UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

LAWRENCE :
DIVISION OF PHYSIGAL EDUCATION AND February 28, 19386

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

To the Boys of the Kansas Varsity Who Made Nubbins out of Big Earse

Dear Boys:

I want you to kmow how elated I am at your wonderful achieve=
ment last Saturday night. Any coach who could sit on the sideline and
see the morale, the determination, and the punch exhibited that you boys
showed, and who could then withhold fulsome praise of a sterling bunch
competitors, then I would say there must be something wrong with that
fellow. Well, there may be something wrong with me now, and doubtless
there is, because I haven't had my apple today from Nebraskie

Seriously, boys, I am leaving soon for Columbia, Missouri,
to look over those Tigers. Reading between the lines of the sport
stories which came out of Norman, I have got a sneaking hunch that the
gentlemen Tigers are playing a double post with Mre Brown on one side
and Mr. Tison on the other. With Lobsiger and Halstead playing the
guard position, it is going to be necessary for us to devise a little
different defense, if my fears are well grounded, and I believe they are.

You see, it would be necessary for us to put the apex man,
Schmidt, out in front of those two post men and to have our two guards,
Harp and Pralle, play inside of those post men, inside and on the side
of their respective opponents. The fact that we pulled Schmidt back
would leave an extra man to play out in front with Lobsiger and Halstead.
This type of defense is always a very dangerous one when both guards can
shoot well. So I want to get down and see just what the Tigers are
doinge

You know, boys, even if Missouri should beat Oklahoma tonight
it would certainly be an anti-climax for us to let Missouri beat us. And
if they do beat Oklahoma tonight they are going to be tougher than a boote
They will be in there fighting for that second place tie. And then if
Oklahoma should beat them they will be just about like Nebraska. They
will be out there endeavoring to knock Kansas off for Oklahoma, Just
smoke this in your pipes, boys - there is not a school in the Big Six
but what would give their right eye to knock Kansas out of the picture.
And you can figure it out for yourselves that there is plenty of trouble
ahead for use

So I want you boys to go over all of your Nebra&s plays
in the room with Deese Bruce, I want you to explain to the boys what you
were telling me the other night when they were not coming on through to
receive that pass from you when you were throwing it away. My answer to
you would be that even though they weren't coming in it would have been