November 21, 1941.

Mr. Gene Me Leahy,
busk, Wyoming.

Dear Mr. Leahy :

Your letter of November 15th is received and is
hereby aeknowledged.

No, Mr. Leahy, I am not becoming childish - I am
much toc old for that. I am not attacking the right sort of
college athletics. I am telling these high school boys what
is wrong with big time or subsidized college athletics.

I have coached football, basketball, track and base-
ball for quite a number of years, and being on the inside I he-
lieve that I am in a very good position to speak. And, too, I
think I should mention to you that you are in error regarding |
our losing team. lie have won 23 championships in 30 years, and
Kansas won tim championship last year and the year before. So
I do not believe thet I am “yapping”.

I notice you wrote your letter on plain stationery.
You are not by any chance the proprietor of a billiard parlor
er a tavern, are you, because your letter sounds very much of
that tone. I have always been told that a cowardly attach was
one in which en individual was afraid and hid behind someone.

Nothing would give me more pleasure than to meet
you and discuss this matter with you in person fase to face.

4nd you are wrong again when you say that I owe my
Sx decease ae Eee For 18 years I drew
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head of the four-year coaching college. I only mention these
things to show you that I lmow whereof I speak.

In regard to your reference as to the coaches
shunning me as they would a case of smallpox, I wouldn't be
worried about that very much. Someone has said that if the
postman kicked at every dog that barked he would never get
his mail delivered.