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October 7

Dy, F.C. kien
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kan,

Dear Doctor Allen:

I'm certainly sorry to hear that Kansas will not be able
to compete in the holiday tournament. I had been looking forward
to your appearance, as I believe the war time emergency is the only
thing that will make it possible for the Big Six to allow such
competition.

I had been hoping that perhaps your boys coulduse part of
their Christmas leaves for the tournament, since some of the schools
are doing that.

Just in case something turns up to alter the situation,
I am going to leave your spot open until the first of November, when
I will query you just once more to see if there's any chance, It
appears we are going to have a fine tournament with eight good teams
and I.ve already agreed with Ab Curtis and John Lance as two of the
officfals.

If anything breaks before November, you'll let me know,
won't you? I'll be looking forward to seeing you when you get to
Norman anyway--- and if there's any chance of your coming to the
tournament personally, we'll certainly welcome you.

Yours very truly,

Hal Middlesworth