April 30, 1945.

Mre Louis E. Menge,
Basketball Coach, .
Iowa State College,
Ames, Iowa.

Dear Loule:

I am still congratulating you on your fine championship
team. But before we meet I want to make myself plain so there will be
no misunderstanding at the moment we get together.

First, ‘I om hoping that we oan have the same officials
work at both places. A# each school pays half of the expenses of these
officials, I see no reason why this could not come to pass.

By way of explanation I wish to say that Parke Carroll
has worked a great mumber of years for me, and I eam frank in saying in
my opinion he has never worked one satisfactory game. Bug Knox has
worked two games, and I would not want poorer ganos than he has
officiated. Pavetace, Unie we tas foakcd oak < enw + to use
in any games any more, and those are the two I just menti

I aa writing you ahead of time so that you can be think-
dee about officials that you weil like to use, and I will be doing like~
wise. I hope that they can work the games at both places.

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I know Reaves Peters hag always talked about saving money
but they don't do it in football, and when a game becomes important
enough through the unhappiness of coaches in having to take men that
they do not like, then I think it is time to do something about it.

By way of explanation, Louie, I want to explain why I
took Parke Carroll and Bud Knox. Frankly, I thought we would finish in
about fourth place, and I thought, Well, we'll get licked anyhow and I
am not pleased with Knox, but I was just curious enough to want to try

first estimation of him was wrong. And

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Carroli, I had had him on the taboo list for a good mmy years, but I
he se up there I would try him again. When I sur-

prised myself by a tie, prior to the Iowa State game, then the

- Was on me and I could do no complaining, of course. We couldn't

won that ball game with you with a lead pencil if we had had one of our

players keeping score. You be&t us so decisively bogey hg was no question

that either official influenced the game a bit. But I saw enough that I