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PORTIS, OSBORN Co., KANSAS \

‘June The Twenty-Ninth, ed
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Dr Ba Gs ‘gnaen,.

Lawrence 5 Kansas. : Ses a ee
Dear Dr. Allen:. ; ,

When we last saw you there week azn. a? told you ir might get hold
of something in regard to Serald Tucker and whether he considers KU at alle
S@ far I have not been a »to do it, as he has been away from home
some , . but I think that I may get something soon; that is whether, or not,
he will’ consider the University. ard cet anything of interest, I
WiLL seb’ din touch with yous ’:: I have heard, indirectly, that Tucker
will go to Oklahoma U. but that he is as’ ‘yet. not Tt decided. By |
the way, I have detter, from Bruce Drake about Maxe | “e had heard we ~ a
mi chat be interested: in Petroleum Engineering and so wrote. His letter,
tho, isi'very nice and not at all out- of=place and he wants Max to |
come down and see him., He said in letter. he had assumed Max would — el
stay in Kansag,,¢hat he would be wklcome at OU. ~ ,

Before I forget, I wanted to say a word adout ‘gome boys that you
might be interested ing At least I: promised them/or’some of their folks
that I would.. Don Dougherty, who -has. been .at Washburn ‘two years, is
I hear transferring” to KU. “e has a year of eligibility © and is a
nice ball players r do” ‘Hovchnow what: happened. at Washburn. Then a
friend of miné, Wint ‘Smith of Topeka, askcd me to) mention his nephew,

Max Smith, of Randall who likely wants to.go:to KU but needs help. He
is a good basketball player and MaxXand he have played against each
other the past two years, Both made the aoe ae team at Concordia.
Smith is a jean, lanky boy and ef good character. | Anether boy from
game territory is Ernest Nelson. of. Kackleys te, is a corking scorer J
and wo-hand shot something like John: Cooper of* Missouri used to be. 4
“e scored heavily last season.  Ni¢e boy but I ‘think has no money at 7
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alls also good student and fine on track anda’ T ‘believe now has the state
pole vault “record and he runs the half mile not,too slows Now these |
boys may lack stamina to ‘stay with it but I: mention them because I had a
promised.to do SO» a

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I wish you would tell. .me this, Allen. About | what can echo such ae

as Max or any other, realize there from ‘his labers in the course of oo
a year if he makes grades and is good enough to help the team he is on?

That may be a direct question, but it is one that confronts me as
I must be making some definite plans for Max before long.

  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

I told you about some of the."big" offers. liax had from some Kansas
coaches and Iwas going to write you about one or two from out of stat
but will instead send the enclosed letter which you can look over. WN
I do not “take for geented" all those rch Anke some of them are ol
I am sure, provided Max makes grades and is’a gentleman and can help
the team. Santa Clara had a man here to sce Max play and there i
a sportsman who offers to take care of his expense. But he will n
take it, I am sure, since wil isa long ways off and besides is ¢

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