March 31, 1942. Dr. W. ©. Jessen, Peabody, Kansase Dear Dr. Jessens Se Thank you very much for your letter of the 25th. I assure you it was a pleasure to do anything we could for you in the matter of tickets. Thank you also for telling me about this boy Smiley of Naletead. It has been our custom for a few years past to invite outstanding high school basketball players to come to the Kansas Relays, and in the morning have a work-out on the basketball court with some of our varsity players. jie are extending a similar invitation this year, and Max Smiley is on our Mist. I hope to have the pleasure of meeting him here on April 18th... With kindest regards to you and yours, I em Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Reoreation, Varsity Basketball end Baseball Coach. W. C. Jessen, D. D. S. reser. Kansas | ee eee oe, atten — 67 oa Mr. Kirk Scott Newton, Kansas Dear Kirk: It has been our custom in the past few.years to invite out- standing seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the Uni- versity on the morning of our Relays, April 18, about 10:00 o'clock, and work out with our varsity end freshmen basketball players in Robingon Gymnasium. It is not necessary that you bring any athletic equipment. We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting grass and playing informally from 10:00 to 11:30. - QOur varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equip- ‘ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, tes take & chower, ant you ere ready for an eerily start for the outstanding Kansas Relays. H We will have a ticket ready for you for the Kansas Relays in the afternoon. Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportunity.to meet our varsity players. I trust that it will be possible for you to comé.s Please let me hear from you at your convenience, | If there is anything that I can do in the way of giving you information or tendering you any service that you should need, it will. be a pleasure to have you call on ne. With all good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach McPherson, Kansas Bear Bobs It has been our custom in the past few years to invite out- standing seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the Uni- versity on the morning of our Relays, April 18, about 10:60 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshmen badketball players in — Robinson Gymnasium. It is not necessary that you bring any athletic equipment. We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and playing informally from 10:00 to 12:30. Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equip- ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, ee ee ee the outstanding Fensas Relays. We will have a ticket ready for you for the Kansas Relays in the afternoon. Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportunity to meet our varsity players. : I trust that it will be. possible for you to come. Please . let me hear from you at your convenience. | If there is anything that I can do in the way of giving you information or rendering you any service that you should _— it will be a pleasure to have you call on me. With all good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Rasketball and Beseball Coach April 1, 1942. ir. Joe Thornton Winfield, Kansas Dear Joes It has been our custom in the past few years to invite out- standing seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the Uni- versity on the morning of our Relays, April 18, about 10:00 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshmen basketball players in Robinson Gymnasium. It is not necessary that you bring any athletic equipment. We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun ——- goals end playing informally from 10:00 to 11:50. Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equip- ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting ‘baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for an _ start sand the outstanding Kansas Relays. We will have a ticket ready for you for the Ransan Relays in the afternoon. Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportunity to meet our varsity pleyers. I trust that at will be possible for you to come. Please let ne hear from you at your convenience. | If there is anything that I can do in the way of giving you information or rendering you any service that _ should need, i+ will be a pleasure to have you call on me. gadiae: With all good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball and Basetiall Coach PCAs Ail tire Bi11 Thornton Winfield, Kansas Dear Bills It has been our custom in the past few years to invite out- standing seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the Uni-~ versity on the morning of our Relays, April 18, about 10:00 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshmen basketball players in Robinson Gymnasium. It is not necessary that you bring any athletic equipmente We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and playing informally from 10:00 to 11:30. Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equip- ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for an early start for the outstanding Kansas Relays. _ We will have a ticket ready for you for the Kansas Relays in the afternoons Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportunity to meet our varsity players. i trust that it will be possible for you to comes Please let me hear from you at your convenience. If there is anything that I can do in the way of giving you information or rendering you any service that you should need, it will be a pleasure to have you call on me. : With all good wishes, I am, Sincerely yours, \ . Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach "FCA rAH April p 1942. My. Bill Lindquist Ward High School Kansas City, Moe Dear Bille it has been the custom in the past few years to invite out-~ standing seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the Uni-~ versity on the morning of our Relays, April 18, about 10300 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshmen basketball players in Robinson Gymnasium. it is not necessary that you bring any athletic equipment. We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and playing informally from.10:00 to 11:30. Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on @ few drills, but nothing elaborate. ‘You merely cheek out equip- ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for an early start for the outstanding “ansas Relayse We will have a ticket ready for you for the Kansas Relays in the afternoon, Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportunity to meet our varsity playerss I trust that it will be possible for you to come. Please let me hear from you at your conveniencés If there is anything that I ean do in the way of giving you information or rendering you any service that you should need, it will be a pleasure to have you c@ll on me. , With all good wishes, I an, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach FPCA3AN April 1, 1942. Mz» Bob ‘Durnil ElDorade, Kansas Dear Bobs It has been the custom in the past few years to invite oute standing seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the Uni- | versity.on the morning of our Relays, April 18, about 10:00 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshmen basketball players in _ Robinson Gymnasium. It is not necessary that you bring any athletic equipment. We will check out equipzent to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and playing informally from 10:00 to 11:30. Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put . on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equip- ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for an early start for the outstanding Kansas Relayse We will have a ticket ready for you for the Kansas Relays in the afterncon. Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportunity to meet our varsity playerse I trust that it will be possible for you to come. Please let me hear from you at your conveniences If there is anything that 1 can do in the way of giving you information or rendering you any service that you should need, it will be a pleasure to have you call on mes. | With all good wishes, I an, Director of Physical Education and Recreation — Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach FCAsAH 7 April 1, 1942. Mire Don Gepner Dodge City, Kansas Dear Dons ; Tt hes been, ote custon in the pest few yeare to invite out- standiig seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the Uni- versity on the morning of our Relays, April 18, about 10:00 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshuen basketball pleyers in Robinson Gymnasium. It is not necessary that you bring any ethletic equipment. We will check out equipment te you and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and playing informally from 10:00 to 11:50. . - . Our wersity basketball. players will be dressed and will put on @ few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equip- ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting | baskets, then take a shower, eee the outstanding Kansas Relays. — - We will have a ticket ready for you for the Fansas Relays in the afternoon. Our purpose in having you here is te give you an opportunity to meet our varsity players. ; i trust that it will be possible for you to comée Please let me hear from you at your conveniences. | If there is anything that 4 ean do in the way of giving you information or rendering you any service that you should need, it will be a pleasure te heve you cell on me. With all good wishes, I an, Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach -FOAsAH ia. Rex Huxman : Menlo, Kansas Dear Rext it has been our custom in the past few years to invite out~ standing seniors who are preficient in basketball to come to the Unie versity on the morning of our Relays, April 16, about 10:00 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshmen basketball players in Robinson Gymnasiume I+ ig not necessary that you bring any athletic © equipment. We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting i and pleying informally fron 10300 to 11:30. . Car ‘varsity basketball players will be dressed ané will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check cut equip- ment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for an early start for the oe Kargas Relays. We will have a ticket ready for you for the Kansas ra in the afternoon. er oe ‘to givé you an opportunity to meet our varsity players. - I trust that it will be possible for you to com@és Please let me hear from you at your conveniences 7 if there is anything that I ean do in the way of giving you information or rendering you any service that = should need, it will be a pleasure to have you call on mes With all good wishes, I oy _ Sineerely yours, Direotor of Physical Education and Reereation Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach April 1, 1942. ur. Rog er Allen, Frits Company, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Roger: This will confirm our telephone conversation of this morning concerning Don Adams, I will be happy to see him Friday, and if he can came in shortly after lunch it will suit me better because i have a committee meeting at 2:30. I will be in my office between 1:30 and 2:00. Thanking you for your interest, I am Sincerely yours, Pirector of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA :AH Varsity Basketbell and Baseball Coach. FAITZ OO. TIRES * BATTERIES « GASOLINE « OILS * AUTO SUPPLIES * LUBRICATION + WASHING PHONE 4 LAWRENCE, KANSAS March 27, 1942 Mr. Jerome Adame 725 West Thomas Avenue Shenandoah, Iowa Dear Mr. Adams: Please pardon my long delay in answering your letter in re- gard to your son Don attending K. U. It is good to hear from Harry Ott and I am always glad to hear from a Firestone desler beCause TI enjoy being one of them. Your son Don Certainly has a fine reCord in basketball as well as in his studies and both of these things appeal equally in strength in Dr. Allen's attitude toward the men on the Squad. — Dr. Allen requires a high sChoolasti¢ standing of his boys and he teaCthes them many things other than basketball that will be of great value to them in later life. I hope that Don Gan have the privilege of this assoCiation, he is not only a fine Coach but «a fine aggressive gentlemens : I feel that I should give you some information regarding the Cost of attending K. Ue. As an out-of-state student the tuition would be $75.00 each semester or a total of----~---3150,00 MatriGulation fee (pay only onCe)---------9+-----=. 20,00 Hospital fee per FOO To ee ee ce re a te ce a a ge SS 10,00 TPotale------- $192.50 -- Board and room at present time will Cost approximately - $30.00 per month, however, this figure might be slightly higher next fall due to antiCipated in¢rease in prices as a result of a war effort plant soon to be loCated near LawrenCe, | I believe Don Can be assured of a job so that he Can earn $20.00 per month by working two hours per day and four hours Satur- day morning at thirty-five Cents per hour. : While K. U. does not have the polity nor the funds to sub- sidize ‘t's athletes like some sChools. I believe, that K. U. offers other advantages that makes this Cost worthwhile if a student has the means to attend here. a TIRES x BATTERIES «x GASOLINE + OILS + AUTO SUPPLIES + LUBRICATION + WASHING PHONE 4 LAWRENCE, KANSAS Jerome Adams 2 eS 3e27+42 Possibly Don would like to Come to Lawrente and leok over the situation and meet Dr. Allen and other professors of the s¢hool in which he is interested and if he would drop me a line when he in- tends to Come I would be happy to be of whatever assistante I Can in helping him in his Contacte. Sinterely 4 | RA /vk April 2, 1942. Mir. Howard Martin, Predonia, Kansas. Dear Howard: It has been our custom in the past few years to invite outstanding smiors who are proficient in basket~ ‘ball to come to the University on the morning of the Kansas Relays, April 18, about 10 o'clock, and work out with ou varsity and freshman basketball players in the gymnasium. It is not necessary that you bring eny athe letic equipment. We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and play in- formally with the boys from 10 to 11:50. Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equipment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take @ shower, and you are ready for an early start for the outstanding Kansas Releys. We will have a ticket ready _ for you for the Relaya in the afternoon, Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportunity to meet ow varsity players. I trust that it will be possible for you to come. Mr. W. Le Stryker has told me of your interest in *.U., and has spoken very highly of youe If there is any way in which I can be of service to you it will be a pleasure. Please let me hear from you at you convenience. With best wishes, I am Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA: AH Varsity Basketball end Baseball Coach. April 2, 1942, ir. Jimay Neuman, Fredonia, Kansas. Dear Jimny: It has been our custom in the past few years to invite outstanding seniors who are proficient in basket- ball to come to the University of the morning of the Kansas Relays, April 18, about 10 o’clock, and work out with our varsity and freshman basketball players in the gymasium. It is not necessary thet you bring any ath- letic equipment. We will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot fun shooting goals and playing in- formally with the boys from 10 to 11:30. Our varsity basketbail pleyers will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing eleborabe. You merely check out equipment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for en early start for the outstanding Kansas Kelayse ‘ie will have a ticket ready for you for the Releys in the efternoon. Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportimity to meet our varsity players. I trust that it will be possible for you to come. Mr. We Le Stryker has told me of your interest in K.U., and I want to assure you that we will be glad to help you in any way we can. Please let me hear from you et your convenience. It will be a pleasure to have a visit with you. With best wishes, I an Sincerely yours, : Direstor of Physical Education end Recreation, FOA:AH Versity Basketball and Baseball Coach. March 30, 1942. Vr. Yax White, Sledd Building, Lyons, Kensas. ‘Deer Vers Thenk you, Max, for your very good letter of the 29th instant. We will invite Martin of Fredonia, and Se ee warmmeup with our varsity athletes. Won't you write me and give me Turner's first name and any background, so when I write him he will know that t am acquainted with his background? ~ I appreciate what you had to say pepliitine ‘Donaldean Maison. We did everything we could for the boy and he led us to believe that everything wo had done was em tirely satisfactory and that he was happy. I do not like this sort of thing and believe that the best way to impress the boys forcibly is to pull no punches but waht ean he truth and nothing but the truth. #13) you alee please tell me Turner's background — ee ~— ‘Sincerely yours, ae Director of Physical Education and Recreation PCA: AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. New York Life Insurance Gompany March 29, 194° MAX WHITE SLEDD BUILDING LYONS, KANSAS TELEPHONE 212 Dr. Direct OL Of University Lawrence, Dear Phog: seived your letter, together with one from Donaldean Maison to you and your reply to him. I heartily concur in everything that you said to him, and feel that any other reply would have done him more harm than good. His lack of mental courage is a disappointment to me. TI had vastly different opinion of him. ‘Sometimes good athlete has things too easy for him in 7h school and atrovhy of the intestines t in. 18m afraid that is the case with Donai Please eccept my congratulations upon the ine season which you end your boys have enjoyed. They must heve develoved swiftly after the season started, and I am sure that their showing: has made you very havoy. I would like to call your attention to. very outstanding players at the State Class tournement st Hays last week. Both are big _ ragged boys, standing around six feet three; end weighing probably sround 180. They were outstanding at the backboards and in. their ball handling. The best wes Marti im of Fredonia, who carried his team to the championshin bye his play, and the second is Turner of Lyons. Thanking you for the courtesy of your letter, and extending my best wishes for the future, I am oincereiy Yours, Ma, Py bebe April 2, 1942. Yr. Harold Howey, Tola, Kansage Dear Harold; Walter Scott Fees, Jr., has spoken to me of your interest in «.U., and I want to assure you that it will be a pleasure to render any service or to give you any inform ation you should desire about the University of Kansas. It has been our custom in the past few years to in- vite outstanding seniors who are proficient in basketball to com to the University on the morning of the Kensas Relays, April 18, about 10 o'clock, and work out with ow versity and freshman basketball players in the gymmasium. It is not necessary thet you bring any athletic equipment. e will check out equipment to you and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and playing informally with the boys from 10 to 11:306 Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate, You merely check out equipment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then teke a shower, and _ you are ready for an early start for the outstanding Kenses Relays. we will have a ticket ready for you for the Relays in the afternoon. Our purpose in having you here ie to give you an opportumity to meet our varsity players. I trust that it will be possible for you to come. Please let me hear from you at your convenience. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Bducation end Recreation, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. April 2, 1942. My, Walter Scott Pees, Jr., Tole, Zansas. Dear Walter: = greatly appreciate your kind letter concerning Farold Noweye We are sending him en invitation to come up to the University on the morning of the Kansas Relays, April 18th, to work out with some of the boys in the gymmesiun. They will have a lot of fun shooting goals from about 10 to 11930, then take a shower, and be ready for an early start to the Relays in the afternoon. I hope that Harold will find it possible to come - gt this time. If there is any information I ean give hin sbout the University, I assure you it will be a pleasure to have a visit with hime Thanking you for your interest, and with best wishes, T am Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education end Recreation, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach Iola, Kansas March 16, 1942 Dr. Forrest ¢. Allen Chairman Physical Education Department University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Doctor Allen: I talked to Harold Howey about coming to Lawrence some weekend as you suggested when I was in your office last Tuesday. He seemed very interested to have a talk with you and I told him I could bring him to Lawrence any weekend this month and would leave it to you to decide when the best time would be. He told me two men in Pleasanton had mentioned K.U. to him, Bradley an insurance man and Jack Smith a coal dealer. If there is any other information you wish to know about Howey, I would be glad to get it for you. I have talked to some of the people in town and will be able to give you their in- formation about Howey. Yours very truly, oe ote pr Walter Scott Fees, Jr. December 9, 1941 Br. Bob Nelson 1108 Tennessee St. Lawrence, Kansas Dear Bob, : . Thank you very much for writing me regarding the two fine basketball players who are prospective University of Kansas students. I have hegrd of Dale Hall and Harold Howey as fine athletes and fine fellows and I will be very glad to have them up for & game or WW. Will you be good enough to act as an intermediary for me? 1 will procure tickets for them and you can see that they get theme | Again, thank you for your interest. Sincerely, Director of Physical Education and Recreation PCA/pg Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach 1108 Tennessee St. Lawrence, Kansas December 2, 1941 Dr. Forrest C. Allien Lawrence, Kansas Dear “Phog," I know you are interested in getting future basketball prospects to attend the University of Kansas. The two best basketball prospects in Kansas at the present time, I think, are Harold Howey, Iola's junior college sensational athlete, and Dale Hall, a sensational high school star at Parsons, Kansas. Howey's home is in Pleasanton, Ks., the home of Gene Long, K. U. sophomore tackle this fall. Harold Howey is an all around athlete. He is also the best football prospect in Kansas at the present time, in my estimation, and a star outfielder on Iola'ts Champ- jonship Ban Johnson baseball team last summer that K. U.'s Knute Kresie pitched so well for. Kmute Kresie can prob- ably tell you a great deal about Harold. I have been informed Harold is a good student in his classwork. Howey established a new Kansas junior college basket- ball scoring record as a freshman last year avering 16 points per game. Howey seems to possess as much natural ability as Engleman or Miller in basketball. He should be eligible for two years of Big Six basketball. There should be some K. U. alumni, or friends of K. U., in Iola or Pleasanton, Ks interested in getting Howey that could be turned loose on him. I have heard Missouri and other schools are after him, but think K. U. can land Harold if enough effort is put forth and the right contacts are made, as I have been informed he favors the University of Kansas. The other prospect, Dale Hall seems to be a coach's “dream player." Hall is an all A student in school and is trying to obtain admittance into West Point. If he doesn't go to West Point, I sure want to see him here at K. U. next fall. I have followed his success on the gridiron and on the basketball court for the past three years. He has led football scoring all three years in the Southeast Kansas High School Conference, and basketball scoring his sophomore and junior years. He scored 32 points in one basketball game last fall to surpass the old record held by our own Ralph Miller. Dale Hall is reguarded by many sport authorities in southeastern Kansas, that saw both Miller and Hall, as an even better prospect than Miller was in his high school days at Chanute, both in football and in basketball. Hall also is a good baseball prospect as an outfielder and played Ban Johnson baseball on Parsons! team last summer. Hall may be able to come to K. U. on a Summerfield Scholarship, but NO LIMIT of effort ought to be put forth in trying to bring this fine athlete to the University of Kansas for his higher education, next fall. I suggest you have Hall and Howey up for a game or two this fall as it might pay you large dividends in the future. Doc, I want to wish you lots of luck for a good season this year and hope we can get into the National Basketball Championship Tournment in Kansas City next March. Si rely yours K. U. Student '44 April 2, 1942. Mr. Kenneth Bpunds, Northeast High School, Kensas City, Mo. Dear Kenny: It has been ow custom in the past few years to invite outstanding seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the University on the morning of the Kansas Relays, April 18, about 10 o'clock, and work out with our varsity and freshman basketball players in Robinson Gymasium. It is not necessary that you bring any athletic equipment. We will check equipment out to you, and you will have a lot of fun shooting goals and playing informally from 10 to 11:30. Our varsity basketball players will be dreused and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out equipment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for en early start for the Relays. We will heave a ticket ready for you for the Relays in the afternoon. Our. purpose in having you here is to give you an ty to meet our varsity players. I trust that it will be possible for you to come. Please let me hear from you at yow convenience. With all good wishes, I am Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, POA: AH . Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. April 2, 1942. ir. Bud French, It has been our custom in the past few years to invite outstanding seniors who are proficient in basketball to come to the University on the morning of the Kansas Relays, ‘April 18, about 10 o'clock, end work out with our varsity and freshmen basketball players in Robinson Gymnasium, It is not nécessary that you bring eny athletic equipment. We will check out equipment to you, and you will heve a lot of fum shooting goals and playing informally from 10 to 11:50. Our varsity basketball players will be dressed and will put on a few drills, but nothing elaborate. You merely check out.equipment and go with the boys on the floor and have a lot of fun shooting baskets, then take a shower, and you are ready for an early start for the Relays. We will have a ticket ready for you for the Relays in the afternoon. Our purpose in having you here is to give you an opportamity to meet our versity players. I trust that it will be possible for yow to come. Please let me hear from you at your convenience. With all good wishes, T am - Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Bducation and Recreation, POA :AH Varsity Basketball end Baseball Coach.