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Jan. 24,1940

Dear Doc,
I was pleased to hear from you and happy that you have

liked some of my work down here, The reviews and editorial page

articles which you see and are able to identify by my initials

I do mostly at home on my own time and get paid quite well for

the outside worke Covering all of our messy ‘Situation here keeps

me busy during my regular hours. I just finishea covering the

trial of Tom Graves which ended badly from The Star's standpoint.

I have been watching your season so far with great
interest and was disappointed at the Mis souri set-back though
fearful of it ‘as I imagine you were. I know from experience how
hard it is to win at Columbia but I never Have been able to
figure out why that im is so. I saw the K-State game at Lawrence
which was certainly a thriller. after ten minutes I figured you
would be out in front by twenty points by the end of the game but
aS it was I think you will agree that Kansas was fortunate to
pull it out. What I particularly enjoyed was Bob's play. You know:

I have always been very interested in Bob because he has much the
Same sort of background as I had. I mean spending hours tossing an
old ball at a backyard hoop and watching many great Kensas players
as a kid. And if you will notthink me immodest (because [I think Bob
is a great player) I think he plays much the same style of ball as
I did and with much the same attitude.
Because I work every night except Saturday and an occasional

Friday I'm afraid I won't get to see another game. But I'll drop in
for a practice session some Saturday afternoon and say hello. By the
way I'm in pretty good Shape through keeping up my handball. I weigh
only about five or six more pounds than I did when in school.

B&B Agains thanks for your thoughtful lettere Give
my regards to all the members of your family and to you and Bob
best of luck in the games to came,

Lid,

Ted O'Leary

Sincerely,