UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

DEPARTMENT OF

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS February 5 3 1942

Sports Editor
The New York Times
New York city, N.Y.

Dear sir:

Wally McNally of Omaha in his recent letter to the
Times on the respective merits of the basketball teams of Kansas
and Creighton was in error on several of the points he made. [I
would like to straighten him out on these.

For one thing, Kansas and creighton have played five
times, not four, in the past sixteen years and the Jayhawks won
that other game. Im all games played, the teams stand even, three
victories apiece. However, I do not blame Mr. MeNally for limit-
ing the discussion to the last sixteen years, as that excludes the
K.U.-Creighton game of 1923.

That season was during the regime of A.A. sehabinger,
who turned out many fine teams at creighton. Yet the game was 4
rout, Kansas winning by a score of 29-7. The other game not men-
tee by the creighton fan was a 31-29 win by the Jayhawks at Omaha

1 i e

as for McNally's comment, "Isn't it peculiar that Kan
gas wouldn't schedule creighton this or last year", the really
peculiar thing is that a resident of Omaha would not be better
informed. As it happens, the Jayhawks and Bluejays ere scheduled
to play this coming week, Feb. 10, to be exact.

| Regarding Kansas "steering shy of Missouri valley
conference teams", it might well be pointed out that in the last
three years the Jayhawks have played eight games with Oklahoma
A.& M., the usual ruler of that league. The past five seasons
have seen A.& M. Winning three conference championships outright
and tying for another, which didn't leave too much for creighton.

Tn the Kensas-Oklahoma A.& M. rivalry each team has
been invincible on its home floor, but in the two game played on

neutral courts the Jayhawks won poth times. |

- Keneas makes no effort to play “big time" basketball,
education coming first. However, the Jayhawks usually can hold
their own in most any company. Last saturday K.U. whal ed DePaul
46-26 at Chicago, just one week after Depaul had beaten Long Is-
land U. on the same floor, Bee ee
sincerely,

Director of Athletic publicity