Sgt. Elon M. Torrence, ' 759th B.F.T. Sqne,. \ Chico Army Flying School, Chico, California. prt. Ray Evans, fg, 17 hoe, Bc. G A ws 3 3 & 5 ALI" a St. Petersburg, Florida. Qa) — To P¥t. Ralph N. Dugan, Hq. & Hq. Det., 94th Training Wing, B.oT.C. 9, AA.F.TeTAC., Miami Beach, Florida. Pvt. Otto 0. Schnellbacher, 402nd Trng. Gp. Unit 3, Flight I, B.T.C. #4, Miami Beach, Florida. Capt. F. a Durand, Co. ©, 2nd Amph. Tr. Bn., 2nd Marine Division, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. Lt. (j.g.) John H. Glenn, ACV Pre-Commissioning Detail, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington. ‘Sgt. Dick Harp, 7 Hq. & Hq. TP; CRTC, ‘ Ft. Riley, Kansas. . Lieut. W. H. Shannon, SC, USNR Gallatin Hall, E-13, Soldiers Field Station, Boston, Mass. Donald P. Ebling, C. Sp., USNR U.S.N. Radio and Sound Lab., San Diego, California. Capt. P. R, Harrington, 0-440786, 77th Evac. Hosp., A.P.O. 508, New York, Nile L. A. FULLER, PREs. ! th \U ms ie ey 0 i 2; wy iy Oe Be Yo poy : ‘3 OS Oe: nth z OL ita a ~ La yy a . Z “SS FULLER GRAIN COMPANY GRAIN COMMISSION MERCHANTS BOARD OF TRADE BLDG. KANSAS CITY, MO. May 3, 1943 — Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: Please send your very clever and interesting mimeographed letter to: Don Ebling U.S.S. Farragut c/o Fleet Postmaster San Francisco, California This is a more recent address than I believe you have. He will be thrilled to get the letter, and if you do not have any more of them, please let me know and I will gladly send him the one that you sent to me. The letter was indeed interesting to me, and naturally it will be doubly interesting to the boys, You certainly covered everything in your answer, and it is not difficult for me to understand why you are popular with the youngsters, AG W. W. Fuller WWF : jw W. W. FULLER, SEc.-TREAS. Ty: ERS APE a TP ENTE FF Ricuarp B. Stevens, |’25, President Frep ELtswortn, ’22, Secretary, K. S. Apams, fs’21, Vice-President, 1123 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas Alumni Office, Lawrence, Kansas Bartlesville, Oklahoma 2 - : ALUMNI ASSOCIATION of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLISHER OF THE GRADUATE MAGAZINE HEADQUARTERS—ROOM 2 FRANK STRONG HaLu LAWRENCE, KANSAS August 17, 19 Ho 3 Mrs. Alberta Hulteen 105 Robinson Campus Dear Alberta: I have given this list of basketball players for Paul Harrington my special attention. Some of them still are missing. If you have later information on any of them, please let us have ite Cordially, Del OY ee Secretary FE/k Enc e DIRECTORS Joanna GLEED WacstarrF, fa’21, 1730 Indiana, Lawrence Crarence L. Burt, e’og, Hutchinson Batrour S. JEFFrey, ’28, Topeka W. T. Grant, fs’05, Business Men’s Assurance Co., Kansas City, Mo. Hartanp B. Hurcuines, !’16, 1207 Grand, Kansas City, Mo. Oscar S. SraurFer, fs’12, Topeka State Journal, Topeka Huco T. WEDELL, ’15, I’20, Supreme Court, Topeka Berrua Lucxan McCoy, ’og, Emporia Ray S. Pierson, 1’23, Burlington Crarence McGurrz, ’29, 922 Oak, Kansas City, Mo. Active Membership, with Graduate Magazine Subscription, $3 Annually. Life Membership, $60 Single Payment or 10 Installments of $7.50 Vie cee” soak! salt id Di Soran sc ak chs Ae tk Deidre ee Ei ae Milton Allen, '36, 1'42, 2022 Vermont, Lawrence, Kansas, chief investigator for Hercules Powder Company at Sunflower Yrdnance Works near Lawrence Frank J. Bausch, '32, last heard from in the winter of 1941-42 when he was player-coach for Aerial Parts Mfg. Co., Wichita football team. He was formerly on the police force in Wichite. . Ormand .Beach, deceased Phil Beatty, '34, 3736 Edgemont Place, Wichita, Kansas. He has position with Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita. Cari Benn, fs'33, 406 B. 3rd, Newton, Kansas (home). No information. James Brazil, '34, spent two years as a geologist in Egypt. He started work in the fall of 1941 at Russell, Kansas, for the State Board of Health. lLater he was with UeS. Coal and Geodetic Surveys Now in service, Navy we think. © Rey Brinkman, b'34, 4105 Oberlin, Houston, lexas. Address obtained Sept. '41. Ernest Casini, fs'36, working in New York City the last Mike Getto (now manager of Hotel Eldridge) knew. He can be reached through his mother, Mrs. Joe Casini, 12th Street, Jeanette, Pa. Stewart Chambers, '35, 1'38, Ft. Hamilton, Brooklyn, N.Y. Address obtained in July, 1941. Max Coalson, e'35, 1700 S. Maple, Carthage, Mo. Address obtained July,'38. Bob Curd, '36, 3114 Tenth St., Wichita Falls, Tex. Address obtained Nov. '39. Douglas Daughtry, fs'34, Greeley, Kanses (home) No information. Rey Ebling, fs'36, with Philips Petroleum Co., living with Helen Deer Ebling ,atiillo We 45th, Kansas City, Mo. Lawrence Filkin, '33, m'39, Capt. Med. Corps, Camp Barkeley, Tex. Gordon Gray, ed'36, Athetic Director of Cadets, Curtis Field, Brady, Tex. Address obtained June, 1941 Je Fred Harris, C.S.P., UeS. Navy Air Station, Richmond, Florida Kemneth Johnson, '32, 1130 N. East 12th, Oklehome City, Oda. This address obtained in 1939 William Johnson, '33, Ensign, Supply Corps of Navy, Babson Institute, Babson Park, Wellesley, Nass. Francis Kappelmen, ed'36, lst Lt., (Athletic Director) Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 927 S.S. (Sp) Kenneth Kell, ed'35, Coast Guard Officer, Training School, New London, Conn. Roy Klaas, ed'34, 125 S. Lombard, Lombard, Ill., Address obtained March, '42. Donald Knight, deceased Elwood Laub, e'37, Stoutland, Mo., #ddress obtained in Sept.'39. Frank Lynch, fs'36, Naval Yubmarine Base, New London, Conn. -Ross Marshall, fs'34, Lost Feb. '41, at Sedalia, Mo. Theadore O'Leary, '32, Lt. (j.¢.) Director of Public Relations and member of the Board, Naval #vietion Cadet Board, *ryant Building, Kansas City, Mo. Richard. O'Neil, fs'34, "ox 66, Oil Center, N. Mex. Address obtained Feb.'43 Robert Oyler, '35, 1'37, confidential investigation work for U.S. Army. Home address, 839 Missouri, Lawrence, Kanszs Leland Page, e'33, 4210 Wabash, Kansxs City, Mo. Address obtained Feb.'42. John Peterson, fs'36, 22-4 Fairfield, Shreveport, La. Address obtained July, ‘als Warren Plaskett, ed'35, 3927 Bales, Kansas City, Ks-, Address obtained December, '37. Jey Plumley, ed'33, representative for Quaker State Oil Co. in °t. Joseph, Mo. His first wife died; subsequently married Kathrine Stevens. They are now moving to Kansas City, Mo. Elmer Schaake, fs'33, highly successful Lawrence high school coach. Now on staff of K U Physical Bducation Department. Wilmer Shaffer, '36, Hdq. 6 E T Group, Ft. Leonard “ood, Mo. Last heard from in Spring, '42. Raymond Urie, fs'34. Lost on files, March '41. Ernest Venek, '35, successful coach and physical education director at Harrington and Topeka; now in Nevy. Address, Ellsworth, Seansas. Dick Wells, ed'35, Lt. Cjsee) in treiving at Indoctrination School at Tucson, frizona. Ambrose Wolken, b'35, Ist. Lt., U.S. Army Ordnance Dept., foreign service. January, 1943 THE GRADUATE MAGAZINE oe of JAYHAWKER SPORIS Final Big Six Standings WE Pct WL Pet Kansas 10 O 1.000|Nebraska Se 55500 Oklahoma 7 3 .700\IowaState 2 8 .200 Missouri pee .500|Kansas State l 9 .100 eo Puoc Horn AttEN brought the good ship Kansas into port at the end of the 1942-43 basketball voy- age a winner by several lengths, or knots,—or fathoms,—or something. At any rate, the opposition could not “fathom” how he does it. It was his 26th year at the helm for the Crimson and Blue, his 1gth cham- pionship crew. The team was ever- victorious in conference competition, the third Allen squad to make such a record in 20 years. Others were those of 1923 and 1936. A new Big Six record in average margin of victory was established at 15.9 points, which just exceeded the 15.4 record set up by Kansas in 1936. Furthermore, in spite of gas rationing and no participation in a national tournament at the end of the season, this year’s team played be- fore the greatest number of persons ever to see a Kansas team perform. Total attendance was 96,526. Gross receipts for home games were down this year, totaling $12,915 as com- pared with $13,396 last year. The ef- fect of rationing was shown in these figures. Away from home games brought in $10,430 as compared with last year’s $7,708. Surveying the year’s events, a highly - colorful season is revealed in retro- spect. It included: 1. A faltering organization at first with poor co-operation among players and the star of the team being dis- missed temporarily for “lack of inter- est,” then a sudden unification on the Eastern Christmas trip into one of the most powerful court machines Kansas ever had. It bowled over by lop sided scores some of the country’s major teams. It set up a new Big Six high score record with 69 points against Missouri. It beat Oklahoma on the Sooners’ own court, a feat not accom- plished by Kansas since 1938 with Pralle, Schmidt, Harp, Ebling, Cor- liss and Golay pitted against the fa- mous Boy Scats. 2. Exclusive..use_of_ five superior men in_early. games developed a great name, the “Iron Five.” However, the original Iron Five combination was never available after January 31. It was composed of Charley Black, junior forward of Lawrence, Otto Schnellbacher, sophomore forward from Sublette, John Buescher, senior center from Beardstown, Ill., Ray Evans, all- American guard from Kansas City, Kan., and Armand Dixon, sophomore guard from Her- mosa Beach, Calif. Black, Evans and Buescher will doubtless go down in K.U. history as im- mortals. The two sophomores were not far be- hind them. McSpapbdEN, BALLARD, KisseLL CoME THRU When Charley Black dropped out with ill- ness, early in February, diminutive “Sparky” McSpadden proved to have the spark neces- sary to keep the remaining four in the running. Then when Armand Dixon left for a pre-in- duction visit at home just before the crucial Oklahoma game at Lawrence, Jack Ballard, 6-foot 7-inch guard, rose to the occasion and made that victory possible. Later Max Kissell furnished the marginal drive and scoring power to beat the Tigers on their own court. O.hers who got into the game were: Hoyt Baker, foot- ball quarterback, Bill Forsyth, Paul Turner, Bob Fitzpatrick, John Short, Don Biair, and George Dick. Each looked good working with the regulars but complete or near complete dele- gations of the second stringers proved inade- quate in games against the Olathe Clippers and Creighton. All sixteen received letters and gold basketballs. Attention was called to the fact that every Kansas player who has won three letters since 1922 has been decorated with at least one gold football, some as many as three. INCIDENTS 3. Turbulent “incidents” marked the sea- son’s play. In a rough, fast game at Lawrence the Olathe Clippers were far behind. Their coach did a humorous (to Kansas fans) act by sending into the game a p’ayer whose chief talents and inclinations were more in the nature of running amuck than good basketball. He made his four personal fouls in approximately two minutes and retired gingerly to the bench. At Stillwater in the game there with Oklahoma a" a K All-American Ray Evans + A. & M. little Sparky McSpadden was in- censed to square off for a boxing bout with an Aggie player. “Thin Man” Buescher, no giant himself, stepped in to quiet the trouble. At Lawrence in the closing seconds of the red-hot Oklahoma-Kansas game Bill Brill drew three quick blows from Ug Roberts, Oklahoma player. Other Kansas and Oklahoma players pulled them apart, the Oklahoma coach hust- led Roberts to the dressing room and Brill followed to shake hands and “make-up.” Intro Mivirary SERVICE 4. A ceremony between halves at the final game March 6 was one of the most unusual ever to be seen at a sports event in the Uni- versity’s history. With all sixteen letter win- ners lined up to receive gifts from the Law- rence Chamber of Commerce, to have their letter awards announced and their election_of John Buescher as honorary captain for the year, made known, it was also announced that eleven of them were going within the next few hours into War service. Into the Army Air . Corps went Black and Short. Into the Army through the Enlisted Reserve Corps went Evans, Schnellbacher, Dixon, Ballard, Baker, Fitzpatrick, Blair, Brill and Dick. Of the other five the Naval Air Corps Reserve has Kissell, while McSpadden and Forsyth are in the Navy V-1 program, Turner is in the Navy V-7 plan and Buescher is classified 4-F and was rejected by the Army. They will carry on their studies. Buescher is a senior. The remarkable physical condition of all players was noteworthy. First stringers who played all through the year were fresh at the end of the season. Each substitute was always able to play an entire game without a pause when injected into the line-up. Complete Kansas Record Freshmen 24, Varsity 45 Olathe Clippers 40, Kansas 29 Rockhurst 40, Kansas 44 Creighton 38, Kansas 33 St. Bonaventure 22, Kansas 53 Fordham 30, Kansas 31 St. Joseph 38, Kansas 63 St. Louis 25, Kansas 60 Olathe Clippers 32, Kansas 60 Missouri 44, Kansas 69 Oklahoma 44, Kansas 48 Oklahoma A&M 29, Kansas 36 North American 36, Kansas 45 Camp Crowder 26, Kansas 57 ~ Rosecrans Flyers 22, Kansas 71 “Kansas State 20, Kansas 40 Camp Crowder 35, Kansas 31 Olathe Clippers 36, Kansas 47 Great Lakes 47, Kansas 41 Olathe Clippers 42, Kansas 32 Iowa State 20, Kansas 44 Nebraska 24, Kansas 56 Iowa State 29, Kansas 37 Oklahoma A&M 43, Kansas 47 , Nebraska 33, Kansas 52 Oklahoma 35, Kansas 42 Missouri 44, Kansas 47 Creighton 56, Kansas 34 Kansas State 30, Kansas 47