January 18, 1941

Mre Dan Partner
Sports Desk

Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Dans

I wanted to write you a letter on the Ted 0'Lea
situation the first of the week, and I thought I would @ chance to
do it sooner, but it seems as if I just do not have enough times

Please refer to the January 16 issue of C.E. MeBride'ts sporting
comment in which he says “Jack Lippert, the little Trojan guard who
fumbled away the NeCeAeAs championship in the Auditorium, last March,
shot eight buckets aginst UsCeleAe recentlye" 3

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Mae's article on Sam Barry @ week or so ago quoted Sam as
saying Jack Lippert fumbled away the balle You can quote me if you
want toe I will give you the correct version of thise |

Maybe it was Jack Lippert, but I thought it was Veughn,
the star of UeSeCe that lost the ball, but I will let it co at Lippert
because Sam ought to imow his men and I was not sure of it.

Just after Vaughn had shot the long goal, following Bob Allen's
field goal and free throw, UeSeCe went into a stall. They were holding
the ball, passing it, dribbling and hoping to take up enough time by maine
taining possession until the clock would pick off the necessary seconds
and the game would be overs

The ball was passed to Howard Engleman's man over near the

west side of the court, about fifteen feet from the division lines Engleman
reeched forward to engage him and the UeSeCe man started to pivot toward
the side line and toward the north goal, which ws UsSeCe's goal. Just

% that time Bobby Allen, who was over near the free throw line and further
east, saw the play situation at a glance and left his omm man, smme around
behind either Vaughn or Lippert and as this man pivoted away from Rngleman,
Bob stole the ball wmexpectedly because this California man ws
for us to double up on hime

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