The Associated Press
NEW YORK
JAN. 14, 1938
DH. FORREST C. ALLEN,
UNIV. OF KANSAS,

LAWRENCE, KANS.

DEAR PHOG*=—
FOR A SERIES OF STORIES TO BE CARRIED BY THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS, 1 AM ASKING A FEW OF THE LEADING COACHES AND OFFICIALS OF THE
COUNTRY TO SELECT THEIR ALL-TIME, ALL-AMERICA COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS,
YOU SHOULD BE A GOOD AUTHORITY AS YOU HAVE SEEN JUST ABOUT
THE BEST THE MID-WEST HAS PRODUCED IN THE LAST 20 OR SO YEARS. BEING
FROM WINFIELD, | NATURALLY THINK THAT THE GAME HAS PRODUCED FEWRR
GREATER PLAYERS THAN DE BERNARDI,ACKERMAN, PETE REIF, THE GARDNER
BROTHERS OF ARK. CITY AND SOME OF YOUR STARS AT K.U, JOHN BUNN TOLD
ME RECENTLY THAT KANSAS! FRESHMAN TEAM OF ABOUT 1922(DE BERNARDI,
ACKERMAN AND ETC’ WAS JUST ABOUT THE BEST HE-HAS SEEN,
| MAYBE YOU CAN ALSO TELL ME WHETHER LONG JOHN WOLFF
SINGER AND STARBUCK OF THE OLD K.C.A.C. TEAM EVER ATTENDED COLLEGE.
“IN MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS, 1 WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE
COMMENT ON EACH PLAYER, ALSO THE NAMES OF A FEW OF THE GREATEST TEAMS
YOU HAVE SEEN. MAYBE IT WOULD BE EASIER, IF YOU WOULD NAME TWO TEAMS,
IF POSSIBLE, | WOULD LIKE THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE
NEXT WEEK OR TEN DAYS. MANY THANKS FOR THE COOPERATION.
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