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OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

March 19, 1940

Drs F.C. Allens
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

Last night at nine o'clock, I wired you as follows: "Impos-
Sible to rearrange work. Sorry. Suggest DeGroot. Leith in Denver.
Letter follows."

While we were talking on the phone my hasty calculations made
me feel that I could make arrangements to come back for the week-
end. However, I went to the office immediately after our talk and
found that I had arranged for so many meetings that it was just out
of the question to try to change or cancel all of them. You see
this is at the end of our quarter and therefore is a very busy time.
This office has a lot of loose ends to pick up in preparation for
the Spring Quarter. I had also arranged a meeting of twenty people
for Sunday and another meeting for Saturday night. You see, 1 was
just like an old fire horse when he hears the gong; I wanted to
come to Kansas City.

I appreciate very much the invitation which you gave me, and
I hope my necessary change of plan did not upset any publicity
you may have started before you received my wire. I know you are
going to have a good tournament. You always do a good job of ad-
vertising, and I wish you the best of luck with your tean.

In this connection, some ~~ concerning U.S.C., should
you meet them, may be helpful. hey are an excellent ball-—handling
team. This year they are playing a lot more aggressive basketball

than in the past. They are even taking one-handed shots, which is

rather unusual for U.S.C. They have probably one of the best bal-

anced teams they have every had.

sears, the center, is the only tall man as a regular. He
must be about 6 feet 3, and is a very clever boy around the basket
with pivot shots and tip-ins.

Vaughn is the boy who is touted as a star, but to my mind he
is considerably over-rated. He is a very weak defensive player
and actually is not much good except when he has the ball. He does
not rustle for the ball but expects to be fed. It is well to re-
member that he is a full left-hander. Our guards played well to
his left and practically shut him out. I would concede him all
the baskets he would make with his right hand or all the shots he
could get by dribbling around to his right; in other words, smother Bie
that left hand. Vaughn is a good long shot, but shoots more or less ©