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BOARD OF EDUCATION
Cleveland
Ohio

April 5, 1940

Dre Forrest Ce Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

Your wire received this morning. Replying to it, wish to say that my study of
your game reveals the following:

In the first half, Kensas had possession of the ball for ll mine 26 sec. In
the second half, they had possession of the ball 10 mine 20 sete

In the first half, Kansas shot seven of ten fouls attempted. In the second half,
Kansas shot five of twelve attempted. This, of course, isn't a true picture of
what happened to the fouls in the second half, because frequently Kensas took the
ball out of bounds rather than attempting the shot. Had Kansas attempted all the
shots, there would have been fifteen attempts, since Kansas was awarded two shots
the second half plus an added teelmical. Kansas fouled Indiana
both fouls were madee

Hy

pereentage basketball failed was on the basis that Kansas
making a higher percentage of its fouls and making fewer fouls, and controlling

gemes studied prior to this, when those things ocourred ~ namely, one tean
half the time, shoots a higher percentage of
fouls attempted than its opponents, and makes fewer fouls than its opponents -

My chart shows that in the second half, of the twelve called fouls on Indiam,
five were committed in the Kensas half of the floore In other words, they were

In the second half, the two fouls committed by Kansas were apparently because of
location on the floor, committed offensively rather than defensively, although
neither one was committed on an Indiana player within shooting distance of
Indiana's baskete

In the first half, of the nine fouls committed by Kansas, four were committed in
the Kansas half of the floor, and using the same line of reasoning, would indicate
that they were offensive fouls rather than defensivee

In all, my chart indicates that Kansas played much more aggressive basketball in
the first half than in the second, while Indiana's aggressiveness began about the middle
the first half and extended throughout the remainder of the game, becoming in-