‘January 15, 1945. Miss Lavone Jacobson, Department of Physical. Education. Dear Miss Jacobson: I want to thank you most sincerely for your wonderful entertaimment at our basketball game ‘last Priday night. I commend you on your sterling play against 4 super-super artist in this badminton game. & Sirserely yours, | | Director of Physical Edusation, POA :AH Varsity Basketball Coach. : November 20, 1944, Dr. We Ge Jessen, Peabody, Kansas. Dear Dr. Jessen: | ‘This will confirm my secretary's telephone conversation is afternoon about your tickets. I had gone to baskat~ no and was sorry not to be able to talk with you. I am enclosing the two single reservations. Your check turned over to Mr. Zarl Palkonstien in the athletic i am also enclosing the money that is due you, $2.50. I will be glad +o talk to you about Bob Brown when I He is a good ball handler but as you sey, he lacks ressiveness. But we hope to put a little more fight into him, Yes, indeed, wa will be glad to add the Purlungs Barber Jayhawk Rebounds ae list. I am getting another out in just a few days. With kindest regards, Iam Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. W. C. JESSEN, D. D. S. _ PEAB My -/b- BA ji i are Oop bblen Per — B hua er wee : ae pea aw 2. = Ak ilk fom Mg TI ve bo cs tii Alps 8 a a f° | A) acdete Khuen — tal hawk wi an Murder in Par Golfer: “Bilt won’t be playing with us ‘today. He beat his wife to death last night with a golf club.” Second golfer: “How many strokes did it take?” KANSAS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH DIVISION OF SANITATION LAWRENCE, KANSAS Od Ge fig “LO. 764 uy, Heaney aoe fra Bab CoHag | wii oi - — 6th Kan. Hoaf, APO. 76447 aa berauhen Oe COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Franklin 4N REPLY REFER TO November 13, 1944 O. R. O1l Mr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Mr. Allen:= I wish to thank you for your letter of September 29th and it was very kind of you to write to me concerning the suggestion which I made some time ago concerning possible revision in the basket- ball rules to give the small players a better opportunity against the tall men and physical monstrosities who are so common in the game today. I thought that you were still on the National Committee; however, I can readily see that after spending so many years of valu- able service to the protection and improvement of the game you cer- tainly deserve a rest and should not be troubled by controversial questions which naturally will arise in making changes in the rules. I still am interested in basketball but trust that some steps may be taken in the future to give the small, and average, size men a better chance. With kindest regards and best wishes, I am Yours very sincerely CO i ee Se We Ks on. District Engineer District 1-0 i October 26, 1944. BPD. 1, 7 ts Dear Mr. Jenkins: a iS Thank you for your letter end check of October 20th whieh I have received today. I am very happy to autograph a copy of "Better Basketball", which I an mailing to you at one. I trust that you will reaeive asure and benefit from the book. | Pe ae With appreciation, and best wishes for a successful year, B February 12,. 1945. lire Su Be Jones, Track Coach, University of “iseonsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Dear Ton: ; ss san ws ah a ay Sos i Ok en Thanks alse for seriding the elipping. But my real joy came in hearing from you and lmowing that you have still got the old fight to combat the cemblers and the under-grounders. there are too many fellows that are afraid to speak out, al-. though they have known about this all the time. Harold Olsen is one of them, He is a toe-dancing, shadow-boxing politician. Give my icindest regards to Mrs. Jones, and I congratulate you - both on the fact that your daughter is married and that you are grandfather and grandmother. We have five grandehildren and feel rather ancient at times. But yesterday tw of om youngsters were home and we hed quite a housewarming. Bobty, our youngest son, e in the Amy medical corps. graduated at Pennsylvania last year. } jested on color-blindness twice, but he has now fer hia ensignship, I hope. He is @ lawyer and has been practicing, and has a child six years of age. He was offered a commission in _ ‘the Merines end the Navy but the color test got him before. He feels ‘that he cannot stay out any longer, but Uncle Sem is still the boss. With all good wishes to you and yours, I am amecns ae’ Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. Athletic directors, coaches and facuity representatives are to blame for the Brooklyn bribery incident, charged Dr. Forrest C. Allen, veteran cage coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, last fall cried out against gambling dangers in the Madison Square Garden area, but his statements were denied at the time. — “College officials have failed utterly to protect col- lege athletics from the stig- ma of professional gambling,” Allen declared. . “Intelligent people all along have known that big time gamblers were getting to college. basketball players in the East, Instead of facing the facts and acting, our college officials have been denying these conditions ex- isted to save face.” Allen has been asking that college presidents appoint a ezar over their events. My belief is that Dr. Forrest S. Allen should be put in. charge of all college athletics in the United States and as quick as possible. If they listened to him a few years ago they might have avoided all this. But they gave him the pooh- pooh that old veteran cry that he was tearing down the morale of things. Dr. Allen would be just the man he is outspoken no secret meetings with that guy he knows just what he is talking about when he says something it is all the truth too. You bet he was right about the Madison Square Garden when A pu pace today in the Cur Open tournament wit 27 play- ers shooting par or better on their opening rounds. Wood, Mamaroneck, N. Y., veteran, had a six under par 64, but despite his brilliance was only one . stroke ahead of five other players. Wood went out in 33 and back in 31, three strokes under par for each nine. ; Deadlocked with 65’s were Har- old “Jug” McSpaden of Sanford, Me., Leonard Dodson of Kansas City, Mo., Mike Barbatio of Baton Rouge, La., and Sam Byrd of Detroit, winner of the Texas Open last weep. Fred Haas, Jr., New Orleans was the low ama- teur. ry we he enka a couple of years ago. If you want an earful he can give it to you. I think he should be promoted immedi- ately to supervise college ath- letics. Of course one bad move like this don’t make a lot of bad apples in the barrel but he might be able to get to the bottom of it and clean it out. If he can’t then I can’t see who can. These cheap: racketeers in big cities they are nothing but the gutter type I can’t see how any kids would be associated with any such double cross- ing stiffs as they are. They are all alike they are there to trim you if it takes double crossing and cheating to do it that is right down their alley. “ the | vs a O11 SB wT Gea RRwOw. r Rewey, f Prairie du Chien’s Victor y String Snapped at I] Platteville high school cagers snapped Prairie du Chien’s win streak at 11 straight with a 37-30 triumph Friday night. The win- ners now remain only one half a game behind Prairie du Chien for the Southwest Wisconsin League lead. Jim Scott led the winners with 14 points. Darlington won its second con- secutive game after losing seven straight when it upset Dodgeville which had been,in second place, 35-33. The winners staged a 12 point rally in the final quarter to obtain the win. In other league games, Mineral Point reached the .500 class by a narrow 24-21 win over Cuba City after tallying 13 points in the first quartér. Fennimore won its third game in eight starts by defeating Boscobel, 35-15. Box scores: Fennimore Boscobel : fg ft pf fg ft pf Schuller, f 2 0 0] Turner, f 01 Lenz, £ 0 0 1|Pake, f 3' 4| Strange, f 0-0] Martin, f 0 1|Richter, c 1| Beinborn, c 2|Rost, g 1| Dieter, g oe: g 1 Brechler, f Doan, c Morkin, c Tennant, g Becker, g Reutten, g Loman, g Mergen, g TOtals- 285 1457.12) Totals cc77: S27 11 Score by quarters: Boscobel Soy 2 5 15 Fennimore 6 7 9—35 Free throws missed: Boscobel 6, Fen- nimore 6. B teams: Fennimore 18, Bos- cobel 12, oe RPOoCOACowoNnw Scooorfoooco POON WOrRS Mineral Point | fg ft pf| 1 0| Fiedler, f 0|Samson, f 4| Hauser, ec 2| Bowden, c 4| Kirk, g ore g Cuba City Francis, f Galle, f Fenley, f Johnson, c Basting, g Harker, ¢ Paynter, g Totelss. 86 13) Totale: .. 3... 71010 Score by quarters: Mineral Point ....13 2 3 3—21 Cuba “Cry a, 6 4°46 424 Free throws missed: Mineral Point 7: Cuba City 4. Prairie du Chien | Platteville p. Welch, f 3} Scott, f Borne, f 1! Kather, f Wachuta, ec 1! Schm’kel, Koel, g 2; Dennis, g Key, g 0| Richards, Col’ffson, g 1| Hill, g 2 |Borch’d’e, g 0 Totals ©. is 9:12 8] Totals. 3 15 7 Score by quaiters: ay Platteville 9 92:3 Prairie du Chien .. 6 ig, 7—30 Free throws missed: Platteville 2; Prairie du Chien 7. Dodgeville fg ft pf a 1 Darlington | ft pf| fg ft p Barth, f£ 5 1 2! Powell, f Armstr’g, g 0 0. 1Hoyer, f 0 Boyle, c 1.1 8} Mitchell, -g 1 Band’zee, f 4 1 °1|Hutch’son, c 1 Craig, g 0 3 4|Sullivan, g 3 Curry, f 2 0 0| Thompson, c 3 McCarv’e, g 2 1 2| ———| Totaler 2542 14 713] Totals Score by quarters: Darlington (25)... 8 De 0 te 35 Dodgeville ........ 9 9 10 5—33 Free throws missed: Darlirgton 5; Dodgeville 4, BR ae i September 29, 1944 _ Mr. Se Vie Jackson, Department of Highways, Pranklin, Pennsylvania. Dear Mr. dJackeons Rather ore I am anenertns your kind letter of February 16, 1944. ss sah heme to Oi Riles Mi i a een ot see oe the present time I am letting the Rules Committee work out their own problems. I was mich interested in your recommendations and did appreciate your writing me, and feel very guilty in not acknowledging your fine letter sooner. In sitting in with the rules makers in previous years they have shied away from suggestions such as the one you make. I can see the logis in your argument by removing the tall players further away from the basket for free shooting. I further agree with you that 52% of all the games are won on free throws. But the Rules Committee have consistently re- fused to make rules that discriminate between various players. I suggested the taller basket to do away with rules which are now discriminatory in that they permit an offensive player to dunk or slap the ball into the basket, even toughing any part or all of the basket many times, while the defensive player is not permitted to touch the ball while it is on the basket or above the cylinder. Perhaps basketball has enough qualities to make it enhancing even though the rules are not all to our liking. Thenking you for your good letter, and with best wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, : Director of Physical Education, PCA :AH Varsity Basketball Coache CV Seite COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA a ita DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Beow Franklin W 4 IN REPLY REFER TO February 16, 1944 7. : ackg a. _ atin Fa Dr. Forrest C. Allen Kansas University Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: Knowing of your many years! experience as a successful basketball coach, and your intense interest and leadership in improv- ing the rules to maintain this game as one of our leading and finest of American sports, I am writing to make a suggestion which might be of interest to you. As a boy I started playing basketball when the game was originated and introduced in 1894, and I continued to take an active part in the game for the seek ten years, including four years as a member of the varsity on my college team which held its own with the best colleges of those days. Since that time I have been much interested in the develop- ment of the game and have followed its progress quite closely. It ap- pears to me that during the past few years the game has developed a trend in such a direction that most teams now, to be successful, must be composed largely of physical monstrosities; that is, applicants must be well over 6' to 6%! tall to stand much of a chance of making the team. For several years I have read of changes in the rules suggested and con- sidered to offset, to some extent, the advantage possessed by thesuper- tall men such as raising the baskets a foot or two, or by limiting certain Dr. Forrest C. Allen | = De February 16, 1944 active plays aAsanons to the baskets. Such rules might offset some of the advantages of the extra tell players, but, I believe, there is another way and a better one could be used fairly, giving the youth of middle or under-average height a more equal chance with the super- tall players. I have noted, in checking over the box scores of hundreds of games that quite a large percentage of the games are won by a margin of from only 1 to 6 or 8 points. Many of these games could have been réversed by better foul shooting on the part of the losers. In other words, good fou shooting is now, and could be made, a more decisive factor in a very large percentage of the games. The placing of a premium on good foul shooting and giving the short player oe advantage in foul shooting over his taller opponents would go a long way in emlatee the chances of the players under average height against their taller rivals in the matter of scoring. I would suggest accomplishing this end by the following procedure. A foul shooter of average height of college boys, say 5'10", would shoot fouls from the 15-foot mark, one 5'11" tall from the 16-foot mark, and one 6'0" tall from the 17-foot mark, and so on, until the player 6'6" tall, or over, would shoot fouls from the 23-foot mark which is suggested as the maximum handicap for foul shooting. Likewise, the player under normal size, 5'9® tall could shoot from the 14-foot mark and for each inch shorter in height a reduction of one foot could be made for the foul hecktas, down to say ll-foot for the player 5'6" or less in height. Such a rule would encour- age the short players to practice tel shooting and with the advantage of the shorter range, many small players would become experts, and a team with good foul shooters, even though they were under normal boicks, yeald stand a reasonable chance of winning against super-tall players handicapped by Dr. Forrest C. Allen -3- February 16, 1944 longer distance foul trials. This rule could easily be enforced by requiring each team to furnish a certified list of the height of each player to the score-keeper. Also, each player could be required to wear a small patch on his jersey, indicating his height. Foul shooting dis- tances could be painted on the floor at 1-foot intervals and the distance could be painted in feet opposite each mark. As basketball is universslly played throughout this country by schools, colleges, clubs and other organizations; I feel the rules should be such that a youth who is possessed with more than average skill, even though he is short in stature, should have a fair chance in competi- tion with taller applicants, who, under the present rules, have a distinct advantage in passing, shooting and jumping for the ball. Unless this advantage is minimized by changes in the rules, I believe, the short players will continue to be relegated to the sidelines and the tall players will monopolize the Limelight in most of the cankewee: as at present. I understand that you, along with aster members of the rules committee, study many suggested changes each year for improving the rules. I trust I have not exhausted you by this lengthy suggestion and that this matter may receive your careful consideration. With best wishes for the continued success of the game, I am, Very truly yours, ee u)\acheor— S. W. Jackson