Published by the McGraw-Hill Co. three years ago was Dr. Allen's
book "Better Basketball", a 490 page volume of "technique, tactics and
os His first book, which sold widely, was entitled "My Basketball

ible." .

Young at 55, the handsome and debonair Jayhawk coach, never
knows an idle moment. His main job at the University is that of director
of the department of physical education. The number of students enroll-
ing in the four year major in this department has been increasing every
year since the major was instituted in 1937.

: Notwithstanding a lengthy class schedule in addition to his
administrative duties, Coach Allen suits up for practice regularly. Most
any afternoon he can be found in his warmup suit on the court demon-
strating the things he wants done.

1940-41 Kansas Prospects

An extensive rebuilding job confronts Dr. F.C. Allen as he
begins the 1940-41 campaign. Gone are four of the seven men who carried
Kansas to the finals of the National Collegiate tournament. Those seven
men played the majority of the time last year, the other four men who
lettered seeing but little service.

From the starting lineup which faced Indiana in the game for
the national championship last March only two men, Bob Allen, center,
and Howard Engleman, forward, return. Replacing four men of the caliber
Of Don Ebling, Ralph Miller, Dick Harp and Bruce Voran is a monumental
project. Miller was second high scorer in the conference last year.
| Juniors and seniors are available to fill the gaps, but out-
side of guard John Kline they are men who have not played much. Working
in the starting lineup at the start of the season with Allen, Engleman
and Kline were forward Bill Hogben and guard Bob Johnson. Hogben played
‘only one semester as a sophomore and saw little enough action last year
that he failed to score a single point in conference games.

Johnson is a junior who has been shifted to guard after play-
ing only a fair amount at forward as a sophomore. He has been looking
good, but in case Johnson does not win a first string berth, it prob-
ably will go to one of several new men. Engleman is the lone real high
scorer among the veterans and he has been a slow starter the past two
years. Not until around the middie of the season does the former Ark
City high school star get going at full speed. Bob

Piloting the team for the third year will be/Allen, a remark-
able ball handler and passer. Allen-coached teams have the center as a
"quarterback" to run the quintet on offense and it would be hard to
find a better man for this job than the youngest son of the K.U. coach.

Best of the new men this year are John Buescher and Vance
Hall, forwards, and Marvin Sollenberger and Norman Sanneman, guards.
Buescher and Sollenberger are the most prominent contenders for a first
string berth as the season opens.

: Other members of the wquad likely to see action this year
include T.P. Hunter, letterman forward, and two squadmen from last
season, Charlie Walker and Jim Arnold, both forwards.

Biggest problems the team faces are the dearth of experience
and the lack of height. The few tall men on the squad have shown a lack
of natural ability.