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Dr. "Phog" Allen
University of Kansas
lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

In view of the fact that I am a former student
of the University of Missouri, and a great
admirer of yours, in spite of the many defeats
handed Missouri by your teams on the basketball
court, I'm taking the liberty of writing you to
find out some information.

At the present time, I am the Athletic Director
of this plant. Before coming to New Orleans,

I worked with Larry Winn, Jr., whom I believe
you know very well, at North American Aviation
in Kansas City.

To get to the point - There is a boy employed
by this company who plans to attend college
this fall. He's 18, and l-F because of asthms.
The asthma seldom bothers him, but still he has
it, and that is enough to keep him out of the
services, He is a fine potential basketball
player, and under the right teaching and super-~
vision, could turn into a great basektball player.
His heart and soul is in every game, and that,
in my opinion, goes @ long way in making a
basketball pleyer. He would welcome the train-
ing I know you give your boys.

This boy, while he has saved some money, would
need the assistance of a scholarship or some
job arrangement. He is employed here as a
draftsman, and plens to continue this as an
Engineering student.