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He told me about having 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 bem "fixed up". It seems
that monay for tuition and fees, ete., arrive for these boys from some
source ani tint being minors they have a gentleman's @reement with the Red
Sox scout for the boys to go to 0.0. with the above paid and a job furnished
and that after completing school they will sign up with Boston. All this was
told me by Dutch who said it applied to a lot of the 0.U. ball players past
and present, including "Pate" Scheffler formerly of Wichita and 0.U. and now
under contract with Boston, as I understand. This is an entirely different
man than Dutch S. who gave me all this information. I'm not sure of the
spelling of these names. “Pete” or Herb, as he is oalled, is a long, tall
rather chinless person who played a lot of ball around here for a long time.

Another angle that is of interest is that Jap's brother lives
here in Wichita nearby to North High and takes a lot of interest in these
boys. Layton and he were very friendly according to Duteh, prior to and
incident to the Red Sox scout wanting him and Jap wanting him end his being
"fixed up" at 0.U. with Red Som "backing" and a job there.
| It seems 0.0. 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 during a tennis tournament to take care
of a kmee injury to the Tucker boy who later wont to the Aggies and subsequent
ly succumbed to the 0.U. lure. I don't know how the tuition and fee money
was put up or where it originated but maybe it came from the same sowroe as the
money paid Tucker for playing nurse maid to the Bruce Drake children. It
seems that this was his job for a time, at least.