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Mareh 27, 1945.

Mr. ©. B. NeBride,
Sports Editer,

The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City, Moe

Dear Mag: .
In Hugh Pullerton's colwm out of New York, March 26,

4P, he says; “Ohio State's Ole Olson stirred up a good argument last
month when he picked the best five basketball coaches between Pittsburgh
and the Rockies (Adolph Rupp, Doo Carlson, Tony Hinkle, Ward Lambert and
Duteh Lonberg). . . Somekivere in Burope Lt. Max E. R. Keiffer, a staunch
upholder of ‘smwall college’ basketball, spotted the list and V-mailed the
names of ten he considers better. . . Keiffer picks Lt. (USNR) Wilbur
Staloup, Maryville, Mo., State; John Lance, Pittsburg, Kan., State; Joe
Hutten, Hamline; John Miller, Murray, Kys, State; Bd Diddle, Western
Kentucky; Loren Ellis, Valparaiso; Russell J. Beichly, Akrong Bill Mony-
peny, Soutiwestern (Winfield, Kan.); Lt. (USNR) C. P. Harris, Cape
Girardeau, Mo., State, and Henry Iba, Oklahoma A. and M. . . . The guys
with reputations to protect fight shy of scheduling these ten, Keiffer
maintains. ;

I would like te go along with Ole Olson, but I would like
to pick the best seven basketball ooaches, instead of five, between Pitta-
_ burgh end the Rockies. I would take his five as listed, but for the two
additional names I would like to nominate three men and pick two of the
three. ,

The three men would all be from agricultural colleges: -
the Ohio Aggies (Ohio State), the Ioma Agzics (Iowa State), and Oklahoma
Aggies (Oklahoma State). Figuring that no one could leave Oklehoma's —
Henry Iba out of the list, I would place him the sixth of the seven-man
greup. And the fact that Louie Menze won the championship cutright this
year and tied with Oklahoma last year, I would pick him in en eyelash fin-
ish ever Harold Olsen of Ohio Aggies, because Qlson won last year outright
but was a runner-up this year. That would be reward enough for me because
out ef those seven, I would have three of my own boys in the group. :

Mac, don't you think this is worthy of a print?

Sincerely,

: Direotor of Physical Education,
PCA:AH | Varsity Basketball Coach.