Oct. 3, 1941

Mr. George Kirksey
Leok Magazine
Bll Fifth Avenue
New York, HN. Y.

Dear Mr. Kirksey,

Please find enclesed questionnaire duly filled out. I am
sending you a mimeographed copy of a letter that I wrote

my Varsity basketball team on August 7. This is self-ex-
planatory. You will see that we have five members of the
Varsity that are on our feotball squad, so naturally we will
be slew in rounding inte early season form.

This is my 25th year coaching Varsity basketball here at the
University, and since this year is the 50th anniversary of
the game, we're hoping to make a good record. In the twenty-
five years that I have coached here we have had but two squads
ef good size. Naturally, tall men play a very important part
in the game of basketball and in the twenty-five years I have
had but two men who were over 6* 5", so I'm looking forward
to this season with great anticipation.

On our championship teams of the past two years our stars,
Howard Engleman and Bebby Allen, my son, wore but 6' 1" tall
and weighed 167 pounds. They beth made the all-star conference
team. Bobby Allen is studying medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania, and Engleman is with the Phidlips Petroleum Co.
at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. John Kline, our other senior on the
first team was 6’ 2". He is not in the army.

Our team this year will likely be made up of sophomores and
juniors. Ralph Miller, who is a star forward passer on the
Varsity football team, will be back after laying out of Varsity
competition last year on account of an injured knee. He will
be our only senior. I trust that this will give you the in-
formation that you desire.

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation
FCA/pg Varsity Basketball Coach |