Se | Yune 16,1941
Dr. Forrest . Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doc:

Received your letter and c.c. of Wulfemeyer's letter this
morning .

I am happy to say that after a busy week end everything is
rosy and Kenneth will be in Lawrence in September. When he didn't hear
from you he became worried and on questionable advise accepted a job
offered by Kearney Electriuv Co. here in St. Louis. Kearney Electric
seems to employ all of Missouri's athletes. I had a little trouble getting
him on the playgrounds because he did't take our training course. I
finally succeeded in placing him on the pay roll and he left Kearney
Blectric five hours after starting work for them. To show you how anxious
he is to go to K.U. his leavihg Kearney s to accept a job paying him
twenty dollars a month less is sufficient.

His present job is on one of our high school athletic fields
and he is getting maximum pay for a first year worker. He will receive
siaty dollars every four weeks. The nice part about his present employ-
ment is that his job will be available each summer during his tenure in
the University. Sorae

Kenneth has an older brother who was also a star in high school
baseball and basketball who is most willing to help him all he can. The
only worry is that the older boy will be drafted in all probahility. He
wants Kenny to have the opportunity that he was unable to take himself.

The last time I was in Lawrence the boys of “elta Tau Delta
said the they were most willing to have me send them another boy. I
will make every effort to lecate the president or the stwwart and see if
we can't find Kenny a table job or something. |

I received the enclosed letter from Coach Summers of Collinsy
ville Illinois about a boy who would like to attend the University .I
held off wrting to you about him until I was sure of the Wulfemeyer
situation. I personally consider Summers the best coach of Basketabll
on the cther side of the Mississippi that is immediately on the other
side. I have worked in some of his games. 1 have stopped officiating bask-
etball so I am not saying this with the idda of feathering my nest. I
am quite certain the boy is everything that he says he is.

Doc, I have always taken the attitude and I am saxrakin quite
sure that you know I have of not recommending a boy unless I was fairly
certain that he would make the grade. I still wonder what happened to
John Burge. I have had several of my ends make good in college and one
is playing regular withe the Detroit Lions but I have always considered
John the best end I ever coached. I still think that some one else fail-
to get everything out of him.

I ran into Bill Johnson on the street the other day. He certain-
ly locks good. We both were extremely sorry that we had to miss the
Anniversary of the University.