January 26, 1942.

Dear Phog:

i have been doing a little snooping around regarding the
football situation at North High School. One of my closest friends
is Paul Goody 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 outstanding football player and captain of the team this year, re-
garding the trip of certain football players to Oklahoma University. Doug
Brown told Paul Sood that Jap Haskell had been up to Wichita and talked
to them 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. He insists that Doug told him that Jap Haskell came up.

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 paid?". ‘Ineidentally, ,another group
was taken down to Oklahoma A. & Me a few nights agoe

Paul also informed me that if someone would talk to Mr. Groe,
head of the Physical Education Department of North High School, they
could find out about the baseball situation insofar as this Wichita boy
is concerned. faul told me that he was a very fine basketball and foot-
ball 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 Réd Sox.

Furthermore, Good assured me that Youg Brown was. the type of
individual who would not lie for anyone, and if anyone wanted to ask him
about the arrangements for the trip to Oklahoma, he would tell them the
truth about it. ‘

Incidentally, lir. Good and Mr. Groe are neither K.U. athletes,
and neither has any interest at all in KeUe buy definitely feel that these

boys should go to some school in the State of “ansas, and<that Kansas should =

retain their athletes in the State of Mansas. 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 outstanding players.
Incidentally, someome should talk to this Doug Brown about going to KeUe,

as no one has shown any interest in him as yet.

I further feel very positive on one point and that is that our
local papers, particularly Phe Wichita Eagle, are now showing a friendly
attitude toward the University of Kansas or toward you as an individual.