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January 22, 1945.

Mr. Re E. Peters, Commissioner,
Big Six Conference,

342 Soe Chelsea,

Kansas City, Mo.

Dear Reaves:

779 A ball is put in play within three feet of where the ball goes
out of bounds. What I want you to: do, please, Reaves;-is to take it up
with that high school official and tell him he is handling college men,
and not a bunch of kids. You know I have coached long enough that IT an
not splitting hairs and I never try to take advantage of anybody, but
confound it, when some fellow tells a kid of mine that he is interfering
with our normal play. |

If we are going ‘to use Van Reen again I want to know that he is
going to handle the game like the other officials, else I won't want to
use him. He did a good job. We lost the year before down there, and we
used him again this year. However, it is such silly little things as
this that interfere with good administration, and I think you are ina
fine position to iron those things out. That is why I wrote you. It
takes time and trouble to do it, so you know that mm and I don't have to
go into a Longs dissertation on that.

. I hope you ean get’ down to ss0 Louie's team and my team tangle.
It should be a ball game. TI am not selling Louie Mgntly * on account of
the poor showing he made at Columbia.

I am glad to know that Dick is getting along well in improving
his play. He is just a youngster and has a lot to learn, and I kmow you
are handling him in fine style. His mother and Dick are fortimate in
having a fellow like you with the patience and understanding to work with
the ss boll 3

‘Yes, ‘I had known your boy was in Italy. I remember you told me.
Gosh, Reaves, I want you to know that I am just as anxious about him as
I can be. I know what a tug it is on the heartstrings of you parents.
Please assure Mrs. Peters that I will be thinking of him often, and pulling
for the very best for him and for you good people.

In our busy lives we sometimes fail to express our immer feelings
for each other. In your business as commissioner I try to keep at the
safe distance that a coach and a commissioner should stay, but I have
never forgotten the days back at Warrensburg where we really battled them