ll;

"Onc tremondous roar shakes the sea for miles around. We blink
Snd stcady oursclvcs:--that must be the Glasgow and tho Toxas, It ise Now

Gunnery Officer Jisa Arnoidc. in his firo-control tower atop the fly-
ing bridge, gets the werd he's been ‘waiting to heare Our 5einch guns speak as
one, and to us they sound Jcuder and trevor taon any we've evor hearde

“Our viestcaniva as Jewtta suo fires designated tercst, Arnold
quickly wor'ss vut the prcoiea anew, The suns ure ourrected and eur third
salvo senés a pillbox snscading “mvs the air in fragmcntse » e » «+ ee

"Within a fow saers mlmyees, on automatic Lire, we get aur second
target and atterrt*cur thisd: This uns is a hattory ounaingly concealed be=

a

hind a stene ‘vail duwn a sedivpa surtag away from tne saae A SOQLlVO WOLuW,. &
“salvo above, u §

ivy te tba loftetnis fellow is roully stubsern. Jim Arnold's
lean, sensitive face new is wrested anhe sumething uppreaching a suorie His
long fingers adjust his instruments:.~for this moment “he scholar has become a
killer. os ; ’

“.° he next salvo smashes the gun and sunds it down tho gulch, start-
ing a’ minor avalancho, By €:15;° all cur assigned targets that we can reach
have been Imocked cut or previcusly demolisned b¥ air bombing. We have fired
250 rounds in twenty®five minutes ef automutic faring. © a

‘Sir, suggost wo shift to targets of eppertwiity', Arnold phones
the bridge. 'Targots of opportunity’ aro those enemy surpriscs that bob up,
those strong points wo don t lmow about in advance. There will be plenty of
them. ‘Permission granted.?" whe:

‘And so Jim Arnold, a quiet country boy who enrolled.at Kansas in
1937 from Dowms, Kansas, who during the time this article was written wos.
lieutonant (jg) - we hope he is an admiral by now! - makes the big top with
our*world's hcroose Congratuiations, Jim! ‘Jo are sending you a copy . of... our
Rebounds with our decp admiration and our heartiest. congratulations. We.are
also sonding & copy to your parents. We are nighty proud of you and all tho
rest of ow bors. :

Your good friend and mine, Sgt. Bill Kollender, who has served
the University onthusinstically and most faithfully since Octobor, 1928, has
retired to enter private lifu. very one of you wilj. remombor the efficient
sergeant wio was aiways on top of things at all the athletic scntests, cspece

dally tho fcotbail and baskctbal? ushering and scatinge | He was c..past master

in mocting friends, ih taking sare uf tha salulrities and *he celebrities who

visited tho University: Tio was Gol. Xarl Baldwin's righit hand mam - in fact,
all of the commandants of tho 2.0.7.C. + ia Nendving the affairs of thet do=
partment. He served four years in tho -Phiiippines und was’ et Corregidor and
other Army bases cron tho cowitry, Perhaps ne iien with an ArTy ecnnvstion
has mace so many friecnusy contacts with Cnhivorsity students,e faculty and
alumni os has Sgt. KeWtader.. Wo wilh miss nim great, and -UT best wishes
will go with him in. his noxt ficid.<f endocvors,> fecay,at ary rh.t he retires
on a heaithy stirenc as compensation for his many leyai ana pa.ithfal years
given tc incle Scm. is address in Lawrenco is 202 test 15th ePtreste |
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A note te Clint Kanaga: Clint, I havo not forgotten tho matter of
the gold basketball for T. P. Hunter. Immediately upon receipt of yeur letter
I went to Julius Marks and told him te look up his past recerd and check to
see if T. Pe's gold baske*ball wasn't mailed to his mother at Margaret, Toxas,
or to his sister in Tulsa, and Julius promised me that he would let me know.

I am sure that it was ordered. When I started to dictate this letter to you
I ealled Julius again and he is going over his books and checking the mailing
because he has a record of every address. You tell T. P. we are going te get
that gold basketball fer him and have it in his possession. He doserves a
thousand ef them, and we certainly aren't going to delay. I want to say here
“and now that hod I dreamed that T. P. didn't have his ball I would have
aotivated myself no ond. T. P. is "Noe 1" in my own mind, and, I might add,
in everyone's.

Mrs. Allen and I had your brother, Bill, to dinner the other night.
Bill is a great boy and we enjoyed him very much. Vrs, Allen loves to see
boys: cat, and I might state here and now that Bill didn't disappeint her! He
tore into those fried chickens like you b0ys have been tearing into the slit-
eyese He annihilated then.

We want to tell you a few things about old Mount Oread. She was
never more beautiful, This Jayhawk Rebounds is dated Wednesday, July 26, but
it is now Friday afternoen at 3:17 and I am trying to close my letters Some-
times we work on it fer two weeks, piecemealing it here and there. The
campus is as green as early spring. We have had some wonderfully cool
weather in July, not a day going over 97 here in Lawrence, Kansas, The lawns
are beautiful and the foliage is gorgeous. Ordinarily at this time of year
the campus is brown, but it is as green as can be. The past week we have had
rains and for the past two weeks we have had Colorado weather in.the evenings
with most of the people sleeping under blankets. ef.

ile are in full swing with our community reereation program for the
faculty and friends of the Universitye On Wednesday night we had on epen air
street dance in front of the chemistry building, Bailey Hall. We blocked off
the street at the interseotion by the gymnasium and down to the corner at the
east end of the chemistry building. ie used 125 pounds of cornmeal and 100
pounds ef soy bean meal. Early in the afternoon we flushed the street with a
big hose, swept it, and in the evening we sprinkled our meal over the street.
The evening was perfect. Oliver Hobbs, the director of the high school band,
used a twenty-piece male high school orchestra that was a kmock-oute. Six
hundred people came up on the campus and danced from 8:45 to 10 o'clock.
Faculty members, townspeople and oldsters sat on the benches and chairs ond
watched the jitterbugs and some of the oldsters glide to the rhythmic tunes
of Oliver's orchestra. He did a wonderful job.

Aftor it was ever, eight of us used brooms and swept the cornmeal
from the concrete arena to be saved for the next dance, two woeks from noWe
On next Wednesday we will have Miss Irene Moll, a K. U. graduate of 1958, who
is a teacher in the Tulsa, Oklahema, high school,call square dancese She is
& past mster at this art and we will have the hill-top packed with ye olde
time recreation features of Civil War days. Ve plan to have each night in
the week on event night. On Twsday and Thursday evonings we have a "kiddie
Kollege", The youngsters of kindergarten age are brought up on the low plate
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form and taught kindergarten songs and dances. That, of course, pleases the
youngsters and the paronts, and with the giant slide, the monkey mazes, the
teeter-totters, the swings, the sand-pile, the ice-cooled drinking fountain,
together with shuffleboard for the oldsters, archery , goal-hi, badminton,
velley ball and croquet, it gives activity and re-creation for all oagese

The quadrangle is beautiful with twelve large lights which scare
the mosquitocs away, and with the basketball benches borrowed from the ath-
letic association and the football benches borrowed from the stadium, the
friends of the University have a splendid time commingling, playing and
visiting on one of God's beauty spots.

We are endeavoring in our recreation program to make it as pleas-
ant as possible for many principals and superintends who come for their ade
vanced degrees, with their families. Their little tots are not always
accorded the best of facilities due to the overcrowded condition of Lawrense.
She is packed to the guards sith Sunflower Ordnance workers. There is not a
vacant house to be had, and in some cases three families live in one house.
You can appreciated the crowded conditions that these families of the teachers

are subjected to.

With a piano for the little tots in their nursery games, and with
the swing band and the dance orchestra, theso young mothers are provided an
opportunity to sit and cool off while the children enjoy thomselves.

Director Russell Wiley, with his University Band, plays two oute
door concerts during the summer. So with the other recreational activities
in the Union Building under the direction of Dean Werner, the faculty and
students are enjoying themselves immonsely. We are getting this ready for
you when you return so that things will not take on such o changed appeare
ance, but we want you to visualize old Mount Oread welcoming you with a °
gracious smile,

Sincerely yours,

 

FCA :AH

 
Dear Jayhawkers:

The following article is a copy from the sport page of the
Kansas City Star. This idea came from a close follower of KU
athletics (W. W, Fuller, Board of Trade Bidg., Kansas City,
Missouri). I think it is a grand idea and am happy to enclose
it with the next issue‘of the "Rebowmds.” . 4
Altnough I do not keep in touch with many of you, I learn of
your whereabouts through the "Rebounds." My thoughts are of

you many times and I wish vn Sind Ae
CSe J). FAH

P.S. As thorough and exact’as Mr. McBride is, he overlooxed
one of Dr. Allen's important duties. He is a member of the
Selective Service board and spends many hours each week help-=
ing select the manpower for our Armed Forces. Ogden Jones, a —
member of the KU faculty, is chairman of the Douglas county

board.

  

FROM THE MARCH 7 ISSUE OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR:

Maybe you've been wondering how long Phog Allen will’ continue
to coach basketball. You've been reading about Phog, very’
much about him and considerable by him, for lo, these many,
many yearse Is he going on forever winning basketball cham= _
pionships or running them up? 4 at
Being curious and unafraid you asked him. And you learned’ -
that Phog will be coaching five or six years more. And-then’ -
no moree ,

"When am I going to retire?" Phog repeats the question as.
though the idea is something altogether out of the unexpected
and unthought about, but you soon know better than thate. ge
can tell you now when that's going to be," he quickly adds.
"When I reach tho age of 65. Department heads retire at 65."
(Phog is the head of the department of physical education. )
"Other faculty members may continue until they are 67, but I'm
not hankering for those two years, I do not wish to coach
after I am 65¢ I have no ambitions to break the records of
Alonzo Stagg or Connie Mack." )
"But what will you be doing, Phog? You can't kecop all that
restless energy close by while you roll in a parlor chair.""

OUTLINES HIS PROGRAM

"Don't let that worry you," says Phog. "I'll use all the
enorgy I can mustcr. I'm going to play golf and I'm going to
writc. And say the things I want to saye" |
Tut! Tut! Phog, as though you haven't been saying the things
rou've wanted to say, all along. 2

'I guess I'll have to admit that I haven't been a‘ shrinking
violet in that regard," says Phog. "That's right, and I'm
going to continue to do the things I've actually wanted to do$
play golf and writo."” Tey 98h 16S - we
Tho K.U. basketball coach already is the author of three books.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say he is the author of
two books and a co~author of a third. His "My Basketball
Bible" and "Better Basketball" have had a wide sale. In col»
‘laboration with other cducational authorities Fnog wrote
SROM THE MARCH 7 ISSUE OF THE KANSAS CITY STAR (continued):

"The Administration and Organization of Physical Education and
Athletics," President Raymond 4. Kent of the University of
Louisville was the oditor of that book, which. had. chapters on”
law by Roscoe Pound of Harvard, medicine by Dre Cutter of.
Northwestern, libcral arts by Dr. Charters of Ohio Stato, stue
dent health by Dr, John’ Sundwall of Michigan, formerly dean of
the school of medicine of the University of Kansas, ,

What will your next book touch on, Phog?

BACK TO THE LOW-BRoW , ee ee
"I'm going back to. the low-brow stuff," Phog smiles, "I'm °°:
going to writo a book on tho treatment of athletic injurleseece
sometime before I quit," ,
That reminds you that in: the closing wecks of the Big Six
basketball season Allen took over the training of his squad of..
basket shooters. Foroed to pass’ up an Opportunity to join the
army athletic Specialists: junket, Phog quickly consented when
his trainer, Dean Nesmith, was asked to become a member of -the
junkete Phog knows the business of. training. athletes and -- ..
monding their sprains and bruises and his book on that Subject
should bo the ultimate word, ee
As for doing the things ho wants to do after ho reaches tho age. ~

of 65, Phog hardly will be able to carry on as heavy a& program .”.

as ho is in these approaching yoars to 65...and surely he cc
doing anything now that he doesn't wish-to do, At the samo
time he's. doing far more than the ordinary man and you wonder.

how he manages to. keep the paco. Last month he ‘gave his Perce

blood donation and when you know that he ig fast stepping toe °
ward 60 you'll give him credit fon deep-rooted sentiment tos. |
ward our soldiers. Youtvo seen that demonstrated elsewhere, °.
too. For examplo, in the Jayhawker Rebounds ho writes eve er
month or two, has typed and mails to all his’ old basketball’ _... me
boys and other K,U, athletes on thé worldts fighting’ fronts... =:
WHERE DOES HE. FIND THE TIME | POD Gs 20 Deon ONS af godt
As head of the departmont of physical education at 'K.U. he ‘has |
a& full-time. jobs As coach'of basketball you"know. he devotes fe
many long hours and the cnergy of a steam engtireé,.”. da a, Pegi hatgth
Rotarian and a lively ono.. He is president of the Civie Action
committee of Lawrence, a committee with a twofold purpose ==. to
provide a construction and a city face-lifting plan..by.way of
encouraging veterans to return to Lewrenée and‘te.’provide many.
of them with early Cmploymonte-. | ee 3 sy
Recently Phog was clected president of the Lawrence Country ax
Club, and you’ can safely bet that he will not be idle on this. ©)
Jobe In fact, you cannot picture Phog idle on any ha .
Now Phog is running for a seat in thé city; council he was —
clected yesterday).. arid so’ you get .the idea that by. the time

he is 65 he y cob aaa TY, Woll whittled down ‘and ‘quite ready.
for leisurely golf and writing, or: Byes |: ee
P.S, == Oh, yes, you want to-know when Phog will be 65? His °

next birthday will be November 18, ah oe ae
TY a apace
SATEAWE. BRR OUS DS
September 12, 1944

Nos ii

Dear Fellow Jayhawkers:

Somehow this is the most difficult letter that I have ever attempted to
write. Over a dozen times I have begun it and each time I have walked away from
my desk because words fail me. I feel such a void. Something has gone from me.
Your friend and mine - good, old honest "Teep", T. P. Hunter (lst Lt. 9th Marines)
was killed on Guam, July 21, 1944. And yet this morning he feels closer to me
than at any moment that I have known him. Across the miles that span Lawrence,
Kansas, and Guam, it seems so trivial. This thing we cail death nas brought him
closer to me at this very moment than he has been for years. The glories of his
life seem magnified a hundred-fold.

A Chinese philosopher once said, “Life seems so unreal attimes that I do
not know whether I am living dreams or dreaming life." The life here and the
life hereafter seem so much a part of all of us that T. P.'s precence is manifest.
He will live forever in our hearts. What more love can a man have that he lay
down his life for his friend? But T. P., being the man that he was, would em-
brace for his friends the thought of Lord Tennyson's “Crossing the Bar":

Sunset and evening star,

And one clear call for me:

And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.

Charles Frohman, the great playwright, facing death while standing on the
deck of the sinking Lusitania and watching women and childrentaking his place
in the lifeboats, said, "Death is life's greatest adventure."

On August 17, T. P.'s sister-in-law called Mrs. Allen from Tulsa conveying
to us the sad newse I was in Boone, Iowa, conducting a coaching school for. the
Iowa State High School Athletic Association, and did not learn of T. P.'s death
until Sunday, August 20. Somehow I could not believe it, because I felt that
after T. P. had been in guadalcanal, Bougainville - in fact, all of the tough
Marine engagements, that he would make it.

In T. P.'s letter to me on Januarty 1, 1944, you Rebounders will recall that
he stated, "Thought you might like to know a little about our game with the Japs
on Bougainville. Well, everything was going fine until they got me and my boys
in a hot box. I thought for a while they were going to call in the outfielders
to get us out. Fortunately for us, however, we got out before they had time."

T. Pe was our outstanding pitcher in his senior year and his baseball term-
inology fit most aptly into this very difficult situation. T. P. continued, in
his January lst letter, by saying, "I have called it a game, Doc, and to me that
is just about how it seemed. The same istrue for most of the boys that return.
The bad part of the whole war is these boys who have to give their lives to win.
"IT had some of those and for them it must have been more than a game." .. -

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These lines have often run through my mind, and they still do: "Only
those are fit to live who are not afraid to die." This modest, clean, genteel,
and resourceful boy, beloved by every teammate and athletic adversary with
whom he came in contact, was held in the highest esteem by all. He was buoyant,
dominant, yet modest and self-effacing. How many times have I heard some of the
boys after a hot game regale some official for either failure to call a foul
or by calling a foul that certain volayers did not think just. In the pitch of
the excitement a forceful, kind voice would speak up and say, "I didn't think he
was wo bad", and immediately the tempest of words ceased. Quiet reigned because
there was great respect for the opinion of this quiet man who spoke. It was
"T-Hambone" Hunter, as the boys affectionately called him. Ontrips it was
Teep who always took the lone wolf for a roommate. Boys paired off - friendship
and affection for each other dominating the selection. Any one of the men would
have picked T. P. as a roommate, but T. P. always took the least —— of
the gang as his roommate.

One hard-headed, two-fisted recalcitrant member of the team on a trip seemed
to be having difficulty. The boys liked him but little. Infact, they shunned
him because this said consistent objector was always putting "his feet in his
mouth". He was always doing the wrong thing at the right time. He would
complain of the food. He was quarrelsome with opponents, and even derided some
of his co-called good friends. This hurly-burly buckaroo believed that the
fist was mightier than the intellect. By choice he had been able to fight his way
through many battles until this rough and tumble chap believed that he had solved
life's problems by resorting to fisticuffs rather than friendships made in the
higher way of life.

I recall so well the conversation I had with T. P. regarding this chap. He
said, "Doc, this fellow isn't such a bad fellow. You know, I wouldn't want any-
thing said about it because he wouldn't like it, but I had him reading the Bible
(Gideon Bible in hotels) each night on trips." And T. P. continued, "Of course
he read the most exciting parts, but that wouldn't hurt him any."

T. P. Hunter was a great influence for good, whether on or off the athletic
field. He was always living vicariouly and constructively. Milton "Mit" Allen
and I were speaking regarding the untimely loss of T. P. Mit, always a realist,
said spontaneously, "T. P. was too God-like to live long in this world." And
then he recounted an interesting episode that made a deep impression upon him.

- Mit said, “When Kansas played Great Lakes in '41 in the Municipal Audi-
torium in Kansas City, our team of Evans, Black, Miller and so forth was not going
any too well. Creighton had defeated Great Lakes by an overwhelming score at
Omaha and we got them on the rebound. They were taking us in stride, and, Dad,
you substituted T. P. for one of your Kansas regulars. No sooner had T. P.
reported than he drove in under the basket with his long, gargantuan stride with
the ball in his possession. Andreas, the great Indiana U. star a few years back,
and who also played baseball in the American Association before he entered Great
Lakes, drove in under T. P. and to all the observers it looked like a pretty
vicious foul.e T. P. got one of the mastiest spills that I have seen any player
gete He got up, shook hands with his adversary, and with a smile patted him on
the back. But T..P. scored the bucket and went onto get three or four after
that, to be the outstanding Kansas man that evening."

Then Mit added, “It matters not how he got it, I'll bet he took it without
a whimper, as he took everything that dame to him."

Mrse Allen wrote T. P.'s mother, Mrs. Mary Hunter at Margaret, Texas, ex-
tending our sympathies to her. T. P.'s sister, Mrs. Jimmie Hembree, wrote as

follows:

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"Dear Mrs. Allen:

My mother received your very kind letter a few days ago.
We wish to thank you for this sincere expression of your sympathy. We shall
always treasure your letter for its encouragement now and for the future.

Our entire community mourns for T. Pe Many have come or
written to us to express their sorrow. Among them are the parents of three
other boys who have lost their lives - one in a plane crash, one in a Jap
prison camp, and one in company with T. P. in the South Pacific.

My mother is trying to be brave as T. P. had told her to
be if anything ever happened to him. He was her baby and pride of her life.
Though the youngest of us, I sometimes think he was the wisest and kindest of
us all.

Yes, T. P. was ready to meet his God. T. Pe, on receipt
of a Christmas card from the Methodist church here, wrote a letter of appreciation
to the church not only for the card but for all that it meant to him. The
minister read it aloud to the people and said that he would always keep the
letter as it was a sermon within itself.

We were so glad that T. P. attended the University and
made such friends as you and Dr. Allen. We were glad that he had opportunities
to improve his mind and body amid such pleasant friends and surroundings. We
wish to thank you for making his college life so pleasant and profitable.

Let us hope that the death of T. P., and others like him
will not be in vain but that war will be banished from the face of the earth.

We have not received a letter of details yet, buta
letter from Marine Headquarters said that he was killed July 21, on Guam.

Iam T. P.'s oldest sister.

Yours sincerely,

Margaret, Texas (Mirs.) Jimmy Hembree
August 25, 1944.

In this morning's mail I received a letter from T. P.'s buddy, Cpl.
Charles P. Loar, USMC. It was written from the Naval eee at San
Francisco, Calif. Cpl. Loar says:

"Dear Mr. Allen:

First of all I want to tell you who I am. I was one of
Te. 2e Hunter ' s best friends. We were in the same outfit, and I was with Tepe
when he was killed. I guess that story will be one of the unwritten tales of
this war, but Tepe was a hero, and a great guy. I could write a whole book on
his adventures and I think it would be a best-seller. I was also with him on
his patrol on Bougainville.

He used to let me read the paper you sent every month,
because I knew lots of the guys from K. Ue. I expect to be home before long, and
I will make a point of looking you up, and telling you all about a swell guy.

I can't tell you how much I miss Tepe, - I guess a Marine isn't supposed to have
much feeling. I just wanted you to know. that I have heard all about you, and

I know you are anxious to hear about Tepe. I live in K. C.,.so when I come

home I'll be by to see you."

We are looking forward to Corporal Loar's coming to learn the story of the
last great heroic struggle.

This brings to two ie number of Jayhawk Rebounders who have given their
lives for you and for me - Wayne Nees and T. P. Hunter. Wayne lost his life
at Kiska on May 18, 1943. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. 3. Nees of —

Indiana. You will remember that he was a star in basketball and track. i
also played football but his time allowance for work and study would not

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permit his football competition. Capt. Jack Andrews said of Wayne - "Mrs.

Nees showed me the letters from Wayne's company and regimental commanders, a.
captain and colonel respectively. They praised Wayne as an officer and for his.
gallantry in action. Beside the Purple Heart medal he was awarded the Silver

Star."

In my private office will be a place for these immortal heroes. Of course,
I would like to have a photograph of every Jay hawk Rebounder that is fighting
the atrocious Japanazis, but every one of you are in my mind, I assure you.

As an attestation to T. P. Hunter's wonderful popularity and the deep
affection that his friends had for him, I am quoting from some of his buddies'
letters asking about T. P.'s exploits and expressing good wishes for his welfare.

Lt. Clint Kanaga, USMCR (c/o Fleet Postoffice, San Francisco) wrote me on
September 1, as follows:

"Dear Doc:

Dad has probably informed you of our great loss in a very dear
mutual friend in T. P. I just got the sad news today from Norma Falconer and
its hard to find words to express my grief. You see, Teep and I spent many
nights in Mey, June, and July -- just chewing the fatand rehashing good old
KU. dayse There wasn't anyone he thought any more of than you, Doc - and
having similar feelings myself, we played out a lot of basketball games. Re-
member the night Teep got 5 goals to help nail a Creighton team that had beaten
Great Lakes by 15 points, and the night Teep beat the great frosh team of Evans,
Black, et al 38-37 in an overtime with a long shot? Eleanor and I were there.
We went over those and many more gamese We both felt that K.U. had the finest
campus in the U. S., and as Teep said to me - 'K.U. alone is worth fighting for.'

Teep was a great Maringe and a real leader - his men were crazy
about hime He had shown them leadership and bravery on Bougainville. The
last night I was with him - a short time before he was killed - he said to me,
Well, Clint, its liable to be tough but I have a swell gang of men and we'll
Bive them hell.’ He added, ‘I'll be O0.K. If something happens, its part of this
game.'

Teep paid the supreme sacrifice - and I believe he would have
wanted it that way, inasmuch as it's happened - fighting for the country, and
the ones he loved; for the things he valued in life which the aggressor nation
of Japan has tried to change and master. There never was a finer man or sweller
guy then Teep. He was topse . « « e"

On July 27th, Ens. Delbert Campbell(Fleet P.0., San Francisco) wrote
about his visit with T. P. Hunter:

"Again your Rebounds made life pleasanter out here for some more Jday-
hawkerse About a month ago, just before we started on the job we just finished,
I noticed from one of your very welcome letters that ol' T. P. Hunter was in
the 9th Marines. Since we had part of that group aboard I investigated and
found he was on a ship anchored less than 1,000 yards away. As you can imagine,
I got the signalmen hot on the blinker and sure enough, he was over there, so I
grabbed a boat and found him lazily stretched out on a bench sound asleep. We
really hashed over old times and spent all evening firing questions and answers
back and forthe He's wéll and happy as can be out here and is doing a good
job. He told me about his experiences on Bougainville - must have been quite
a sensation, but as before he's just the man to get tough jobs done. The next
day he came over for lunch and wé started afresh on where and what everyone
was doing. To top it all off, we discovered Clint Kanaga was on a ship about
1,000 yards the other way, we we barged over to have dinner and spend the
evening with him. . .. I haven't been able to find out how T. P. came out but

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do know he arrived safely on Guam and is doing a big job. We all feel proud
that we at last have pried loose the Japs from a former U. S. possessione
And, Doctor, you don't realize what a big help your Rebounds are. If it
hadn't been for you we would never have been able to have our little reunion.
About two months ago while we were in Guadalcanal I had the luck of running
into 'Rope' Engleman.e He's doing fine and likes the duty on his D. E."

Thank you, Ensign Delbert - we think you are fighting a splendid war.

And from Rope - Lt. (jg) Howard G. Engleman (Fleet P.0., San Francisco),
comes this word, written on July 29th: "Received your #9 Rebounds of June
12the « « « so I feel very well informed of Kansas events. I have never en=
joyed a Rebounds more and I swell with pride when I see the names of the boys.
You sure keep track of them. As I told you before, I have run into Knute
Kresie and the young Haines boy out here. It still looks like a long one from
where we are even though the European war seems to be progressing nicelye . « -«
The second generation, from all reports, is coming along fine now and should :
be ready for college some time in '62e Hope you're still there, Doce Tell Bob to ,
get busy or we'll lose that championship in 1964... ."

Howard, we will appoint you the director of vital statistics to see that
Bob and the rest of that gang do their share toward rehabilitating Kansas
basketball.

Maj. Fen A. Durand (Fleet P.0., San Francisco) writes on July 31, as follows:
"Upon leaving Hawaii in May our division landed on Saipan on 15 June. I have
been here ever since trying to eke out an existence. As you kmow, the island
was finally secured on 9 July, but since that date there have been several
thousand more Japs killed. They seem to sneak down out of the hills at night
to do what damage they can in our ammo and fuel dumpse I've seen both Bill
McKinley and Fred Eberhart on the island and they are both feeling fine. There
must be at least ten others from K.U. here and all of us plan to get together
soon."

Major Fen, I can tell you honestly you have been the talk of the can pus
and the town, with Henry Shenk, Dean Nesmith, Corlett Cotton, Dolph Simons, Mit
Allen, Mike Getto, Prof. Guy Smith, and a host of others repeatedly marveling
at your miraculous escape on the beach-head at Tarawa. Hope you still hang
on to that horseshoe, brother?

Lt. (jg) Roy Edwards (c/o Fleet P.0., San Francisco) writes us as follows:
"I have received a few added responsibilities since I took over command July l.
It is a very interesting job and we spend very little time in one place. The
best part is the different people we work with and with whom we associate.
For the past three months I have tried tocatch up with Clint Kenaga and it seems
as though he is leaving a port as we enter. We have planned a K.U. reunion for
some time."

Thanks, Roy, for placing our Jayhawk Rebounds along the highly efficient and
much circulated Kansas City Star in the importance of your mail.

We were gladdened to learn that Pfc. Walter "Buddy" Herriman, who wes re-
ported missing in action in France, is now reported as being taken prisoner. He
was with General Patton's infantry division. We turst such good fortune will
come to Lt. (jg) Howard Burnett, Navy Air Corps, formerly of Coldwater, Kansas,
who played end and tackle on the KU. Football team in 1936; and Lt. Lawrence
"Larry" Johnston, Marine Air Corps, who lettered in baseball at K.U. in ‘41
and '42. Both of these boys have been reported missing in action over the
Pacific.

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From across the Atlantic we hear of our boys in “eee and England:

Lt. Jehn A. Pfitseh {APO 403, e/e.P. “e New York) serids a V-mail ion
France and says: "The towns and villages that we roll through are certainly
different than those earlier in the campaign. The people throng the streets and
shower the convoys with flowers and fruit. If you stop you are immediately
swarmed by people who I believe are sincerely joyous to see us. By, the way,
Doc, France has many beautiful girls to its credit, and their greeting system
isn't just a rumor. . . . The picture is changing fast and we are well on our

way home."

Johnny Pfitsch from Pfleugerville, Texas, and a Kansas post-grad - you
are a first class fighting man. And are we proud of ‘you!

In an earlier letter Johnny said, “The men of the infantry are the boys,
Doce Boy, they have it rough and how they go! You would be proud of them if
you could see the teamwork."

Chick Pontius is one of our boys in the infantry over there in France,
and we are proud of the things he is doing, Chick wes awarded the Purple
Heart on July 13, He writes, "I am well now and am back with the company.
They released me from the hospital on July 29. I received a promotion to ser-
geant August 14. I have a great deal more to think avout now than I had before.
Chick is Sgt. Vaughn W. B. Pontius, APO 4, New York.

tt

Chick, all of the boys at the Country Club will be proud of your achieve-
ments over there. Congrats on your promotion. Mit and Bob Allen are both
being told that you are too tough for Fritz. Their nicks are not as bad as
their blasts.

Maj. Lawrence E. Filkin (APO 90, c/o P.M., New York), who is with the
medical corps in France, writes: "I saw Paul Harrington about a month or six
weeks agoe He was hale and hearty and gladto see a different face from home.
He's still in the same outfit and doing well. Along with Paul were a number
of my old classmates from Medical School, and some old internes and profs. It
was like old home week. We've been moving along so fast lately that I doubt if
Paul's outfit will be able to stay very close to usy In our mad rush I've seen
several outdoor basketball courts inthis section of France. Don't know how
much they play, however, because when we pass there is more imvortant business
at hand at the moment."

Lawrence, the next time you see Paul Randall Harrington tell him that
I told that Harrington-Quigley episode of the basketball court at the Quigley |
dinner. Quig, you will remember, called several fouls on Paul. Quig interro-
gated Paul, "Do you understand?" "No," paul said, “but I am getting used to
you."

We were delighted to hear from another “"medie" - Maj. George Mandeville
(APO 2, c/o Pelie, New York), who wrote from France in July, saying, "I have
heard about your paper or something called The Rebound, and I wondered if you
might send me a copy before the war is over. Most of the betting is that
now that we have the first team in it won't be longe This is the roughest
contest I have ever had the privilege of being in, and strange as it seems a
lot of guys have got hurt. These d--=- Nazis are a fanatical bunch, they have
a lot of determination but no common sense, and about the only thing they can
understand or I should say the best persuader I have seen is the myonet. Of
eaurse when they get in front of our artillery they get pretty well ground up.
A lot of them hang on when they surely know they are going to be exterminated.

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Mandy, I see often your brother of the 1920 Nebraska-Kansas f ootball
"fame" game, score 20-20 - the game that built the stadium. Frank P.
Mandeville says that he doesn't have to sell sporting goodse The boys just buy
theme Luek to you, George.

Lt. Harold E. Wright (APO 140, c/o P.M., New York) writes: “I'm now in
England and am right in the midst of this ware I'm stationed with a medium
bombardment group flying B-26 Marauders; I like the plane fine and now have
several missions to my credit. Our quarters are fine and the food wonderful.
When I stop to think of the boys in the front lines, I realize how lucky
some of us are to be in the Air Corpse e « « I'm looking forward to the next
copy eg Jayhawk Reboundse I have met some fellow Jayhawkers who enjoy them
alsoe

Harold, if you will give me some of the fellows' names we will be glad
to mail them to the boys. This is our desire - to do something for the boys
who are doing a let bigger job than we are here in Lawrence, although we try.

Capt. Harley M. Anderson (APO 557, c/o P.M., New York) writes that he
has been in England over fourteen monthse He says further, "Really was swell
to get the June issue of Jayhawk Rebounds. That's the first one 1 have re-
ceived and hope I'l] continue to get them as they roll off the press. Found
it very interesting to read about where some of the fellows are and what t hey
are doinge I had a good laugh on that. paragraph telling of the notorious
phone call Engleman made from Dr. Peete's home in KeC. Don't think I'll
ever forget it. I suppose Howard is busy these days teaching little Howard how
to throw a ball up and mke it balance on a door lodge. If you write him
please give him my regards."

Harley, Dr. Peete and his family stopped by the house last Sunday afternoon.
His daughter, Virginia Jane, is entering the University here. Dr. Peete often
speaks of you boys and the fine time he had when he entertained Engleman, Bob
Allen and the rest of the riotorious pranksters. Dr. Peete attended the Rosedale
banguet last spring when your dad was toastmaster and I spoke. Howard
Engleman will read your greeting, and he will get a laugh.

Ens. Je Fe "Freddie" Harris (Armed Guard, c/o Fleet P.0., New Orleans,
La.) says, "I'm one of Uncle Sam's ‘salts' for sure now. Have my ship and gun .
crew and have been on the sea for several weeks. . . That's one advantage you
have in traveling on a merchant ship - you see and cover lots of territory
and yet you got back to the States occasionally."

Freddie, it was good to have you and Mrs. Freddie stop by the office for a
little chat. It was also pleasing to get a report on Michael Frederick, the
young hopeful for the Jayhawker football and basketball teams of 1964.

Ense Je Pe Turner (c/o Fleet P.0., New York) - "Just a few lines to let
you know I'm still kicking. I received the last issue of the Rebounds, and
I mean it-was really fine to knew how all the fellows are making out. They
are a great bunch, those Jayhawkers are. Knute told me in his last letter
about running into Rope, Hub and expecting to see Swede Linquist soone It
must be a wonderful feeling to run into some of the old gang. I'm always
looking for some fellow Jayhawkers but haven't been very lucky so fare « «
Tell everybody back that way hello for me. I sure think a lot of the old
times I've had on Mount Oread and am anxious to get back with all the gang."

Jesse Paul, you are one of the best correspondents we have, and we are
always glad to hear from youe Tell the gang to fight 'em for me, will you?

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Gibby, we are sending the football schedules to you pronto. If you
will look at the last Rebounds you will have the complete schedule. This is
the way we have of giving all the boys in the service - in the States and overseas
the latest dope on the schedule, and also some feature on the personnel of the ~
team. It certainly will be good to have Denzil and you back. We hope that both
of you can arrive at the same time.

S/Sgt. Waldo A. Miller:'is doing physical training work at the Army Air
Base, Seattle, Wash.e, and says he still likes it very much. He asks that we
send him Major E. R. Elbel's address, and we are glad to give it here for the
benefit of all his friends - School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas.

A/T Re. Le "Bob" Bock is now at Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas. He says,
"Two events that have occurred at K.U. while I have been gone have pleased
me very muche The Wm. Allen White Foundation and fund: should make for K.U.'s
attaining a high rele as a school of journalism, and since journalism is my
interest, good news it certainly was. Then Ernie Quigley's appointment as
athletic director should be a boost to the school. I read the Topeka Capital ar-
article reporting his appointment, and I feel quite sure that Mr. Quigley means whe
what he says and will give his all to boost K.U. athletics."

It is always good to hear from you, Sports Columnist Bob Bocke Keep
firing your entertaining letters in our direction. E. C. Quigley will be glad
to know that you feel as you do.

Chief Specialist Eddie Hall, USNTC, Great Lakes, Ill., says, “Bob Hope
said that the beys overseas write their girl friends that .a letter from home
is like a five-minute furlough. Your Rebounds are thirty-minute furloughs.

It is good to sit down and read about the big things some of the boys are
doinge. Some are doing real well for themselves. I wonder if T. P. Hunter has
gotten back into the scrimmage yet. He is probably trying hard if he is
physically able. And Knute Kresie is on top as he was on the baseball diamond.
e « eDoc, I'm still here at Great Lakes training recruits. I had a short
cruise on the Atlantic last winter. Other than that, I've been here all the
timee e « « I am coaching the Regimental Boat Racing Crew. What I knowa bout
it you could put in a small book but we are in second place — of twelve
regiments. It is a lot of fun but takes up all my extra time.

Iam glad, Eddie, that you think the Rebounds is a good thirty-minute
furlough.e You can always bet that Knute Kresie will be on the old mound
firing at the brothers in the batter' anees He always looked good to me when
he faced the opposing batsmen.

Chief Specialist Theno F. Graves writes, “I'm stationed at the University
of Southern California as an instructor in physical education. V-l2 program,
I have been here since March 20, Prior to that time I was at the naval train-
ing station, San Diego. « « .« One of your players of last season is here -
Homer Sherwood. He is doing well but will have to hurry to make the squad here
this year. Have some good men on hand at the present time."

Theno, the next time you see Homer Sherwood, tell him I am betting on him
to make the squade He was slow in starting here at the University, but he
got goinge Just give him a good chance and he will prove his worth.

S/Set. A. George Hulteen (APO 495, c/o P.M., New York) passes hig Rebounds
around to four or five Jayhawkers somewhere in India. George, I want to say
that if you will send me the addresses of these other boys we will be glad to
mail each one of them a Rebounds. I dmagine, George, the main topic of con-

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Lt. (jg) AeM. "Murray" Brown writes us from the Naval Air Station at
Grosse Ile, Mich. He says, "Keep those Rebounds bounding this way as I really |
enjoy them. I have met up with several other Kansas friends here and they
enjoy them, too. . eThree of the officers and myself journeyed to the All-

Star football game last week. The Missouri Valley section was well represented
in Glenn Dobbs of Tulsa who played an outstanding game. I'm only sorry Ray
Evans couldn't have been present, because I think he is every bit as good as
Dobbs. Both throw hard and very accurate. You catch it or it knocks you down.
I saw George Dick in uniform but I don't think he played. I tried to see him

‘but the crowd was too big to get thru, - also it reined very harde I did see

Frank Cramer, Reaves Peters, C.E. McBride, Mike Getto, Gene Johnson and several
otherse It was just like old home week."

Murray, I am passing on to our mutual good friend, E. C. Quigley your remark
as follows: "Just tell him its the Rockhurst Brown. That will clarify the
Browns to him. He should know my number as many fouls as he has called on me.
Not dirty, doc, just rough and clumsy." He will get a kick out of it, but
you will remember he always told you, "You can't do that!"

From the Ue S&S. Naval Air Station at Memphis - Down in Dixie - comes a
note from A/C Frank Stuckey, who says, "A few weeks ago while I was on leave
I had an occasion to read a copy of the Rebounder. I met Virginia Ford
Sollenberger on the train between Denver and Hutchinson and she had Marvin's
copye I was delighted to hear of the whereabouts of so many of my K.U. friends
and happier still to find that I could be put on the mailing list by writing
te youe The Rebounder really gives you the “word'."

Thanks for your compliment, Frank, in giving the Rebounds the credit for
being “the word".

Just after the publication of our last Jayhawk Rebounds we were pleased
to receive the announcement of the birth of a baby boy to Ens. and Mrs. Robert
EZ. Hunt, on July 21, at Independence, Kansas. I promised Bob that I would
mention it in the next issue. Hearty congratulations to Bob and Mrs. Hunt!

We hope the youngster is now hale and hearty, and that his mother is feeling
fines I don't have to inquire about the father.

Cpl. Hoyt Baker, at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, wrote on August 21; "It won't
be long now before Henry Shenk will be starting football practice there on
the Hill. Gosh, what I wouldn't give to be back. Sports are one thing I
really miss in the army. Its been so long since I've played any game I've
probably forgotten how. . . We will be leaving the States very soon. Our
outfit has been together now almost a year, so I guess it is about time we
are seeing the other side."

And gosh, Hoyt, what we wouldn't give to have you back. You would perhaps
be the very tabasco that any football or basketball team needs. The old
Spizzerinktum, the pepper and gingar - that's what you always had. We will
take a rain check and count on you for September, '45 - eh, Hoyt? This goes
for both the prolate spheroid the the "round ball". :

Lt. Chester Gibbens if with the Army Air Forces Tech. Training Command
at Orlando, Fla., and says he hopes to be able to get home for a football game
or two this fall. His leave is 3 mos. overdue, so he hopes to get home late in
Sept. or early October. Chet continues, "Denny might get home around that
times He mentioned something about coming back to the States to school. I
imagine it would be for B-29 training, but nothing definite has been said by
hime « - » I guess I've been fighting the battle on the home front and have
released a WAC for combat duty."

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versation among your buddies is - when do we get out of this hot spotand get
a chance to be shipped back to God's country. Am I guessing correctly?

Capte John T. Andrews, Adj. Gen. School. Ft. Washington, Md., writes:
"Was in Washington a few weeks ago to see the Quartermaster for some items.
While leaning over the counter looking for items I glanced up and there stood
Lester Kappelman looking like a million dollars. We went into a huddle that
was all too short. Great to see him."

Jack, I pass the Gas Office often and every time I do I think of you.
And every time we have Rotary meeting at the Eldridge Hotel we miss your
smiling countenance.

Dre He. Le Kirkpatrick, Capt. M.C., Station Hospital, Ephrata, Wash., says,
"I certainly appreciate being on the mailing list and enjoyed reading the
letters the boys have written in from all over the world. They're great boys,
Dec, and you are proud of them, I know. They played the game for you and how
they're giving Uncle Sam their best. . .. »« Was pleased to see that Ernie Quigley
was appointed Athletic Director, tho for the life of me I can't see why anyone
would care for the job unless, they really loved K.U. Some of us do that, Phog,
and I'm sure no one could ever say you weren't for K.U. first, last and all
the time."

Thank you for the compliment, Dector. It was awfully good to hear from
youe We are waiting for your return to have some of the Jayhawker bullfests.

Capt. Harold E. Johnson, Hqs. 8th Service Command, Dallas, Texas, says,
"Last spring in Oklahoma City I talked to Fred Pralle a few minutes and he
mentioned the Jayhawk Rebounds which he received and enjoyed... You were kind
enough to send me a copy and it was all Pralle said it was. Surely good to
read of the fellows."

Harold, when you come back after the war we want you to come and visit
us and see the intramural set-up as it is running then. It will be bigger
and better, of ceurse, because the past should never lay held upon the future.
And the future is always greater than the past.

Ens..W. A.’ "Bill" Forsyth is newat Gamp Bradferd, neariNorfolk, Vas He
says, "Was taking a physical Saturday with a fellow and it turned out to be
Bob Kenney, who played for Rice Institute in '41-'42. We had quite a time talk-
ing about the old days, He was inquiring of Engleman. Bob had a knee opera-
tion a few months age and he is almost a cripple. Don't imagine he will play
much basketball after the war."

Bill, please remember me to Bob Kenney. He caused us many anxious hours.
He was a great athlete and a grand fellow. Ask him if he remembers the little
girl that nearly ensnared him. He made several visits to Lawrence, Kansas, to
give the little lady a very strenuous rush. In this morning's mail I have an
announcement from Mr. and Mrs. James William Thompson announcing the marriage
of their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Byron Wellington Hart, Air Corps, Army

of the United States, on Thorsday, the 7th of September, at the Church of

Our Savior, San Gabriel, California. Ask Bob Kenney how it happened!

Vance Hall, C/P, M.AA.F., Tucson, Arizona: "I want to thank you for
sending me the last copy of the Jayhawk Rebounds. I surely do enjoy them
and I know how the boys overseas must leok forward to each edition. I managed
to get a release from the Primary school where I was instructing - it has

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since been clesed and I am now with the Air Transport Command. ... I had
quite a surprise the other day when we reported to the flight line as there
was Ray Nible, one of the instrument instructors. He is a 2nd lieutenant.
I took him the latest Jayhawk Rebounds and he sure enjoyed reading it."

Vance, tell Ray Nible that the thud ef the pigskin is in the air. Ask
him if he ever gets an urge to get back on Mt. Oread and take one more swing
at that old pigskin.

Pvt. Harold Goodwin (APO 140, c/o P.M., New York): "Received your
latest newsletter and it is a pip. This is just a note to ask that you
change my address. Finally satisfied an ambition I've had since 7 Dec. 1941.
I've been promoted to Pvt. Harold Goodwin. . .. And I love it."

Congratulations, Goody, on the thing that you have wanted to do, namely,
get into the war as a buck private rather than as a Red Cross field director.
You have shown exactly where your heart is in this war.

Major E. R. Elbel, writing from the School of Aviation Medicine at Ran-
dolph Field, Texas, says: "Met 'Kenny' Hamilton at officer's mess the other
days He is now a captain and a fine looking boy. He is stationed at Parren,
Texas.e Had dinner with Ralph Miller the other:night. He graduates from
OCS tomorrow (Aug. 5). I never saw him looking better. He has made a fine
impression over there.

Major Eddie, we were glad to hear from Kenny Hamilton. I, too, would
have liked to have had the pleasure of shaking hands with Ralph Miller upon
his graduation from OCS. I will answer your fine letter that called forth
many potent points for physical education and its challenge here on Mt. Oread.
You certainly presented a challenging situation for the administrators to
seriously consider. You definitely showed your interest in a constructive
program. Thanks a million.

Dre George A. Esterly, the patron saint of athletics on Massachusetts
Street, wrote me from his beautiful Estes Park sumer retreat. "Let me thank
you for the Rebounds. I enjoyed it so much that I hope I may be favored again.
So many of those boys I know so well, that I enjoyed it more than I can tell
you." We will be sending you another Rebounds, Doctor, and your many friends
who receive this still count you the number one pepper-upper, when enthusiasm
is needed for any athletic team that can beat Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Kansas State or Iowa State. In fact, you started supporting Kansas teams
long before some of these schools were ever in the Big Six or the Missouri
Valley.

We received a postcard on August 29 from 2nd Lt. Charles Be. Black, Jre,
giving his APO 16400, c/o Postmaster, New York, Good luck, Charlie, in that
streak o' light reconnaissance photographie plane of yours. Take some
beautiful pictures of those babies!

We acknowledge with thanks, and with congratulations, the announcement
from Lt. Dan Partner, USNR, former Kansas Aggie gridiron luminary and later
versatile sports writer on the sports Desk of the Kansas City St.r, the arrival
at Iowa City, Iowa, on August 8, 1944, of Ann Cornelia Partner, gross weight
7 lbse 5 ox. logged aboard at 0208, reporting for duty. to Louise Partner, in
commande And signed by the skipper of the ship, said luminary and versatile
all-sports writer. The ship in which the trio are sailing is the USS
Partnership. May their voyage be a most serene and happy one.

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Hats off to Pvt. Charles Gorden Stucker, who is now at Camp Fannin,
Texase Gordon added to his laurels won on the gridiron and basketball court by
winning the Sharpshooter Medal, with the highest score in his battalion,
shooting 149 out of 150. Yet hig eyesight was the thing that failed him in.
his Annapolis try. A clipping from the Tyler, Texas, newspaper says that two
contests stood head and shoulders above the rest in the Tyler-Smith County
tank championships. The men's 400 yd. free style event, which usually takes
a back seat to the shorter dash events, was a highlight of the first two
nights of the tournament. A large crowd watched Pvt. Charles Gordon Stucker
fall behind Pvt. Richard Hinze in the gruelling 400 yd. event. By the 12th
lap Hinze was almost a full lap ahead of Stucker, but a burst of speed in
the last four turns gave Stucker the victery. Gordon also won the men's 50-yd.
free style.

R. W. Farris, Phil, writes from Seattle - "I was quite surprised but pleased
to learn of Quigley being made Director of Athletics at Kana sae I am sure he
will be a fine man for the job."

Good luck when your new ship comes in, Dick, - the one you are waiting fore

I received a fine letter from Bill Huggines, 709 West 6th St., Coffey-
ville, Kansas. Bill is a number one sports enthusiast of the Sunflower state.
Although an illness has kept him bedridden for a number of years, he knows
every athlete and the athlete's record in this country of ours. 5ill is a
brother of "Toady" Huggins who played on Frosty Cox's championship teams at
Colorado. He has been in England since spring, just after he finished the
basketball season playing in the National A.A.U. tournament in Denver as a
member of the Buckley Field team. When I spoke in Ceffeyville last fall at
the all-sports dinner given by the classification clubs of that city, I
stopped in to see Bill. I had never met a more cheerful shut-in in all my
life. Good luck and best wishes, Bill.

When Marine W. L. "Bill" Winey, Jr., former caddy at the Lawrence Country
Club and a friend of all the players there, visited us in Lawrence I was dis-
appointed in not having a longer time to visit. But from ail I hear, Bill,
your many friends were delighted to see you and were impressed with your golf
game. Bill has returned from Australia and is now at the Yard Dispensary,
Mare Island, Calif., where they are trying to get the rest of the nalari® out
of him before he reports for active duty.

This is a short stery about Pfc. Robert E. Allen (405 So. 40th Ste,
Philadelphia 4, Pa.) and Jean McFarland Allen, who are laboring to extricate
an M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania as soon as possible. You
will remember what I once said about the Philadelphians. As a class they are
much taller and much fairer than the Chinese, but not nearly so progressive.
But in the City of Brotherly Love an accident happened on Market Street that
cost Pfee Bob and Jean better than $300.

.Bob had taken his car down to have it washed - not by a garage but by
seme energetic colored boys who would do it cheaper than the garagemen. You
Jayhawk Rebouliders verhaps remember Bob's Oldsmobile job that was given him |
as a present by his parents for not indulging in the nasty nicotine habit
before he arrived at his majority. Bob's car most ef the time has been interned
on the two gallons of gasoline allowance plus the extra embargo placed in the
East against unnecessary driving. The car was shiny, spic and span, but along
came a harmless bee and lit on the anatomy of a colored gentleman's fractious
steed. Said steed tore across and street and landed smack-dab in the top of
Bob's car, hoofs and all.

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Of course, Bob and Jean, luckily, were not in it. The car was a wreck
from top to the chassis. Brother-in-law Gil Williams, Eleanor's husband, who.
is a lawyer, saw the sorrowful owner of the steed and the poor old colored
gentleman offered to pay {10.00 a month until the bill was satisfied. However,
Bob writes that the poor old colered fellow has just been returned from the
operating table at the hospital and they found a huge carcinema * the stomach.
They sewed him back up, and the tag en his hospital record showed "exploratory
laparotomy". That means they just explored and found that an operation was
contraindicated.

This means that Bob had a lot of experience out of the episode, but no
moneys Iam reminded of the philosophy of the old colored fellow who had a
blind horse and when he died the old gentleman soliloquized, "Dem that has must
lese". Too bad, Bob. But for the benefit of Rope Engleman, Johnny Kline,
Ralph Miller, Bruce Voran, Marvin Sollenberger, Norman Sanneman, Charles
Walker, Bill Hogben, Bob Johnson, Vance Hall, Maurice Jackson, Don Ebling,

Bill Bevan, Jack Sands, Loren Florell, Lyman Corlis, Kirk Owen, Lester Kappelman,
Herb Hartman, Fen Durand, and other of your teammates whose names have slipped
my mind, they will be glad to know that you came out alive. And with your

Army pay as a Pfc. it won't take you long to get the wreck in shape so that

you can get back to Bell Memorial Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, where you
will begin your interneship sometime soon after October Ist. For a country

bey from Kansas to serve as president of his medical class is perhaps compen-
sation to offset your other disappointments. Bob perhaps would never mention
this, but with justifiable pride the old folks are pretty happy about it.

Lte Ralph He. Miller has just written me from Drew Field, Tampa, Florida:
"Dear Doc,

I just heard of T. P. Hunter's death yesterday and it really struck
home. Jean and I felt very badly about it. I think he was one of the grand-
est persons I have ever known in my life. It's a shame that he should have
to go because he is one of the boys who will be needed later on in this world.
My hat is off to him because I think he was one of the greatest guys KeUe
ever hade

af possible I wovld like to have his mother's address. I certainly
would appreciate it if you can send it to mee

From the heading you can see where we are now aiatiensds We like
it very much and I have a nice assignmente I am the Asst. Base Physical
Training Officer. There are a grand bunch of fellows here and I enjoy my work
very much.

Have run into two K.U. people here - Jim Sherman of Topeka, and
Tom Lillard of Topeka and his wife (Margaret Butler). We had a nice get-
together last night and talking of the swell days at K.U. All of us wished
that we could be back there.

Dick is in the Aleutians and so far likes it fine. I understand
Bob Gilliand was decorated for action against Jap planes. Spike Rebertson
was in on D-Day and was plenty scared, so he sayse

Enough for now. Doc, your newsletter is wonderful and it is really
appreciated by all. I don't kmow of anything you could have done te make
plenty of guys happy. Jean and I both send regards to you and the family.
Hope you can send me the address."

Ralph, here is the address: Mrse Mary F. Hunter,
Margaret, Texas.

Your sincere expression regarding T. Pe's passing is exactly what I expect
from all of his friends and teammates. Continued good luck to you and Jean.
Reve Robert H. Hunt, pastor of the First Methodist Church at Salina,
who was pastor of our Methodist Church here in Lawrence, writes: "Last night Rev.
and Mrse Ed Price spent an hour with us and in the conversation Ed said that
it had been reported T. P. Hunter had been killed. If this is true I would
like to have the name and address of his mother so I might write to her. I
was very much impressed with T. P. when he was in school. He was a fine
charactere « « « Best wishes to Quigley. I have met him numbers of times but
he wil] not remember me. I used to watch him umpire in the National League
more than 30 years agoe"

Capt. We He "Bill" Ramey (APO 115, c/o P.M., New York), writes: "Like
many of the boys whose letters I read in the Rebounds, 1 haven't come across
any KeU.e men. Wrote Paul Harrington one day months ago but haven't heard
anything from him. In the 26 July 1944 issue Lt. John Pfitsch said he met a
Rameye I wish I could say that It was the same one who is writing to you but
I can't lay such claims, unfortunately... ."

We too hope, Bill, that it will not be long until ell of you old-timers
are back with use

To Leroy W. Archer, Coxswarin, USS Trion, c/o Fleet P.0., San Francisco -
Dear Jimmy: I want to confess to you that when you wrote your letter on Oct.
19, 1943, I made a pledge that I would write you right away. I put the same
in my pocket and thought I would write the letter from the office. For some
reason I changed coats and did not wear the tan coat that I put the letter in
much more because it was a sport coat. This fall when I put the same tan coat
on I discevered your letter in my inside picket. I called your sister at the
First National Bank and got your address, and am now writing you this shert
note in the Jayhawk Rebounds and sending it to you because it mentions your
brother-in-law, Chick Pontius. I knew that you would be interested in hearing
about a let of the boys as you were such a rabid basketball fan; yet you did
not limit your enthusiasm te basketball - it was all sports. So here's luck
te you. Bob and Mit will be glad to know that you are fighting an aggressive
Ware

While you boys have been digging fexholes, I have been digging divots
at the Lawrence Country Club. Last Friday, Sept. 8, while playing golf with
Ogden Jones, the chairman of the draft board, Mr. Irving Hill and Dr. He T.
Jones, I closed my eyes and swung a lusty iron in the direction of the green
on Ne. 2 fairway. Like a blind pig, I had picked up an 8 iron, and I was
lucky enough to get a hole-in-one. The sun was in my eyes and I saw the ball
light near the green and then disappear. Ogden Jones excitedly said, “You
made ité", but net until I get over there and leoked into the cup did I find the
ball. Oddly enough, two of the foursome were already members of the Hole-in-One
Clube Mr. Irving Hill made his on No. 7 and Dr. Jones previously had made his
hole-in-one on old No. 4. Honestly, I believe a fellow who sees someone else
make a hole-in-one gets more kick out ef it than the individual making it. A
few years ago I was playing with Bill Hargiss, and on old No. 1 Bill took his
Noe 2 iron and swung lustily into the ball which stopped about a foot from the
cup dead in line with his drive. On the second nine Bill Hargiss took the
same club and the same ball and drove one over identically the same terrain
en the green and it rolled deftly inte the cup. I kmow I got more of a kick
eut of seeing that ball go in than I did on shooting mine because I saw it all
the way. And then I thought it took a real golfer to make a hole-in-oned

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The tang of fall and the thud of pigskins are in the aire The blackbirds
are on their way south. The leaves come tumbling down, and there is the ex-
cited talk of fans concerning our first football game with Washburn University
of Topeka, which is to be played at Haskell Staduim Friday night, Sept. 15th.
Director Ernie Quigley has assembled his coaching staff which is practically
the same as last year with Head Coach Henry Shenk assisted by Coaches blmer
Schaake and Dean Nesmith. Director Quigley has also signed up Lt. H. L. Ware,
a former great from Texas Christion University. Coach Ware is athletic officer
here for the V-12 and his contribution will be most valuable to the team in
general and particularly when they meet TCU a week from next Friday. George
Dick, last year's honor captain, is also assisting with the squad.

Director Quigley has also signed Chief Specialist Ralph E. Hayes as coach
ef the boxing team at the University. This sport will be revived under the
very capable direction of this athletic officer who developed Golden Gloves
champions at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is a great fellow and a real fighting
Irishman. His work has been outstanding in this sport in developing the boys
for combat who still have scores to settle with the Japanazis.

Although we have included the entire varsity football schedule in our
previous Rebounds, we are repeating it for those who may have lost their
last issue and for the new boys on the mailing list.

September 15 Washburn:(night) at Lawrence

September 23 Texas C. (night) at Kansas City
September 29 Denver (night) at Denver

October 7 Tulsa (night) at Tulsa

October 14 Iowa State at Ames

Octeber 21 Nebraska at Lawrence (Homecoming)
‘November 11 Kansas State at Manhattan

November 18 Oklahoma — at Lawrence

November 23 Missouri — at Kansas City

Now for the feotball prospects. Coach Shenk was asked his evaluation
of the team and the possible prospects. This summation will pretty accurately
give you the set-up as it exists at the present time.

"The 1944 edition of the Jayhawker football squad is beginning to round
into shapee Summer practice started August 14, and the regular fall practice
began September 1, with very little break between the two.

"About 65 boys reported for the opening practice. Among them were several
likely looking candidates and several of last year's team. Of course, many of
the boys were newcomers, some of whom have never played even high school foot-
ball, while others were pretty light fer Big Six competition. Seven boys re-
ported weighing under 150 pounds. :

"At present the following boys seem to be the most likely candidates for
‘starting berths against Washburn September 15: Right end - Dutch Schimenz
and Gordon Reynolds. Schimenz weighs 195 and is a member of the V-12 unit,
from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He played backfield in high school but shows promise
at ende Gordon Reynolds, 6'1", weighing 183, had one year of competition at
North Dakota State. At right tackle, a freshman, Sam Hunter, 6 ft., weighing
‘180 lbs. 17-year-old, is the most promising candidate. Sam was all-state tackle
last year in high school. Ivory Bird from Olathe, Kansas, and Darwin Lambkin,
from Hudson, Wisconsin, are other likely candidates for the right tackle spot.
Wallace Rouse, 217 lb. freshman from Wichita, and Gene "Chief" Long, 200 lb.
veteran of former years, are most likely starters at left tackle.

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"The right guard position is a toss-up between Dud Day, 165 lb., from
LaJolla, California; Garland Cantrell, 175 1b., from Joplin Junior Cellegs; and
Fred Daneke, 162.lb., from Topeka. At the center position two experienced
men - Wayne Hird, of Lawrence, 200 lbs., and Dan Chase, 194 lbs., are available.
Charles Keller whe was a regular last year, weighing 200 lbs., is a left guard
with Don Stockdale, 160 lbs., at guard, from Wyandotte, and John McDermott

from Wichita East, as understudiese

"At left end, Warren Riegle, who was a regular last year, weighing 180
lbse, from ElDorade, Kansas, and Charles Daigneault, 160 lbs., from Worcester,
Masse, are the stand-outse In the backfield four letter men who were starters
last year are available. John Bergin, 175 lbs., at right half, will probably
do the signal callinge John is from San Francisco. Leroy Robison, 180 lbs.e,
from Lawrence, will be the blocking back, and Don Barrington, 200 lbs., at
fullback. Charles Moffett, of Peabody, Kansas, will be at left half.

"In addition, several other men are showing promise -- Don Faullmer,
letterman from last year, at blocking back; Dwight Sutherland from Kansas
City, Mo., at halfback; Ted Short from Omaha, fullback; Bob Miller, letterman
from last year, at left half; Dick Williams, wingback from Powhattan, Kansas;
Kenneth Danneberg, 155-pounder from Kansas City, Mo. Southwest High, and
Clifford Brown, 210 lb. fullback who played at Haskell Institute last yeare

"Prospects are slightly better t han last year, but indications are that
all teams will be somewhat stronger this year than last, due to an increase
in number of 17-year-olds and an added year's experience for the 4F's in the
camps of some of our opponents who have nothing but 4F students."

With my very best wishes to each and every one of you, I am

Very sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
FCA :AH Varsity Basketball Coach.

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JAYHAWK REBOUNDS
| No. 12
"November 20, 1944

Dear Fellow Jayhawkers:

1 have been gold-bricking on you. They elected me president of the
Country.Club this fall and we have been trying to rejuvenate the place out there.
We have personally supervised the sanding of the floors, installation of a new
ceiling, painting and general repair work, And besides handling the various
drives for the University, such as the National War Fund and Community Chest in
October, and now the Sixth War Loan, as well as the general administration of
the Physical Education Department, I have been incidentally attempting to, coach
a basketball team. ee hg: eee ar Si al

ee I looked at the date of the last Jayhawk Rebounds, No..11, snd find

that it is dated September 12,.1944, and this morning is November 20, - more

than two months since I have written you boys on.thé 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, Nove 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 Herfry Shenk has. had a-dickens of

a time. On November 1,. just’at the time when the team should be-hitting its

stridé, mony of..his stellar perfermers wore’ called to, the other fronts for -

further. servicing by the Navy. - This is a fair and modest appraisal of the efforts

of the fighting Jayhowkers. We have not overdone it either by. too much praise or
Qld-timers rubbed their.eyes the 21st of October when Kansas adminis-

tered the first licking toa Nebraska ‘football team in 48 years: on ,the. Kansas -

field. Only once in all. that--time had they: even ‘been tied - the famous 20-20 ©

tie of 1920, It was the first timo in 26 years that any Kansas ;football team.

had beaten a Nebraska team on Jayhawker soil! ©

To make the victory even more outstanding, Nebraska walloped a
Missouri team that was rated 40 points: better ‘by a score of 24 to 20. in Lincoln
a week before, which was. the major. upset of the Big Six season to date.

nappies To the. Kansas. team should go the credit for smashing this 48-year-old
jinx. The first K.U. score came in the first ‘half when .Charles Keller. blocked-a
Nebraska punt which was ‘receverod by Warren Riégle in’ the end zone for a touch-. .

down, In the third quarter..the Kansds- team drove 60 yards and. scored with a> --
sereen pass only to have the play called back because of an offsides. But ‘Kansas:
was not to be denied. Later,. big Don Barrington after alternating with. Charles.
Moffett: in carrying the ball dow to the Nebraska S=yard line, threw a quick pass
to Charlie across the goal line for the second counter. Bill Chestnut, drop- -
kicker de luxe, kicked both extra points. |

In the fourth stanza Dwight Sutherland and Charlie Moffett took turns
passing and carrying the ball down to the Nebraska 50-yard line where Charlie
Moffett 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 Worren 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 Faulkner and Dwight Sutherland turning in fine jobs of block-
ing and running when the occasion demanded.

Bight of the Kansas team played their last game for K.U. since they
were being transferred by the Navy to other stations. Warren Riegle, Charles
Doigneault and John Schimenz, ends; Don Barrington, Ted Short, 0. J. Endacott,
Ben Welch, backs; and Dick Dreher, guard, are boys 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 coaches in the four games ahead with the Olathe |
Clippers, Kansas State, Oklehoma and Jlissouri. ae ;

I know all of you loyal Jayhawkers in whatever theatre of operations
you may be will be overjoyed to know 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 deter-
mined to put the jinx on the other, team. ;

After the Nebraska victory, Kansas fans wondered what would be the
fate of the Kansas team after losing the eight Navy boys through transfer, four
of whom had been regulars on the first team. They were agreeably surprised when
the K.U. team trounced the Olathe Clippers 33 to 14. Leroy Robison, converted
to a fullback from his blocking back position, did an especially good job at
. lugging the ball. Sam Hunter, freshman tackle, was moved to right end, arid Lee

: Gregory and Gordon 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 especially good in the Olathe
- game.

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 point.

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 Kansfés 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,

eel tam The game see-sawed back. and forth with Kansas .outplaying the Aggies
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 down to the Kansas 8-yard, where he was finally |
- tackled by Leroy Robison and Don Faulkner. The Aggies scored from here on © pass,
and led Kansas 18.to.14. With 15 seconds.remaining in. the ball game, Charlie
Moffett took the ball on his own 20-yard line in the spread formation and.ran 80
yards through the entire Aggie team for a touchdown, only to have.the score —
nullified when on official called a clipping penalty on the Kansas State 15-yard
line. And that was the ball game. : :
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Last week the Oklahoma Soone?s came to Kansas and defeated Kansas,
20 to O. The first downs read Kansas 11, Oklahoma 12, but the Oklahoma offense
featuring two hard-driving backs in Lebow and Heard, was too much for the Jay-
hawkers. The Sooners have clinched at least a tie for the Big Six championship,
and by defeating a weak Nebraska toam on December end, can win the title undis-
puted for the second consecutive year. They have only a 21-21 tie with Missouri
to mar their record. Oklahoma has not lost a college game this year.

A erowd of 20,000, a complete sell-out, is expected for the Kansas-
Missouri game at Ruppert Stadium on November 25. |

Ernie Quigley has put vitality and confidence ‘in the athletic progran, .
and although it may take two or three years’ for an ordinary director to show re-
sults, I predict before the year is over: Kansas will'be making definite strides
to a place in the stn in her whole: sports program.: Another “year will see Kansas
in a much different situation than she had been twelve months previous.

We will not send this Rebounds out until we: ean give you a flash and

a short resume of the Tiger battle. The game scems to be a toss up, and since ©
Kansas': glorious victory’ over Missotiri last year the Joy hawkers have more than a
fighting chance to twist the. Tiger's tail. Anything. can Happen inva Kansas-
Missouri game," a BORGES CHAE: EA GO Y. eRe Ie ey 3 . ire 4 TOF 45
F LAS EB oo +. wer aie. be. & Tiger rally on the: eve of the Kansas-Missouri game,
Coach Chauncey Simpson of Missouri said he hada secret wéapon to use against the
Jayhawkers. C. HE. McBride, sports editor of the Kansas City Star, called that”
weapon V-3. So far as I was concerned it was just Greek to me - 278 lb. Jim
Kekeris, a MeKinley High.School graduate’ from St.’ Louis, who had played two years
at tackle, was theGreek, He had played fullback.in his high school days, but —
when Don: Faurot: 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 ‘abdo- ~
men ‘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, so flabby was’ the’ "Man Mountain” of ©
lard and other ingredients. He looked anything but an athlete, but he looked too
Canch Te BGR re ches OK

_ «| Phe ‘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 two touchdowns. Everything did happen in this football game, but ‘not to the
pleasure of the Kansas team or: its adherents. -__ A ae ne ee ere eee

nies 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: Dec. 4 - Washburn at Topeka
Dec. 8 - Washburn at Lawrence
Dec. 12 - Rockhurst at Kansas City
eek. | Dec. 19 + Rockhurst at Lawrence
Double-headers in Municipal /uditorium in Kansas City during the
Christmas holidays - Dec. 22 - Mo. vs Colo. and Kans. vs K.State
Dec. 23 = Mo. vs Karisas, and Nebr. vs K.State
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.. Conference Games; January 5 - Missouri at Columbia

3 _.January 12 - Nebraska at Lawrence
January 20 - Oklahoma at Norman
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

x ‘When, someone cate me what. my prospects are, r say we have only one
man on the regular team returning - Charlie Moffett - and he is the backfield
sensation. for the Jayhawkers in football. It always takes two weeks, at least,
for a fellow. to.get. over his football bruises, so. I was not too optimistic when
I said, "Well, I have two co-eds, a couple of bhi Beta Kappas, and one athlete,
and if I get, them,working well. together I should draw a crowd; ,but maybe the
dean. of. ‘women won't let me play the coneds, so. Iwill have to look to some of the
newcomers. on ‘the. squad | to. complete my. team,"' The boys are small, but they have
a. fine. spirit. From the. squad, of last. “year we have Don Diehl, ‘V-12, of Smith.
Center, a premedic; ‘Dean Corder, V-12; from Welds, Kansas, an engineer; Louis.
Goehring, V-12, of arkansas City, an emgineer; and Kirk Scott, V-12, of Newton,
who was,out for the squad last year until January when he was restricted. This
‘4s a term which.means they. won't allow you to. compete ‘in athletics ip there. ‘is.
any uitéionlsy in high grade performance, ‘academically SPAPATHES (

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etasy - ' Th ‘the next Jay hawk Rebounds . I will give you, the names. of ‘all ‘the |

boyse We. have some promising candidates, but again, they are young and inexper-
denced. Kansas has always. been a slow starter in basketball because we strongly
stress fundanentals to’ the detriment. of early serinmage. We gonerally lose. our
first few games and then limp. along and give them a fig ght at the end of the
SCASON. . We are not bragging in. this statenent. This is genorslly, what has
happeheder poftiton evad &leas - as uit ei

This lekhamn ‘will arrive overseas ‘about Christmas. time, | and * 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 for
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 hours of the jaorning, I can envision a, date in 1946. when a great
homeeoming of hansas boys from every. land in the world will return to Mt. Oread
and celebrate in a typical American way a good old Kansas ene

rus: 3 Major. Fen Durand was here just. before Woe gn aee on, ‘October. 21, but
of Fen,. who had been through every. situation, heroic. and otherwise, hied hinself .
away to a small Missouri town, Fayette, by nome - the home of Central College,
down in the Tiger's lair. And there on the 2lst of October, Fen took unto hin-
self a blushing bride. . He even passed up, an opportumity to ‘see Kansas wallop
the Huskers, something that few. Kansans have seen; but we would say that Fen
made a very wise choice, because Miss Katharine Merrill Smith is now Mrs. Fenlon
Ae Durand....Of all of our alumni, there is none with a.more brilliant military
record than Major Fen Durand of the Ves Marine ‘Corps, who has written glorious
pages. in, the | history of Marine heroics.. :
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cpl. ‘len. Baker writes me. from Camp. Sane California, and. says, "I
was reading the sports page of the Los: Angeles Tinés. today and ran across this
' clipping. I guess Ray Evans is really: doing all. right for himself this. year.
- g « ee. IF wontt be: long now before your basketball season gots. under .waye Is
Spent HeSpedten; still in. school?" | sa tae

+ ess . No, Hoyt, tion was A eahenead: Soce this Navy. vel2 waht nie first
‘p08 - Novenber for advanced training | in New York. His address .is Harold McSpadden,
AeSe V-7, USS Prairie State, West 135th & Ne River, | New York, | N.Y. ,2 heard

_ from Sparky a fow days ago. -He says, “I had a swell ‘trip back to N. Ye. - it

really brought back some swell memories of that ‘trip two years A698: 2 consider-
ed myself plenty lucky:.to get to play with such a wonderful team, ... » Lot's of
luck in the round ball campaign --I'1llbe pulling for you 100%,"

Ensign Russel), Je Chitwood. says, Ao wow stationed a Terminal Island,

ee San Pedro, Calif., Naval air Ferry Service, VRF-3... This.will be a permanent

assignment as far as, I .know: now. would appreciate hearing of B70 dayhemkers: apt
here. Aakeing forward BS the ‘next Rebounds." <

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3 ; iosien: . Snes. Hannes: oe 122, Box. 19, Pleet Postoffice, OL a
Says, rin. now stationed on temporary orders: for 30-60 days in Panama. I'm not
very fond of the idea but there is little I can do‘about it. I would much rather
be at sea., Sounds funny; coming from a nid-western farm boy who had never: been
oh &. ship until he joined the Navy, but there is something about the sea that. a
fellow ‘likes, . s+ Received some. pictures the other’ day of the wife and son, and
they both looked awfully good to me. Mike is.growing like a weed.and.if I don't
hurry and get. hone he will be.a ofheD Re: He is sueting: his teeth now and
‘getting CrOSS. ieee | : , ‘pent

; ae (je) Roy ‘Bawards, UsS6S. See 1054, Pleet Postoffice, ‘San Frencis-
CO, ‘Calif., writes, "We have moved around quite a bit these past few weeks and

your Sept, 12 Rebounds. just caught up with us, The edition was a fine tribute

* to a great boy. You expressed. so completoly the thoughts. of all of us who knew
Te Pe « + « Enclosed is an article about. Rey: ‘Evans which, I found in the islond
paper. He must be doing a fine job. aA be _

(Oi; ‘. was. 5 ae hiahbed oa ooeekve a letter from Don Bblings: dated the. 14th
ae October. Don, says, "It is hard to realize T. Ps 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. ‘We know one thing, it.is up to us to
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 whereabouts would »
you drop me a.card as I'd like to write him before I.leave the States... + + 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,. Masse,
to pick up the rest 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 (Bngleman) once or twice;
also received a picture of his wife and boy. 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 Mayoox,, Norfolk, Va... Wo Pion to be with Poul Masoner and ohare, ite. Cie

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Lt. Ae M. "Murray" Brown stopped in the office a few days ago enroute
to 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 blow to hear about T. P.'s death. I'm like you, Doo, I can't
believe he is gone and that he is still in there pitching with the rest of-us.
 yhat a grand fellow he was, tooe That's one man you could call a thoroughbred.

I can still 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. . . s I'm still on the receiving end,
of some good Vemails from Lt. Pfitseh and you can bet they are “plonty: interesting.
He's right in the thick of it with Patton and you noes have” no fear, as to the out
come with that omstae at be on ‘our sides . a ae Gana ts 7

ile, #05 hear SéSaatehAUIy fron bits John peitgoh;” APO" “408, New Yori.
He is somewhere in France. In writing of T. P., John says, "He was one of my
“best frionds at K,U, and I personally will feel’ the: loss. It seems that so much
of. the ‘time-our best are taken from us, The same , thing” has happened . over and
over again, here. 6 « + » So far-we have been able %o.do all. that -we were -
supposed to do,’and a little more. ‘We have véen with the 30th division ‘for quite
a while and of 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
. theme » o's» Was ina large city the’ other | day ond got.” a bath and massage in a
_ ‘very fancy place. The massour wasn't -as- good” as I’an, fT don't ke but it
was o to be on a eabee agains’ Reminded ne of Dod »

, -8/Seti hyaichin "ohiek": Pontius, 1k: 4, New York, writes from. somewhere
in Germany, as follows: "I reeeived your latest news letter ‘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 got a big kick out of it, and so do the other boys. I am with the
First Army, fourth division, and it is a good outfit. . .,Doc, T jumped the gun
vrs ‘and em now: 8/Set. “Brory® va ‘is ‘seenene harder, but. TeLd. mee it somehow,“

‘iajor George: itandeville, iso" ‘2, New: York, a bppother ‘of ‘tne famous
Frank Py Mandeville, writes. from Belgium: "I redeived ‘the envelope. of- Rebounds
the other day, and thanks 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 news...» I got to ses Paris thé other day, Nothing unusual-
lots of fine clothes - they are hungry and erave cigarettes - a carton of Camels
een be sold for 20 to 40 dollars. . .-. We weré-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 = tunnelled in. I went thru one -, they had 750

“wounded in there - more like going ‘thru the Kentucky” Caves. . . . Those Jerries

- gre) ‘suckers for pincher movenents - we pinch ''em off, then work. on them.- This

American: Army. - has become a’ rough, tough, fighting outfit, you can oupens on that.
Lodks. Rpt we will have ~ rah woe ny the ‘ey om Berlin."

er oe 2 poe} Max Kissell “isin the Cadet Regiment ‘at Corpur Christi, Texas,
and. says if the weather permits she 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... 6 ‘They are getting ready. for a big basketball season ‘here.
‘Sam Barry will be-the head: coach. There are “quite | a few good boys - some of them
from the St. Marys pre-flight school: last year and other older piayers who are

», officers, Ralph Vaugh will ey be the main’¢og."
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A/C Otto Schnellbacher writes from Selman Field, Monroe, La., paying
tribute to T. P. Hunter, as have so many of his friends. “after reading the news
about T. '. Hunter I sat down to write but nothing I could de
the feeling T had for such a great lad, so I tore the page up and am now letting
you know that every one of us thank you for, telling us the facts concerning 1T.P,'s
death, . . . I haven't hoard from Armand Dixon for quite a while - have you? He —
is probably weet, SOE to Os ea eou w:

‘f Snelly, just four ‘days after you wrote your lettor, Cpl. Armand Dixon
wrote us a V-mail from the Marianas, ‘His address is APO 247, c/o Postmaster, San
Francisco. Armand says, “Ihaven'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 ndw‘I’call the
Marianas my Home.” I cantt 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 cavos where they made their.last stand, and I can tell
you that its quite a Sight; not one ‘that I would care %o remember. ‘There is re
hardly a thing left étonding on the islana except some brush and trees. It really
took a terrible beating, I an getting along all right, just hope that the war —
ends pretty soon, I'l] be looking for your Rebounds," | OF ebtanes va sala

Armand's buddy, Sgt. Lewis G, Musick, is with an Enginesrs Maintenance
Company at Fort Jackson, S, Carolina, and writes, "Since 1 saw you a year ago
this month T have done a lot- of traveling,. When I left Alabama .I went to an in-
fantry outfit in Indiana, E- stayed there about a month...’ From the infantry I
went to the engineers and“Heyé T have stayed, 2 took ‘basic, training all over —
again at Camp Gordon, Ga,” ‘When I had finished, the compahy sent, me to Omaha,
Nebr, too tractor and diesél ‘schools. To mo. it was very interesting and I
learned quite'a bit,’ Before I returned fo: thé company I took a trip.home, It
was my first’ sinee I have béen.in “the: Army. My folks. were. very glad to see me
and I was quite thrilled at being home. ...., 1 sure would like to see "Army"
againg Well, Doc, I guess my time is finally coming. .; - I have been fooling
around. too long on this side, 1 only hope that the Rebounds will continue to
reach me when ‘I get’ over om 'théother Oe ee
oy. M/Sgt. Donald B, Blair, who is with the 1289th Engineers, has sent us
& new “APO mailing address’= 17567, c/o Postmaster, New. ¥ork.. be |

ees

os Bae, Eddie Linguist, M.t.B.,. ¢/o Fleet Postoffice, Now York, ‘Says, -
"Your’ Jayhawk Rébounds hasbeen coming regularly and always at a time when news
of home, K.U. and old friends was’ just the. tonicI needed to build that. old

moralé back up where it belongs. . Thanks..a lot for the good job you have’ done,"

. Ens. C. TE. Russell, Lst-468, c/o. Fleet Postoffiee, San Francisco,
reports on a. basketball game played on the tank deck of an IST. .He says, “As for
the basketball game’ ~ they beat us: 38-12, [I hate to. make .excuses, but there are
certain things onthe tank deck’ of ‘ah Lg? that: the "home .team',éan take advantage
of. We lad the bow doors’: open and’ the ramp down’ to got the nice sea breezes and
the game was ‘enjoyed’ by all, exoept for. the fact that, a. few.wild passes sent’ the

ball into the water, This is at least a new. phase. of basketball and I think you
should Look into it," eee See ieee. Sie eee ee efter hrs: Seakiifeq Nao*

| Dts stom migguR - Ey-Hunt gives. ue his éddross.as LOT Flotilla 6, 0/0 Fleet”
Pomtoee foes ‘ano Meade tagG oY! GC e ee, DROS todd sort mttivass

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‘We are delighted to extend groetings to our r golfing friend, Major
"penny" Jones, who is with the 6th General, Hospital, APO 764,. New York. He says,
"Tf Tom Bishop was where I think he was, I was located, about one-half mile from
‘him for about 4 mos, this summer. Wish I had known of it. Will br on the look-
-out for him. I sure ate up the news. in your Rebounds, and you can't say too much
of thé 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 boys. They are
the tops, and I've never seen as much guts as_ they have, and bhepwa 11 to return
and Wine .« + « pure hee there wasn't such a thing as easualties.'

rOmG ‘One of Ottawa University's aes! 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 degree. « »°« Iwas happy to see
that Kansas finally whipped the Cornhuskers. There are.some fellows here from
-Nebraska and it gave me a chance to talk a bit. I've seen very few fellows from
“Kansas since’ ‘Itve’been in. I saw Kenneth Kell from Topeka up,.in Connecticut about
two years agoe . « I'd appreciate your SPTEME halo to Dean Nesmith for me, and
also ny ee to Milt and family."

, | "papa" Curley (Irven We): Heyden, whose first child isa 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. mane Consequently. the arrival of the
Rebounds has started a new era. To me they are just like a visit home when you
tour Main Street meeting all your friends. and acquaintances and. stopping for a
short chat with each. . . . If you would, please, I- wish to convey my greetings
and best regards ‘to olt Dean Nesmith and his. family;. also to:the recipients of
Jayhawk Rebounds that I may know or know of, I'd like trraend a hearty hello and
wishes for continued good luck.’ or vn a s

Wet re glad to send your SE ea. Curley. Hiei vy 1 x00 gta to see
your wife when she stopped in she office.a short time.ago.

Our super-thirty-third, degree basketball fan of the U.S. Ae, Lt. Frank
E, Harwi,’ Jr., writes us from 2625 Navy Bldg., Washington.25, D.C, Frank never
missed a basketball game that Kansas played if-he was within 500 miles of where
we were playing. Frank says, “After traveling way out to New Guinea and back,
your Rebounds for July, - believe, finally caught up with me here in Washington,
D.C. But it was no one's fault but mine for my complete failure to notify you
of my charge of ‘address. I was just so doggoned. happy to get back to the great-
est place in the world that I forgot all about it. They finally decided I had
_ Seen enough country so shipped me back to be a "Constitution Avenue commando! for
a while, but only for a while, for I am already seheduled for shipping back out ©
in Jan. . You can rest assured though, that Ian lapping. up every second of my

. duty in these grand old United States, and fully appreciating everything that I

had spent the last two years longing for. . « « The duty here is quite a nove lty
what with Waves all around everywhere you look. No kicks from this corner about

. that phase of the assignment, 2 « « Have run: into quite a number of former Jay-

hawkers including Ens. Paul MacCaskill and 1st Lt, John. Milton Phillips, of Mt.
Oread political and public speaking fame. . . - Incidentally, shortly after ren
ceipt of this by you, I hope to have another All-sanerican for your undefeated
quintet of 1964, “May get crossed up and can only offer a feminine voice loudly
supporting from the first row - but I will be happy either waye
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Frank continues, "For the sake of the records, might: change my rank
for. I recéived a small promotion a while back. Best of Luck on the. coming
_season, as always 1 will be’ following your results game for gates fe “ete e ly
regards to Dr, ‘Lawson, Miss’ Lear, Dr. Woodruff, and anyone else."

It isa pheduul% to pass along your greetings, Frank, I am. sure your
friends are happy to hear from you, and join me in best wishes to yous

Lt. Commander Wm. H. Shannon, a splendid teacher in Beonomics and a
swell golf coach, so the varsity boys say, writes that he is still on the staff
of the Supply Corps School at Harvard University.

lst Lt. Ray Dy Tripp, .with the U.S, Bombing Research Mission, APO 413,
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
Mey I have taken over a chairborne job in London, and it appears ‘likely that I
may be here for some time. It is not an uncommon thing to run into former k.U.
men whorever’I go, and its always a pleasure to talk over the good Simnas We had
while on Mount Greanes Lots of good luck to you, Ray. — me

Sgt. Bob Chex! tow: is with a bombing group, APO 660," New York, and
says, "Just read a copy of Jayhavk Rebounds arid really enjoyed it. Passed it
on to another old K.U, boy in my squadron, Lt. '¢. F, Sherwood,. He is from out
near Dodge City. ee... Have mde recent missions over Italy and, France and must
say the Nazis can still put up plenty of flak. And, “they “don't throw bon=bons
at us!~ We are pushing them back but: the job ahead is still rugged. Don't be
overoptimistic for an early victoryseeseAm ‘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,
ete. The country itself is quite beautiful ‘and very | much like the Mis sourd
Ozarks. nS that Ky hes cheng will look Edo to me." |

“We hogio i won't ‘be’ decom until you eon be back on. our ‘beautiful
en Bobe:* <o". a ef

Ate (4e)> Lowey Hebiuromt| VB 132, Pleot. postoffice, ‘San. Francisco, an
Aggie basketball luminary under Jack Gardner, Stopped’ by...one day for me to fix
his’ sacro-iliac. We hadia nice visit ond Iwas’ able to do something for him to
put him back in good flying conditiori again. Larry wrote us as follows: "Just
received your Rebounds. I'm a little late ‘in’my thanks, to you for straighten-
ing my back and for adding me to your mailing list for the Reboundsspes. Te Pe
Hunter was one of the’ finest opponents I've. met, ‘Doc, . and ¢ really touched me
when: I read of his deaths Today I'm one of: his teammates. on a. larger team and
I'm going to try to score one for-T. PP. Our’ acquaintance was very’ limited but
I can remember when he cut my eye open in one of our games and it worried him

“more than it did me. He was a gentleman player with plenty of. rc ane deter
Kenan and I'm sure he went down without 8 “whimper.” 4 6, SS, :

We have enjoyed a letter from Mrs. N. Ne “Kline, of’ Mulaniendis Kansas,
the mother of Lt. John Kline, I am passing along parts.of it to: you boys, be-
-cause I feel sure you will be interested. Mrs. Kline says, "I appreciate your
. sending. the Rebounds to me =:8o many of’ the names’ are ‘familiar;.in fact, I have
met many..of the boys mentioned: ZL felt very sad when. 1 read that 104 Pp Hunter
had been killed. He has been in our home, and Johnny always spoke very highly
of him. I know he will be saddened to hear of his demthe oe Johnny is back in
10.

Miami again... on his. third period of duty .+.as an instructor in Naval
Gunnery.... Our oldest son, Bill, is with General Patton's Third Army: «ois
Norval,.Jr., is still at the air field in Chico, California. « « Do you remember
Bob Gilliland, of Hutchinson, -who graduated-from K.U. law school in 1941? 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 ago, and said he would like very much to receive a
Rebounds,"

: Yes, indeed, we do remember Bob Gilliland and are happy to have his
name on our mailing list. . a!

cA 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 We "Chuck"
Elliott, APO 16446 =AB-8, San Francisco; Lt, Lloyd J, Svoboda, APO 17830, New
York; and Cpl. Floyd J. Svoboda, APO 655, New Yorks |

oo » ssote -E dropped: inte Watxins, Memorial Hospital the other day and talked °
with Mrs. Hub Ulrich, -the receptionist. She had a picture of Hubert, captain
of our football team in 1941, and two other aces - pals of his, on their PT
boate These fighting Navy men looked fit, stripped to the waist, and double-
tough they were, because on the shield of that PT boat were evidences of thwarted
Jap hate. The -indentations were plainly visible, but the near-punctures had
caused the boys mo harm. In the photograph were plainly visible aces and eights,
& full house. One of those three boys evidently collected some money on that
hand. At times these boys gamble with their lives - and then at other ‘times, -
nuff sedl f tisidigveatoiv y | 8
oo. . 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
Itoga, who played the outfield in '29, '30 and '31. Jewell writes, "Bert has not
changed materially, is agile and youthful as ever, has a nice home, latest in
conveniences, a lovely wife and a twoeyear old girl. Bert is teaching at
Farrington High and informs me he has had some excellent teams in the past few
years. . «I accompanied Bert on a tropical deep sea fishing trip which will al-
ways, be remembered, as well as a swim at the well-known beach on the island of
Oahu.se 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 K.U. 129,130)
was stationed here a while but thought he had moved further on out. . ss I tola
Bert I planned writing you, so he adds his regards’ with mine. A note from you
‘would be equal to some of my mother's famous fried chicken or cookies.. I am QT
relative to cooking when the wife is present as the wife is also a culinary
ver tak of first order. When this fracas is over Kansas is on our itinerary for
a visit. +; — ig .

| Our congratulations and best wishes to Eugene "Gene" Billups and his
new bride, the former Muriel Allison Black: They were married October 14th at

Beverly Hills, California

ad 3 Ramie Beims, a fine varsity baseball player in 1940, writes that he

is at present a recruit physical.fitness instructor at the U.s"S. Naval Training

Center, Farragut, Idaho. .Good luck to you, Ramies Hope you’make the Special-
ist "A" school in Bainbridgo.... .~ bencitien myc | 3

eee
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Maj. E. B, DeGroot, khysical Training Officer for the Fourth Air
Force, 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 issues. 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 follow all these boys through their military careers since leaving the
University. The Rebounds, too, is the only contact I now have with the Univer-
sity. . . . Very fow K.U. men seem to find their way into this Air Force, You
may -be interested in two former physical ed majors: that we obtained for this
4ir Force, however, both 6f. whom have performed very well, Bill Arnold was a

- sergeant in physical training at one of’ our :bases- near Fresno. He did such an

outstanding job that we sent him to OCS and he:tiow,a.second ‘Afeutenant: ‘somewhere
in the Middle West. Ist Lt, George Stapleton we obtained by requesting his -
transfer from Florida, ‘He. is now base physical training officer at Walla Walla
Arny Air. ‘Field, in thé’ state of Washington. .-He is doing a swell Jov BP there
— our. bomber. personnel, in —— “0 wea cna and. ‘Berlin. 3

5 He 8 re was a “igi surprise nine ‘pyle dete: to. Redes dus Lor: Maiott Oo “~
weeks ago in the Officers' Mess at this headquarters. - I-didn't know that he was
connected with the air foree in any way and he had forgotten that it was the
Fourth Air Foree in which I served. We discussed X.U, and Lawrence, of ‘course,
at s ome length. 3 a —e IS

Eos 3So.. UE Wes aute to get down’ te: Die sists ~ see “Dud (Burt's brother} -
make his. debut, into pro-football coaching when he played. our Fourth Air Force -
football ‘team in Los ‘Angeles. © We should have “beaten him decisively; but He
capitalized on the breaks, ° I was’ happy for. Dud to see him win his initial
game, and it has been good to follow: his success: in all. his succeeding wins. ©
I certainly hope he can with the National. Championship in his first year. “Many

educators, of courss, have raised their eyebrows at a Phi Beta Kappa and an out-

standing physical educator going into the tainted ranks of professional ath-

-letiest The National. Pro Football League, however, is. conducted. on a protty
darn high plane. As’ George ‘Marshall, ‘the owner, says, the professional teams

' admit that they pay their players but many universitfes and. colleges hypocriti-

cally deny that they dof, Dud debated tho move for a long tate, but, his ‘salary
is such that he. couldn't qaeabe ‘to turn it ‘down «: Bermeb 5d od she a

ARS Cols Karl F. Bendvetaige former cominstaaiit of: felis R.O, uF C. neve; tolis
us: Seite tiphoae of football in Australia. “Col, ‘Baldwin writes, ."1. have been séceing
the football contests in Melbourne: over a considerable period, and each tine
have thought of you wondering if you wuld be interested in perhaps ’a “Study of
football. as it is played in this State according to the rules which dre quite

- different. from. Rugby and. ‘other types: ‘playéd‘in some other parts .of Australia.sees

Fie

‘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 hest football game, Be have seen
from the. standpoint of spectators’ interest, The scores, of course, run very
high, , frequently | one team or ‘both scoring’ more.-than. 100 points, To me, it might
be- Styled as. foot-basketball since the ball is everything... The -quibbling and de=

.. Lays 60 -¢ ommon in our game are not present in this, and it. sqems. to ne. ‘to have

great value as a game which: cari‘ be participated in ‘by a large. number, of players.
Our ball is not exactly suited to the game. The Australian ball, I believe, is
slightly heavier than ours, ond much more rounded at the ends, I thought yo
would like to look this folder and Primer over amd perhaps study them a bite"

Thank you, Colonel, we are delighted +:o have the rules of this game.
12.

. Enr, Ralph E. Schaake, Navy 416, Fleet Postoffice, New York, wrote
from England in October, after spent 111 days on the coast of France. He says,
"T have a base job now and Iam stationed at a rest camp. I am enjoying the
quiet of this camp in the country. You can take the boy from the farm but you
can't take the farm from the = I stall — pion and peace of the
— old ear th. fe E3 ft “thors ga: esi

‘And from ‘isis see oe Raul, ‘Stile ese ‘USS : cgi New York - "TI omens
your’ last ‘issue of -the Rebounds 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, Doc,
more than words can tells. “They bring back old memories and give you a heck of
a lot to look forward to coming . ‘back to. r

ise” ‘many of. you ‘ackys he ean sensation asking +0 be colores to Mrs.
Alberta Hultéen and to Dean Nesmith. . Mrs. Hulteen's- husband, s/Szt. Ae George
_Hulteen is in ‘India. George played outfield and second base on the varsity
Ddseball team in '30, 131;and.'32. Mrs. Hulteen says, "I don't ‘want to pass
up this wonderful, opportunity, to say hello to all of you who. have sent greetings
to me in your. letters to Dre. denne My very best waghed for an gar by! return to
the homes youvloves™ 0 .o.0s gbewta: joksw At “datos :

Dean Nesmith has received word that his younger brother, s/Sgt Glen
Nesmith, landed in Holland with the lOlst Paratrooper -division on September 17.
And their brother, Lieut. Ole Nesmith, who was: at-the ‘Hutchinson Naval'Air base,
has recently been: transferred ta, a naval intelligenoe..school. in Rhode Island.
Dean says, "I certainly wish that I could see each of you, and many. times. I
think of all of you. ‘Whenever some of the old fellows come in for a visit we
hash and re-hash the days when you were here. We talk about you, wondering
where. pois are and what woe are doing.» Good luck: to. you.!

Steg a : sheath forgot +e tall you that Ioana ein now ar the fifth
times Jone Allen Mons and her husband, Lt. Hw R. Mons +. they call hin "Hoot"
Mons, a former stroke on the Princeton crew and now a Navy transport flier, are
the “proud. parents of a baby girl born November 8, 1944, to whom they have given
the name Jill. I told Jane she. couldn't have Jack; so she took Jill, but she
said that is not true, she wanted it just that way. But when Mit came in, he
fixed it. He said, "Jane, that is a funny name, and when: I think of Jill’ Mons
_ I think of "Jill-blains", Jane says that Jill is Republican because she arrived
‘the morning after election,, end I frankly believe thdt the disappointment over
“the election sent Jane to the neeph tals But enough for that portion of the
Allen familys eel | . ute os

Bob. is now interning at Bell Memorial Hospitals ae and Jean are
ae Pe just a few short blocks away in-a lovely little apartment that they were
fortunate indeed to get due to. the overcrowded conditions of the akbye ; ihetr
address is 8727 Summit St., Kansas eitys Mow” es

wot! Tee sabisahs I have been the recipient ‘of. A piteod of chewing. part. oe om \ Bb "pala"
' Winey, and since chewing gum is very difficult for civilians to get 1 doubly
_ appreciate Bill's thoughtfulness. Bill is now.at the Yard Dispensary, Mare

gf. thd gpa e111 be glad, when we can. have that game of ont tnd etelbor
eh ete , _ :
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sy BS Jack Worts, APO- 558, New York, as sports. writer on the Daily
Kansan, sent me’a: picture of his bomber group, of which he is the bombardier.
Jack says, “Last night there was a boy 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 Morse and he's from Emporia, Kansas. He informs me
that Vic. Trusler, formerly of K.8.T. C. Emporia, athletic department, is a Red
Cross diréotor and is in London, « . As 6f Aug. end I've beén .o member of the
‘caterpillar club’. - We had to bail out of our ship, ‘over friendly territory,
upon return from a mission, The ship was in a badly ventilated condition, but
no one ‘was hit.’ Maybe you think a fellow doesn't get a fluttery feeling in his
' or Ray before ~ leaves that shipt It's a long way: to the bottomt"

; “'Phanks ee oe Ghewire, Sacks ‘That is a swell Lenting eoeals of
fellows. We're proud of every one of yous

| “Lt. We Ae "Tony" coffin, -USS tebuga, Son filanoddibos sends us the.
iddveda ée Lt.: Jack Sands, MOQD, Naval Air ‘Station, Daytona, . Fla. Jack was..e
pitcher deluxe on the '39-'40 baseball team. Thanks, Tony, we are BARRY: to ada
, Jagm” 8 name to the mailing lst for the cage ‘Rebounds, 3 a ned

Cape Re hie "Bob" Hagentt; Master of the ‘ss Cleve lend siibe: ites,
"I note that Freddy Harris is gun captain in a merchant ship. I'd really love
having him in my ship for just one voyage at least. My present gunnery officer
is a miler from Iowa Univ, ‘He made tho Kansés Relays’ twice and knows you and
‘your record at K.U. -« fee highly of you’ and thai Kansas Relays. He likes
* our OR to es 7.

. T have ak you bayaie our basketball schedule, and now a ser about
our ed Goale. you be here for éur opening game on Friday, December 8, you
would be delighted with the improvements mde on, the. basketball court. The
floor has. been sanded uiitil it is lovely, and thoré, is enough red paint to make
you think that you were in-a cocktail lounge. The free throw circles and “the
lines inside of them all have ‘been painted red, = ‘the old: Kansas crimson, or
rather, its scarlet because © it is flaring. . Tie ‘two=foot center circle. is in.
red and there isan entire sea of'red three feet around the entire playing. OarGae
The end lines and side lineé&- are in blue; broken ‘with a Gircle of white every
ten inches. There is a big blue K superimposed ‘on the island of red in the
center of the floor, and thé blue ~ ‘has’ a ag? whit Aine’ around it,, an titing it
Ba in ue bales sicetteute’ it vee eae

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| ' For the. first timé sits Hoch Auditorium has ‘been, puilt, 2 real,
‘énketalt surface’ with wll the trimmings is now in effect. Now, the only. thing
that remains is to have a team that will dedicate such a beautiful playing sure
face. And as one great, big, husky football captain. wha had more, power then
‘oratory and goot Friglish, said; when eblled upon” for. a speech, ee IT. have tee’
te “ is, we'll do the best I‘can." ; vee
(Eee 4 "Little" Elmer Schanke Mec: assistant’ basketball eodela this season.
\.Johnay Bunn, now Dean of’ len at Stanford, years ago was my assistant, ‘and Frosty
“COX, now coach of the Colorado Bisons’, was’ ny assistant, and. now "Little! Elmer
Schiake is my assistant. He helped” Henry’ Shenk ° in. football,, Qs ae Imows eG:
oe and. : ‘will give "ema — Sed OWE ut - Me

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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-Oklahoma game, Cpl. Harold

E. Van Slyck, USMCR, of Topeka, Kansas, walked into my office and told me the

story of 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 Guan, they landed .around

10 ofelock in the morning. "It was a rough landing.’ It took most of the day to

secure our positions. Everything was quiet, and we had started.to dig in for

the night, Our company was not tied in with anyone, and we were right on the

coast, T. Pe's platoon went up around the hill to.protect company headquarters,

T. Pe put his men out, and had ealled the sergeants of his squads to come in

for the ‘scoop (instructions) « sist ote- anh

"Tt, Pp, was kneeling down in a shallow hole with one of his enlisted
men, waiting for the other men torcomerin. T. Pets platoon was on the slope of
the hill, and over on the other side was a cave partly concealed by bushes in
front of it. A Jap raised up out.of this cave and turned a machine gun on, T.P.
T, P. and the man with him were killed instantly. We carried them down. and
buried them that night beside the road, as we had to move on the next morning.
Later the bodies were moved and buried properly. » a ?

"The loss of T. Ps made the Marines fighting mad, They were out to
bag their quota of Japs. That night. when the Japs came out of the cave we were
waiting for them. They came out and started to walk past - so elose they could
have touched the muzzles of our guns, had they known, Our boys with, the. machine
guns waited until the Japs got right up close, then really mowed them down, We
killed 50 Japs without’ the loss of another single man in our outfit."

I am sure all of you will be interested in a letter I reecived from
Lt. James R. Surface, USMCR, now at Oceanside, California, a K.U. graduate in
142. He says, "I have-just returned from about 18 mos. in Hawaii, and I have
been. assigned to a school heré. Two of my instruetors were with T, P.. through-
out his career in tho Mf.C. = and left him just before. the. Guam campaign where

he was killed. «. . They told of T. P.'s popularity with his men and officers.
Of course, T. Ps didn't always do things in’ the prescribed military manner - but
he always got them done - and well. done. . They chuckled about the way T. P.
would mother and worry over the boys in his platoon - according to then, "Tepe
was like an old mother hen with a brood." ind naturally his boys loved him for
it. They told. of sevoral instances when.a man who was causing trouble in en-
other outfit would be transferred to T. P.'s, and T. Ps would make a good man
out of him. .- bt ey. +f Suv ee ey Shige f

"As you probably know, T. P, was recreation officer for his battalion,
and Fairfield told how on Guadaleanal, when everyone else was taking a siesta,
T.-P. would get his boys out for a fast game of basketball - and ploy himself,
too. You remember how religious he was - they told of one night in their hut
in N. Zealand - a gunner was saying some things about religion that T. P. didn't
like = he tolerated it just. so long --then calmly rose - socked the gunner right
on the jaw and broke it. in three places. This might sound a bit out of line,
but these two assured:-mc 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."
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The great love that T. P.'s college chums had for him is evidenced
by the fact that I received a letter from one of his dear friends, enclosing a
check for $100.00, the same to be used as a living memorial in honor of this
great Marine. A committee will be named to work out this memorial.

T. P. Hunter, in every mants language, was a first class fighting
man, @ practical Christian, an athlete that any coach would qualify as tops in
his book, He was afraid of nothing. Men followed him for the power that he
possessed and for the tenderness and kindnesses that were his.

"His life was gentle, and the elements
So mix'td in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all of the world, ‘This was a man!'"

When I see so many boys from the battle fronts who drop in my office
here in Robinson Gymnasium, I feel very much as Frances Burns did in describing
a Lt, Jones when he said that he would be sitting at 12:30 talking to one of
his squadmen and at 2 o'clock he wuld be deadj ~"In all, 72. of those 94 tid ‘died
in action, “They meant more to me than anybody I'd ever known, and now when I
dream I get all mixed up. They are the living and I am one of the dead. I have
to turn the light on and look at their pictures to know where I belong." As I
look at T. P.'s picture each morning on my dresser, I wonder if this isn't the
state of mind of most of our boys who have been in mortal combat. A thousand
times more do I realize how you boys on the many fighting fronts, in those bitter
battles, count the living and the dead and be confused. ihen you come back you
will want to be left alone to work out your own adjustments. The men who are
fighting are only concerned with getting home again. They will get back in the
groove if the home front will give them plenty of time,

Of course, you will want your old job back, as good or even better
than the one you had when you left, It is up to the Selective Service boards
to show the same fidelity in serving you now as you showed to your country when
you served them and the rest of us here at home. Of course, most of you boys
will want to continue your education, and rightfully so, The G. I. Bill of

Rights has taken care of that in admirable fashion. And how eager you will be

after the first restlessness wears off, to specialize and take your part on
the field of friendly strife. )

All of our commanding generals and admirals are still saying it is a
long war, but what football coach 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 going to be a long
war. I am looking at it the way a coach would talk to his men. The harder we
hit tem 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 voice in your letters
to mee So hit 'em with everything you have got so that your return will be the
speedier, So, in the words of your commanding officer and your coach - Up and
at ‘em, boys. God bless you, and good luck,

Faithfally,

 

FCA:AH Varsity Basketbgll Coach,