STANFORD UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

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Physical Education Activities (Including Athletics) Division of Informational Hygiene
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University Health Service
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

Januery 31, 1936

Forrest C. Allen, Director
Division of Physical ducation
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear "Doc":

This will acknowledge your letter of January 23. Your account of

your escapades with California brought buckets of tears flowing down ny
usually dry_cheeks. Your gang certainly were a bruised outfit after those

-I mst say, however, that the Cal. boys are capable of such
atrocittes when they really go on a rampage. We manaaged to scrape through
successfully with them on our first encounter. ‘e are playing them again
this Friday in what I think will be quite a crucial game of the season. I am
keeping my fingers crossed. I have a pretty formidable gang this year, however.
They are all basketball minded, a very willing bunch, and I don't believe I've
ever had a squad with a finer spirit. In addition, I have one very outstanding
boy, Hank Luisetti. He put on a remarkable exhibition the other evening when
he scored 30 points against U. S. C. and did the most of his scoring when there
was just fifteen minutes left to play. If I ever saw an inspired team, we had
one that evening. As a result, we are now on the top of the conference by a
margin of one game. I'll admit it is a rather shaky position but I think we
have about as good a chance as anyone else. I'1l have my whole gang back again
next year and the most of them for two more years. I am planning somewhat on
coming through the Middlewest again during the Christmas vacation. Providing,
of course, that I can promote the proper financial arrangement.

With respect to the center jump, Doc, I can't help but feel, and I

am enforced in this feeling from your letter, that you are taking the attitude
that even if something is good, you wouldn't like it. I really believe that
any coach, no matter how prejudiced he is at the start, if he will open mindedly
look into the matter and will play in three major contests without the center jump
that he will change his attitude entirely concerning such a change in the rules.
Incidentally, I like the circle idea which you have suggested. We tried it out
with Nebraska out here and it is o.k. by me. However, I do not think that it in
any way affects the elimination of the center jump. It is good for held balls
for many reasons which you probably have already advanced. All I ask in the con-
sideration of the center jump is a fair and unbiased discussion of it, not an
oratorical and dramatic smoke screen to becloud the reel issue 2s was the case

- at our last meeting. I was not hurt eat losing the fight, but I was hurt at the
unfair tactics from what was presumed to be a sporting crowd. You, in particular,
Doc, told me up in your room the day of your arrival in Chicago that you would
not oppose the center jump on the floor of the convention. Don't you think you
forgot this statement rather quickly?

 

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