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record but what I am interested in is beating Oklahoma. I am not interested
in whether Engleman breaks Frank Grove's goal record or whether he breaks
MeNatt's or Mesche's allegame totale — : |

While Englemn is a very valuable man, I think it is most unfortunste
publicity to have a boy feel that the whole thing is dependent upon hime The
team's success is the only success that is durable and not individual success,
because the other four boys must help hime It is unfair tothe other players
because Engleman is not a strong defensive mane His errors in passing are very
noticeable to everyone, therefore, the other boys must give of their defensive
strength more emphatically and nothing is ever said about ite

: It is difficult to keep morale on a team when only one man is
played to the heights, or even when two men are played up ke :

Marvin Sollenberger, our regular guard, is in the hospital under obe
servation and will not be in the Oklahom games This is confidential, but the
doctors at the hospital are afraid of glandular fevers This is nota eritical
disease but a very serious one and might incapacitate him for several months,
The lymphatic glands in his neck are swollen and he is runing e temperatures
_ Blood counts are being made and we are hopeful it is not as bad as first
supposede liowever, we will kmow in a little while but it will be too late, of
course, for the Oklahoma gome.s ae aa ga . :

We will start either T.eP. Hunter of Oklahoma City or Charles Walker
of Hutchinson, That will cause a shift of tho forwards also. We will use either
Vance Hall or John Bussener as the other forward with Engleman, and Bob and John
Kline will play the other positions. © ook ,

If you want to quote me in my expression of the NeCeAede and AcheVe
I have no objections neither do I object to being quoted on the part in reference
to the win, lose or draw because I have a baseball team to coach and I have not
seen any of them yols nee

y Our first baseball games are with Kansas State on April 7 and 8 in
Lawrence-~the dates having been changed from April 4 and 5 to this later dates

The prospects at Kansas State are rosy and we heve but one regular lettermn
returning who played on the regular team last years Miller cameron, our regular

_ Shortestop last year, enrolled at the Umiversity of Oklahoma this past fall so

_ that he might play under Jap Haskell, where they encourage baseball decidedlys
larry Hensley, our regular center fielder, signed up with Detroit and he reports
at Joplin in the next week, All the other players have graduated or like Monte
Murkle, who caught last year, are staying out of baseball so they can play football
next year and not spoil their football eligibility. 3 !

; But we will talk about baseball later OMe I assure you, however, I have
had enough of basketball this winter because we just have not had the power, weight
or height for our adversaries, We are thankful for all the things we have received,