April 5, 1942

Mr, Jay Simon
Coffeyville Journal
Coffeyville, Kengas

Dear Jays on
Thank you very mach for your clipping from the Bartlesville

Examiners I appreciate your ding me the clipping om Goaleliie Yes,
I am interested, and things are going along very nicelys

Regarding our baseball prospects, I would say they are rather
dim this yeare larry Hensley signed up with the fetroit outfit and hes
been farmed out to a league in Kentucky. ‘Willer Cameron transferred
fran the University of Mansas to the University of Oklehana this past
falle Both of these boys felt thet there was not enough emphasis placed
on their favorite sport and they did not care to continve another year

Of course, we lost most of the team last years Horak, Jack
Sands and Red Dugan, pitchers, were all seniorse vonte iurkle is saving
his last year of eligibility for football. Bob Hunt and all the outfielders
graduated so that only leaves Bddie Hall, a Keman from the year before, |
as catcher and Knute Kresie as our number 1 pitchers

_ On two different occasions,you can see by the schedule enclosed,
we Gre playing four games handrumingse ‘the fact that we did not pick up
eny pitchers causes us to be terribly lame in that linee John Burgeis :
relief pitcher but could not goa full gamee Therefore, Bob Allen, apparently,
is the number 2 pitcher, and we have a boy named Atwell, a lefthander, .-
who does not pitch well at all, as the only other pitchers We will get
socked beautifully by the other BigeSix teams who have now gone in strong
for baseballe | : |

i am sending you a clipping fraa Horace Mason's News Bureau
regarding the baseball situation, but doubtless you have already received |
the samee This is just a year of rebuilding so far as baseball is concerned.

With all good wishes, I am,

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education end Recreation
‘Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach

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