Che University of Oklahoma

Okla
Oty I 18300

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

Mr. Ferrest C. Allez
Varsity Basketball Coach
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kanaas

Dear Mr. Allen:

Thanks to you for your congratulory epistle and
your well wishes for me and my “Scatters" for the coming year.
Yes I do inherit a nice bunch of boys but from the reports that
are coming out of Lawrence I understand that you have the finest
crop of yearlings that you have had in years so don't you come
out and make a prediction fer this freshman coach his first year.

I was more then pleased with my new assignment here
as basketball coach and think that we ( yes I can say we altho it
sounds a little beastful) have a swell bunch of mem heading the
destinies of baskebball im this conference. I have always been one
ef your admirers and consider it a real pleasure te match Wits with
the "Phog", the wizzard of this comparatively new indoor sport. I
have been a little didsapointed im the semewhat bitter feeling that
seemed to prevail between you and ==--------, I feel this way, that
if I can’t treat my competitors as gentleman and feel that I have @
friend in them, then I’m im the wrong profession. I de believe as
we all do that to battle for whatever is right. I hope that in my
old age I may look beck on our relations as fend memories of years of
keen clean competition; of games where sportsmanship was a credit to
the game and a genuine friendship with that coach.

Yés Oklahoma and Kansas have had some red-hot basketball
games as I well know but as far as the crowds are concerned we could fill the
Field House any day of the week and se could you at Lawrence, so I don't
think we need any build-up. I would like to make my debut against you
here in Norman Jan. 6 or Sth. The first home game under the new coach ect.
It weuld be 4 swell setting for a record crowd. Let me make my apprerance
against you im my first conference game at Norman and them you can have the
other game the latter part of the season at Lewrence late in Feb. I will
be in Lincoln Thursday nite and we can talk this thing over before the
huddle is called..

Sincerely yours,

uk,

Varsity Basketball Coach
I forget to imclude examination date. Jan. 20 thru Jan. 26th.

BeDs MM