STERN BROTHERS & COMPANY

DORMAN H. O LEARY
VICE PRESIDENT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

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I was very much interested in George Edwards’
letter to Gwinn Henry, and also your reply - for that
matter was likewise discussed at our meeting. This
whole N.C.A.A. situation, I think, needs a thorough
over-hauling. If Edwards can't see that the success
of his tournaments, for practical purposes, are bound
up in having a Kansas team play in Kansas City, he is
erazy, to wit - the attendance on the night when Kansas
did play and the attendance on the nights of the finals,
both this year and last year.

While Missouri might draw a number of Missouri
people, I don't believe they can draw more than 50 or
60% of what a Kansas team will draw in Kansas City; and
the boys at the auditorium feel the same way about it.

If there is anything that you want me to do in
this situation, I hope you will feel perfectly free to
ask me to do it. However, as long as the matter now
seems to be quiet, perhaps it would be wisest to let it
rest. Should anything develop which comes to me through
the auditorium, I will of course look after your inter-
ests and will let you know of any developments which
Hai to be unfavorable to you and to the University of

ansas.

Veyy sincerely yours,

 

Dr. Forrest ©. Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
The University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

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