Jamary 14, 1943.

Mr. Dorman H. O'Leary,
Stern Brothers & Co.,
‘Kansas City, Mo.

Dear Dorman: ;
I thought that you would pick the flaw in the plan to have
Kansas play both games first. This is how it happened. |

Jimmy Nixon called me and said that he hoped we could arrange
it so Hansas would aot play Great Lakes until Saturday night be-
cause if Kensas played Great Lakes Friday night the crowd interest’
would be over and we would not draw half as well as if we could
arrange 1t the other way. I realize that playing Great Lakes the
second night will impair our chance of winning over Great Lakes,
but Missouri had their arrangements to play Great Lakes first at
Columbia, and the fact that Great Lakes had asked that they play
the first night's geme last, and their second night's game first
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them.

So it was just a series of ciroumstances, plus Jimmy Nixon's
business acumen that prompted the arrangements. I did not explain
all those things to everybody, but certainly Missouri is favored
in every angle and Kansas, being supposedly the top team, is
taking a deferred place. So the most rabid Missourian can only
wdabuae Sitar Uk ek as sanaPemunk This is the inside information
which you need not pass on.

With all good wishes, I em

Sineerely yours,

 Direstor of Physisal Education,
FCAsAR Varsity Basketball Coach.