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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY . a

THE PoRTIS INDEPENDENT

J.E.KISSELL, EDITOR, OWNER AND PUBLISHER

PORTIS, OSBORN Co., KANSAS

August the Twenty-Sixth,
Nineteen Hundred Forty.
DR. F. OC. ALLEN,
Lawrence, Kansase

Dear Doctor Allen: y

This is Monday evening and I wanted to get a letter on the mail “
to tell you a little as regards Tucker. I came home yesterday, Sunday,
and stopped in Manhattan as Gardner had asked me a number of times to
stop and see him but he was always awaye

This time he was gone too, but I made some inquiry and finally asked
some of the folks about the house if he had not gone to Winfield and they
said he had and I asked if he went to see Tucker and they said 'yes' and
that he (Gardner) had just phoned before I stopped that Tucker was un-
decided and would know Monday (today) what he would do, that is where he
would go. In the course of the talk someone remarked that likely Tucker
would eventually go to KU since the Aggie reputation was not very out- |
standing just now, ; .

RP).

I do not know that the above is of interest to you but thot it {
might be and if so, you are welcome. I am not writing because I am
much interested in Tucker nor where he goes, As a matter of fact I have
becore a bit sour on his mind changing but yet I feel he would be a fine
man for your future teams and after all an older person must ‘overlook!
the wavering of youngsters in the years they are easily influenced.

I want to ask you this as regards Max, I think you mentioned work
for him, a couple of hours a day. Would that start at once, that is as
goon as he enrolls or school opens? I want him to be clear on his oOb=
ligationse The fact is Allen; that pressure is being brot on him to 2
go out for football and he may, or I believe will if he has the time, Not ~
that he intends to play always, unless he should be adept at it, but to
familiarize himself with the sport so that if he coached later he would
know more about fundamentals. And a former Supt. of his suggested maybe
he ought to go out and get some touch with football since he might take
up sports writing. In case he does that will it make any difference or
will he get an assignment from the football dept. or still from the bas-=
ketball? However, if he tells a coach that the coach will likely’ say ae
he is going out for a short time and will not play in future years, that
the coach does not care to bother with him. So it would put Max on the
spot and I judge that Max is determined enough that if he can do any= ~—
thing worth while at football that he will get into it and go as hard as
he Cane We talked over various angles with Dean Stockton the other daye
If you have any further suggéstion I will be glad to hear and I think Max
Will be here about Sept. Ist.

I was glad to see you the other night. I did not like Crisdes:
so well and his stories and doubted a little that story about th
luck boy; but it sounded pretty good anyway.

   

In haste to mail this. Sincerely, Kissell, Portis,