January 21, 1946 Secs Mre Alston McCarty _ MeCarty-Sherman West 8th Avenue at Kalgmath Denver, Colorado Dear Alstons : a ‘Thank you very much for your kind letter of the 17th instant. I am so sorry to hear Mrs. McCarty is seriously ille Gee§ She has had a tough time, hasn't she, and I know how you are suffering, but I am glad things are on the mend. : ree Ae, I immediately wrote Thornhill to get in touch _with Bill Grimes' office for his tickets. Thanks for your prompt reply. ag At the present time we are leading the Big Six Gonference with four won and none lost, but we are liable to stumble up at Iowa City this weekend, It is a tough leagues Alston. \ Sincerely, a“ Director of Physical Education, FCA sMF . Varsity Basketball Coache Se aE Bill Grimes, Denver Public Schools, 414 14th street, Denver, with family and busines ise She is better but will be there MLA RTY- 5 HERMAN FORD + MERCURY + LINCOLN ZEPHYR DENVER’S OLDEST AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS East Colfax at Gilpin, Phone EM. 8855 © West Eighth Ave. at Kalamath, Phone MA. 2211 DENVER, COLORADO Jenuary 17th 1946 Dear Phog:-- Received your letter this morning regarding seats for the National Basketball Tournament. I called the office immediatly--Bill Grimes office here the tickets are on sale. Bill was not in but his secretary told me the tickets would not go on sale until next week. They have several thousand re reservations for seats and stage seats are ali gone, I would suggest that you have Thornhill phone or wire direct to @ime is an element. I have no more influcnece with Grimes than have you, I'm sorry. If he wants me to get seven of the best seats available for all night games wire me sid I will do ia best but they may not be choice seats. 3 It was nice hearing from you Phog. Mrs Me“arty has been seriously eae in St. Lukes Hospital, in Denver, for nearly eight months so you can imegine what I have been through for several weeks yet. Hope you are all well. How's the team this year? January 16, 1946 Mr e Co Je NeCoy ‘Municipal Contractor and Construction Engineer ; P. Oe Box 646 ; - Emporia, Kansas | Dear Curt: | * Superintendent W. M, Richards wrote me and I told him about Ernie Vanek, who had previously coached at Harrington and Topeka and did an excellent job at both places, He is in the Navy at Norman, Oklahoma, but is ex- ‘pecting to get out very soon, Vanek is one of the best , high school coaches in the country. | While at Norman I spoke to Ernie about the job and can't understand why ke has not written Superintendent Richards. We will have several good men coming up so I will not forget yous. I appreciate your writing me. Curt, there are some things about which I want to talk confidentially to yous I wish you would let me know the first time you afte in Lawrence, I want to speak words with yous With all good wishes, I am Sincerely yours, ~ ~*~ : Director of Physical Bducation, PCA:MF = Varsity Basketball Coach. FILTRATION PLANTS SEWAGE DISPOSAL PAVING 6 SEWER SYSTEMS REINFORCED CONCRETE G e J e M Gc G O Y WATER WORKS MUNICIPAL CONTRACTOR AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER Box 646 EMPORIA, KANSAS »J&N.15th,1946. Dear Phog; T am on the School Board here now and we are in the market for a good Basket Ball coach for the High School and I would like very much to have one of your former students. Would prefer to have a man who had had some coaching experience. Do you have any one you could recfommend to us? If you do not have an experienced man do you have a likely looking graduate coming up? Wish you would write Mr.W.M.Richards,Supt.;sending me a copy of your letter;and advise him what the prospects are. Wishing you the best of luck,I am, Sincerely yours, C.J.McCoy Dr.Forest C.Allen, es Lawrence ,Kansas. / January 14, 1946 Mr, Alston MeCarty 730 York Street Denver, Colorado Dear Alstons A very good friend of mine, a former athlete here at Kansas, Melvin Thornhill from Protection, Kansas, desires six good seats for the AcAsU. Tournament in Denver. He would like to have them five or six rows up and in the middle of the stage. They want the tickets for only the night games so Iwould appreciate it, Alston, if you would tell me if you can get them sda It will be a real favor, I assure yous Melvin Thornhill was one of our really great athletes, but he ruptured the ligaments in his knee just prior to the Oklahoma football games You remember him I am sure, It was along back in the late 20's and early 30's that he was the national intercollegiate shoteput champion, even after his knee was operated on. He was one,of the finest baseball players, and one of the most excellent basketball players that I have ever seen, Had he not been injured, he would have been as great as Ray Evans and as great an allearound athlete as Jim Bausch, lie is a very prosperous farmer, flies his own plane, ond is a wonderful gentleman. , Therefore, I» ould thank you if you would make the necessary reservations for six or seven tickets and find out when it is necessary for the cash to be on the barrel head and when reservations can be made. I can get the money from him and send it to youat any time it is necessary, so I am writing early so thet he can get the tickets he most desires. If you can have your , resurvethins protected now, call up and order seven of the above described tickets, Mutt has invited me to be his guest at those games, which accounts for the seventh one, but I doubt if I will be able to accept his generousity. The Thornhills have already made arrangements for their rooms at the Albany Hotel, so you see ~ meandefinitely to take in | the show, Give my kindest regards to your good family and here's . ' wishing you enother very happy and prosperous year in 1946. Sincerely yours, : oe : : Director of Physical Education, PCA:NF : Varsity Basketball Coach. Wallace McDermott Shook Avenue., R.D. 1 Stroudsburg, Pa. Novenber 12, 1945. Mr. Russell McCoy, Principal, Denison Rural High eee Denison, Kansas. ' Dear Mr. MeCoy: We use show card coloring mixed with LePage's glue, about one-fourth | glue, and the remainder is show card whiting or water color. Warn water will immediately take it off, yet it will serve the purpose for marking very nicely. Yes, it would be necessary for you to remove the lines before a mateh game. Some of the opponents might _— to it as it is not a part of the regulation backboard. In diagramming the kidney-shaped or lima bean backboard, we use an eighteen=inch square box above the basket. The basket rim is 18 " wide so we just rum lines up’from the basket measuring on the inside of the rim 18" up, and then drawing a line across. The lima bean beard 486 1Attlo mare AifFieult to Ginger tim the old restangular board. I am enclosing a sketch of the old board, and I am sure you oan adapt this box to the lima bean backboard. With all good wishes to you and Mrs. McCoy, I am Very sincerely yours, : Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball coach. Enc. ¢ : P.S. Since writing the sean: I have lovated a copy of the sketoh ) for the lima bean board which I think will be more effeotive for your purpose. HENRY FARIS, CLERK L. G. WILL, DIRECTOR ROBERT A. TODD, TREAS. MAYETTA, KANSAS DENISON, KANSAS HOLTON, KANSAS Denison Rural High School DISTRICT NO. 2 DENISON, KANSAS November 6, 1945 ir, F Mr. FF. G. Allen Director of Physical Sducation University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas ; =F, Dear Vr. Allen: I wish to zone our basket ball backboards for shooting practice and I have forgotten what you told us to use for marking the lines. Will you please inform me as to what paint or other material that is best to use in marking the backboards? Also, is it all right to leave the lines on the backboards for games with other schools, or should lines be removed before games? Mrs. McCoy-and I like it here in Denison very much. It is a pleasure to work in this new building and Gym. However, I hear that members of my old basket ball team down at Reading, Kansas are anxious to play us here at Denison, and I'm just a little afraid, Ha. Never-the-less, if they send me open dates I'll do my best to matsh them. Hope you are still in zood health and getting ready to give some of the other boys in the Big Six some trouble. TI have been looking for your schedule of home games in the Topeka Gapital but haven't seen it as yet. GQ Sincerely yours, 77) Mevoy, rin. i November 16, 1945. Coach Pat MoMahon, Sacred Heart School, Falls City, Nebraska. — a | ; Dear Coach Me?ahon: / Yes, I do have a text, “Better Basketball", published by the McGraw-ilill Book Company cf New York, which was written for coaches and players. I believe you would find it valuable in your coaching. Lege The price of the book is $4.00. I will be glad to send you an autographed copy, if you desire, on receipt of your check or money order for $4.10 to cover the cost of mailing. ® Very sincerely yours, Direotor of Physical Education, PCA: AH er _ Varsity Basketball Coach. November 3, 1945 Mr. Maa McCord Head Coach Lincoln High School Des Moines 15, Iowa Dear Max: Your letter just arrived today with the eheck. Evidentally it was delayed in mailing because it is. . postmarked November 2. We expect the books in the first of next week and will mail you orie immediately. Sincerely, | Lela Mings, Secretary UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION October 18, 1945 , Mr. Max MeCord Head Coach Lincoln High School Se.W. 9th & Loomis Avenue Des Moines,15, Iowa Dear Max: Dr. Allen is out of town at present but if you will send a money order in the amount of $4.10 I will send you his book, "Better Basketball". If you would like for this book to be autographed please tell us what you desire for him to say or if you want just his signature. Sincerely yours, aos Lela Mings, Secretary Corctene/ October 30, 1945 Mrs. Gladys Brady McGilley 1800 Linwood Boulevard Kansas City 3, Missouri Dear Gladys: Mrs. Allen wants to thank you from the bottom of her heart for the very beautiful bouquet that you and Mr. MceGilley sent her at St. Luke's Hospital. I was in yes~ terday and have never seen such beautiful flowers. Thank you again, Gladys. The check came from Mr. McGilley Friday ‘for the foot- ball tickets. Mr. Ernie. Falkenst@i, financial secretary, of the Athletic Association left with the team Friday morning for Wichita. They played Saturday and he didn't return to his office until this morning. I took the check in to him and he will give you and Mr. MeGilley the very best possible tickets that he has. 1 personally - appealed to him for you. There has been such a tremendous demand for these seats that they may not be as good as | they would have been even two weeks aljo but J can assure you that they are as good as I could possibly get for myself. And by the way,.I have not gotten mine yet so you rest assured that I did everything I could for you and your good husband. I just wanted to write this personal note to you and let you know that I have had done everything that I could to take care of you. , 7 7 ? . ae, You know 4-wuld not negiest one of my old time neigh- bor girk& who 4 thought was just about the prettiest little ~ girl that ever lived in Independence. My kindest regards and best wishes to you and Mr. McGilley and all of the Brady Clans. nee . ® 5 Sincerely yours, : Dirwetor of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach FCA:1m u - Novenber 2, 1945 | Mrs . UeCord, Head Coach Lincoln igh School Des Moines, 15, Iowa Dear Coach McCord‘ On the sixteenth of Yetober you wrote me asking that we send the book "Better Basketball" C.0.D. On October 18 my secretary Miss “snes wrote you stating that if you would send a eheck for $4.10 I would autograph the book and mail it to you. . This morning I am in receipt of your letter | dated November 1 in wich you state th&& a week , ago you had sent the money. Now in the meantime we have sold all of the books we have on hand but this past week we ordered an additional shipment from MeGraw-Hibl Book Company in New York. These should be here any day. If I had one on hand nd. would send it and let you remit later because you state that you are in great need for the book. Your letter has never arrived here. Check up oan your checkbook and your correspondence and determine if possible what happened. You could stop payment on a check or money order that you have sent] I suggest that you make an additional check and stop payment and write anyther one. This new moniker "Brog" is a new one, Change that "r" to an "h" and you have it. Or if you want to delete the first letter and leave "h2 in their you' have another one. Silent "ph" I have gotten also, but # get them all ways,2Max. Thanks for your compliment regarding the coaching school at 5 Boone. I enjoyed all of you fellows a lot. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Bgsketball Coach FCA:LM October 18, 1945 Mr. Max MeCord Head Coach — Lincoln Iligh School SS.W. 9th & Loomis Avenue Des Moines. "ne Towa Dear Max: Dr. Allen is out of town at present but if you will send a money order én the anount of $4.10 I will send you his book, “Better Basketball". 6 If you would like for this book to be autographed please tell us what you desire for him to say or if you want just his signature. Sincerely yours, Lela Mings, Secretary October 16, 1945 Mr. William C. McDermed Coach Irving Public Schools Irving, Kansas < Dear Mri MeDermed: I an sorry that we cannot help you on your size number 15 basketball shoe. We do not have any “daimstock at all. If we did we would be tickled to death to help you. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach FCA: 1m Irving Public Schools OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT Irving, Kansas Oct. 2, 1945 Dr. “Phog" Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Sirs I was wondering if you could help us. We are badly in need of a size 15 basketball shoe and it was my thought that you might have a pair that you are not using that you would be willing to sell. I would appreciate hearing from you in the near future if you can help us. Sincerely yours, Hh La,.079 bawed William C. McDermed Coach Irving, Kansas