NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FOOTBALL COMMISSIONERS

President
ArtTHuR R. HUTCHENS

Southern and Southeastern

Conference

 

Epwin N. ATHERTON

Pacific Coast Conference

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Asa S. BUSHNELL Secretary-Treasurer
Eastern Intercollegiate REAVES E. PETERS
Football Association Big Six Conference

ArtuHur E. EILers sess
Missouri Valley Conference James W. Sr. Cham

Joun L. GRIFFITH Southwest Conference
Intercollegiate Conference
(Big Ten)

Feb. 14, 1942

br, F. C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doc:

I belive you have the schedule of officials for
non-conference fames somewhere in your files.

When the two games between Kansas and the Oklahoma
Aggies were scheduled we immediately tried to assign the same
officials for both games. Curtis was assigned to a Southwestern
conference game on the date of Feb.20th. and O'Sullivan was busy
both date; Carroll being open for the 28th.date. It was absolut-
ely impossibel to get the same officials for both games, so we
did the next best thing, assigned the top men on both lists of
approval for the game in Stillwater. The officials that will WORK 5}

the two games are as follows: ai og
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Feb. 20 Oklahoma Aggies @ Lawrence Hinshaw, Gibbs-— Pye! en
Feb./28 Kansas @ Stillwater Curtis, daveatt a tee “Dns
peer e anneal “yk at 7

From all the information that I can get on Gibbs 4
he must be an excellent official. I belive in getting your ok.
on him I told you that he would be in St.Louis working the nights
of Feb. 19 and 21 and that he would come to Lawrence from there.
He is rated tops as an official and of course is anxious to make
good in our conference. I feel confident that he and Hinshaw will
work an excellent game. You will remember that you also said that
Van Reen of St.Louis would be ok. He couldn't get away, he has
an important meeting there that night, nen to do with the
defense program.

These games were schedules late, and at that time
all assignments in the Big Six and Missouri Valley conference
had been made, leaving very few recognized officials available.
We can get an official released from any minor college game when
it is absolutely necessary but can't do that with the Major Con-
ferences. I think we are fortunate that we were able to get four
fine officials for theseg two games. Unless we had been able to
get Curtis and Carroll for the game in Stillwater I hate to think
of whom we would have had to take.

With all good wishes,

Cordially yo
Reaves.