Sept. 27, 1941 Mr. Nelson Sullivan 2208 Lathrop Kansas City, Kansas Dear Sully, I am happy to hear from you and to know that everything is going to nicely with you. I would be glad to see you on Tuesday or Thursday this next week or the week following. I have a class at 9:50 every morning and at 11:30 on Tuesday I have a faculty draft de- ferment committee meeting. Plegse write me and let me know which Tuesday or Thursday you'll be coming and I will then reserve the open time I have for yous It will be a pleasure to see you. Sincerely, Director of Physical Education and Recreation FcA/pg Varsity Basketball Coach LE LTE a Ee TE Ss 2208 Lathrop Kansas City, Kansas Sept. 25, 1941 Dear Doce: How is the great MDee,"? here are rumors in this locality that you are going to have a better basketball team that you had in becca. But I dare say that in a few years that the University of Kansas baseball field will be a veritable haunt of the big league baseball scouts »roviding you remain the leader of the nine young men. | | By the way Doc. when is that book coming out giving crdédit where credit is due in regards to the man that made you a coach. It appears to me chat this book is a long bit overdue. There are a lot of individuals that never kept very close to the sport page in this locus that are not cognizant of my connections with the varsity basketball team on the Jayhawk campus. 3 Realizing that this is one of many hundreds of letters on your desk I shall get to the point. I would like to ask for appointment some morning next week or perhaps the week afterwards on either Tuesday or Thursday. I will come with a basket- ball committee representing the Kansas City, Kansas YMCA and we have © an idea we would like to share with you. It would take very little time to explain and I believe that 15 minutes would be entirely sufficient. I should ask for @ like the guy that sold you the arch exerciser. : Hope that we might get together within a week or so and appreciating anything that you can do in this regard, T remain— Perth September 26, 1941. Ur. Porrest G. Stith, Coordinator, Health, Physical Education and See Department of Public Schools, Jefferson City, Missouri. Dear Forrest: Thank you very much for your kind note of the 24th instant, and for your Recreation Bulletin No. 9. I am very pleased to note that “Better Basketball" is mentioned in your bibliography, and also that you have incorporated a description of our new game, Goal-Hi. With best wishes to you, I am Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCA:Aq Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. STATE OF MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIG SGHOOLS LLOYD W. KING, STATE SUPERINTENDENT CITY OF JEFFERSON September 2), 1941 Doctor Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education & Head Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Forrest: The department is appreciative of the assistance you have given in the production of our Health, Physical Education and Recreation Bulletin Noe 9. I am pleased to send you &® copy under separate cover, as I think you will be inter- ested in looking over the work of our committee. I hope all is going well on the Jayhawker campus, and that the basketball season will be just another good one. Sincerely yours LLOYD W. KING State Superintendent LT Fe. Ge STITH, Coordinator Health, Physical Education and Recreation FGS/m September 8, 1941. My. Gene Sullivan, Sports Editer, St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri. Dear Gener On Septenber Grd I had occasion to go with a group to deliver a young chronic alcoholic to Hospital No. 2 eat St. Joseph. While at the hospital I picked up a copy of your publication of September 2 in which you referred to the unfortumate bad manners of the Oxahe people in connection with Bug Ward's fine exhibition. I was interested in what you had to say regarding all sports, and in the comparisons that you made. Gene, the plea thet I make is that these college boys are amateurs, or should be, at least, and that we have adopted professional tactics in the treatment of these college boys. Basketbell is the only spert in college where these boys _ are subjected to the indignities of a highly emotional fandon. Ia golf most of these professionals come up from the caddy stage and they are hard-nosed end hard-boiled, generally speaking, and razzing doesn't hurt many of them. The college boy is a student primarily, or at least the majority of them are, enc it is for this be class that I say should be protected from the blatant rowdyism that obtains in profession- al baseball, wrestling, and so forth. I em still trying to keop my boys amateur in the strict sense of the word and I am endeavoring to have them cone duct themselves as gentlemen. I am not lifing in a fool's paradise and I realize that basketball has become prefessional the same as hes football end most of the college sports. But there are still exceptions to that rule and I hope there always will be somee I wented you to mow that I enjoyed your erticle and had I not & hak oe wacabe with me who had to get back to Kansas City I would have dropped in for a short chat. You have ~2- a fine colum and I always enjoy reading it. With all good wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, es Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA: AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coaches Sept. 25, 1942 Coach Charles L. Summers East Alton-Wood River Community High School Wood River, Illinois Dear Coach Summers, Pardon my negligence in not answering your letter sooner. As soon as your letter came I looked up Giff and told him that I was interested in seeing that he was mede very happy and secure in this place. He said that he was happy regarding everything. I told him then thet I had received a lettér from you and that you were a little concerned about Giff because of what he had written home. We laughed and said, "Maybe I did write a rather blue letter then, but everything is keen now and I am heppy." I wanted you to know, Coach Summers, that I have made special efforts in contacting Giff and have been keeping close to him on all occasions. I assure you that he will not be neglected and I appreciate your letter which showed a fine concern for this young man. He is @ splendid chap. At the present time he is up in the gymnesium working under my son, Milton Allen, who graduated here in 1936 and played on that fine ever-victerious team we had that yeare Milton is studying law and will receive his second degree this summer. He graduated in the School of Business in 1956. I am sure that Giff will be very happy and I am looking forward to working with him at every opportunity. With all good wishes I am Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education Varsity Basketball Coach EAST ALTON - WOOD RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL : DISTRICT NUMBER 144 MADISON COUNTY OFFICERS DIRECTORS . F. Counsil, President Ww . M. Lee .e H.W. Rin R. A. Scheer, Principal . B. Wainright sibs a nee ; yh ‘yaa aes EAST ALTON - WOOD RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL OFFICERS : DIRECTORS E. F. Counsil, President WOOD RIVER, ILL : _M. Leever L. L. Ricks, Secretary H.W. Ringering R. A. Scheer, Principal J. B. Wainright June 25th, 1941 Mr. J. E. Schaefer Vice President Stearman Aircraft Wichita, Kansas Dear Mr. Schaefer* Thank you for your good letter and additional thanks for conveying George Trumbold greetings. I certainly shall give you both a ring if and when I get to Wichita. With kindest personal regards, I an, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation-Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. FCA;re SS = == == eee Ne = _ <—SS=—= S=SSS S=> WICHITA, KANSAS, 7s aes. Se Se June 23, 1941 Dr. Forrest C, Allen, Director Department of Physical Education University of Kansas Lewrence, Kansas My dear Dr, Allen: This is indeed a busy world and I well understand the delay in answering my letter of April 21, The fact that you answered it in the splendid way you did gives me much encouragement and pleasure, I hope none of us gets too busy to not have some time for fundamentals, particularly when they involve basic principles of character which we must continue developing in our youth, To have a part in such a progrem is a privilege and if my letter can be of any value in your program, use it in any way you see fit, either by personal reference or indirectly, as occasion demands, With kindest personal regards and best wishes for your continued success, I am Sincerely yours, STEARMAN AIRCRAFT Division~of Boeing Airplane Compas JESchaefer; be MEMBER AERONAUTICAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF AMERICA MANUFACTURERS AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION