February 22, 1941

Mre CoE, MeBride

_ Well, old fellow, it seems as if we do not sce each other, but
we apparently read about each other in the papere This is about as close”
as we have come to contacting one another in the last six or eight months.
But I am promising myself that this shall not be so if I ever have a moment
to drop by and say helloe You and Helen must have had a great trip out West.
Bess got a post card on your return and we followed your meanderings through
your columis I think it is swell that you and Helen can miss the most dismal
part of the winter here by spending your time in Southern California renewing
old friendships and bringing your reader-public in close touch with mny olde
timers who formerly lived in Kansas Citye I have enjoyed reading about Ire
and Mrs. Louis Shouse, Pelle Bainter, and a host of others I knew so welle

They were fine peoples

Yesterday I read in your sporting comment your article on “Basketball
Crowds Needle Nebraskans? Now I want to pass on a little silent comment that
I would want no publicity on, but something I would not be the ieast bit
afraid to take a few chips in the melee if I were invited, but in this case I
do not want tebe Sevited in om this fight beenoee I tm aipendy im the

May I say that the reason I think thet the basketball crowds of the
BigeSix are on the Nebrasim outfit is because of the fact that they played
muckerish basketballe-not just the roughetoush, slem=bang, dingedong type of
the pleyers slewning into the opvosition--but the taunting, Dishieing, cheap
alley-fighting, muckeracking, across-the«track stuff.

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of their opponents that they usede Without mentioning certain
individuals on the Nebrasim squad, they would single out Englemen and Bobby
Allene They walked up to Engleman with a sardonic smile and "Say,
little fellow, how is that trick mee tonight?", and then with fiendish delight
would either pat the fellow on the back of the neck or pull his mee guardo
To Bobby they would say, “So this is Juniore The little boy Junior. Well,
well, Junior, what are you going to do tonight?" It was premeditated and
plamed as a part of the strategy of attack. They began it early and they
Rigs 35 wp Verengs he entire pants The Kansas audience was aghaste