Auxerre, France
16 June 1945

Mr. Forrest C. Allen, .
Dept of Physical Education, -
University of Kansas, 7

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Mr. Allen,

My copy of the May 26th Jayhawk Rebounds arrived
early this week while I was in Paris. As remotely aw-
are of Kansas athletic activity as I have been, even I
find the publication very interesting, and I am sure that
it tops: the list of morale boosters for those closely
connected with the University of Kansas who are now so
far from home. ‘The story of Bill Johnson was as inter-
esting an article on basketball as I have ever read, and
the realization that it was a true happening made it all
the more s0.

In onrering- Lt. (jg) Wayne Clover, you mentioned the
recent NCAA basketball tournaments. In 1941 you have
Stanford defeating Dartmouth in the finals. Possibly I
have the wrong tournament in mind, but if I recall cor-.
rectly, Wisconsin won the national title that‘year. The
Eastern finals were played at Madison with Dartmouth,
Pittsburg, North Carolina, and Wisconsin in the meet.
Wisconsin defeated Dartmouth the first night by 2 or 3
points,: with the score being in the 60's, «Pittsburg up-
set North Carolima in the other game. The next night
Dartmouth beat North Carolina 60-59, in the most thril-
ling college basketball game I've ever seen. George Gla-
mack, North Carolina's one-eyed center, scored in the neigh-
berheed of 31 points with a last second shot which would
have won the game rolling lazily off the hoop. Wisconsin
then defeated Pittsburg in a rather en game for the
Eastern title.

Shortly thereafter, if my memory ‘s correct, ‘Wisconsin
met Washington State in Kansas City for the national title
and was: victorious by something like 42-36. Johnny Kotz,
then a sophmore, was named the outstanding player, but
the leading scorer was Kirk Gebard, Washington State guard,
with 20 points, I well remember waiting with my girl(new
my wife) till two o'clock Monday morning with 11,000 other
fans for the team to return to Madison. As I said before,
I may have the wrong tournament in mind, but I'm quite |
sure that Wisconsin brought home some kind of basketball
glory that year, In either case, Lt. Clover is still right
in saying that the West doesn't have to bow to the East,

- Thank you again and I hope I‘m correct on the above
subject so I wont be wasting your time with this letter.

Sincerely Yours,

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