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COACH'S SON, TEAM'S STAR, -
NO FAVORITE OF HIS.

He! 'Straight-A" KNedic 3tudent -
“Studies ‘till, 2: 00 fe Me. Before Big Game.

Lawrence, kan, Feb, 26,-(AP)- 8 Sports: -criteas se” he is the fair-
haired lad of the Kansas university basketball team, but Bob Allen
is never "papa's boy" on the court,

"T never give him special attention nor-do we talk basketball
_ games" says Dri-F.c. .Allen, veteran coach of the perennially potent
Jayhawks, |
a, DA. dinner vat the ‘Allen ‘home. supports. him, Finland, the Mal-
thusian theory, inability: of ‘Bob. to register. for a course in scien-
SERGE: German and the loss of her sorority pin by a "certain" co-ed
were argued or discussed. The only dribble ‘mentioned was one which
sneaked off side of a. dish of plum jam and spotted the tablecover,

BOG, £0, 18 8 straight "A" student in the pre-medic school,
Although his father coaches.the basketball team which again is a
Big. six title threat and. Bob is the conference’ Ss fourth ranking
scorer, his studies come titel: |

nwhy, the nignt. beforé we lost» to. Ylarrensbure, (Mo. ) teachers,
Bob studied untill after 2:00 A, .i, But I have stme sld-fashioned
ideas, one of which is that. most boys, come ‘to college’ for an edu-
cation," explained the . coach, |. ,

From Mrs. Allen one learned that: her son handled a basketball
from his kindergarten. days’ on Ups.

"Their father didn" t tutor them much, His‘ ~work kept: him. at
the school ‘until almost dark and their games were alway 5 over when
he arrived home, I don't recall but I-imagine he did téach ihe boys
how to shoot,

-*Bob is the iquargerback" an center on the Kansas ‘cuetet, a
- post held by his older Srp ther, ‘Milt, » on the Famous Kensas pives
of 1935 and 1936, ae | Wh

Tonight the Allen & ‘Son aynasty takes the floor ab Iowa
State college where it meets a similar combination,’ “that of Louis
Menze and his son, Bob, ss Ba gS “wn

Claire Bee, coach of basketball at Long Island university;
gave the most interesting talk ever had at any one of the hoop
conference at 1;.3.C, He talked for 30 minutes or so on his basket-
ball experiences as a coach and player and for the most part had
the group in stitches with laughter at his humorous stories, But
he had a very serious picture to.present in telling how perserver-
ence, confidence and-* training play an important part in his work
at i. Las

Bee said Sank the rules committee should leave the game of
basketball alone, "I Gan see no changes that will benefit baskets.
ballany more," he said.. "Right now it is a grand game, It has
speed, action and plenty of scoring. The fact that it is popular
is attested with large crowds all.over the country, I see more
uniformity -in. officiating with*the gradual inérease of intersect-
ional games, and once that becomes generally: uniform, ,Basketball
will be the greatest game in-tne. country, if~iteisn't already."

After his talk at the Lord Jeffery Inn, the group convened
at ie Be C., and saw movies of the Long Island games this past
winter with Southern California and. Oregon university. Then Bee took
the M.3.C. court and illustrated fundementals and general coaching
technic, using the State college fréshman group on the court in
explaining methods of shooting, dribbling, defense and offense,
G.S. Mass, State College.