"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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