January 24, 1942.

Mre George 3B. Powers,
608 Fourth National Bank Blde.,
Wichita, Kansas.

Dear George:

Thank you very much for your letter of the 23rd
instent. I appreciate your interest in the matter.

dap Maskell has been umpiring this semi~pro tourna-
gent there for a umber of years. If you can get around
the baseball boys and get some of the inside dope I Imow
that you will find out the boy is getting his expenses
paid by the Boston Red Sox, because whether he is signed
up or not I have heard it on good authority that he is
being taken care of at Oklahoma on this basis and that Jap
Haskell made the arrangements.

I would like to show that Jap Haskell’s activity in
the semi-pro league there as an wmpire and a scout for the
Boston Red Sox carries over to such an extent that he is
using his position to develop professional baseball players —
rather than amateur players, and the function of the Univer~
sity is not to develop professional players. Jap Haskell
has @ brother who works in the stockyards end since this
controversy I am sure there has been much discussion. And
since that discussion has been pretty general a keen legal
mind like yours can pick up a lot of good stuff.

Monk Edwards may not care to talk but I em sure there
are some professors at North High that wuld give you a lot
of information regarding Oklahoma's activity with these foot-
ball players in taking them to Norman a couple of weeks ago.
There are a lot of Oklahoma end Kansas alumi in Wichita, and
I would greatly appreciate all the information that you can
get regarding their subsidization and proselyting. I expect
to make ir. Haskell humt cover. :

_ _ Anticipating the pleasure of seeing you in Wichita on
the 2nd, I em :
‘ Very sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
FCA: AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.