Me. Glarence A, Mot 212-214 Kresge Bae Kansas City, Kansas, Dear Clarence: I have just stepped into the Athletic Office to definitely cheek up on your incuiry. I find that their ruling is as we have done in the past. It is not necessery for you to have a seat for your young son, Just pick him up in your arms and carry him over the turnstile. There will be no difficulty whetsoever, I was sure that you would have no difficulty, but I stopped at the Athletic Office to inquire» I hope to. see you when you come te some of the games, The world is so upset in so tiany places, Motty, that it is very diffi-e eult for them to settle which came first ~ the egg or the chicken. As one of your —- would say, "Just keep a lip upper stiff, and sing" 6 Bverything is fine. Hope to see you, Sincerely yours, FCA: AH | Director of Physical Education. CLARENCE A.MOTT LAWYER 212-214 KRESGE BUILDING KANSAS CITY, KANSAS DREXEL 1766 October 12th, 1957 ye # 75 3 i a a 3 : Bilpeetor of Physical Hduestion. Oetober 20, 1937. iy, Marion Miller Editor "The Coach", | Lowe <= Campbell, 1509 Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo, Dear Marion: | I have just received a letter — from Mp, Curtis W, McGraw saying there is no objection on their part to your ng the story, “The Dream Touch Dom". So you have full appreval to shoot the works, Very sincerely yours, FCA:AH Director of Physical Education, October 4, 1937, Mrs, Harlan terkel, aes en & Cos, Holman & Arena te , chieage, Tllin Dear lirs. seitehs a EE Sink sour keweer bo Maaae ng your addressed at 1046 Ohio Street, sanrrants Kansas, had been returned to yous I immediately got in touch with Monte, and he {se still living at the abeve address. te” cannot ace why he did not reeeive the letter. I asked him to write you at once. Monte is a fins boy, and seems to be ee: _— the swing of things here at the versi I talked to hin a in the office this mo: and he is very happy. EF at any time you want to coumunicate with his friends or advisers I shall be very glad to get in touch with them for you. ! With ell good wishes, I an Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education. October 4, 1937. tip, WE1L J, Maller, The Hirex Company, ineurance Building, Topeka, Fenses, Dear Bilis I saw Palmer at the Cornhusker Hotel at Lincoln Saturday. We, of course, were there to wateh the inne sota-Nebraska gaine » It was a dandy. i am sorry you missed it, because I - had not been i111 would have been et a 1s is merely a lit note to wish , a happy end complete recovery from these pesti-e ferous shingles. Good luck to 70, 014 boy! Sincerely yours, PCA: AH _ Direetor of Physical Education. September 30, 1937. Mr, Reiph tiiller, 1100 Indiana Ste, Lawrence , Kensace Dear Ralph: . I have just written to your father inviting your father and mother, Diek, ani the young lady, and of course this Zocs fer you, to dinner after the Kaneas-Iowa State football’ gane on Oetober 16. : I wanted to drop you this note to let you know that everything is taken care of, and we Will expeet you with your best appetite that evening. Sincerely yours, PCAs AH Director of Physical Education. September 30, 1937. ir, Harold liillor, . Chanute Publie Schoole, Chanute, Kansas, Dear Harold: . It was mighty good to see you and irs, ee. oo - oo and a Hglier ape Coach ony e-. Vo put wrong sort of an "ear" on the coach, you wise me up on that, . dnyhow, I thought Ralph pleyed a sweil game anc we were all proud of him, iy purpese in writing you and Mrs, Hiller is to let you know that my invitation to you and your fanily, aleng with “iss Heller and Ralph, to dinner after the Kansaselowa State game is on my calendar, for Ceteber 16. lie would be glad to have you come over to the house any time you come to Lewrence to freshen UD, visit, or what not. . : | if you are rushed and do not get a chance to come to the house before the game, we will see you Immediately after, < am contacting Ralph to let him know thet he and his @ate are taken care of with the rest of the family. : | : We ape all mighty proud of Ralph and the way he is conducting himself on the Hill, Ee is @ real leader, and modest with it ell, With every good wish, I an ' Sincerely yours, FCAsAH Director of Physical Education, September 22, 1937. ir, H, H, #iller, Lowe & Campbell Athletic Goods Cony 15th and Baltimore, Kansas City, Ho, Dear Merion: . I would enesest thet you nave ieGrew-H321 and Compeny send you ea copy of thet part of the ,aenuseript regarding the "Dream Touchdown", | You see their editor there does “gone correcting, too. They will send us the galley copy real soon; in fact, some of it is coming in now, but the Tales are the last part. of the book, so that hes not arrived as yet. Wy sugcestion would be to write them, I would rather you not use thet first part, although the changes ere minimal. The . acGraw=Hiil people heave that — of course. Sincerely yours, PCA: AH Director of Physical Education. October 29, 1937. iy, Wm, Honype Southwestern Gol eee, Winfield, Kansas, Dear Bill: *his will acknowledge receipt of your good letter of the 27th instant, in lowe &< Campbell's eataleg, "The Coach", which is to be issued in e fow days, I have a story coming out entitled "The Drean Touch Down", This ie one of the stories printed in my new book, “Better Basketball, Incorporating Technique, Tactics ani Tales", Marion Miller the editor, is pranting this with the permission of f WeGraw=iit21 ook Company, publishers of the the Technique alludes to fundementals, Tactics to execution of tean play, and the Tales are stories of great cames thet we heave played. They are all true withont over-enbellishnent. a ~ GHIGAGO, — TLE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. (E&P Ff) : {/ ELL, ST. PAUL, MINN. WASHING TOD.C. i i > Si . . BUFFALO, Nov: KANSAS CITY, KANS. AA TD s=OODS: GO, DETROIT, MICH. CLEVELAND, OHIO ‘ 2 Cr GOODS; G:@,, DENVER, COLO. DES MOINES, |OWA : —— : ITHACA, NEW YORK CHARLOTTE,N.C. 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PETA/L NASHVILLE, TENN. 1509 -/1-13 BALTIMORE AVE., Kay sas, Crayy Meo, October llth, 1937 Dre Forrest Ce Allen, Director of Physical Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansase Dear Dre Allen: I guess I did not make myself as clear as I should in my recent letter regarding the Dream Touch Down articlee Mre McGraw did approve the use of the article very heartily but said that the revised copy could not be sent at that time due to the fact that it had been turned over to the printere However, since you have written him it is possible that the copy is available by this timee As a precaution for having it here in time for use in the October issue next week I wish you would make a few desired corrections on the copy sent to you and return it to mee Thanks for reserving the ticketse I am enclosing my check for four and will greatly appreciate your having them for- warded to mee Very cordially yours, LOWE & CAMPBELL ATHLETIC GOODS COMPANY, Killer, Editor "The Coach" October 9, 1937 e My. Marion Miller, S Editer, “The Coach’, Lowe & Cempbell Athfetic Goods Co., 1509 Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Marion: oat I wrote Curtis i, icGpaw this morning asking for his permission to send you “A Dream Touch own", since the book is ¢ 4ghted by them. I thought this the better way to do ° -T also pointed out to him that I was strong for the idee and i thought it would be a great adver- tisement for the beok. However, I think that we had better handle it this way, don’ you? Will this inter- fere with your getting 1% into the Coach by the time you desire? iicGraw is very prompt. Regarding the Kansas-iMissouri footbell tickets, I would suggest that you get your naite in the list pretty soon, ami decide whether you want two or four. I am asking the Athletic Office te lay aside four tickets for you, and if you do not want the four you can take the two. This is out of line with their usual procedure, but I know that you will hasten your decision ana will let then know definitely. My, Gwinn Henry is Athletic Direetor, and Mr, Earl Falkenstien is the financial secretary who handles the tickets and the money, There is a 15¢ charge for insured mail for each ticket consignment, ané the tickets are $2.20 a piece, Very cordially yours, FCAsAH | Director of Physical Education. GEORGE C. LOWE, PRESIDENT ARNO F. HEINRICH, V.P.& FACY. SUPT. KARL H. ROYER, MDSE. MANAGER O.KEEDY CAMPBELL,V.P.& GEN.MGR. R.C. CAMPBELL, VICE PRESIDENT LOREN V.BROWN, SALES MANAGER LES R.FREEBURG, ViCE PRES.& TREAS FRED M. WILLIAMS, SECRETARY REED G.GENTRY, GENERAL AUDITOR BOSTON, MASS. DALLAS, TEXAS CHICAGO, ILL. ST. PAUL, MINN. ST. LOUIS, MO. BUFFALO, N.Y. DETROIT, MICH. DENVER, COLO. DES MOINES,1OWA ITHACA,NEW YORK CHARLOTTE,N.C. oe SS SS SS = SYRACUSE, N.Y. WORCESTER,MASS. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING RETAIL NASHVILLE, TENN. KANSAS CITY, MO. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. CINCINNATI, OHIO PHILADELPHIA,PA. PITTSBURGH, PA. WASHINGTON,D.C. KANSAS CITY, KANS. CLEVELAND, OHIO /SO9-/1-/3 BALTIMORE AVE., May ss; Crany Meo, October 8th, 1937 Dre Forrest Ce Allen, Director of Physical Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansase Dear Dre Allens The McGraw-Hill Company informed me that the revised copy on your book is in the hands of the printer and will not be available for some time so I am wondering if you will look over the enclosed copy of the chapter "A Dream Touchdown" and make any corrections that you desire in regard to the namee Please return it at your earliest conveniencee Are there any good seats left for the Missouri-Kansas Football Game? I want to get at least two tickets, possibly foure Very cordially yours, MAM sLR Me He Miller ; ; THE DREAM TOUCHDOWN © : | A load of barrels was always good luck to the batting eyes of the New York Giants under "Muggsy" McGraw, but never le have I looked over my left shoulder at the moon for good luck nor am I afraid of the so-called hoodoo number, 13, Even a black cat cross-. ing my ‘path nas held no terrors for me, : - However, I have always aes "hunches" and do to this day. That is why the dream touchdown -~ the only touchdown of the game -<- ‘materialized, | In the early fall of 1920, as Director of Athletics at the University of Kansas, I found myself confronted with the come — bined duties of Hoa@hGoach of football and Head Coach of basketball, Our football team, averaging but 162 pounds to the man, was the lightest in our ath lotic history at Kansas, This team, relying entirely upon f orward passing and place kieking, had won its first two preliminary games against the Emporia Kansas Teachers, and against Mark Bank's Drake University Bulldogs, Iowa State, our next opponent, heavy and aggressive, had been highly touted. Our situation looked none too preci sina, In fact, the week's preparation was most disappointing, | | | In earlier coaching days I had formed the habit of taking a pencil and pad to bed with me, attaching them to the bedpost by a piece of string. | Solutions to my knottiest problems seemed always to come to me in the eerie hours » during the meanderings of the subconscious, Invariably, they would vanish under the spell of day- light and the arduous duties accompanying it, unless I would scribble them down on this pad for references in the morning. -Le I cannot explain the twilight zone between a dream and a hunch, In fact, 1 cannot logically explain either a dream or a hunch, The psychologist might roughly explain a dream . as forces driven by nervous er mental currents that we do not under- stand; yet the incubation period might have been in previous reactions, occurring possibly months or years before. The currents or forces might have jelled for ‘ period, then might flow at a most unexpected time, This funding of all the years of experiences might gush out inte a sudden perfect conclusion. Possibly out of the exhaustive dream theories of the psychologist might come an explanation of this dream. However, whe ther apm rition, vision, premonition, presentiment, dream, or hunch, I shall relate the dream here as I told it on that day to the football team: | I saw an seroplane with the faces of eleven Kansas gridiron warriers therein. Each face was set out in bas-relief in the fuselage of that ship as it took off on old McCook Field. And five of those men whom I saw in the fuselage that night were not to have been in the anticipated starting line-up of the following day. In this dream, the Iowa State team had kicked off to Kansas. The Kansas airship had sailed to the north and over the east goal, In despair, the Iowa State players had folded their hands on their hips and gasped. This dream alone was inaeide to convince | me that the men that “ saw in that ship would be in my starting line- ‘up. Arthur "Duteh" Lonborg was the quarterback and field general, Ten minutes before game time we were huddled in the dressing room for final instructions and line-up announcements. The announcement came as a blast. "Boys, I hed a dream last night. I believe in hunches, I saw a Kansas Sereplane with the faces of eleven of you taking off. Some of the faces in that ship have not been seen in a starting line-up this year, But to-day I'm going to play you just that way. Your ship swung from the west to the north and arose above that Iowa State team, as you continued eastward to the goal-line, I saw Harley Little playing right half back and with the ball tucked under his arm, he started from near our own goal-line and I watched him as he crossed Iowa State's goal-line, with the ball in his possession," "Duteh, listens if we win the toss, I want you to receive, “Ana whoever receives the kick-off must carry it up to the right ani conter of the field as far as possible. On the next formation, you call Harley Little's signal, play 46, =< right half around left end. Do you hear me, Dutch? I oe att" A surprised and eager Lonborg shouted, "Yes, sir.” | : | Kansas won the toss and chose to receive the kick-off, while Iowa State chose to defend the east goal, Things were working perfectly, ani exactly as we had hoped, ‘The referee's whistle shrilled the signal fer the start, The Kansas stands were on their feet, The kick-off to Kansas "Kenny" Weleh, diminutive one hundred thir ty -three pound Kansas gull back took the Iowa State kick-off on the Kansas goal-line and ran it back to right and center for fifteen yards, | i "Dutch" Lonborg and his team, vividly remembering their dressing room instructions, lined up quickly, with Lonborg barking Harley Little's signa}, "46" -- right half around left end, After the when first play following the kick-off, the stands were still on their feet. - a : Quick as a flash the ball was snapped to Little, who lined up on a fake kick formation, but instead, swept around left end, The blocking was too perfect. Little, allowing time for the blockers to take an Iowa State tackler out, cut back from the side line and on dom the field. Now, but two defensive backs re- maimed as obstacles to his mad dash to the goal, Kansas‘ offensive backs and guards bowled the opposition over, and Kansas! Harley Little went over the Iowa goal-line, standing up and unhindered, for the only score of the game, Sandefur kicked goal, Kansas 7 -« Iowa State 0, A scintillating dash of eighty-five yards was manoeuvered over exactly the same terrain as that described to the team in the dream touchdown}! "Was it magic or hokum?" wondered the players as they left the field. Perhaps they still wonder, Se do I, But the play had worked successfully and Kansas had won the game. The game was the thing, With the victory came many interesting angles of the analysis of the dream, Morale took a new high with the football team, This mystic something! This penetrable veil between the real and the unreal! The victory was real, yet it now too, seemed like a dream to the men who had wom it, Were they dreaming life or living dreams? They wondered, | "Lueky", proclaimed the Iowa State players and their followers. But those Kansas gridsters who had listened to the pre-game dressing room instructions knew that Lady Luck hed been se flirting with metaphysical fantasies that day. Or waf} it the unusual and mystic emphasis placed upon formation, number 46, that caused the Kansas blockers to clear the opposition away? Was it more than a dream that left not one member of the Cyclone team standing to bar the way to Little's game-winning touchdown? Who knows? And, after all, what difference did it make just then to the winners who had carried out their individual assignments? It is the mystery of life that lures. October 12, 1937. My, Harold C. Miller Chanute Public Sehoois, Chanute, Kansas. | * Dear Harold: If you and your family would rather choose some other game, either the Aggie or Missouri game, we would still be happy to extend our in- oe to you to have dinner with us at that — time, Perhaps the game with Iowa State dees not have enough lure to tempt you people to come up for the game. Feel perfectly free, Harold, to exercise your own choice in that regard. We were going to take you and your group. out to dinner after the game, but we wanted you, if you could, to get here in time to come to the house and freshen up before you went to the game, and after the game we would go over to the house to wisit a little while then have an early dinner — so thet eos could get back to Chanute before it was too late, Or, if other plans suit you better, some Sunday when you come up to visit Ralph we will be glad to have you bring Ralph's friend, Miss Heller, and Dick along, and we will have dinnor then, All I wanted was that our families get to know each other better. : I am so positive that Ralph is going to like his setup here much better than he would out at Palo Alto that I am anxious to do every- - thing I cam to make his s here both pleasant Miller to know each other. © we a : Use your own pleasure and judgment in the matter, and please understand I am easy to get™ along with, This is nothing but an old-fashioned visit that I have in mind, | : With every good wish, I am Sincerely yours, | FCAsAE Director of Physical Education, P.S, I just checked up with the Athletic Office, and the —: admission is 98¢; 107 government tax and 2¢ state tax makes it $1.10. se seats _ ape just as good as any of the others, The re- . served seats are $2.25, including state tax, The tickets for high school athletes are aoe and I am sure Ralph could get a ticket for . tS * I mention this from a financial standpoint as a fellow who wants to see a football game wants to see it at a reasonable price. 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