Merch il, 1941

Mre and Mrse NeCe Simons
General Delivery
Tuczon, Arizona

Dear Friends:

I very much appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing me fran
Mineral Wells, Texase Frankly, I am very happy that we lost,under the
conditionss it released the boys from a terrific strains

All of them, of course, wanted to go on and try for the regional
championship. ‘My statement sounds paradoxical I kmow, but I have been so
tired of seeing those little fellows matched against those altitudenous giants
on the opposition that it really hurt me to see the amout of energy that
they would expend to arrive at a victory or near victorye And then they were
so afraid for the games coming ups

Howard Eigleman, Bobby Allen and TeP.e Hunter, 3 boys weighing but
157 pounds against those opponents really made me feel as if I was torturing
them, and yet they wanted to play and it was the best we had under the conditions.
So for them to win a tied championship and get their gold championship baslete
balls just the same as if they had won the championship outright makes me

very happy.

Next year we will have bigger men and I believe the shoe’ will be
on the othe: foote Some of my opponents will know how it seems to battle
height and weight opposition and maybe I can relex a little bite At least
I will not feel as if the boys have given their last ounce of energy and
devotion for that indefinable souething we call school spirit, and their
love to plays

When you state that you regret we did not win the championship, of
course, you mean a chempionship outright. Iowa State and Kansas are tied
for the championship and that is glory enoughe And too, 7 am so fond of Louis
Menge, one of my old boys, that I know of no team that I would rather have share
it with us than Menze's Town State Teams -

I am sorry, lrse Simons, that you do not see axy pronounced tmprovenent
yet but It believe with the warm sumshine and the change of general conditions
you will see some improvements. At least I am sincerely hoping that that will
be tho aac And with your good physician and expert monsicur (Cs), I am sure
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