November 11, 1940

Mre Horace Mason

Sports Publicity Director
Kansan Office

University of Kansas

Dear Horace:

I notice where Bob Busby quoted you and Harold Keith as saying
it was @ cinch for Kansas to put over a winner this year in basketball,
I am sure that you understand that Ire Harold Keith is a very wise and
nonegullible persons 2

i am wondering if you !mow that Bruce Drake has made confidential
statements te some of his friends that he has the best possibilities for a
championship team this year that he has ever had since he has been theres
He states that he has a better outfit than Nellatt, ifesh, Scheffler, et al.
Doubtless you know thet he has Ford, the big six-footeseven acrobat; Corbin,
who was incligible last year but who was his hoteshot the year befores
Ramsey, the allestate Illinois star, and another allestate man from Tllinoise
These last two boys roomed at Bruce Drake's home during their sophomore
yeare I an getting the dope, but from ail avpearances Oklahoma thinks they
have it this year but are playing the dark horse ideas Se please do not be
gullible enough to come out with such a wild statement as Mr. Busby attributes
to yous

We have lost Ebling, one of the most valuable men and cluteh shooters;

Diek Harp and Bruce Voranm, All three of these men were seniors and top pere
formers in the pinchese We also lost Miller, of course, who got hurt, and

who put games on the ice like Loyola and Nebrasim, You see we have lost all

of our scoring punch, so to speaks Kline, who is a good defense man but who
cannot score, Bobby Alien, who is a good bail handler but who cannot score,

and Fngleman, are the ones left out of the sevene in other words, most of

our scorers, both on the offense and defense, have been loste

We have a good defensive team, but we have lost the seniors and
you cannot replace seniors with sophomores and have a great deal of luckes
We will still be smalls smiler than last year. Bven so, do not make the
foolish statement which is quoted as coming from youe Maybe you did not
make its I hope note

Iota: State is expecting definitely to do things because Louis Menze
told me he could not understand the debacle that took place in his team, and
he is expecting them to come through this year because he has the size and
the ages. We have neither the size nor the age for an offensive team, but it