no way for Bill Johnson to travel 400 miles after his father's funeral and play the gamee Certain defeat faced Kansase Oklahoma had been the runner- up te Kansas in the two previous conference races, and new in this tthird year fate seemed te decree an Oklahoma victory. Swan Johnson, a one-time Swedish immigrant boy and father ef Bill, had blazed the het and dusty trail from Iewa to Oklahoma in 1889 to homestead much ef the land that he possessed at the time of his death. He had, at all times, evinced an intense pride and interest in Bill's basketball achievements. On the day of his death, a half-page picture of Bill was printed on the sperts page of his lecal paper. With justifiable pride he had commented te Bill's mother, "I hope Bill playssthe game of his life, Saturday night." This significant statement proved te be the real challenge in Bill's final decision te try te get backte play. Close friends of the family had counseled with his mother and had urged that, if at all possible fer Bill to reach Lawrence, he should play in this, his final game, and thus fulfill the last wish ef his father. Ce Oc (*Cab") Burnside, residing in Bill's home tewn, a fraternity brother of Bill's and a loyalalumnus of Kansas, through his intimate friend- ship for the Jehnson family, convinced Mrs. Johnson te send her bey by air- plane te answer the call of Kansas. Already the morning and the aftermoon newspapers had anneunced that Kansas would play without her superstar, Bill Johnson. During the day, many offers from businessmen and from university groups to sponser a flight to Oklahoma to get Jehnson came to me. But all such pro- posals had received a deaf ear. Strong head winds andair pockets aplenty made a 400-mile hop under adverse wather conditions seem tee perileus to consider. Hewever, during the aftermoon, another fraternity brether ef Bill's, Maurice Le Breidenthal of Kansas City, Kan., and a most leyalalumnus ef Kansas, telephoned te me that he and Cob Burnside of Oklahoma City had arranged for a commercial plane te attempt the flight to bring Bill Jehnson from Oklahoma City in time fer the game. The possible danger ef a forced landing or a crack-up precluded the wis- . dem of inferming the Kansas tegm ef this centemplated air ttripe The group. reaction might have been most detrimental should the plan have failed. The game between Missouri and Kansas State at Manhattan, Kan., wes te be called fer 7:30peme, the same time as was the Kansas-Oklahoma game tobe called at Lawrence. After the information concerning Jehnsen was received, and since the home teams are responsible fer setting the starting time of the games, we changed our starting time to 8:00 PeMee - Immediately bulletins were published in the press and broadcast by radie that the Kansas-Oklahoma game weuld be calledat 8:00 pem., instead of 7:30 peme, as usuale On account ef the possible effect upen the team, we were forced te keep our primary reasen fer this change of time a secret, giving as a reason for the postponement eur desire te have Kansas follewers listen in en the first half of the important Missouri-Kansas State game, being played at Manhattan. We installed loud-speakers in the Kansas field house for these radio reports of the first half ef the Misseuri-Kansas State game. If Missouri should win their game, then the winner ef the Kansas Oklahoma game would be 189.