July 12th, 1941

Mr, Jim Reed
Sports Desk

Topeka Daily Capital
Topeka, Kansas

By son, Bobbie Allen, called my attention to a
short squib that Bob Busby put in his colum in the Journal World
the other day, which read as follows, "Jim Reed reports that Warren
Israel, 206-pounder, former Paseo high school gridman, may transfer
from New Mexico Institute to K.U."

: The fact 6f the matter is, Jim, that Warren Israel played
againgt us winter before last in the Sunflower Tournament in the Washburn
Field House when he was pleying on the New Mexico School of Mines Team.
You will remember that they gave us one of the merriest tussles thet we
hed in thet tournament. ‘The New Mexico Miners had three boys from Indiana
and that tall boy, I think his name was Clark (or some good name like that)
‘was approximately six-foot-five and really did things with the basketball.

Warren Israel played a beng-up game againgt us, Last summer
he came to my home on Sunday afternoon and stated he desired to enroll
at the University of Kansas and study medicine. So, last September he
matriculated in the University of Kansas end has completed a full year's
work meking twenty eight solid hours of credit. He was out for freshman
basketball and looked very good. His preémedic work is keeping him pretty
closely confined and I'm not sure just how much time he'll have for sports.
He does high-class academic work. He has taken such solids as German,
Economics, English Literature and Retorie, and Medieval History. So you
see he ig really serious about his medical work.

It's not often they catch you one year behind, Jim.
With all good wishes, I an,

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education and
Recreation-Varsity Basketbell and
Baseball Coach.

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