Dear Doctor 1 “I've run upon some information that I think may be of interest Yo you in connection with the Oklahoma University situation. First of all I must say that whatever I tell you einai be con- sidered confidential as to source. Unfortunately I am not in a position to become engaged in a controversy that now has here in Wichita developed cite more or less of a means for two sports editors of rival local news- papers to take before the public their dislike for each others One in particular is definitely unsympathetic to K.Ue I'm obliged to stay here ot ome and carry on my profession so can't afford to be misquoted and the target of insinuations even though it does seem to reflect a lack of somethinge , A few days ago I ehanced to meet a fellow by the name of "Dutch" Scheufler.s He is more or Leas of a tramp or hanger=cn of Wichita - seinen ever since the old Henry's basketball days. He works around any current sport as a trainer or at whatever he can get. Some believe in him but I think he is a tramp. Maybe you know him. I asked him about the situation of Wichita athletes going én O.U. and found out that - is the one who has been taking them dows to Oole a ei acquainted. That would be all right with me if he wanted +0 do it but he told me he is being paid his expenses and a little more, too, by the 0.U. athletic department, or at least Jap Haskell. He just recently. took ‘ bunch of North High boys down there and was paid by Hasketl for doing ite 20 He told i about eivine sounded out Lester Layton of Wichita North for the Boston Red Sox scout during the Kansas State semi-pro tourna= ment and sending or taking him, I forget which, to 0.U. to see Jap, and | having him tell him (Dutch) later that he had been “fixed up". It seems that money for tuition and fees, etc., arrive for these boys from some source and that being minors they have a cathe agreement with the Red Sox scout for the boys to go to 0.U. with the above paid and @ job furnished and that after completing school they will sign up with Boston. All this was © told me by Butch who said it applied to a lot of the.0.U. ball playerstpast and present, including “Pete” Scheffler formerly of Wichita and 0.U. and now under contract. with Boston, as I understand. This is an entirely different man then Dutch S. who gave me all this information. I'm not sure of the spelling of these names. “Pete” or Herb, as he is called, isa long, tall rether chinless person who played a lot of ball around here for a long time. "Another angle that is of interest is that Jap's protiies jbves here in Wichita nearby to North High and takes a lot of interest in these boys. Layton and he were very friendly according to Dutch, prior to and incident to the Red Sox scout wanting him and Jap wanting him and his being "fixed up" at 0.U. with Red Sox "backing" and a job there. It seems 0.U. also has a way of taking care of men who are not baseball players. My conversation with Dutch disclosed that. he had been called over to Jap's brother's house here in Wichita hering a tennis tovrnament to take care of a knee injury to the Tucker boy who later went to the Aggies and subsequent- _ ly succumbed to the O.Ue lure. I don't know how the tuition and fee money was put up or where it originated but meybe it came from the seme source as the money paid Pucker for playing nurse ts to the Bruce Drake children. It seems that this was his job for a time, at least. So I can't prove any of these statements but they look genuine to me and I'm confident Dutch was telling me these things just as they ‘happened. He is one of these fellows who always like to brag and seem important and have connections with men who are in the places of importance in the athletic world. I enjoyed seeing you and the boys. I hope to see them go again before the season is over. oe e e ° e e e SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, soa Teac. A and M Track we Kk xk *k * Sooners Are At It By CHUCK ELLIOTT Kansan Sports Editor *probably the ee track prospect of last year’s high school crop. The star in question is Burton Cossey, a freshman in the School of Engineering at Oklahoma A. and M., Stillwater, during the*past semester. Last year he attended high school at Centerview, Okla., and gained All- American rating as a result of his QO. U. Being Unfair (The following article appeared in the Wednesday edition of The Daily O’Collegian, official student paper of Oklahoma A. and M. Col- lege, as an open editorial on the front page. It was written by Don : Boydston, editer of the O’Collegian and a famous track star in his own right. Two years ago in an indoor meet he high jumped 6 feet 8 7-8 in- ches.—Sports Editor’s Note). Oklahoma has done it again! Seemingly not content with the Sooners supply of athletic tal- ent on the Norman campus the Oklahoma athletic officials have _ gone recruiting again and this time they have come up with Oklahoma University is going too far in open subsidization of athletes. We aren’t calling anyone names, we are not stating the opinion of anyone but this writer’s, and we aren’t whining, but from alli indications the policy of the University of Oklahoma in obtaining their athletes is unfair and dis- honest. Perhaps the best way to lef you know abcut this little debacle is to give you the facts and let you decide fer yourself-to see if it was A. and M. that was Tuckered out this time. Last year Burton Cossey, a limber-limbed-lad hailing from Center View, Oklahoma, a whistle-stop near Prague, leaped six foot four and one-half inches in the state interschclastic meet, setting a new state high school rec- ord and also earning an All American rating as one cf the best high school jumpers in the nation. He also excelled in the broad jump and the hop-step and jump. -He was a fine student, valedictorian of his class and wanted to come to Oklahoma A. and M. and study engineering. He enrolled here last fall and made high enough grades this last se- mester to make the dean’s honor roll. In the early season practice session he jumped far enough in the hop-step- and-jump to give Coach Ralph Higgins the vision of a national A.A.U. championship in the event. Then the O.U. athletic department evidently decided that he was a vis too accomplished and started a subtle campaign. They wrote him letters, called him long oS came to see hint ane on generally made life miserable. A week ago Burton told some of his team-mates that he wished the OU. bunch would leave him alone and that Jap Haskell, athletic director at Ok- lahoma university, had called him the night before. Then last Saturday night Dick Smethers, distance man at the ivory and Bob Seymour, former football player for the Sooners, came to Still- water to’ see Cossey. Evidently they put the pressure on the lad because three hours after they blew in, they had Burton in his room helping him to pack his bags for the trip to Norman. A friend of Burton’s, Wendell Wilson, tried to walk into the victim’s room for a visit but the door was abruptly slammed in his face and the Norman visitors went on with their preparation. If what Cossey has said is true, and if the University of Oklahoma had the gall to come en the A. and M. campus and pack a boy’s clothes and transport him to Norman after he had already enrolled and attended classes here this semester then, its a pretty lousy deal.. Of course the kid is somewhat to blame. He shouldn’t allow stories of sugar plums and a clock-winding job to turn his head, but then too, high- pressuring a kid is sometimes pretty easy. From personal experience we remember how O.U. weotiioed everything within reason and more too, but on our arrival there it was found that we didn’t even have a place to sleep. That’s about all we have to say. You can draw your own conclusions from the above statement of facts. As we said before, we think their actions unfair and dishonest. UNIVERSITY DAILY RADON LAWRENC Star ‘Swiped’ K eS Again ytrack efforts. He high jumped six feet four and one-half inches and this leap was the best in the nation. The jump also set a new Oklahoma rec- ord and was recorded during the state interscholastic meet. Besides being a high jumping expert, Cos- sey starred in the broadjump and the | hop-step and jump events. Sooner Athletes Persuaded Cossey The Centerview star enrolled at} Stillwater this fall and impressed the officials there very favorably. Not only was he in the upper third of his | class in engineering and on the dean’s | honor roll but he was popular with | schoolmates in A. and M.’s big Cor-| dell hall and performed well his | campus job which provided him with | room and board. | Everything was_ going along | smoothly for Cossey and for the Ag- | gie authorities until last Saturday. | The track star was already ta | rolled in school and seemed set for | this semester until Dick Smethers, Sooner track star, and Bob. Sey-| mour, former Sooner football ace;) dropped in at Stillwater to see Cos- | sey. Within a few hours the three of them were on their way to Norman: where Cossey enrolled in the School of Aeronautical Engineering. No Official Action Yet Feeling on the Aggie campus at | Stillwater was running quite high this week although no official action had been taken as yet by Henry Iba, director of athletics at the Aggie schocl. Reason for no action as yet is that Iba left Stillwater late Tues- | day with his basketball squad on a| swing to the North where they faced Drake University at Des Moines| Wednesday night and Creighton Uni- | versity at Omaha last night. Before leaving on the trip Iba} stated “I believe this will be worked | out without trouble for the boy. I| will have a conference with Jap| Haskell (Oklahoma’s athletic di-| rector) early next week when we are to meet in Oklahoma City about | some other matters. I am sure that | when we have all the information be- | fore us, this can be settled.” Only Cossey Was Talkative | On the Norman campus athletic of- | ficials refused to become excited | about the affair. Haskell was not too| talkative but did remark that the | transfer of the athlete was regular. John Jacobs, Sooner track coach, was another who offered no comment. Cossey however was entirely dif- ferent. He seemed willing to talk on both campuses but with conflicting statements. While at Stillwater he objected to the many letters, phone calls, and visitors whom he was re- (continued to page seven) Professor W. W. Davis, University of Kansas. Dear Professor Devis: I am enclosing a copy of a statement I have prepared concerning Judge Lanéis's ennowcenent regarding sub=-rosa contracts with college beseball players. | If you wish to use eny or all of it, you have my permission. What action are you and Walter Kraft preparing to take? Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, POA: AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. Bice : UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENC 2ARUAM AO VIR UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS A NC LAWRENCE In order to clarify the college amateur baseball rules, but not to open up old wounds, we quote High Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain landis as fellows: “Secret baseball contracts, the kind in which a usually gets financial assistance for promis-~ to join the paying club after graduation, are legally worthless." Says Judge Landis, “Players publicly receiving such financial aid either directly or by their parents, customarily are declared in- eligible for further college competition as was Lou Bodreau, now manager of the Cleveland Indians by the University of Illinois." Juige Landis pointed out that sub-rosa pacts made it impossible for sional clubs often enabled those clubs to violate the player limit. : : | LJ f Landis made the ruling in a ease involving Anthony Rarick and the New York Yankees of the Aneri League. The Commissioner said there able," Landis added, “as it would include the entire baseball organization in the false pretense, in which the player and the club have engaged, that the player is honestly complying with college athletic eligibility rules, which in fact, are being deliberately violated." “The obvious impropriety of that situation is in no wise diminished by the fact that eollege athletic officials often are fully cognizant of that violation anc are participants in then." The high commissioner declared that in the future clubs and affiliates which signed umiercraduates to secret contracts would be fined. Herb Pennock of the Boston Red Sox denied that Lester Layton had been signed by the Red Sox. It is pointed out that Jimmy Strong, a star pitcher from Wichita, Kensas, North High, attended the University of Okishoma two years ago and after one year there signed a Boston Red —2e0 farm contract are Buster Mills, Jack Baer, the Sooner*s freshman coach, and “Herb” Scheffler, a Sooner star in both basketball and baseball. The practice of college baseball coaches figuratively signing their athletes up to unwritten clandestine agreements in cooperation with major league baseball scouts is not an uncommon thing. This wmilewful practice insures the athlete expense money to go through college and also provides the coach with additional income as the coach is paid handsomely for each recruit accepted by the major league. As Judge Landis pointed out, this is an illegal act breaking both the law in organized baseball and being a clear violation of the eligibility rules of the college concerning subsidization by a pro- fessional baseball club. The administration of professional baseball merits the confidence of the nation because of the fair and fearless control of the sport by this great jurist and basebell czar, vutep lant. Intercollegiate athletics are tn sore need of such a peerless person. Dre Fe Ce Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kans. Dear Coach: ee Thanks a great deal for your fine letter of March 6. I appreciate the nice things you said very much. Jap helped me straighten out the photographers between halves and 1 am going to talk te John Cronley, Daily Okla- MAE SPOTee GES0er, Shout Meeping then in a corner for Fg fe games. i am sure we can work it out satisfactorily if they want some special shots of you, I don't see why can't shoot them before the game starts. I passed your suggestions concerning the two-ball rule ee ee. hereafter. Ha this is entirely out of my province but I showed it to = anyhow and meanwhile he had re- ceived the carbon of your letter to mes Good luck tonight in your game against the Aggies. ve know you will do a swell job of representing the Big Six in the N.sCeAsk. tournament like you did two years @foe It — seems to me you have even more to work with this season than _ you had thens — a He is a, a corkere : Some of our shes were bitter about not getting a ee ne et oe so it looks like turn about is fair play. With best wishes, I am nl Sincerely yours, Harold Keith, Director Sports Publicity i cere z m : or ass pid aici athe Sacha iene ee Ss oe SSA Gere Saas Ry na eta March 24, 1942. Mire Reaves Peters, 542 So. Chelsea, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Reaves: I amenclosing herewith a scopy of the letter I wrote to Harold Keith concerning the Oklahoma situation — when we played there on February 27th. I eam also sending you a copy of Harold's reply to me. I thought you would be interested in this correspondence. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, ENC. Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. March 16, 1942. li. George Zdwards, University of Wissouri, Columbia, MOe Dear George: I am sending you a copy of a letter that I wrote Herold Keith regarding the basketball ettuation stun we played at Oklahoma. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. Ene ie i HE fen a nade jn | it a ne i He Hh fet ert 1 ii i ‘ Tits nt i hy ae i i $2 Hh i HE ie Pap tit is He i March 6, 1942. i : i | : aE; an si? g i BK urs Tarold Keith, P ; 1 li H hi ni ghghyg, ih; sili - ui i Sil i He me i it Huliy AH i iin ae i eit i ibia Hunt Bo i sen Fy § Hi oc i i : He , Wi ie nt ‘ an priate i Ra sis! hall tal i ba L Spee er OF = SR te ee LT 4 i i i hls hE i ai i i li | it rape f ges Si i q 23 ta besl 4p Hi tosis, fst ah Hh te of! a il 8 nl H rm aH ba we if i ‘lh fy are 4 fae th 3 i iy ane ta us st ‘i! % i AIH ili i a 43 ly i Hebe i ai} pe i ia : ut HE if 4, i a gta 2d iis Hin kiht i ld 3 Ee ea CRS es EG moet Sede eS EE In all such positions of trust here we put faculty repres- entatives and conches who would net stoop to take advantage of a | visitor. Soya do not have the equilibrium that men of responsibility have. Coaches on the faculty would not dare show that type of sports- ES ANE CRETE Se he Site ek QED. eheaieteenEn- the crime is in getting caught, and then to use to @istort and discolor the true facts of the case. I would much rather have rules that are agreed to = lived up to than have sameone do lip servies and violate the fundsnental ie Seale, ae sets thie Silla, week 6 ants Geter: WA cttw i know that when you kmow it you will see that there is not a repetition of this thing happening to any of the visitors. But there is one thing regarding publicity that I haven't seen you print, and that is the samperiin of the oomon opponante of the Sooners’ and the davhamicere at a ee Gee ee ee ee eS th Tusker ahah ab GIR Shak out cheud Maneut., ie enum, as ane 4 een by Missouri tonight, and if we are of course Oklahoma will win and we a But if we defeat Missouri, then instead of talking about ee ee ee oe eal sas Se x tases eu tah, nates Oe oats Gee eause the offensive-defensive ratio is so outstandingly large as to Last year Kansas and Iowa State was considered the superior you sas better offensive-defensive ratio. year, why would it not be true this year? Can opponent that Oklahoma has scored more That is sporting, is it not, Narold? | Six, but Iowa With all good wishes to you, and to the superiority. renembering you always met, I em as one of the fairest gentlemen thet I have Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Educetion and Recreation, Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. PCASAH Se * FF Department of University Utilities “Walter W. Kraft | Superintendent THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA fiorman Oklahoma Dr. He We Davis, Paculty Representative, M.VsIeAcAs University of Lansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Davis: After the meeting of the Big Six Conference held in Kensas City on the 27th day of February, you handed me some correspondence which contained some charges of athletic irregularities affecting the University of Oklahoma Athletic Department. ‘fhe letters referred to were one, dated February Sth, from en attorney in Wichita, Kansas, and snother, dated January 26th, from an attorney in Wichite. These letters were addressed to Mr. Allen, copies of which were given to me. ‘The correspondence also included tw letters from F. ©. Allen, one dated February 9th and the other February 10th. You requested that I investi- gate the charges made in this correspondence and advise yous Upon returning to Norman I immediately had a conference with Mr. Haskell, eur director of athletics. I requested Mr. Haskell to furnish me a written statement covering these charges. I also called upon Mr. Cross, the business manager of athletics, for a statement as to whether or not any funds of the athletic department had been expended in paying the expenses of high scheol boys from “ichita, Kansas. I also talked te Mr. Lester Layton, a student at the University of Oklahoma. sila ties telies tit, Gat tinea ws ae 0 ene nies in which he flatly denied any irregularities, snd in which he requested further that I insist that Mr. Allen furnish specific proof rather than rumors and hearsay. It was quite evident to me that it would be necessary that I personally go to Wichita to interview the persons mentioned in the correspondence, or that I send ee ee ee ee a nee Gan ae supposedly involved. I preferred, of course, to investigate this myself. Due to the press of business it wes impossible for me to leave. I was hoping week after week that I could make the trip. However, finding that I could not go, I enlisted the services of « man in whom I have the utmost confidence, for the purpose of securing for me first-hand information from those mentioned in the correspondence. After several conferences with this man I furnished hin the full correspondence and instructed him to interview each person involved and report back the situation as he found it. [ae es which I will be glad to shor you at our next meeting. ee ees Se ee eae ver es dated dnmmry 26, 1942: =2e “I have been doing a little snooping around regarding the football situation at North High School. One o! friends is Paul Good, who is vice-principal of North High School. I talked with him yesterday in a confidential manner. : : "He tells me that he personally talked to Doug Brown, who is the out- =» : of certain football players to Oklahéma University. Doug Brown told Paul thet Jap Haskell had been up to Wichita and talked to then about coming down to visit Oklahoma University and that he agreed to pay all expenses of the trip. : "I believe they went in a car belonging to one of the boys, but expenses were paid by Oklahoma University. He questioned him particularly regarding _ whether it was Jap Haskell or his brother who had made the arrangements. le in- sists Doug told him that Jap Haskell ceme up. 7 “paul Good asked him how he happened to go, and his reply was that of the typical high school boy <= that is, "Why not, if you could have a good trip with all expenses peid?”. Incidentally, another group was taken down to Okla- home A. & Ne a few nights ago. “Peyl also informed me that if someone would talk to Mr. Grow, head of the Physical Education Department of Notth High Schoo}, they could find out about the baseball situation insofar as this Wichita boy is concerned. Paul told m that he wes a very fine basketball and football player, but that he was not allowed to play anything except baseball and that he thought there was no question but that he was signed up with the Boston Red Sox. “purthermore, Good assured me that Doug Brown was the type of individual who would not lie for anyone, and if anyone wanted to ask him about the arrange- ments Bf the trip to Oklahoma, he would tell them the truth about it. "Incidental lyp Mr. Good and Mr. Groe are neither K.U. athletes, and neither las any interest at all in K.U. but definitely feel that these boys should go to some school in the State of Kansas, and that Kensas should retain their athletes in the State of Kansas. They have no particular school in mind but merely feel that we should not sit here and let the State of Oklahoma come into our territory and “buy” our outstending players. ‘Incidentally, someone should talk to this Doug Brown about going to K.U., as no one has shown any interest in him as yet.” “Ho Signature Given." ng to the above letter, the following persons were interviewed: Paul Good, @ principal of High School, Doug Brown, student at North High School, B. &. Haskell, resident of Wichita and brother of Jap Haskell, and Mr. Groe, head of the physical education department of North High School. | There were four boys who made the trip to Norman, namely Doug Brown, George Ritter, Bill Jemison, and Don Comesuz. The trip was mde in Don Comeaux's father's car. Of the four high school students mentioned, George Ritter ami Doug Brown only were located in Wichita. Upon inquiry it was reported that Don Comeaux is now at the University of Kansas, and that Bill Jemison, together with another Wichita boy named Botkins, had enrolled at Oklahom A. & MN. College. | @ In addition to the above named persons, Mr. George Powers, wichita attorney, was interviewed, as well as “Duteh" Soh ‘My investigator's report, as to whet each of these men had to say, is ‘ 3 2 138 s sulalalltsliye 4, ,2bsdlgiesfit gett eee He De ape Midiele Capea sual lin ia Lhe HERI eedbetes itil Hava prey Faigle Galaaay filesagiedys ; iy alent bellel poalintt it Aha Ee nai nitl was ili nih aff i ele Hy bs iL st “iia wits He a i ri Ht si na F Er Sr i of pad Rp ahi Ria aay ll wigs di Bahcono: Figg e godly ame edharageas ur. Groe said that Layton was a boy who loved baseball, and that he knew he meant to make a profession of playing it. Ur. Groe advised Layton that he could recommend any particular school, but that Layton would have to look over a of colleges, and their records, to determine for himself where he would be benefitted. Mr. Groe stated thet he mentioned, among ether schools, the Univer- sity of texas end the University of Oklahoma, and that he saw nothing unusual in the fact that Layton had selected the University of Sklahom since Oklahoma has hed a fine record in baseball over a period of years. Mr. Gree also said that the 0.0. alumni group in Wichita was solidly behind their high school team and had teken a creat interest in sports, even when they were not wimers. He stated ee ee ea ee r : 2 High emer made by Mr. esser case consti: Shoseaaes ee Pc cme Mea ieee it was Ritter's understanding that the expense money was paid to Mr. Heskell and that he in turn wrete # cheek for the exount, eee Se Oe ey of the car. | Powers, Wichita a attomey = Wy investigator reports on lr. Fowrs as $ 25 hand © dteemy Seeding Vu the. Fevers ind weitees © pertienler letter % Phog Allen. I explained to him over the telephone whe I was and my purpose in being there and asked for an opportumity te telk with him. He told me to come to his office, and he would be glad to talk with me and glad to meet anyone from Cklehoma. He went on to say that he certainly did not heve any information thet would concern the situation because he knew absolutely nothing about it, and that furthermore he was not even interested in it and had never teken any interest in it because he lad other things to do. i went to his office to see hin and and he told : do with the situation. I asked his opinion on several netters and wo talked beck and forth | , felt sure he had written. { read the first paragraph of the letter then se that he would on q: | - cM ia F ie E ie ! e na said, “Well 1% dosen't seen to be very confidential sines you have it.” He then admitted that he had written the letter and stated that it gave his views exactly. T could get no further information from him." I wish to call your particular attention to paragraph 7 of the letter dated January 26th, and addressed to “Dear Phos", which said: “Incidentally, someone should talk to this Doug Brow about going to K.U., as no one has shown any interest in him as yet." It seems to me that the thing proposed by your alummus and attorney in Wichita is exactly what some of the alwmmi of 0.U. in Whebita have done, and that is to encourage these boys to go to their particular school. The almmus writing this letter te Mr. Allen suggests that someone should talk to Doug Brown. He evidently sugrests that Phog Allen de samething about it. I am merely calling your et eee ae ee Leet See SS te ware we howe Ce man Uteg Sor en alymmus to want to interest a good athiecte in his own university, ani I feel aa ee eee wumni of v. in Your inforgant, an attorney of Wichita, is willing to believe statements about the University of Oklehoma and its athletic department, coming from a man he immediately accuses as being umreliable end a worthless braggart. Referring to Mr. Allen's letters of February 9 and 10, 1942, we find that Mr. Allen refers to the Burton Cossey case which in no way concerns the University of Sensas. I made a complete statement of this case at the Big Six Conference meeting held late in February. The athletic authorities of Oklahoma A. & M. College tir. Allen refers to the Leyton case in his letter, and I wish to state that 1 have before me a photosta copy of an affidavit, signed by Lester Layton end by both his father and mother, denying the existence of « professional baseball contract between Lester Leyton and any baseball clube : t want to state thet it will require some other proof other than the u- supported statenents of Mr. Alien or the statements from his attorney friends, who base their information on hearsay and rumors, to make the University of Oklahoma | =Ge For Mr. Allen's information, Buster Mills, after graduating from the University of Oklahoma, played with Cleveland and not with the Boston Red Sox. Mr. Allen refers to Mr. Noble, of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, as the president of the Board and the chief athletic getter. I cannot help but feel some resentment in Mr. Allen's statement, since it contains no element of the truth. Mr. Noble is not president of the Board of Regents of ‘the University of Oklahoma, and so far as I mow, and I feel thet I should know more about it than Mr. Allen, he ms not interested himself in securing for the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Noble is a very busy man, and although he is interested in all phases of ‘niversity administration, he has made no attempt to rua the affairs of the athletic department. | I realize that in these times it is exeeedingly hard to keep from creeping inte college athletics. Although the University of Oklahoma may not be sprouting wings, | A; cas Gelhins Cadh Gen Gebsadatir &F Gheene bu endtaci free ef suspicion. Mr. laskell submitted te me a list of prominent Cklahom athletes who made a fine athletic record at the University of Zanesas. In that list were such athletes as Standifer and farnest Bradley of Cherokee, Ad Lindsey of Kingfisher, the tw Johnson brothers, great basketball pleyers, from Oklahoma City, T. C. Bishop and T. FP, Hunter of Oklahom City, tom Poor of McAlester, and Ormend Beach of Hi Ai ot set ake ne Se Se eet = ret ey somes es tees The situation, as I have related ted it, is the ai cos an bo Gee ti as is Sh att ad Rites ces te oy tee I feel thet I m ina position to arrive at reasonable conclusions concerning this situation. My cone clusions ere as follows: — | ie Se ase at id eililietie Qpartens of Ge rently of Ollahoma _ Were used to defray the expense of bringing these boys to Normen. four boys were provided by businessmen residing in Wichite,presumably Sint" Frnt of the favors iy of Sian - 5. Lester Layton has furnished definite proof that he is not under 3 contract with any professional baseball club. 4... "Dutch" Scheufler has no official connection with the University of Oklahormm or ite athletic department. I fon't feel that it is — my peteeioge ce Sely S Cbrios' Mie Hadid) when he shall sebeot as his associates or swmer co-workers, and I certainly have a firm conviction that it doesn't conern Mr. Allen one iota. 5s Mr. Schoufler hed nothing to do with the four boyatwisiting in Norman, and certainly didn't bring then to Norman. 6. the rivalry existing between two Wichita newspapers, and the bitter feeling between the sports writers on these papers, was _ vesponsible for the unfavorable publicity given the two wmivere ee a ee es ee eee give Mr. Allen by his attorney friends in Wichita. 7. lir, George Powers, an attorney of Wichita, wrote the letter dated , Jexmary 25, 1942. When interviewed he first denied imowledge, and with a quotation from his letter he admitted writing and then stated that those were still his views. When statements of whose whom he had presumably quoted, he ormation was hearsay and rumor. I feel that PEERS ae Eg E Eg ee re i Be a Ee if Hi ed | gf: if f 9. I want to be charitable to Mr. Allen, and therefore just wish to