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WESTERN, UNION
Jane 21, 1941

Rake
DAY PRESS COLLECT

DAN PARTNER
SPORTS DESK

KANSAS CITY STAR

KANSAS CITY, MO,

DIFFICULT FOR ME 10 DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN RAY EBLING, TED. O'LEARY,

AL PETERSON, TUS ACKERMAN AND GEO. RODY. ALL OF THRSE BOYS WERE

MASTERS IN FINESSE, TRAINING IDEALS, TEAM PLAY, AND MORALE. HOWARD

ENGLEMAN IS "BASKETBALL*S ABYSMAL BRUTE", HE DEFIES ALL LAWS OF GRAVITATION.
HE CAN SHOOT FROM ANY ANGLE AND HAS THE MOST TACTILE SENSE OF TOUCH

AND EQUILIBRIUM OF ANY PLAYER I HAVE COACHED. HE IS QuiEe, MODEST, INTELLIGENT,
LEAN WIRY AND AN INDOMITABLE FIGHTER, HE IS SOFT SPOKEN, CLEAN AS A - 7 |
HOUND'S TOOTH, NEVER USES ALCOHOL, TOBACCO NOR PROFANITY, HE IS AN OUT=
STANDING LEADER ON THE CAMPUS, PRESIDENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS, AND HAS AN UNCANNY KNACK OF PERPETRATING JOKES ON THE OTHER

FELLOW BUT HE CAN TAKE WHAT HE PUTS OUT. HE NEVER SAYS AN UNKINDLY THING
ABOUT THE OTHER FELLOW. HIS MIND JUST DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY, HOWARD
WEIGHS BUT 167 POUNDS AND I PRACTICE-HIM LESS THAN ONE HOUR A DAY. HE AND
BOB ALLEN WEIGH EXACTLY THE SAME, MY EXPLANATION OF HOWARD'S "HoT" STREAK

TO DATE IS THAT HE REALIZES THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS UPON HIM AND

HE HAS ENOUCH INTELLIGENCE AND INTESTINAL FORTITUDE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
TO. THE SAME DEGREE THAT IS PLACED UPON HIM, HE IS THE IDEAL STUDENT ATHLETE
HAD ALL OF US HOPE 0 FIND IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, ALL OF US ADMIRE

RIS uOphe Tt AND EFFICIENCY . HE IS A GREAT CHAP,

Forrest Co Allen