JAYHAWK REBOUNDS

 

November 20, 1944

Ne. 12

Dear Fellow Jayhawkers:

I have been gold-bricking on youe They elected me president of the
Country Club this fall and we have been trying to rejuvenate the place out
theree We have personally supervised the sanding of the floors, installation
of a new ceiling, painting end general repair work. And besided handling
the various drives for the University, such as the National War Fund and
Community Chest in Octeber, and now the Sixth War Loan, as well as the
general administration of the Physical Education Department, I have been
incidentally attempting te coach a basketball team.

I looked at the date of the last Jayhawk Rebounds, No. 11, and find that
it is dated September 12, 1944, and this morning is November 20, - more than
twe months since I have written you boys on the many fronts. But alibis are
never any good when a fellow has to get the job done of Jayhawk Rebounding.

So just prior to the football game with the Missouri Tigers on Thursday, Nov.
23, in Kansas City at Association Park, I will try to give you a review of the
past football season up to the present time. Coach Henry Shenk has had a
dickens of a time. On November 1, just at the time when the team should be
hitting its stride, many of his stellar performers were called to the other
fronts fer further servicing by the Navy. This is a fair and modest appraisal
eof the efforts of the fighting Jayhawkers. We have net overdone it either by
too much praise or too much alibiing.

Old-timers rubbed their eyes the 2lst of October when Kansas administered
the first licking te a Nebraska football team in 48 years on the Kansas field.
Only once in all thet time had they even been tied - the famous 20-20 tie of
1920. It was the first time in 26 years that any Kansas feotball team had
beaten a Nebraska team on Jayhawker soil!

To make the victory even more outstanding, Nebraska walloped a Missouri
team that was rated 30 points better by a scere of 24 te 20 in Lincoln a
week before, which was the major upset of the Big Six seasonto date.

To the Kansas team should go the credit for smashing this 48-year-old
jinxe The first K.U. score came in the first half when Charles Keller blocked
a Nebraska punt which was recovered by Warren Riegle in the end zone for a
teuchdown. In the third quarter the Kansas team drove 60 yards and scored with
@ screen pass only te have the play called back because of an offsidese But
Kansas was not to be denied. later, big Don Barrington after alternating
with Charles Moffett in carrying the ball down tte the Nebraska 5<yard line,
threw a quick pass to Charlie across the goal line for the second counter.

Bill Chestnut, dropkicker de luxe, kicked both extra points.

In the fourth stanza Dwight Sutherland and Charlie Meffett took turns
passing and carrying the ball dewn to the Nebraske 3O-yard line where Charlie
Meffett flipped a pass to Warren Riegle who made a sensational catch in the
end zone for the third score. The game ended Kansas 20, Nebraska 0.

 

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Kansas linemen who played a brilliant game were Warren Riegle and
Charles Daigneault, ends; Charles Keller and Dick Dreher, guards; Gene Long
and Wallace Rouse, tackles; and Wayne Hird, center. In the backfield, big
Don Barrington, fullback, and Charles Moffett, tailback, were outstanding,
with Leroy Robison, Don Faullmer and Dwight Sutherland turning in fine a
of blocking and running when the occasion demaunded.

Eight of the Kansas teams played their last game for K.U. since they were —
being transferred by the Navy to other stations. Warren Riegle, Charles
Daigneault and John Schimenz, ends; Don Barrington, Ted Short, 0. Je Endacott,
Ben Welch, backs; and Dick Dreher, guard, are beys from the first twenty-two
men who played their last game this season for Kansas. Replacing these men was
a tremendous job for the Kansas ceaches in the four games ahead with t he
Olathe Clippers, Kansas State, Oklahoma dnd Misseuri.

I kmew all ef you loyal Jayhawkers in whatever theatre of operations
you may be will be everjeyed to knew that at last Kansans can talk of
football without recalling how many years it has been since we have beaten
Nebraska and wondering whether a Kansas team ever will. From now on the
Jayhawkers are determined to put the jinx on the other team.

After the Nebraska victory, Kesas fans wondered what would be the fate
of the Kansas team after losing the eight Navy boys through transfer, four
ef whom had been regulars on the first team. They were agreeably surprised
when the KeU. team trounced the Olathe Clippers 33 to 14. Leroy Robison,
converted to a fullback from his blecking back position, did an especially

_ goed job at lugging the ball. Sam Hunter, freshman tackle, was moved to

right end, and Lee Gregory and Gerdon Reynolds started at left tackle. This
gave Kansas a pair of green ends, but they showed promise in this game of
developing as the season progressed. The blocking and ball carrying was

‘expecially good in the Olathe came.

Then came the upset. Kansas State beat us 18 to 14 in a game for the
books. Kansas started off by scoring a touchdown after about 12 plays in
the first quarter. The touchdown was scored on a screen pass from Charlie
Moffett to Leroy Robison. Bill Chestnut, our fine dropkicker, kicked the
extra pointe =

In the second quarter Kansas State, with a fine mixture of passes and
running plays, scored, to leave the score at the half remaining 7 to 6. In
the third quarter Kansas State took the ball away from Leroy Robison after
he made a line plunge on the Kansas 30-yard line. From there they scored
on a lateral pass after driving inside of the Kansas one-yard line. Just
before the quarter ended, Kansas started a march which ended on the first play
of the fourth quarter with Charlie Moffett going across for a touchdown from
the Kansas spread formation. Chestnut again kicked the goal and the score
was 14 to 12.

The game see-sawed back and ferth with Kansas outplaying the Agzies
until about four minutes remained in the fourth quarter. A forward pass
from Charlie Moffett to Gordon Reynolds was intercepted by little Dana Atkins
on the Aggies 20-yard line, and he raced dewn te the Kansas 8-yard, where he
was finally tackled by Leroy Rebison and Den Faullmer. The Aggies scored
from here on a pass, and led Kansas 18 to 14. With 15 seconds remaining in
the ball game, Charlie Meffett took the ball on his own 20-yard line in the
spread formation and ran 80 yards through the entire Aggie team for a touch-
down, only to have the score nullified when an official called a clipping
penalty on the Kansas State 15-yard line. And that was the ball came.

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Last week the Oklahoma Sooners came to Kansas and defeated Kansas, 20

to Oe The first downs read Kansas 11, Oklahoma 12, but the Oklahoma effense

featuring two hard-driving backs in Lebow and Heard, was too much for the
Jayhawkerse The Sooners have clinched at least a tie for the Big Six champion-
ship, and by defeating a weak Nebraska team on December 2nd, can win the title
undisputed for the second consecutive yeare They’ have only a 21-21 tie with
Missouri te mar their record. Oklahoma has not lost a college game this year.

A crowd of 20,000, a complete sell-out, is expected for the Kansas-
Missouri game at Ruppert Stadium on November 23.

Ernie Quigley has put vitality and confidence in the athletic program,
and atthough it may take two or three years for an ordinary director to show
results, I predict before the year is over Kansas will be making definite
strides to a place in the sum in her whole sports program. Another year will
see Kansas in a much different situation than she had been twelve months pre-
vious.

We will not send this Rebounds out until we can give you a flashand a
short resume of the Tiger battle. The game seems to be a toss up, and since
Kansas’ glorious victory over Missouri last year the Jayhawkers have more
than a fighting chance to twist the Tiger's tail. Anything can happen in a
Kansas<Missouri gamee

FLASH. « « - « eAt a Tiger rally on the eve of the Kansas-Missouri game,
Coach Chauncey Simpson of Missouri said he had a secret weapon to use against
the Jayhawkers. C. E. McBride, sports editor of the Kansas City Star,.called
that weapon V-3. So far as I was concerned it was just Greekto me - 278 lb.
Jim Kekeris, a McKinley High Scheel graduate from St. Louis, who had played
two years at tackle, was the Greek. He had played fullback in his high school
days, but when Don Fauret looked at him he slapped him in the line. This
big Greek plowed over and through the Kansas line like a Sherman tank. He
was the biggest thing in two shoes at Association Park. When he moved the
adipose tissue on his abdomen showed visibly from the stands and when he stood »
still the vibration of that equatorial diameter was still moving and some wag ©
could have notified the big Greek that his engine was still running, se flabby
was the "Man Mountain" of lard and other ingredients. He looked anything but
an athlete, but he leoked too tough for Kansas.

' The score was Missouri 28, Kansas 0. Kansas could have held the score
down to two touchdowns but they wildly gambled for a score and it cost them
twe teuchdowns. Everything did hapven in this football game, but not to the =

pleasure of the Kansas team or its adherents.

Now, a word for basketball. On December 4th at Topeka, Kansas, we will
engage in our first contest of the season with the Washburn Ichabods. I am
giving you our schedule, and will give you a short review as the games are
played.

Non-conference games: Dece 4 - Washburn at Topeka
Dec. 8 = Washburn at Lawrence
Dec. 12 - Rockhurst at Kansas City
. Dec. 19 - Rockhurst at Lawrence
Double-headers in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City during the
Christmas holidays -. Dec. 22 - Moe vs Colo. and Kans. vs Ke State
Dece 23 = Mo. vs Kansas, and Nebr. vs K. State
Conference Games: January 6 - Missouri at Columbia
January 12 - Nebraska at Lawrence
January 20 = Oklahoma at Norman

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January 27 - Iowa State at Lawrence
January 30 - Kansas State at Lawrence
February 10- Nebraska at Lincoln
| February 13 - Oklahoma at Lawrence
: | February 16 - Kansas State at Manhattan
February 24 - Missouri at Lawrence
March 2 = Iowa State at Ames

When someone asks me what my prospects are, I say we have only one man
on the regular team returning - Charlie Moffett - and he is the backfield
sensation fer the Jayhawkers in football. It always takes two weeks, at least,
for a fellew te get over his football bruises, so I was not too optimistic
when I said, "Well, I have two co-eds, a couple of Phi Beta Kappas, and one
athlete, and if I get them working well together I should draw a crowd; but
maybe the dean ef women won't let me play the co-eds, so I will have to look
to some of the newcomers on the squad te complete my team." The boys are
small, but they have a fine spirit. From the squad ef last year we have Don
Diehl, V-12, of Smith Center, a premedics; Dean Cerder, V-12, from Welda,
Kansas, an engineer; Louis Goehring, V-12, of Arkansas City, an engineers; and
Kirk Scott, V-12, of Newton, whe was out for the squad last year until Jan-
vary when he was restricted. This is a term which means they won't allow
you to compete in athletics if there is any difficulty in high grade performance,
academically speaking.

In the next Jayhawk Rebounds I will give you the names of all the boys.
We have some promising candidates, but again, they are young and inexperienced.
Ken sas has always been a slow starter in basketball because we strongly
stress fundamentals to the detriment of early scrimmage. We generally lose
our first few games and then limp along and give them a fight at the end of
the season. We are not bragging in this statement. This is generally what

has happened.

This letter will arrive overseas about Christmas time, and.I wish you
the best of the Yuletide greetings and a sincere hope that another Christmas
will find you boys back in the States enjoying some of the fruits of victory
fer which you have so earnestly striven. Remember, we are waiting over here
for your return and for the great Jayhawker bullfest where tall tales will
be told until the wee heurs cf the morning. I can envision a date in 1946
when a great homecoming of Kansas boys from every land in the world will
return te Mt. Oread and celebrate in a typical American way a good old Kensas:
homecominge ae

Major Fen Durand was here just before Homecoming on October 21, but Fen,

‘who had been through every situation, heroic and otherwise, hied himself.

away to a small Missouri town, Fayette, by name - the home of Central College,
down in the Tiger's lair. And there on the 2lst of October, Fen took unto
himself a blushing bride. He even passed up an opportunity to see Kansas
wallop the Huskers, something thet few Kansans have seen; but we would say
that Fen made a very wise choice, because Miss Katharine Merrill Smith is

now Mrs. Fenlon A. Durand. Of all of our alumni, there is none with a more
brilliant military fecord than Major Fen Durand of the U. S. Marine Corps,
who has written glorious pages in the history of Marine heroics.

Cpl. Hoyt Baker writes me from Camp Haan, California, and says, "I was
reading the sports page of the Leos Angeles Times today and ran across this
clippinge I guess Ray Evans is really doing all right for himself this year.
e e « « It won't be long now before your basketball season gets under way.

Is Sparky McSpadden still in school?"

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No, Hoyt, Sparky was transferred from this Navy V-12 unit the first of
November for advanced training in New Yerk.e His address is ‘Harold McSpadden,
A.S., V-7, USS Prairie State, West 135th & N. River, New York, NeY. I heard
from Sparky a few days ago. He says, “I had a swell trip back to N.Y. - it
really brought back some swell memories of that trip two years agoe I consi-
dered myself plenty lucky to get to play with such a wonderful team. ...
Let's of luck in the round ball compaign - I'll be pulling for you 100%."

Engign Russell J. Chitweed says, “Am now statiéned at Terminal Island, |
San Pedro, Calif., Naval Air Ferry Service, VRF-3. This will be a permanent
assignment as far as I kmow now. Would appreciate hearing of any Jayhawkers
out here. Looking forward to. the next Rebounds."

Ensign J. Fred Harris, Navy 122, Box 19, Fleet Postoffice, New York, says,
"I'm now stationed on Temporary orders for 30-60 days in Panama. I'm not very
fond ef the idea but there is little I can do about it. I would much rather ~
be at seae Sounds funny, coming from a mid-western farm boy who had never
been on a ship until he joined the Navy, but there is somethins about the sea
that a fellow likes. . . . Received some pictures the other day of the wife
and son, and they beth leoked awfully good to me. Mike is growing like a
weed and if I den't hurry and get home he will be a grown boy. He is cutting
his teeth now and getting cross." :

Lt. (jg) Roy Edwards, U.S.S.S.C. 1054, Fleet Posteffice, San Francisco,
Calif., writes, "We have moved around quite a bit these past few weeks and
your Sept. 12 Rebounds just caught up with use The edition was a fine
tribute to a great boy. You expressed so completely the thoughts of all of
us who knew T. P. . . «. Enclosed is an article about Ray Evans which I found
in the island papers He must be doing a fine job."

Iwas delighted to recéive a letter from Don Ebling, dated the:-14th of
Octeobere Don says, “It is hard to realize Te P. has made the sacrifice. Doc
every day the list gets longer and it seems to show a steady trend; I guess
until this thing ends the lists won't decrease.s. We know one thing, 2t 18 ue.
to us te make years to come void of wars. Doc, I just heard that Bruce Voran was
severely injured. If you should know anything about his condition or wherea-
bouts would you drop me a card as I'd like to write him before I leave the
Statese « « « On the 16th of October I leave for Norfolk, Va., for five weeks
training with the nucleus crew. Upon the completion of said task I report to
Fore Rivers, Mass., to pick up therest of the men at the commissioning detail
and for permanent duty aboard the U.S.S. Alex Diachenko, APD 123. Hence, I
should be at sea before the first of the year. . . . I have heard from Rope
(Engleman) once or twice; also received a picture of his wife and boye He
is hoping to be sent back in the near future. I wish I could pass information
on about some of the work his ship has done. . . «Please give Ole Dean the .
grip and tell him I need a check on my 'sac'. If you have a new letter out
within the next five weeks please send it to 529 Maycox, Norfolk, Vae We
plan to be with Paul Masoner and fanily quite often."

Lt. A. Mi. "Murray" Brown stopped in the office a few days ago enroute
te his new assignment at the Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. Murray
looks fine and we were very happy to see him. Prior to his visit Murray wrote,
"That was really a blew to hear about T. P.e's death. I'm like you, Dec, I
can't believe he is gone and that he is still in there pitching with the rest
eof use What a grand fellow he was, too. That's one man you could call a.
thoreughbred.e I cans till see him chewing that gum and trying to bring the
whole Kansas team up with those left hand 'jab' shots against Great Lakes.
Kansas has lost a great fighter, there was never a doubt about that. ...
I'm still on the receiving end of some good V-mails from Lt. Pfitsch and you

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can bet they are plenty interesting. He's right in the thick of it with
Patton and you need have no fear as to the outcome with that combination on
eur side."

We, too, hear occasionally from Lt. John Pfitsch, APO 403, New York.
He is somewhere in France. Inwriting of T. P., John says, “He was one of
my best friends at K.U. and I personally will feel the less. It seems that
so much ef the time our best are taken from us. The same thing has happened
ever and ever again, here. . .« « « So far we have been able to do all that
we were suppesed to do, and a little more. We have been with the 30th”
division for quite a while and ef course you probably know many men in that outfit.
I have met many that know you, at any rate. Its a grand outfit and we are proud”
to be a part of them. . . . Was ina large city the other day and got a bath
and massage in a very fancy place. The masseur wasn't as goodas I am, I don't
believe, but it was good to be on a table again. Reminded me of Dean."

S/Set. Vaughn “Chick" Pontius, APO 4, New York, writes from somewhere
in Germany, as follows: “I received your latest newsletter today and was
sure glad to get it. I always read it first and then pass it on to the rest
of the fellows. I get a big kick out of it, and se de the other boys. I
am with the First Army, fourth division, and it is a good outfite .- . Doc, I
jumped the gun again and am now S/Szt. Every jump is getting harder, but Lae
make it somehow." 3

Major George Mandeville, APO 2, New York, a brother of the famous Frank
P. Mandeville, writes from Belgium: "I received the envelope of Rebounds
the other day, and thamks a million for sending them. As you might realize,
the greatest thing we can get is a few words from home. We are well fed and
clothed, so all we lack is newse « . « I got te see Paris the other day.
Nothing unusual - lots of fine clothes - they sre hungry and crave cizarettes-
& carton of Camels can be sold for 20 to 40 dollars. . . . We were in on the
siege of Brest. It was nice of the Jerries to have quite a bit of good
three-star cognac and some groceries saved up which we took over. They had
their hospitals dug back in the sides of the hills in the rocks - tumnelled
ine i went thru one - they had 750 wounded in there - more like going thru the
Kentucky Caves. . . . Those Jerries are suckers for pincher movements - we
pinch ‘em off, then work on them. This American Army has. become a rough,
tough, fighting outfit, you candepend on that. Looks like we will have to
fight them all the way to Berlin." :

A/c Max Kissell is in the Cadet Regiment at Corpus Christi, Texas, and
says if the weather permits he hopes to graduate by Christmas. He says fur-
ther, "I didn't think I would ever see the time when I would be sorry to get
the Rebounds, but when I received the last issue and learned of T. P. I
couldn't quite believe it. . . . They are getting ready for a big basketball
season heree Sam Barry will be the head coach. There are quite a few geod -
beys - some of them from the St. Marys pre-flight scheol last year and other
older players who are officers. Ralph Vaugh will probably be the main cog."

A/c Otto Schnellbacher writes from Selman Field, Monroe, Las, paying tribute
to IT. P. Hunter, as have so many of his friends. “After reading the news about
I. Pe Hunter I sat down to write but nothing I could say or do would help the
feeling I had for such a great lad, so 1 tore the page up andam now. letting
you know that every one of us thank you for telling us the facts concerning
Te Poe's death. . . « I haven't heard from Armand Dixon for quite a while -
have you? He is probably seeing action."

Snelly, just four days after you wrote your letter, Cpl. Armand Dixon
wrote us a V-mail from the Marianas. His address is APO 247, c/o Postmaster,

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San Francisco. Armand says, “I haven't written in a long time but I have been
pretty busy for the last couple of months. I am no longer in Hawaii, but now
I call the Marianas my home.- I can't tell you just what island I'm on just now,
but I will be able to later on when the censorship regulations are lifted.
Things are pretty rugged over here and there are plenty of Japs here, but they
are quite dead. I ve been through a few of the caves where they made their
last stand, and I can tell you that its quite a sight, not one that I would
care to remember. There is hardly a thing left standing on the island except
some brush and trees. It really took a terrible beating. I am getting along
all right, just hope that the war ends pretty soon. I'll be looking for your
Rebounds." : |

Armand's buddy, Sgt. Lewis G. Musick, is with an Engineers Maintenance
Company at Fort Jackson, S. Carolina, and writes, "Since I saw you a year ago
this month I have done a lot of traveling, When I left Alabama I went to an
infantry outfit in Indiana. I stayed there about a month. From the infantry
I went to the engineers and here I have stayed. I took basic training all

over again at Camp Gordon, Ga. When I had finished, the company sent me to

Omaha, Nebre, to a tractor and diesel school. Toe me it was very interesting
and I learned quite a bit. Before I returned to the company I took a trip
heme. It was my first since I have been in the Army. My folks were very glad
to see me and I was quite thrilled at being heme. . .. I sure would like to
see “Army” again. Well, Doc, I guess my time is finally coming. . . I have
been feeling around tee leng on this side. I only hepe that the Rebeunds will
continue to reach me when I get over onthe other side."

M/Sgt. Denald E. Blair, who is with the 1289th Engineers, has sent us a
new APO mailing address - 17567, c/o Postmaster, New York.

Ense Eddie Linquist, M.T.B., c/o Fleet Posteffice, New Yerk, says,
"Your Jayhawk Rebounds has been coming regularly and always at a time when
news of heme, K.U. and old friends was just the tonic I needed te build that
old morale back up where it belengs. Thanks a let for the good job you have
done." :

Ens. C. E. Russell, LST 468, c/o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco, re-
ports on a basketball game played on the tank deck of an LST. He says, “As
fer the basketball game - they beat us 38-12. I hate to make excuses, but

_ there are certain things on the tank deck of an LST that the ‘home team' can

take advantage of. We had the bew deors open and the ramp down to get the
nice sea breezes and the game was enjoyed by all, except for the fact that a
few wild passes sent the ball inte the water. This is at least a new phase
of basketball and I think you should leek into it."

Ens. R. E. Hunt gives us his address as LCT Flotilla 6, c/o Fleet
Postoffice, San Francisco.

We are delighted te extend greetings te our gelfing friend, Major
"Penny" Jones, who is with the 6th General Hospital, APO 764, New Yorke He

-says, "If Tem Bishop was where I think he was, I was lecated abeut one-half

mile from him for about 4 mes. this summer. Wish I had known of ite Will

be on the leokeut fer him. I sure ate up the news in your Rebeunds, and you
can't say tee much of the boys from Kansas. Altho I've been a non-combatant,
i've seen them after they became casualties, and of all people to treat I'll

take our beoyse They are the teps, and I've mever seen as much guts as they
have, and the will to return and wine . .. Sure wish there wasn't such a

thing as casualties."

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One of Ottawa University's greats, Lt. (jg) Gerald K. Barker, USCG,
is at Govt. Island, Alameda, Calif. "Bark" took his graduate work in our
Phys. Ed. department. He says, "It has been some time since I have been
around the campus, but sometime soon I hope I am able to come back and write
that thesis, the only remaining work needed for my master's degrees « « «
I was happy to see that Kansas finally whipped the Cornhuskers. There are
some fellows here from Nebraska and it gave me a chance to talk abit. I've
seen very few fellows frem Kansas since I've been in. I saw Kenneth Kell from
Topeka up in Connecticut about two years ago. . . I'd appreciate your saying
helle te Dean Nesmith for me, and also my regards te Milt and family."

"Papa" Curley (Irven W.) Hayden, whose first child is a boy, is at APO
492, New York. He writes, "I have been here (India) well over a year and
during that time have met only one K.U. man. Consequently the arrival of
the Rebounds has started a new era. To me they are just like a visit heme when
you tour Main Street meeting all yeur friends and acquaintances and stopping
fer a short chat with each. . .. if you would, please, I wish te convey my
greetings and best regards to ol' Dean Nesmith and his family; alse to the
recipients of Jayhawk Rebeunds that I may knew or know of, I'd like to send a
hearty helle and wishes for continued good luck."

We're glad te send yeur greetings, Curley. We were delighted to see
your wife when she stopped in the effice a shert time azo.

Our super-thirty-third degree basketball fan of the U.S.A., Lt. Frank
E. Harwi, Jr., writes us from 2625 Navy Bldg., Washington 25, DeCe Frank
never missed a basketball game that Kansas played if he was within 500 miles
ef where we were playing. Frank says, "After traveling way out to New Guinea
and back, your Rebeunds fer July, I believe, finally caught up with me here
in Washington, D.C. But it was ne one's fault but mine for my complete failure
te notify you ef my change of addresse I was just so doggoned happy to get
back te the greatest place in the world that I forget all abeut it. They
finally decided I had seen enough ceuntry so shipped me back to be a
'Constitution Avenue commando’ for a while, but only for a while, for I am
already scheduled fer shipping back ovt in Jan. You can rest assured though,
that I am lapping up every second ef my duty in these grand old United States,
and fully appreciating everything that I had spent the last two years longing
fore.. « » The duty here is quite a novelty what with Waves all around every-
where you leok. Ne kicks from this corner about that phase of the assign-
mente « « « Have run into quite a number of former Jayhawkers including Ens.
Paul MacCaskill and lst Lt. John Milton Phillips, of Mt. Oread political
and public speaking fame. .. . Incidentally, shertly after receipt of this
by you, I hope to have another All-American for your undefeated quintet of
1964. Mey get crossed up and can only offer a feminine voice loudly support-
ing from the first row e but I will be happy either way.

Frank continues, “For the sake of the recerds, might change my rank for
I received a small premotion a while back. Best ef luck on the coming seasen,
as always I will be fellewing your results game fer game. . - - « My regards
to Dr. Lawson, Miss Lear, Dr. Woodruff, and anyone else."

It is a pleasure te pass aleng yeur greetings, Frank. I amsure your
friends are happy to hear from you, and join me in best. wishes to youe

Lt. Cammander Wm. H. Shannon, a splendid teacher in Economics and a
swell gelf ceach, so the varsity beys say, writes that he is still on the
staff ef the Supply Cerps Scheel at Harvard University.

lst Lt. Ray D. Tripp, with the U.S. Bembing Research lMfission, APO 413,

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New York, wrote in October, saying, “I've been in England about a year and have
served out a tour of missions as a pilot on a Fortress. Since the middle of
May I have taken ever a chairborne job in Lendon, and it appears likely that

I may be here for some time. It is not an uncommon thing to run into former
K.U.e men wherever I go, and its always a pleasure te talk ever the good times
we had while on Mount Oread.". Lets of good luck to yeu, Raye

Sgt. Bob Charlton is with a bombing greup, APO 650, New York, and says,
"Just read a copy of Jayhawk Rebounds and really enjoyed ite Passed it on
to another old K.U. bey in my squadron, Lt. C. F. Sherwood. He is from out
near Dodge City. ... . Have made recent missions over Italy and France and
must say the Nazis can still put up plenty of flak. And they den't throw
ben-bens at us! We are pushing them back but the job ahead is still rugged.
Don't be overoptinistic for an early victorys . . . Am situated on the Isle of
Corsica, Napoleon's old home land (tell Prof. Melvin in History Dept.) Also
have seen Isle of Elba. The French here are a hardy race and make excellent
wines, cognacs, etc. The country itself is quite beautiful and very much
like the Missouri Ozarks. However, that K.U. campus will leok good te me."

We hope it wen't be long until you can be back on our beautiful campus,
Bobe

Lt. (jg) Larry Beaumont, VB 131, Fleet Pestoffice, San Francisco, an
Aggie basketball luminary under Jack Gardner, stepped by one day fer me to
fix his sacro-iliac. We had a nice visit and I was able to de something for
him to put him back in good flying cendition again. Larry wrote us as
follows: “Just received your Rebounds. .I'm a little late in my thanks to
you for straightening my back and fer adding me te your mailing list for
the Rebounds. . .. Te. P. Hunter was one of the finest opponents I've met,
Dec, and it really touched me when I read of his death. Today I'm one of his
teammates on a larger team and I'm geing te try to scere one for Te Pe Our
acquaintance was very limited but I can remember when he cut my eye open in
ene of our games and it werried him more than it did me. He was a gentleman
player with plenty of fight and determination, and I'm sure he went down with-
eut a whimper.”

We have enjoyed a letter from Mrs. N. N. Kline, of Hutchinsen, Kansas,
the mother of Lt. John Kline. I am passing aleng parts of it to you boys,
because I feel sure you will be interested. Mrs. Kline says, “I appreciate
your sending the Rebounds to me - so many of the names sre familiar; in fact,
I have met many of the beys mentioned. I felt very sad when I read that T. P.
Hunter had been killed. He has been in our home, and Johnny always spoke
very highly ef him. I know he will be saddened to hear of his death. « e «
Johnny is back in Miami again. . .on his third period of duty. .. as an
instructer in Naval Gunnery .. . Our oldest son, Bill, is with General Patton's
Third Army. .«. . Norval, Jr., is still at the air field in Chico, California.
e « Do you remember Bob Gilliland, ef Hutchinson, who graduated from K.Ue law
school in 19417 He spent a year in the South Pacific on an LCT and had many
experiences, and narrow escapes, for which he has been awarded the Bronze
Star, and a citation. He was home on leave a short time azo, and said he
would like very much te receive a Rebounds." |

Yes, indeed, we do remember Bob Gilliland and are happy to have his
mame on our mailing list.

. Change of address cards have been received from Maj. George B. Smith,
former Dean of the School of Education, APO 408, New York. Lt. Charles W.
"Chuck" Elliott, APO 16446 - AB-8, San Francisco; Lt. Lloyd J. Svebeda, APO
17830, New Yerk; and Cpl. Floyd J. Svoboda, APO 655, New York.

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I dropped into Watkins Memorial Hospital the ether day and talked with
Mrs. Hub Ulrich, the receptionist. She had a picture of Hubert, captain of
eur feotball team in 1941, and two other aces - pals of his, on their PT boat.
These fighting Navy men leoked fit, stripped to the waist, and double-tough
they were, because on the shield ef that PT boat were evidences of thwarted
Jap hate. The indentations were plainly visible aces and eights, a full house.
One of these three boys evidently collected some money on that hand. At times
these beys gamble with their lives - and then at other times, - nuff sedé

One of our fine football and baseball players back in the early '30s,
Jewell Campbell, now a Seabee, wrote me that he had had a fine visit with Bert
Itega, whe played the outfield in '29, '30 and '31. Jewell writes, "Bert has
net changed materially, is agile and youthful as ever, has a nice home, latest,
in conveniences, a levely wife and a two-year old girl. Bert is teaching at
Farrington High and informs me he has had some excellent teams in the past
few; yearse « « I accompanied Bert on a tropical deep sea fishing trip which
will always be remembered, as well as a swim at the well-known beach on the
island of Oahu. I was informed by Bert that a former Jayhawk by the name of
Strong is in charge of naval housing here, also Cecil Smay (CB) (football end
at KeU. '29, '30) was stationed here a while but thought he had meved further
on oute «. ». - I told Bert I planned writing you, so he adds his regards with
minee A note from you would be equal to some of my mother's famous fried
chicken or cookies. I am QT relative te ceoking when the wife is present as
the wife is also a culinary artist of first order. When this fracas is over
Kansas is on our itinerary for a visit."

Our congratulations and best wishes to Eugene "Gene" Billups and his new
bride, the former Muriel Allisen Black. They were married October 14th at
Beverly Hills, California.

Ramie Beims, a fine varsity baseball player in 1940, writes that he is
at present a recruit physical fitmess instructer at the U. S. Naval Training
Center, Farragut, Idaho. Geod luck to you, Ramie. Hepe you make the Special-
ist "A" school in Bainbridge.

Maje E. Be. DeGroot, Physical Training Officer for the Feurth Air Ferce,
180 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, says, “Thanks very much for keeping
me on the mailing list for Rebounds. You really out-did yourself in the last
few issuese You have a wonderful idea in this letter, and I am sure that
the men overseas appreciate it greatly. It has been very interesting to me
to follew all these beys through their military careers since leaving the
University. The Rebounds, too, is the only contact I now have with the Uni-
versitye « « « Very few K.U. men seem to find their way into this Air Force.
You may be interested in two former pliysical ed majors that we obtained for
this Air Force, however, beth of whom have performed wery well. Bill Arnold
was &@ sergeant in physical training at one of our bases near Fresno. He did
such an outstanding jeb that we sent him to OCS and he now is a second
lieutenant somewhere in the Middle West. Ist Lt. George Stapleton we ob-
tained by requesting his transfer from Floride. He is now base physical
training officer at Walla Walla Army Air Field, in the state of Washington.
He is doing a swell job up there keeping our bomber personnel in shape te
bemb Tekyo and Berlin.

"It was a great surprise and pleasure to see Chancellor Malott a few
weeks ago in the Officers' Mess at this headquarters. I didn't knew that he
wes connected with the air ferce in any way and he had forgotten that it was
the Fourth Air Ferce in which I served. We discussed K.U. and Lawrence, of
course, at some length.

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"T was able to get dowm to Les Angeles te see Dud (Burt's brother)
make his debut into pro-feotball coaching when he played eur Fourth Air
Force football team in Los Angeles. We should have beaten him decisively,
but he capitalized on the breaks. I was happy fer Dud to see him win his
initial game, and it has been good to follew his success in all his succeed-
ing winse I certainly hope he can with the National Championship in his
first year. Many educators, of course, have raised their eyebrows at a Phi
Beta Kappa and an out-standing physical educator going inte the tainted ranks
of professional athletics! The National Pro Football League, however, is
conducted on a pretty darn high plane. As George Marshall, the owner says,
the professional teams admit that they pay their players but many universi-
ties and colleges hypocritically deny that they doi Did debated the move
for a leng time, but his salary is such that he couldn't afford to turn it down."

Cel. Karl F. Baldwin, fermer commandant of the R.O.T.C. here, tells us
something of football in Australia. Col. Baldwin writes, "T have been seeing
the football contests in Melbourne over a considerable period, and each time
have thought of you wondering if you would be interested in perhaps a study
ef feotball as it is played in this State accerding te the rules which are
quite different from Rugby and other types played in some other parts of
Australia. .. . The war being on, the teams are not quite as good as would
normally be expected, but an attendance of 30,000 at the games is not unusual.
There is something doing every moment of the game. It is by far the best |
feotball game I have seen from the standpoint of spectators’ interest. The
sceres, of course, run very high, frequently one team er beth scoring more than
100 peints. To me, it might be styled as feot-basketball since the ball is
everythinge The quibbling and delays so common in our game are not present
in this, and it seems to me to have great value as a game which can be par-
ticipated in by a large number of players. Our ball is not exactly suited to
the games The Australian ball, I believe, is slightly heavier than ours,

and much more rounded at the ends. I thought you would like to leek this
- folder and Primer ever and perhaps study them a bit."

Thank yeu, Celenel, we are delighted te have the rules of this eames

Ens. Ralph E. Schaake, Navy 416, Fleet Postoffice, New York, wrote fren
England in Octeber, after spending 111 days on the coast ef France. He says,
"I have a base job new and I am stationed at a rest camp. I am enjoying the .
quiet ef this camp in the ceuntry. You can take the bey from the farm but
you eau't take the farm from the boy. I still enjoy the quiet and peace of
the good eld earth." |

And from Ens. Jesse Paul Turner, USS Aquila, New York - "I received
your last issue of the Rebeunds just before we shoved off from the states.

I have read it over and over again. This trip has been an unusually long

one, and I found plenty of time to read all my Jayhawk Rebounds. They really —
help, Dec, mere than words can tell. They bring back old memories and give yeu
a heck ef a lot to leok forward to ceming back te." |

So many of you boys have written asking te be remembered to Mrs.
Alberta Hulteen and to Dean Nesmith. Mrs. Hulteen's husband, S/Sgt. A.
George Hulteen is in India. George played outfield and second base on the
varsity baseball team in '30, '31 and '32. Mrs. Hulteen says, "I don't want
te pass up this wonderful opportunity to say hello te all of you whe have
sent greetings to me in your letters te Dr. Allen. My very best wishes for
an early return to the homes you love."

Dean Nesmith has received word that his younger brother, S/Sgt. Glen

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Nesmith, landed in Holland with the 10lst Paratrooper division on September
17. And their brother, Lieut. Ole Nesmith, whe was at the Hutchinson Naval
Air base, has recently been transferred to a naval intelligance school in
Rhede Island. Dean says, "I certainly wish that I ceuld see each of you,

and many times I think of all ef yous Whenever some of the old fellows come
in for a visit we haslrend re-hash the days when you were here. We talk abeut
you, wondering where you are and what you are doing. Good luck to youe"

I almest forgot to tell you that I am a grandpappy new for the fifth
time. Jane Allen Mons and her husband, Lt. E. R. Mons - they call him "Hoot"
Mons, a former stroke on the Princeton crew and now a Navy transpert flier, _
are the proud parents ef a baby girl bern Nevember 8, 1944, to whem they have
given the name Jill. ‘I teld Jane she couldn't have Jack, so she took Jill,
but she said that is net true, she wanted it just that way. But when Mit
came in, he fixed ite He said, "Jane, that is a funny name, and when I think
ef Jill Mens I thin ef “Jill-blains". Jane says that Jill is. Repvblican because
she arrived the merning after election, and I frankly believe that the dis-
appointment ever the election sent Jane te the hespital. But enough for that
pertien ef the Allen family.

Beb is now interning at Bell Memerial Hespital. He and Jean are living
just a few shert blecks away in a lovely little apartment that they were
fortunate indeed te get due to the overcrewded conditions ef the city. Their
address is 3727 Summit St., Kansas City, Me. | 7

I have been the recipient ef two bexes of chewing gum from PhM "Bill"
Winey, and since chewing gum is very difficult for civilians te get I doubly
appreciate Bill's thoughtfulness. Bill is now at the Yard Dispensary, Mare
Island, Califernia. We'll be glad when we can have that game of golf tegether,
Bill.

Lt. Jack Werts, APO 558, New York, former sports writer on the Daily
Kansan, sent me a picture of his bomber group, eof which he is the bombardier.
Jack says, “Last night there was a bey from Kansas here on the base. He has
just returned from Switzerland after having made an emergency landing over
there last spring. His name is Merse and he's from Emperia, Kansas. He informs
me that Vic Trusler, formerly ef K.S.T.C. Emporia, athletic department, is a
Red Cress directer and is in London. . . As of Auge 2nd I've been a member of
the ‘caterpillar club'. We had te bail eut ef our ship, over friendly territory,
upen return from a mission. The ship was in a badly ventilated conditien, but
no one was hite Maybe you think a fellew deesn't get a fluttery feeling in
his stemach just befere he leaves that ship! It's a long way to the bottoms"

Thanks fer the picture, Jack. That is a swell leoking bunch of fellows.
We're preud of every one of you.

Lt. W. A. "Tony" Ceffin, USS Taluga, San Francisce, sends us the address
ef Lt. Jack Sands, MOQD, Naval Air Station, Daytona, Fla. Jack was a pitcher
deluxe on the '39-'40 baseball team. Thanks, Tony, we are happy to add Jack's
mame te the mailing list fer the Jayhawk Rebounds.

Capt. Re Ae “Bob” Hageart, Master of the SS Cleveland Abbe, writes, "I
note that Freddy Harris is gun captain in-a merchant shipe I'd really leve
having him in my ship for just one veyage at least. My present gunnery officer
is a miler from Iowa Univ. He made the Kansas Relays twice and knows you and
your record at KU. . . speaking highly of you and the Kansas Relays. He likes
eur hespitality."

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I have given you boys our basketball schedule, and now a word about our
ceurt. Could you be here fer our epening game on Friday, December 8, you
would be delighted with the improvements made on the basketball court. The
fleor has been sanded until it is levely, and there is enough red paint te
make you think that yeu were in a cocktail leunge. The free threw circles and
the lines inside of t hem all have been painted red, - the old Kansas crimson, or
rather, its scarlet. because it is flaming. The two-foot center circle is in
red and there is an entire sea of red three feet around the entire playing
area. The end lines and side lines are in blue, broken with a circle of white
every tem inches. There is a big blue K superimposed on the island of red in
the center of the floor, and tha blue K has a thin white line around it, setting
it out in magnificent fashion.

For the first time since Hoch Auditorium has been built, a real basket-
ball surface with all the trimmings is now in effect. Now, the only thing
that remains is to have a team that will dedicate such a beautiful playing
surface. And as one great, big, husky football captain whe had more power
than eratery and good English, said, when called upon for a speech, "All I
have get to say is, we'll de the best I cm."

"Little" Elmer Schaake is my assistant basketball coach this season.
Jehnny Bunn, now Dean of Men at Stanford, years age was my assistant, and
Frosty Cox, new ceach ef the Colerado Bisons, was my assistant, and now
"Little" Elmer Schaake is my assistant. He helped Henry Shenk in football, as
you know. Elmer and I will give tema fight."

Your friends - Henry Shenk, Elmer Schaake, Reg Strait and Ray Kanehl -
all extend their best wishes and greetings of the Yuletide season.

; Last Saturday morning, prior to the Kansas-Oklahema game, Cpl. Harold

E. Van Slyck, USMCR, of Tepeka, Kansas, walked inte my office and told me the
stery ef how Lt. T. P. Hunter died on Guam. The Marines affectionately
called him "Teep", but he was always "T.P." to everybody on Mt. Oread. Cpl.
Van Slyck stated that on July 21, the first day of the landing on Guam, they
landed around 10 e'cleck in the morning. “It was a rough landing. It teok
most of the day to secure our pesitions. Everything was quiet, and we had
started te dig.in for the night. Our company was not tied in with anyone, and
we were right on.the coast, T. P.'s platoon went up areund the hill te pretect
company headquarters. T. P. put his men out and had called the sergeants of
his squads to come in for the scoop (instructions).

"T, P. was kneeling. dovm in a shallew hele with one of his enlisted men,
waiting fer the other men te come ine T. P.'s platoon was on the slope of
the hill, and over on the ether side was a cave partly concealed by bushes in
front of it. A Jap raised up out ef this cave and turned a machine gun of
T. Pe Te. Pe and the man with him were killed instantly. We carried them
dewn and buried them that night beside the road, as we had to meve on the
next morning. Later the bedies were moved and buried properly.

"The less of T. P. made the Marines fighting mad. They were out te
bag their queta ef Japs. That night when the Japs came cut of the cave we
were waiting fer them. They came out and started te walk past - so close they
could have touched the muzzles ef eur guns, had they known. Our boys with the
machine guns waited until the Japs get right up clese, then really mowed them
downe We killed 50 Japs without less ef another single man in our outfit."

I am sure all of you will be interested in a letter I received from Lt.
James R. Surface, USMCR, now at Oceanside, California, a K.U. graduate in '42.

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He says, “I have just returned from about 18 mos. in Hawaii, and I have been
assigned to a schoel here. Two of my instructers were with T. P. threughout
his career in the M.C. - and left him just before the Guam campaign where he
was killed. . . . They told of T. P.'s popularity with his men and efficers.
Of ceurse, T. Pe didn't always de things in the prescribed military manner -
but he always get them dene - and well dene. They chuckled abeut the way

T. P. would mother and worry over the beys in his platoon - according te them,
"Tepe was like an old mother hen with a brood." And naturally his boys loved
him for ite They told of several instances when a man who was causing trouble
in another eutfit would be transferred to T. P.'s, and T. P. would make a
geod man out ef him. .

“As yeu prebably know, T. Pe was recreation officer for his battalion,
and Fairfield teld how on Guadalcanal, when everyone else was ‘taking a siesta,
IT. Pe would get his boys out fer a fast game of basketball - and play himself,
toee You remember how religious he was = they teld ef one night in their hut
in Ne. Zealand - a gunner was saying seme things abeut religion that T. P.
didn't like - he tolerated it just se long - then calmly rose - socked the
gunner right on the jaw and breke it in three places. This might seund a bit
eut of line, but these two assured me that the gunner really had it coming. .
- « It is a tragedy that T. P. Hunter won't come back, but it is up to the
rest of us to make ourselves deserve sacrifices such as his."

The great leve that T. P.'s college chums had fer him is evidenced by
the fact that I received a letter from ome of his dear friends, enclosing a
check for $100.00, the same to be used asa living memorial in henor of this
great Marine. A committee will be named te work out this memorial.

Te Pe Hunter, in every man's language, was a first class fighting man,
a practical Christian, an athlete that any ceach weuld qualify as teps in
his book. He was afraid of nothing. Men followed him for the power that he
pessessed and fer the tenderness and kindnesses that were his.

"His life was gentle, and the elements
So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up
And say te all ef the werld, 'This was a mani'"

When I see so many boys from the battle frents whe drep in my effice
here in Rebinsen Gymnasium, I feel very much as Frances Burns did in de-
seribing a Lte Jones when he said that he weuld be sitting at 12:30 talking
te ene of his squadmen and at 2 o'cleck he weuld be dead. "In all, 72 of
these 94 men died in action. They meant more te me than anybedy I'd ever known,
and new when I dream I get all mixed up. They are the living and I am one of
the dead. I have te turn the light om and leek at their pictures to know
where I belong." As I look at T. P.'s picture each merning on my dresser,
I wonder if this isn't the: state ef mind of most ef our beys whe have been in
mortal combate A thousand times mere de I realize hew you beys on the many
fighting fronts, in these bitter battles, count the living and the dead and
be confused. When you come back yeu will want to be left alene to work out your
own adjustments. The men whe are fighting are only concerned with getting ~
heme again. They will get back in the groove if the home front will give them
plenty eof time. 2

Of course, you will want your old jeb back, as good or even better than
the ene you had when you left. It is up te the Selective Service boards te
shew the same fidelity in serving yeu now as you showed te your country when
you served them and the rest of us here at home. Of course, most of you beys
will want te continue your education, and rightfully se. The G. I.Bill of

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Rights has taken care of that in admirable fashion. And how eager you will
be after the first restlessness wears eff, te specialize and take yeur part
en the field ef friendly strife. :

All ef our commanding generals and admirals are still saying it is a
leng war, but what feotball ceach or what basketball coach would tell his
men that the game they were about to play was going to be easy? There is
a certain psychology in our commanding generals in telling us that it is
geing to be a leng war. I am looking at it the way a ceach would talk to
his mene The harder we hit ‘em the quicker we are going to get the job done.
And I know that you boys realize that because that is exactly the thing that
you have voiced in your letters to me. So hit ‘em with everything you have
get se that your return will be the speedier. So, in the werds ef your
commanding efficer and your ceach - Up and at 'em, boys. Ged bless you, and
good luck.

Faithfully,

Director of Physical Education,
FCA: A : Varsity Basketball Ceachs

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PA THAWE REP OUR DS

 

January 19, 1945

Ne. 13

Dear Fellow Jayhawkers:

We are leaving this evening for Norman, Oklahoma, where we play
the Oklahoma Sooners on their fieldhouse court Saturday night, January 20.
As usual, we are expecting a typical ding-dong battle with the boys from
Soonerland. I told the boys the evening of January 5th, at Columbia, after

we had licked the Tigers down there in our first conference game 45 to 28,

that "I'll bet when our friends pick up the paper in the morning and read
the results of this game they will be as much surprised as I am now." It
certainly was a smashing upset. We had not been looking any too well, and
George Edwards' Missouri Tigers had defeated us on December 23rd in Muncipal
Auditerium in Kansas City by a score of 48 to 39.

The night before, in Kansas City, we had defeated Fritz Knorr's Kansas
State team 63 to 40. (Knerr is serving his first year as coach at K-State.)
We looked awfully good in that game, but it appeared as if we were in-and-
outerse |

Now, let's start at the beginning and give you the results of the
games played earlier. We dropped our first game with Washburn at Topeka
on December 4, 35 to 40. Then Dee Errickson's Washburn team played us here
on December 8, and we licked them 31 te 27. On December 12 we played Lew Lane's
Reckhurst College team in Municipal Auditorium, and won 47 to 23. We played
them a return game here on December 19, and won 47 to 28.

Our first Big Six Conference heme game was played last Friday night,
January 12, when “Lew" Lewandowski brought a tall, aggressive Nebraska team
te Lawrence, but the Kansas jinx still holds on Lew and he lost, 48 te 33.
Lew has not wen a game from Kansas in his six years of coaching at the
Husker institution. But we are looking for trouble when we go te Linceln on Feb.
10. ;

Iewa State and Kansas have each won two games and have lest none at the
present writing. Iowa State has three eld men back and some of them are men
returned from the service, so they have quite an advantage in experience and
agee Their offensive-defensive ratio record is also better than Kansas.

Iowa State plays Missouri at Columbia Saturday night, but the Missouri team
apparently has hit the tebeggan, so Iewa State should win. Iowa State defeated
Nebraska at Lincoln by 12 points, amd Kansas State at Ames by 29 points.

Now, regarding the persennel of the squad. Dean Nesmith is still with
us as trainer and friend of the boys, but he has been preparing fer Army
specialized service and may be called before the next game. I cannot tell you
what area he will be assigned te but some of you Jayhawkers will be seeing
him soon, which I knew will be geod news to yous. He will go overas trainer.
I was asked to go November lst, but Chancellor Malott would not release me.
Nothing would give me mere pleasure than to give that old Reck Chalk yell with
a gang ef you fighting Jayhawks. Last Friday night at the Nebraska game the

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teams and the crowd stood at attention just prior to the game. The lights
were out and the spot was on the flag as it rose to be unfurled. Russell
Wiley's fine band played and the audience sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in
that dim blackeut. I thought of the many Jayhawker teams and I thought of
each of you beys whe had steed in the place of these yeungsters and had
thrilled with the occasien. I think of each and every one of you many, many
times. It may be when I pick up the morning paper, or even at 3 or 4 o'clock
in the morning I awaken and, with the pressure of this season's games ch,,

it is uncanny how the theught ef Heward Engleman, Charlie Black, Otto
Schnellbacher, Den Ebling, Ray Evans - all ef yeu, - hew I get some of you
twisted inte this year's lineup. I might be dozing off or awakening and my
dreams get so mixed up with the realities ef life, and semetimes I have you
on my team again this year. And then I awaken te find that I have got a
bunch of kids, just youngsters, who are trying te de the same thing that you
beys did before -- take on the Big Six opponents, one at a time, using that |
old Kansas Jayhawker fight, never saying die umtil the last second is gone and
heping te emerge with another Big Six championship.

But frankly, I can only hepe for it - I cannet see it in the offing
because too many breakers lie ahead. But with the inspiration that you men
have afforded these beys, I am sure that yeu can count on them giving every-
thing they have got. The team is young, inexperienced, and at times undepend-
able due te the youthfulness of the group and the fact that they did not have
ene year of freshman training on fundamentals. It is difficult te get a co-
hesive, well-rounded team, offensively and defensively, but we are doing the
very best we can. I am hoping that every man will give everything he has get
in the same spirit that you boys are giving everything you have got. Hardly
a day goes by without some mention of some Kansas great who has dene wonderful
things on the Kansas court. And these beys sit at your feet in awe and rever-
ence in hearing ef your exploits.

Elmer Schaake, whe assisted Henry Shenk in feotball, is assisting me in
basketball and he is doing a mighty fine job. I promised you in the last
Rebounds that I weuld give yeu the names ef the boys en the team, so here goes.

For a leng time we had difficulty in deciding on our starting lineup.
However, we are fairly well set now, with Gerden Reynolds, ef Tacoma, Washe,

a V-12 student, at forward; Charles Moffett, of Peabody, forward; Dean Corder,
ef Welda, at quarterback; Kirk Scott, of Newten, and Herbert Heim, of Leaven-
worth, guardse Reynolds, Corder, Scott and Heim are V-12 students. Pressing
the regulars fer pesitions are Gus Daum, of Eskridge; Owen Peck, of Kansas
City; Everett Hill, of Lawrence; Nerman Carlsen, of West Orange, N. J.;

Leu Geehring, of Arkansas City; Ray Lance, of Pittsburg, and Odd Williams, of
Lawrence. Daum, Goehring and Lance are V-12 students. Ray Lance is the sen
of Jahn Lance, the ceach at Pittsburg Teachers. Ray played three years under
his dad and is here as a medic cadete Everett Hill, a Lawrence High Scheol
bey, is 17 years of age and he will soon get an “invitation and a greeting
from the President", when he becomes 18. Odd Williams is the sen of Dick
Williams, a Lawrence financier. Peck, Carlson, Meffett and Williams are 4-F.
Meffett, however, has already received notice of reclassification, and the
ether boys will be coming aleng soon, I think.

In addition te these boys we have Beb Brown, of Peabody; Charles Froom,
eof Vermillion, Earl Strong, of Nashville, Kansas, Gel Woerner, of Kansas
City, Me., and Francis Peterson, of Rembrandt, Iewa. Peterson leaves the
first ef February fer the service, and Woerner is a V-12. Soe we have a nucleus
of a fighting team, but how near we will come to the championship I de net
know. Suffice to say that they have surprised me exceedingly. In our early
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fer this year. But we are impreving and only the eppesition can slam us down.

In leeking over the team I thought ef what Wellingten said when he re-
viewed the Anzacs before the Battle of Waterloo. He looked over the fierce
Australian tribesmen and said, "Well, I de not know what the enemy may think,
but they sure as heck scare mei" Anyhow, I am hoping they will scare the

opposition.

PLASH...... Dean just get his call from New York this morning.
We are ready to leave fer Oklahoma, but Dean will net ge with us. He will

pull out fer the East, and ether peints.

Dean has ether brethers in the

service, You remember Lt. Ole F. Nesmith, USNR, whe was captain ef the Jay-
hawk football team in 1934. S/Sgt. Glen L. Nesmith, whe was here as 4 freshman,
is one of the paratroopers who were trapped at Bastogne. And Dean lest a
brether. early in the war - Pfc. Clair W. Nesmith, killed en Batann, January 9,
1942. Se Dean knows what the word service means, and I am sure that he will
render much valuable aid in his werk as trainer and lecturer. Se be looking fer
"Pappy" Dean Nesmith! He will have a message from Mt. Oread fer all of you
fighting Jayhawks. We expect him back in feur months, and we will him Ged-

speed and bon voyage.

Incidentally, I am taking ever as trainer for my own varsity basketball
team, which is net a new jeb for me at all as I used to do the training for
football, basketball, track and baseball, in addition te my jeb as Director.
ef Athletics, coach ef feetball and basketball, and director of Relays. It
has been a let ef fun, but I wouldn't want te de that teo long.

Christmas came with hundreds of greetings frem yeu boys in every land
and climee I am listing the names and addresses ef yeu beys whe sent me
greetings, and I assure yeu that I treasure each ome. You will understand,
of course, that I can give only the APO addresses, and you will have to guess
the reste Please be assured that I know hew little time yeu have to write,
and fer you take time eff frem your busy and dangerous mission te drop me 4

line makes. it doubly appreciated.

Majer F. Je Anneberg,
Asheville, N. Ce

C/Sp. Wayne Replogle,
Oakland, Calif.

Lte We De Hedges,
_Fte George Meade, lid.

Lt. (jg) He Le Ware,
Queddy Village, Me.

Ense llichael Gubar, USNR,
Fleet P. O. San Francisce

Lt. Comdr. W.. H. Sena
Boston, Mass.

lite Ve ds Hogan,
Herington,: Kansas

“A/S Robt. L. Bock,
Sherman, Texase

Lte Oe Fe Nesmith,
E. Greenwieh, R. I.

Glenn Oatman, Cox. USNR,

San Pedro, Calif.

Capt. Ab Hinshaw, A. Ce,

- Kansas City, Me.

Ense Paul White,
Lake City, Fite

Lt. Comdr. A. W. Hefling,
Mare Island, Calif.

Lt. E. L. Davis,
Valdesta, Ga.

 Lte Ee T. Sayers,

Langley Field, Vae

Lt. W. C. Hartley,
Angel Island, Calif.

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Exse Paul De Masener,
Norfolk, Vae

Capte We Ge Wade,
Columbus, Ohie.

Lt. Ray Re Evans,
Colerade Springs, Colo.

S/Sgt. Ae Ge Hulteen,
APO 495, New Yerk.

Lt. (jg) Thomas Van Cleave, Jr.,
Fleet Pe O«, San Francisco.

Lt. Hareld H. Hawkins, :
APO 565, San Francisce.

Lt. (jg) Rey Edwards,
Fleet P. 0., San Franciscee

Lt. C. H. Greene,
Banana River, Fla.

Maje Re Re Amerine,
Parris Island, S. Ce

Midna H. De McSpadden,
USS Prairie State, N. Y.

Capt. Clint Kanaga,
Fleet P. 0., San Francisco.

Lt. Dave Shirk,
Columbus, Gae

He W. Frazee, Jre, ANl/c
Nerfelk, Vae :

Lits Re ae Miller,
Drew Field, Fla.

Ens. De Le Campbell,
Fleet P. 0., Sam Francisco.

c/Sp. We Belgard,
Del Mar, Califernia.

O/C Ce Ge Stucker,
Fte Benning, Gae

Pvt. F. McFarland,
APO 3, New Yerk.

Cel. Lyle S. Powell,
APO 627, New Yerk

Lt. (jg) Don Ebling,
Fleet P. 0., New Yerk.

Ens. Js P. Turner,
Fleet P. 0,, New Yerk.

A/C Otte Schnellbacher,
Selman Field, Momroe, La.

S/Set. Ralph Dugan,

Las Vegas, Nebada.

Delmar L. Curry, Sl/c s
Fleet P.sQ.,cSan Fransisco.

Lt. Re E. Schaake,
Fleet P. 0., New York.

Lt. (jg) Ge K. Barker,
Fleet P. O., San Franciscoe

Lt. H. E. Wright,
APO 140, New Yerk.

Lt. (jg) Larry K. Beaumont,
Fleet P. 0., San Francisco.

Pfc. Paul R. Carpenter,
Camp LeJeune, Ni. Ce

A/C Max Kissell,
Kingsville, Texase

Capte de M. Stratton,
Flushing, N. Y.

Capte Francis Kapvelman, A.C.,
Chicage, Ill.

M/Set. Be. W. Hart,
Lancaster, Calif.

Lt. (jg) A. M. Brown,
Cerpus Christi, Texas.

A/S H. L. Sherweed,
Les Angeles, Calif.

Sgt. R. C. Crayne,
El Pase, Texas.

Ramie Beims, S2/c,
Bainbridge, Md.

_ Lt. Bruce H. Veran,

APO 464, New Yerk.

 
Lt. Jahn A. Pfitsch,
APO 403, New York.

Lt. Rebert W. Trump,
Boston, Masse

Fe Fe Schimenz, A/S,
Pasadena, Calif.

Re He. Malett, Si/c,
Great Lakes, Ill.

C/M M. Rex Arrowsmith,
c/o P, Me, San Francisce.

Cpl. Hareld E. VanSiyck, USMC,
Quantico, Vae

C/Sp. Ralph E. Hayes,
Nerthwestern Ue, Chicage, Ill.

Lte Le Be Kappelman,
APO 423, New York.

Lte We Ae Coffin,
Fleet P. 0O., San Franciscoe

Emse He Je Ulrich,
Fleet P..0., San Franciscoe

Midn. Re lis Turner,
Danisville, R. Ile

Lt. E. Herriman

44th Gen. Hospe, San Franciscoe

Jewell M. Campbell, Sk3c,
Fleet Posteffice, San Franciscoe

Pvt. Jee Ryan,
Camp Rebinson, Ark.

Lte Sidney S. Salt,
APO 520, New Yerk.

Lt. (jg) Fe M. Bukaty,
Fleet P. Oo, New Orleans, La.

And then we have received many letters from others ef yeu whe took a
little time to write. I am queting seme excerpts from these letters se that
@1l ef yeu may appreciate the humer, the ceurage, the vision, and the desires
of these valerous lads whe left their hemes and everything they held dear

fer an eppertunity toe de their bit.

Our sincerest desire is that they may

return te a lamd as fine as the ene they are dreaming and planning for. In

eur tewn, here in Lawrence, we have erganized a Civic Action Committee, and

the primal purpese is te make Lawrence a place te which veterans will return
and say, “This is the way we wanted it." Our purpese is twe-feld: te have a
construction and city face lifting plan which will encourage veterans te re-
turn te Lawrence and te previde many ef them with early employment; and, te
areuse greater civic pride threughout the cemmunity. The. only requisite fer
membership en this hand-picked cemmittee is that each man shall be a werker,

ef ceurse, with ne cempensatien only te give te eur returning beys the best
tewn that we can make it. That means rehabilitatien work, pesitiens, preper
reception - net when ceming but when staying, and te let the beys knew that we
darn well appreciate what they have deme fer use There will be me maudlin
sympathy and ne tendency te treat the returning veteran with anything but the
highest respect. You get the idea, boys. Yeu just want te be a regular guy and
you want your place in the cemmunity, a right te live and leve and fight fer the

things you believe are right.

incidentally, fer the whele country.

That is what we are hoping fer Lawrence, and
The American Legion men whe are in

Lawrence, and others whe were a little tee eld te fight, want to preserve the

things here that you want.

Te Lte Jehn A. Pfitsch, ef Pfleugerville, Texas, whe used te ceach the
"“Pfleugerville Pflashes" here on Mt. Oread, we want te say that we are darn
preud ef this fighting Texan who-is an adepted Jayhawker by reason of his -°
taking his master's degree here in Jayhawkville. Jehn is with General
Patten, whe has been socking the devil out ef the heinies. And we, with
hundreds ef his ether friends, cengratulate him on this mest meriterieus award
ef Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster). His citation fellews:

"First Lieutenant Jehn A. Pfitsch, 1047728, Coast artillery Corps, °
United States Army, fer héreic service in connection with-military

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eperations against an enemy ef the United Sta tes at --- France, on
23 Nevember 1944. In the early morning hours of 23 November a leng
range enemy artillery shell struck a truck leaded with 40mm and
small arms ammunition setting it ablaze. A mearby gasoline truck
caught fire and seen the cenfrlagratien threatened te destrey ether
vehicles parked in the vicinity. Lieutenant Pfitsch at once rushed
te the area and dreve away twe vehicles which were in immediate
danger, disregarding the hazards ef expleding ammunition and flaming
gasoline shewered over the terrain by bursting gas cans. Altheugh
the heat arid smoke was at a maximum, Lieutenant Pfitsch returned te
assist in tewing away a third truck which had become ignited, and |
helped te quell the flames. He then pested himself in the danger
zone umtil the fire had been breught umder centrel, making every
effert te prevent further damage. Lieutenant Pfitsch's courageous
and resourceful actions and his disregard fer persenal safety re-
flect credit upen his character as an officer and upon the military
service. Entered military service frem Texas."

Captain Bill Bevan, the peerless pele-vaulter in 1939-'40-'41, had re-
turned from many dangereus transport missiens ever Burma. Last summer he
drepped inte the effice, leeking fine and fit as a fiddle. And only three

weeks age he crashed near Rene, Nevada, ending a wonderful career. We extend

eur deepest sympathy te his bereaved family and his leved ones.

I might mention here that we received pictures of T. P. Humter frem his Cd
mether, and we are geing te have a shert memerial service in his hener between
halves at ene ef our Big Six games here in Hech Auditerium.

“We recently had a visit with Lt. Ralph Miller and his wife, the fermer
Emily Jean Milam, and Ens. Dick Miller, whe has been in the Aleutians the
past six months. Dick was going en te San Francisce, and yeu can guess what
his mext mission will be. Ralph is still lecated in Flerida. They were just
geing threugh Lawrence en a shert furleugh. |

Others whe have been in recently iwclude Capt. Vincent Graves, ef the
Air Cerps, Pvt. Max Falkenstien, whe is stationed in Canada, Major E. R.
Elbel, and Dr. Rebert E. "Beb" Allen. Beb saw our game with Nebraska en the
12th, the first heme game he had seen us play in feur years. He and Jean ran
dewn frem Kansas City om a three-heur leave. He still has the eld fight and
it was difficult fer him to retain his seat om the frent rew acress frem the
team during the time ef seme of the hectic Cernhusker-Jayhawk milling. He is
expecting te see seme other games here befere his internship is ever and he
leaves with the Army Medical Cerps.

I recéntly received a V-mail letter frem Majer Rebert I, Simpsen, the
old University ef Missouri werld champien high-hurdler. Back in the early
twenties at Franklin Field in Philadelphia I saw Beb Simpsex break the world's
high hurdle recerd. Beb says, "I have been semewhere in France since last
August. New and then I rum inte a fermer Jayhawk. I now have a boy (18 yrs.)
in the Army, se new I knew hew parents feel." When at Columbia on January
5 I saw Mrs. Beb Simpson and their daughter. They were attending the Tiger-
Jayhawk basketball battle. Lets ef geed luck te you, Beb!

Our cengratulations and best wishes te Lt. (jg) Den Ebling, whe is now
the Radar and Senar Officer en his newly cemmissiened ship. We were delighted
te receive the picture ef the ship, Den. We nete the change in yeur address -
c/o Fleet Pesteffice, New York.

Lite (jc) Ernest J. Vanek alse has a change ef address. He is new at
the NeA.T.T.C., at Nerman, Oklahema, in the swimming department. It was

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. fine te see you at Nerman, Ernie, but I'm serry we ceuldn't win the ball game.

Lt. (jg) Nerman B. Sanneman (c/o Fleet Pesteffice, San Francisco,
California) sent an interesting picture ef the sights om New Guinea. Jerman
writes: “Heward Engleman, new on a D. E., drepped in te see me ome day and
we had a wenderful time chatting ever old times. I think he wrete yeu and
sent seme pictures; hewever, in case he didn't, I'm going te have some made
up and send them on te yeu. You see, he breught his baseball team ever te
play mime. Of course, I had te beat him but beth the men and "Repe" had a great
time. I don't knew just where he is new but he has a great ship and has downed
6 subse already. He's still the great old "Repe" and is well liked by all his
men and officerse He still has thet fighting spirit yeu taught him and he
makes a wonderful efficer. . . . » I have been doing construction werk but find
enough time te help in recreation. I have built a nice baseball diamend and
installed lights se we can play at might. As faras I knew, it is the only |
one of its kind im the Pacific. I alse have 4 basketball court, welleyball
ceurt and aerial dart ceurt. It's toe het te play much basketball but new
and then we play eneugh te keep the eld eye."

Shertly before receiving Sanneman's letter, I received ene from “Rope"
(Lt. jg He. E. Engheman, c/e Fleet Pesteffice, San Francisce), whe says,
"Can't tell yeu tee much abeut what we are deing but as yeu prebably have
guessed, it all cemcerms the Philippines. The eld England has been lucky se —
far but yeu never knew when that mext one will fall en yeu instead ef the ship
next abeame Believe me, these Japs aren't human beings. .. . Since I've
written you last, the ship get 10 days in Sydney and a chance te re-cerient
eurselves to civilization. The necktie almest cheked me and I got seasick
walking en selid greund.... . Mary Beth and sen are doing fine, I hope, and
se are Mother and Grandmether, I believe. . . . Since seeing Sanneman and
Jim Bausch, I've run inte Bill Bevan's brether and another Jayhawker named
Hareld Edwards. I heard T. P. shet his last geal. Is that true? What a
shamee Eneugh eulegies can never be written about that bey. Well Dec, a let
has happened since we all sat in the old Strathaven Inn retreat in Pennsylvania
and listened te Reesevelt's first fireside chat. I'm afraid yeu were the only
ene there whe realized the serieusness ef the mement. I can remember yet
Beb and John and I laughing and carefree. Well, we knew new. . « o"

Lt. Lester B. Kappelman's Christmas greeting, mailed December 3, arrived
just a few days after we had had a nice visit with Capt. Francis! Kappeiman.
Francis is still stationed in Chicage, and Lester was at the 3rd General
Hespital, APO 423, New Yerk. lester writes: "Through a misfertune I had
last menth I have been laid up im a hespital here in France and weuld appreciate
amy mews frem the beyse A machine gun bullet, which I ferget te duck, passed
threugh my right ferearm and teok a small pertion ef the anatemy in the
immediate vicinity aleng with it. Consequently, I set a beautiful stene-
grapher to handle my cerrespendence fer mee . . « I hear Ernie Quigley has
been added te the staff at the University, Here's heping yeu have a goed
team this winter and that I will be heme in time te see you play."

Lets ef luck te you, Lester. We hope your recevery will be speedy, and
that yeu will be home in time te see us play.

_ We were happy te have a shert visit with Thene Graves, C.PeO. with the
Vel2 unit at the University ef Seuthern Califernia. Thene stepped in the .
office the other day te say helle, and said his wife is trying te get him te
live in Califernia after the war is ever. I teld Thene te tell her that
Califernia is the mest eut-lying state in the Unien!

I have just this merning received season's greetings from Lt. Bruce Reid,

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ae a a i

APO 102, New York, whe is with the infantry up frent. This is a very clever
card thet Bruce has sent, shewing the reute ef his travels frem Camp Maxey
and Camp Swift in Texas, te Fert Dix, then te France, on te Belgium and
Helland, and finally Germany. We are delighted to hear from you Bruce. Lots
ef geod luck te yeu, eld fellow. We are glad te put yeu en our Jayhawk
Rebeund mailing list, and will be pulling fer yeur success.

Lt. Maurice Baringer, APO 926, Sam Francisce, writes frem the Netherlands,
BE. Indies, that he saw Capt. Beb Pai reuilé, Inf., from Kansas City, recently,
and asks that he be placed on our mailing list. Weare very happy te have. his
See ees and will see “ee the Rebeunds are sent te hime

M/Sget. Den B. Blair (APO 518, New York) writes from semewhere in England,
and says, “We are living in an eld maner heuse er castle. It is abeut as,
celd as Mt. Oread en a February morning. It is 250 er 300 years eld. Have
net received a Rebeunds in some time. Ne deubt there is one some place between
here and Texas. I am sure leeking ferward te ite Hepe te get a chance te
leek up seme of the beys ever here. Imagine that I will get to Lenden ene ef
these days."

Alse, from England, we received a note frem Lt. Harlan Altman, (APO 76,
New Yerk), whe says, “Things have been meving pretty rapidly fer me in the past
twe months, censequently I haven't received any Rebeunds. As this letter will
have my new address, would yeu put it en your mailing list, as I weuld really
appreciate it. oerseusty> yeu = never knew hew much I appreciate it, and
I speak fer many ethers."

You ask abeut Vance Hall, Harlan, se we are glad we can tell yeu abeut
hime Just a few days after your letter arrived, I received a letter frem

Vance. He is with the 2nd Op. Tage Unit at Hemestead, Flerida, and I knew he

weuld be happy te hear frem yeoue

Frem Capt. Harley L. Andersen, APO 557, New York: "The jeb ever here
centinues te be pretty much the same as it has been rightaleng. This month
has been umusually imactive, lets ef feg and rain which has kept the Forts on
the ground right at the time when they were needed the mest. They have been
eut the past twe days, hewever, and I can imagine what a welceme sight they
were te the greund ferces whe have been having a tough time of late. « « «
Altheugh facilities are rather limited, we de have what leeks like a basketball

/

court and get in a ceuple ef games a week. Have a league im this air ‘division

and se we are off te a seed start. This is a large base, and basketball talent
is quite plentiful. I'd like te see Hech Auditerium new that it has been re-
decerated, but even mere I'd like te be areund te see a few games. Since that

is impessible I'll be fellewing the results very eagerly ever heres. « « «

My yeungest brether reperted te Ft. Leavenworth fer his first physical t he

middle part ef Nevember. Wen't be leng new fer him and I'm waiting te hear which
branch ef the service he will enter."

Frem Pfo. We. R. “Bob" Fitzpatrick, APO 228, New Yerk, "I am in France
new and have been here fer a few months. Abeut six weeks ago new Mi.P. Bus.
were fermed and se that was where I ended up. Went threugh some training and
am now werking. You prebably knew how much everyone leves an M.P.J" Stay in
there, Beb, we knew yeu are deing a good jeb. ; ;

Capte We G. “Bill” Wade, whe flew se-many missiens out ef England, ever
enemy territery, is back in the States fer a rest and instruction. He is new
at Celumbus, Ohie, at the Leckbourne Army Air Base.

Ense Hubert "Hub" Ulrich, c/e Fleet Pesteffice, San Frencisco, says,

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“Have had my ewn beat since the first ef July and with the fine crew I new
have aboard, I am heping te give the Jas a few lessens seon. .. Knute Kresie
is in anether area and I haven't seen himfer quite a while. He is due tebe
back and wee all of yeu, se maybe he will pap in en yeu one of these days.

I was expecting te de likewise seen, but with all the new fronts epening, 1
imagine it will be seme time yet before they will let me ge. .« . . Keep the
Rebeunds ceming - they are a bright spet among a let ef dark clouds."

Cpl. James R. “Ray" Harris, writes frem Miami Beach, Fla., "I am still
statiened on the sunny beach ef Flerida. I have been here a year now, and I
enjoy my werk mere every day. Our pregram has enlarged and that makes fer
mere activity. The Red Cress and the Physical Training department are deing lots
in helping the fellews enjey their stay at the Redistributien Station. One
afterneen I was in a velley ball game - I leeked up the beach and whe did I
see - Don Ettinger. He had returned from England and was passing through the
station. . . Another surprise was running inte Gerdon Clucas in a dime stere
last week. Gerdon was bread jumping fer Kansas when 1 came te Ke U. His stay
in Miami was shert, because*he was geing heme fer Christmas. He had been out ef
the States fer ever a year. I gave him my November mumber ofthe Rebounds. He: —
said Wade Green is a father now and is a majer in the Army."

Thanks fer yeur newsy letter, Ray. We are happy te hear abeut all the
beys you have seen. You asked abeut Ed Elbel. He is at Randelph Field, Texas,
and I know he will be glad te hear frem you.

Cpl. Hoyt Baker, whe wrete from Oakland, Califernia, just before Christmas,
said that he was surprised and delighted ene evening when walking down the
street and bumped inte Wayne Replegle, whe is stationed at the Oakland Naval
Hespital. I knew you and "Bill" will have a great time tegether, Heyt, if
yeu have a chance fer a goed visit.

Lt. (jg) A-M. "Murray" Brown is. new at Cerpus Christi, Texas, and says,
“I know you need no intreduction te the efficer in charge ef athletics here -
Lt. Comdr. Sam Barry, whe tried se hard te beat Kansas in Kansas City a few years
back. I cans till see "Rope" grabbing that leese ball and getting set fer what
was a perfect shet. What an evening that was fer Kansas and what I weuldn't
give te see anether game just like that one."

Ens. Je P. "Paul" Turner, c/o Fleet Pesteffice, New Yerk, writes of
having seen Jehn Fleyd, one of Hank Iba's star basketball player's, whose heme
was in Kansas. Paul says: "Before I left Nerfelk I saw the Naval Training ~
Statien beat Fort Bragg by abeut 40 peints. NTS had Jehn Fleyd, an Okla. A.
and M. bey in '57, '38, '3S9, playing fer them. He's a Chief Specialist in
athletics eon the base. . . . He used to play high scheel ball against “Repe"
Engleman and Bruce Veran in the Ark. Valley, then he went te Okla. A. and Me...
Jehn said he saw Den Ebling while in Nerfelk."

From Lte Jim R. Surface, USMCR, Dana Point, Calif., cemes this message?
“One of my goed friends at my station in Hawaii was a friend ef yeurs, Lt. Cemdr.
Rellie Williams, former basketball ceach at Iewa:U. He was the athletic di-
recter at the Naval Air Statien where I served for abeut 18 monthse I get te
know him fairly well, expecially as a fishing cempanion, and he is certainly
a® fine gentleman. He was very well liked at the station, and many were the
bull sessions which, mere eften than net, would end with Rellie telling basket-
ball steries - especially a beut Dec Meamwell and Rellie's playing days at
Wiscensin. I could always needle hima little abeut that last pasteing the
beys from Mt. Oread gave him, but he was a grand spert abeut it. The naval
efficer whe had the reem acress frem mine alse knews you, and yeu may remember
hime He was Jim Wells, new a Lt. (jg) in the Navy, and formerly a sports bread=- |

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caster from Buffale, N. Ys Jim teld me that he interviewed you en his pregram
several times when you were traveling threugh Buffale."

Yes, indeed, Jim, of ceurse I knew Rellie Williams. He is a grand chap

anda fine ceach. We had a terrific time with his basketeers at Iewa City,

Winning out in a flash by 2 peimts. And ef ceurse I remember my geed friend,
Jim Wells, and the interview with him im Buffale, where we played en eur sur-
prising eastern trip. I theught we weuld have a let ef treuble with St...
Bemaventure's, but the beys played te my surprise and amazement, winning by a
seere ef 55 te 22... - s

I have always theught that the Kansas basketball team, riding the ceaches

with the service men en that eastern trip, many ef whem were wounded, get a

new cenceptien ef this war. They certainly ferget their petty treubles be-
cause they swarmed all ever the eppesitien. We won four straight games,
coming back with a theusamd per cent on our eastern jaunt - which is semething!

I want te acknewledge receipt ef a letter frem an eld time friend, Ed
White, ef New pert, R. I. I remember he was in my class at Springfield, Mass.
YeMeCeAe College back in 1931. He imvited Mrs. Allem and our family te New-
pert, Re [., and turned ever his summer cettaze fer twe weeks on the shere.
We bathed in the wonderful salt water four times a day and get as teugh as
leathers: When the war is over I would like nething better than two levely
weeks om the sheree Mrs. Allen and the girls visited the Newpert Coleny where
they had Red Cress benefit secial sessiens, and the wemenfelks went threugh the .;
summer gardens and hemes ef the Asters, the Vanderbilts and some of the Four
Hundred elite. Persemally I stayed on the shere, and refused to shave all the
time I was there. I got mere kick out ef the silk-stecking brigade's enviren-
ment at that distance. |

But I did enjey the hespitality ef Ed White and his family. Beb and I
played beach tennis with a small net, a ceuple ef paddles and a sponse ball.
We really had seme sessions! Beb was abeut ten years of age.

Lt. Geerge Stapleten is the Physical Training Officer at the Walla

Walla Army Air Field. Geerge says, "Our basketball team is met tee red het

as yet but we de have pessibilities. . . . Our Air Ferce is divided inte
feur districts. We are in the nertherm district. The winners ef the four
districts play eff im San Framcisce, and the winner there represents the

Air Ferece in a Natienal Tourmament in New Yerk, en March 15th. The jeker in
getting up a geod team lies im the fact that these men must de all ef their
practicing amd playing after they have fimished their day's werk. Seme ef
the beys werk as high as 12 and 16 heurs at a time, se yeu can see that they
are tired when they ceme eut te practice. We find hewever that if they de
come eut after they get eff werk they are really seld en the game, and they
are swell te werk with."

It leeks as if yeu have quite a schedule, Geerge. Mere pewer te yeu.
We are mighty preud ef the way yeu are geing.

Frem Capt. Ferrest G. Stith, APO 650, New Yerk, a brether ef E. G. Stith,
fermerly Fereman ef the Umiversity Press: “Even theugh accident ef birth
teek place fer me in Misseuri, I de enjey every word ef yeur Rebeunds. Ne.

12 just arrived yesterday. My Summer Session attendance and asseciatien in
classes with Schlademan, Dr. Naismith and yeu in 1924 (20 years age!) pulls
me te Mt.» Oread mere than yeu think. My chief clerk, a Hutchinsen athlete,
S/Set. Beb Streup, is a member ef eur Wing Hq. team new. . . » Abilene is
the heme tewn ef “Ike", but alse the heme ef 50% eof Ce. H, 139th Inf. By
the way, I hear the eld 35th is doing all right ever there new." —

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Yes, Ferrest, I remember these times in 1924, and it doesn't seem
like twenty er mere years age, dees it?

_ Many of yeu beys will remember our fine tackle on the feetball team

im 1936 amd 1937 - Freddie Besilevac. He is now a first lieutenant in the
Medical Cerps, and writes frem Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Fred says, "There are
40 ef us KU. medics mow stationed at Carlisle Barracks fer 6 weeks of in-
tensive medical field service training. We have the largest single agsre- —
gatien ef medics frem ene scheel in the 64 0.T.B., and usually clese a dance
er party at the Officers Club with the ever-beautiful and fameus Reck Chalk
yell. « « « The training is very hard and rather rapid but we enjey the werk
in spite ef the severe celd weethers”

‘Lt. Maurice L. Breidexthal, JYe, c/o Fleet Pesteffice, New Yerk,
writes asking us te change his address, and says, indidentally, "The enly
thing ef interest that has happemed te me im the last feur menths is that I
was made cemmanding efficer ef this ship in September." Congratulations,
Maurice, we kaew yeu are a great skipper!

We are happy te welceme seme new Jayhawkers te eur family - Michael
Ferd Selleuberger, sen of Marvia and Virginia Sellenberger, ef Denver, was
bern eon December 10th, and Sally Je Shirk, daughter ef David and Margaret
Shirk, ef Celumbus, a, was bern. on fecwubes 30, Cengratulatieus te
‘these fine parentse

And Ens. Paul Masouer, of Nerfelk, Va., writes, "We've added a member
. te the family new. Richard McCey Masener was bern Ausust 28 and is new a
husky tackle, weighing 16 peunds. Needless te say, we are very proud te
have beth a bey and girl. Saw Newton Heversteck last week. He would ¢
appreciate receiving the Rebeunds - c/e Fleet Pesteffice, New York."

Paul, I had a fine visit with yeur father-in-law, Mr. Lester McCey,
at Lacy Haymes! heme the night ef the Kansas-Misseuri feetball game. And
he deesn't leve that grandchild, either! There were a lét ef impertant
things fer him te talk abeut, but mest ef them were abeut the Masexer family,
and Richard MeCey Masener, that “husky tackle". Amd doen't think that he
ferget te mention that yeung “Lady Masener". Gesh, he wes medest in his
beasting?= |

We are seadine Newten Heversteck a: Rebeunmds, and are wad te have him
om our mailing list. We have leng fergiven Newton fer seme of his belshevik
attitudes in rebelling en eur infringement ef seme of his imaginary rights
regarding his desire te practice temnis om the basketball court in Rebinsen
Gymi Amy bey new fighting fer Uncle Sam is teps with me.

Lte (jg) Ralph E. Schaake, c/o Fleet Pesteffice, New York, wrete frem
England the day befere Christmas. "I am resting on duty new as permanent
efficer ef the deck at this rest campe This is the best duty that I have
had and I am taking advantage ef it. I am in pretty fair shape new, having
worked eff 15 peunds playins basketball. We have a 40 x 100 ft. hut te
play basketball in and te use fer a recreatien hut. It serves our purpese.e”

Yeu mentien big "Rea Thempsen, and I am glad te enclese his mailing
address te yeu, Ralph. Fer the purpeses ef this letter it is Set. Levis J.
Thompsen, APO 133, New York.

Lt. William Geprge Kerm, USNR, eof Cerpus Christi, Texas, teek unte
himself a blushing bride, Margaret Jean Gurley, ef Beleit, one ef the

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