NAVAL AVIATION CADET SELECTION BOARD

1210 BRYANT BUILDING

REFER TO NO. 11TH AND GRAND AVENUE

KANSAS CITY 6, MISSOURI

Dr. F. C. Allen, I a

Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kase

Sept. 2,193

Dear Doc:
I thought you would be interested in knowing that I have just finished

personally going over the list of William Yewell Flight Preparatory school graduates
and that the fifteen best football players are scheduled to arrive in Lawrence
fer classes beginning September 30, They will all be there for at least eight weeks,
“enry Shenk has a list containing the names of thirteen of the men. I was
able to add two more. One, Alexander F, Yanks is described by his commanding
officer as a "wonderful football player." He also .stood second in his class
scholastically. I don't know what his previous experience has been. The fifteenth
man will be Howard C. Borschel,jr., also said to be very good, An interesting
angle is that all fifteen boys, with one or two exceptions, are among the leaders
in their class. Only thirty men are being sent to Lawrence in this class so I think
we did quite well to get fifteen football players out of the groupe

Will you please pass this information on to Henry, I told him I
would let hin know as soon as anything definite developed, Although absolutely nothi-s
ing wcabeuey to Naval regulations was done to get these boys sent to Lawrence it
might be just as well if the impression were given that they just happened to get
there. Just keep my role in the affair as quiet as possible. But I know you would
have done that anywaye Iowa State, Washburn and Central college of Pella, Iowa
; all have football teams this year and would have liked to have had some of these
boys so you can see I might get in wrong if +) oe oe that there was anything
planned about so many good football men"happening" to land at “awrence,

I hope to get up sometime soon, and also hope to see some of the games

this fall. I'll look you upe a
Sincerely, /ti