ey ri 7 tf as i ue Hi d sat 2 - 34 sige alipzd HF $29 3 BE ase ob : He i lp Hut fi ae ul ial aa do li as Hin i Hi b af 1 iki 3 : ‘ $43 | 4 bass 3) f : Ht i} Held 28359 iy Lp Bd Te ait mal shag J fa 3 333 Hi ih an a ite : gi] i i sated & is i i li i: Bpuues . 1gtpal i fe Lge | sai . L Titi died | quaiel it iyiipe Hitih + ie sil ie figihy aii Le i p pean if ni oF Ht tg qa] ridegis i i aes aj [i HALE ae Miutigan Hi pil wat tas a Unt i nue THe in if al ite nit se in a He $33 i ate te apa etsy 4 HH aati" teralin 7 dpaue jth win at lenst hia ahare of tho gums. Very cordially yours, Direotor of Fhystoal Education, Mie Varsity Basketball Coach. BUT IT’S BASKETBALL NOW JIMMY NEEDLES. NIBS PRICE. to high heaven. They hadn’t seen it before, and since it was some- thing new, at least to tliem, they figured it was illegal. “Bob Herwig, the big footballer, was playing with us at the time, and naturally he enjoyed himself hugely. Cage officials permitted some pretty rough contact, and Bob was all for staying in the East and playing all our games there. He. liked the rough going.” Nibs sized it up pretty well when he said the Fast, as a whole, “has some pretty definite ideas, and the coaches back there don’t like to change. But because of the success of Western teams in in- ter sectional games, the East has been forced to change many of its ideas, not through choice but of necessity.” Needles, coach of the 36 Olympic Games team concurs with Price in believing intersectional games have done much to change the style of play there. “These games have resulted in the East taking up Western tactics,’ he ‘declared. “A few years ago the game as it was played there was so rough that in some cases the man was in the basket instead of the ball, or so it seemed.” a ~ ~ ~ ; As another example of the reluctance of the East to change its style of play, Jimmy pointed to the one-handed shot, made famous when Hank Luisetti and his barnstorming Stanford team invaded New York some six years back and snapped Long Island’s winning streak at something like 44 games. Some Eastern coaches went on record as saying they’d die first rather than change from the two-handed style of shooting.. One*coach did; he passed away several years ago and to the bitter end never conceded anything to the one- handed shot. In his New York outburst Dr. Allen again broached the subject of raising the height. of the baskets to 12 feet. He fears the present 10-foot level] of the hoops is all to the advantage of the big men, the cagers ranging from six feet three inches upward. As he puts it, the increased height would give the smaller men a chance and also make better ‘players of the giants. Here, Dr. Allen runs into violent disagreement from Megsrs. Needles and Price. “The increased height simply would put a greater penalty on the small man,” declared Needles, a statement echoed by Price. “T ‘can’t get this point,” said Price. “The tall boys would benefit, and the extra two feet only would make it tougher on the smaller men. Take my boy, Chuck Hanger, for example. He’s six feet five inches tall, and the extra effort which would entail him going two feet higher on lay-ins and follow shots would be nothing as compared to that which a smaller man would have to make.” - «And Needles, whose small U. S. F. team was soundly whipped by California’s towering team this week, pleads, “Don’t make it any tougher on the smaller boys.” Er. Nelson ¥. Nitchman, U. S&S. Coast Guard Acadeny, New London, Conn. Dear Mr. Nitchman: ZI have outlined on the reverse side of your letter the tactios that I have found most effeative against the style of all-court pressing or rushing games. On diagram #1 I have shown pressing against a set offense, but the same principles can be am- ployed whether it is set or down the court. You will notice that the square, the defensive left forward, isa pressing the defensive right guard. If the center will cut across in front and toward the side- line he will draw his opponent with him. Then the left guard on the offense can cut across to the vacated area and receive the ball. Then the offensive right forward cen come up and receive the pass from the offensive left guard. As soon as you break this ali~set — defense you will have no trouble in working through it. On diagram #% the conditions are reversed. On diagran 72 nin akiepramiis alee Bi Ok am aaa a eeeradnehs ae, Ue nek in the middle of the back line. Either one of the guards can cut diagonally to the front and across the oenter and they will open up the Forunrd penktios se Win She Sevaeet mig resntee the pass from the quarterback or center. pro- “The players may not be spotted on the all-over court position as I have them here, but I believe that this will give you en escape that should enable you to free yourself from this pressing Games ee that this is satisfactory, and that you have con- tinued good luck, I am Sincerely yours, \ Director of Physical Education, FCA :AH Varsity Basketball Coach. January 7, 1945. lira. in. G. Nelson, 658 Philip Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Dear Mrs. Nelson: I want to thank you so much for your good letter of December 31 in which you enclosed the clipping from the — Detroit News. I had hot seen the Detroit paper but we had seen some of the others that carried the general ae , | I do thank you for your trouble, and above all I want to take this means of expressing our gratitude when you entertained our boys in your home. They came back beam- at your fine party. It is such incidents as these that live long in the memory of young Jayhawkers. The boys all wrote a.log of their trip and your name ies mentioned several times in the accounts of their fine travels. Again thanking you for your generosity and mans I em Very sincerely yours, Direetor of Physical Education, FCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. Kansas ,.... Detroit Northwestern Rochester ... Duquesne Oregon State.. ‘South. Calif... j|Kearney ..... ‘iIndiana ,.... } |Arkansas i |Seutheastern . & Pittsburgh T.. pe Ball © .31 Fordham .....30 .....89 Selfridge Field.2¢ 62 Harvard Naval.ié | .45 Harvard ......36 ..48 De Paul ....,...40 41 Wayne ........29 48 Long Isd. U....40 .42 Doane ...... -51 Loyola ...... as ..43 Texas Tech ... 40 Baylor § |Tex. Christian.45 W. Tex. State.42 40 Rice ese eeeeees 39 Phog ’ Allen Blasts Again This Time He Seems Trifle Mercenary NEW YORK, Dec. 29,—-UP)—In- vasion of the east by basket ball teams from other sectors has failed to standardize the type of play, Dr.|: F.-C. (Phog) Allen of the Univer-|- sity:-of Kansas, said today, “but we will continue to come here to give our kids a trip and to -get that check.” ‘Sectional styles of play differ more now than ever before,” Allen| continued at a luncheon attended by coaches from al! corners of the. nation, “but we can get $2,000 for ‘lcoming here compared with the ‘| $300- we get for an NCAA tourney ‘|at home.” Allen critcized the college coaches for attempting to stifle ideas ‘| brought forth by high school tutors. _ “It is the high school coach, who is a teacher rather than an ath- lete, who has the ideas and spends the time on research and those teacher-coaches are the backbone of the game.” James St. Clair of Southern Methodist University, head of the National Collegiate Association basket ball ruies committee, said he hoped there would be little rule changing during the war, “but. I can see no reason for freezing them for the duration. If there is something bad in the code, we should get it out at once.” His idea was seconded by Harold Olsen of Ohio State, who also listed |Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana > as the powerhouses of the Big Ten. The Detroit News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1942—THE HOME NEWSPAPER SS PKU CARR , fQee- 9/ [FH2. Be, i Cae We phine yor urnp Peary a cliek Aaee P Mase ea pfiiy, Fee Wen, Le meh LOR Ape A ae Sane Range’ Vf Rafe Wa . OU 4 A Vian ON vey ts, Vater ay August 26, 1943. iM. hie Be Nees, A 223 Citizens Bank Bldgs. Brazil, ind ares Dear Mr, Nees: I em sending you the third issue of our Jayhank Rebounds. Don Ebling, who was a teammate of Wayne, asked for your address so that he might write yous ee ee eee ee thane Retna we Will be giak 0 nent San. However, we do not want to burden you with excess mail unless you desire. Please remember me most kindly to Mrs. Nees. And please be assured thet we, too, have traveled the Golgotha Road and we understand. Time seems to be the only thing that will soften the pangs of sorrow. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH : Varsity Basketball Coach. [Charles Nees Killed In American Area Charles Wayne Nees of Brazil Ind., former University student, was reported killed in action on May 18 in a wire received by his parents on June 4. The wire from the war de- partment stated that Lt. Ness had | met death in the North-American | }area, and his parents believe the |death occurred in the drive on Attu in the Aleutians Islands. Charles Nees, who was known to University friends as “Gus” received his commission in the Infantry school | at Fort Ord, Calif., on April 1, 1942. | Nees was graduated from. the ‘school of Business in 1940. During | ‘his attendance at. school, from 1935- 40, Nees participated in athletics. He won his letter in track, in the sprints, in 1938. He won two letters : in basketball, one in 1938 and one in} 1939. He played both forward. and } guard. Nees also played on the foot- ball team, but was awarded no letter. Nees was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and lived in the ‘house during the time that Mrs. | James Naismith was housémother. Dr. Forrest C. Allen, basketball coach, termed Nees’ death as a “great loss. He was intensely loyal,’ Dr. | Allen continued, “he made unlimited friends and was held in high regard. ‘Gus’ Neese left a strong, indelible impression at the University with his outstanding personality.” dune 8 1943. Mr. A. B. Nees, 223 Citizens Bank Bldg., Brazil, Indiana. Dear Mr. Neas: | | I thank you very much for your letter of June 5th informing me of the loss of your fine son, Charles Wayne Nees. This news came es a ehock te all of us whe knew and loved Wayne. I was talking to Pred Bllswerth the alumi secretary, this morning, recalling some of Wayne's accomplishments. I am very sure that Fred will write you and send you a copy of his Graduate Magazine when it is published. Wayne made a definite impression on the campus. 3 Siacyeuid' with Ginn ¢ tae Galen Wiered Dajek Fok been aalainndits ; accomplishment. He impressed people when he met them. Wayne had a | very businesslike, modest, yet foroéful way of meeting people. In ail of his athletics he was quiet but he got the job done. My son, Bobby Allen, whe played with Wayne, is home for two weeks from the University of Pennsylvania where he is studying medicine. He and I spent quite sss aad age cg all ge lt They were all most pleasant, I assure yrs : I am aending a copy of the University Summer Session Sccines’ an allie 0 wHapteg tou Won seescibe siaranl Werth a Uk font | day. I met Clif Calvin, of the Sig Ep fraternity, at Rotary Club yester-— day. He received your letter and had called the Journal World. I also - called Mr. Simons, the editor of the Journal World, and got in touch with the Kensen, so that Wayne's friends would know of his passing. I am writing Mrs. Naismith, formerly Mrs. Kinoade, at ihe Sigma Phi Epsilon house at Lincoln, Nebraska. I am not sure where she can be found this sumer but I em sure her mail will be for- warded to her. There is so little that we can say that will assuage the feelings of a mother and father at such a time. We lost our oldest _80n in 1925 and I assure you that I can deeply sympathize with you, yet I am sure that there is a very 1... you had’ ¢ sou who contributed t the imperishable names on America's honer roll. - a nth en plenes etek-te tens Bees wit Manes wetlers ire. Allen's and my sympathy, and remesber of course that I de know how a father feels. ith deep regards and tender emotions, I am Yery sincerely yours, Direstor of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. CASH CAPITAL $2,000,000 PETER J. BERRY PRESIDENT SIS 1B Uy INSURANGE COMPANY OF NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT A. B. NEES & SONS AGENTS 223 - 224 CITIZENS BANK BLDG, BRAZIL, INDIANA June 5. 1943 Mr .Forrest C.Allen, Athletic Department, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Mr.Allen:- I am writing to tell you of a wire just received yesterday from the War Department advising us that my son, Charles Wayne Nees, was killed in action in the North American area on May 18th last. We. have no further details, but presume that his death occurred in the Attu drive in the Aleut- ians, He was graduated from the Infantry School as a end Lieutanant in November 1942 and had been at Fort Ord, California until about the first of April. Since Wayne, or "Gus" as he was known On your campus, held such dear memories of his associations in basket-ball and track when he was at Lawrence from 1935-40 I would like for you to see that the University is properly notified for their records. I am today writing his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and would appreciate your checking with them to be sure that they get the letter, as I do not know whether they are still in thetr chapter house ax m@k, due to present day dis- ruptions on college campises, | Also, since Wayne always held Mrs.Naismith formerly Mrs. Kincade in such high regard, if you could advise her we would be deeply appreciative, Very truly yours, ED So Fees ABN/WEN . : : ‘Eats F SECURITY June 14, 1945. Lieut. John T. Andrews, — Air Corps, Materiel Division, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Dear Jack: { certainly thank you for sanding me the oltyping fron the Brazil paper. tf had received a letter from “ayne's father, and Clif Calvin as an alumnus of Sig Ep, had also received one. — so Delph Simons and Dolph had it in the Journal- I immediately wrote the father expressing the University's and my deep sorrow in the untimely loss of Wayne. I also called the Kangan and hed « fine tribute to him in that paper. I sent both the Journal World and the Kansan to Mr. Nees. I appreciate your writing, dial. Gah setae wane st yun that we lost a wonderful boy. I assure you I consider it a very personal loss. We was a grand boy and I mow that he went out Ce an a & thee ee os Someone has said that ly those are fit to live who are not afraid to die". Certainly Wayne's actions both on end off the Field of battle Dear ove hls testimony. Give the good wife my kindest regards, and believe me, always, Sincerely and Rotarily yours, tirestor of Piysioa nivostion, CHAS. VAYNE NEES XLLED IN ACTIO N NORTH AMERICA MR. AND MRS. A. B..NEES TO- DAY RECEIVED SAD NEWS OF DEATH OF THEIR SON, LIEUT. NEES. SAD MESSAGE BRINGS BRIEF INFORMATION Young Officer Was One of Brazil High School’s Best Athletes and a Graduate of Kansas Univer- sity. Lieut. Charles Wayne Nees, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo B. Nees, 704 south Walnut street, made the supreme sacrifice for his coun- try, having been killed in action May 18 in the North American area, according to the brief mes- sage received from the War De- partment today. Thus the war brought to a close the promising career of one of Brazil’s finest young men “and one of the best athletes ever to_have been graduated from Brazil High- School. Endowed with a large and strong body he had a fine sense of co-ordination, competi- tive spirit and fine sportsmanship ‘attitude that made him a favorite of his team mates and followers of athletics. He starred in foot- ball, basketball and track teams and was a member of Coach Ra- leigh Phillips’ great track and field team which shattered so many rec- ords at the Kokomo relay games and won. state and national meet | honors. — Pe ae ee stp ay Wayne was graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence | where he was also prominent in _ athletics, and a member of Kan- sas’ track and relay teams. After his graduation there he became an accountant and was employed in. West Virginia when he was in- ducted through Selective Service. -| On Nov. 23, 1942, he was gradu- ‘|; ated from the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., with the rank of second lieutenant and was home. on a furlough shortly afterwards. | At that time he expressed his con- viction in the value of military training and said that he hoped that after the war it would be- come a compulsory part of the training of young peone in the schools, No details of his sad death were given in today’s message but it is presumed he was killed in the Aleutian Islands as that was the week when fighting on Attu was at its peak. x Wayne is remembered as an in- dustrious and ambitious young man. After hig graduation from high school here he worked in Ohio, saving money enough for his tuition at Kansas University, at : Lawrence. He worked his way through that institution, be- ing handicapped by the loss. of time following a major surgical operation. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Greek let- ter fraternity there. Lieut. Nees was 30 years of age and most of his years were spent]. in Brazil. The family survivors ‘are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo B. Nees; Carl, of Port Clin- ton, O.; William Earl and Burton, | of Indianapolis, and Warren, ‘of Terre Haute. A brother, John Paul, was drowned while bathing | at Mansfield twenty-two years ago this month. ine MDAC-312-WF-2-7-41-100M ot ADDRESS REPLY TO