January 22, 1942

Mrs Dan Partner
The Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Dane

Shins tedk suet anah Seles Ot ies ae I think you had
@ swell story on Ted and Bobs Tt was awfully well handled and I mow
that friends of both boys here in Lawrence and elsewhere will be delighted.
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I am still eld fashioned enough to believe thet these are the
durable things tht we should salwage from the athletic madhouse that is
now going OMe When coaches tell boys it is all right to smoke if they do
not smoke out in public, and when they promise a young, immature boy every=
thing that makes him a loafer and not a doer, then I still say that we
have lost the real value of intercollegiate eT so far as their
ecommection with educa tion is concerned.e as.

_ I want to thank you for your fine sentiments expressed regarding
the NeCeAele Playoff. By way of explamtion, I want to tell you that this
has been an old old feud betwoon Chet Brewer and me. When he was athletic
director he accepted the chairmanship of the basketball cemmittee from this
district just to keep me out of ite I have mow for eight years. that
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Pour years Artie Rilers ws Chairvan of the Nominating Committee
of the NeCeiede from this district. After he had received letters from
all of the coaches of the Missouri Valley Conference and all but one from
the Big-Six, and that was Missouri, stating that they desired me as their
district representative on the Rules Committee, Professor French of
Ohio State University, chairman of the Comittee on Committees, nominated
Mr. Edwards of Missourie ‘Mr. Eilers protested and quite a scene was caused
in the meetings Professor French stated that they desired a chance, and
it wes necessary for Mr. Eilers to get the letters and show them that this
was not true. After much confusion I was named. eee
to me that the change came this times

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You ean see now, Sd" € linia Wilt sell ll: ie Me we
the Tournament under those conditions. It will be up to Mr. Brewer and
ee ee ee Oe ae I certainly will be glad to help out

in all matters when it comes to cooperating, ‘but I do not expect to do
any work nor do I want to serve on the committees