too mech
dependence in Miller's passing. I noticed a wise crack in.some paper
that Kansas had only Miller and a prayer and that Miller forgot part of
the prayere The Kans. running attack was not very strong and it seems
to me thay ought to develop a little more in the way or reserves with as
many men as they have out. Of course I am just second guessing and
at long range, and this is just confidential.

Fine fall weather here and flowers still pretty. Some volunteer
wheat and bardBy has headed and if stays warm, might be cut, that is
with mature grain, by last of month. ie

Clipping enclosed from Chicago paper and any suggestion you have
will be appreciated.

Have been wondering if you and Mrs. Allen are not r
with the children all gone.
Kindest regards, * .