Downs Kansas
Feb. 28, 1939

Dear Mr. Allen

I want to congratulate you and your team
on the fine game you played Saturday nite.
I also want to thank you for the tickets
you gave us. Vance and I really enjoyed
the game. ie also picked up a few pointers.

Thank you for your kind invitation to
the relays. My father says that maybe he
will take Vance and I down there. I sure
hope so.

I wish you and your team all kinds of
good luck im your game with M. U. and I'm
sure from the evidence you gave us Sat.
nite you cam't help but win The Big Six
Championship.

We play tommorrow nite in the Dist.
tournment at Leabonen. We also have high
hopes of Winning.

I. thank you again for the tickets and
swell game and hope to see you again goon.

Sincerely Yours

Athan Undage
Downs, Kansas
March end, 1939

Mr. Forrest C. Allen, Basketball Coach
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Mr. Allens

I certainly enjoyed meeting you and seeing your boys
play Oklahoma last week and I greatly appreciate the
opportunity you gave me to be there. It certainly geve
me a big thrill when the flag was raised and made me
wonder if I would ever be out there with you and the
boys. Our seats were sure in a swell plece and I thank
you very much for then.

I hope that by the time you receive this letter you
have virtually clinched the Big Six race by defeating
Missouri to-night.

I am hoping to come down again before school is out -
possibly for the Relays.

Again thanking you, I am

Sincerely yours,

aha le
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A COMPLETE RECORD
OF DRAGONS’ SCORES

Last week, under the heading
“An Enviab!e Record,’ we gave a
brief resume of the record of the
Downs Dragons for the past sea-
son, which included their season’s
regular schedule and the games|
played in the county tournament.

At that time, the records on all
of ‘the individual players had not
been compiled, hence we were able
to give only figures on high point
man, Captain Vance /Hall, and the
team as a whole. Now however,
we have the records complete, and
here they are, showing the num-
ber of points made during the sea-
son by each player:

Vance Hall was high point man
with a grand total of 369.

Bob Dillon was second high
point man with a total of 86.

Bernard Beck was third high
point man with 78. Beck did not
participate in every game, and
about two weeks before the sea-
son’s schedule closed, was injured
and’ taken off the floor until the
close of the season.

Bill Metz has played a sterling
game thruout the entire season
and' rolled up 36 points.

Chet Walter and Preston Pet-
ers each scored 35 points during
the season. Peters was also on the
casualty list and out of the game
for’some time. ‘Walters was fre-
quently taken from the game to
allow another player an opportun-
ity to get into action.

Ned Cushing, was otten pulled
out of the reserve team and work-
ed with the regulars, altho he did
not participate in all games play-
ed. He added a total of 30 points
to the Dragons’ total for the year.

Allen Verhage, another hard |
luck player, being out of the game!
for two or three weeks on account
of illness, did his bit by scoring
22 points.

Eldon Simmons and John Krea-
mer, both members of the reserve
team, were drafted into service in|
one game each with the first
team, with Simmons scoring 4
points and Kreamer 3.

The above’ figures are taken
from the records and insofar as
we have been able to ascertain,
are authentic, altho there is a
bare possibility that during the
heat of some of the games, the
score-keeper may have given cred-
it for a point or two to one lad
when it should have gone to an-
other.

In a check-up of the above
scores, it will be seen that the
team as a whole made a grand to-
tal of 698 points for the season.
With Captair Hall making 369 of
these points, this would leave the
other members of the team mak-
ing 324 points.

 
“EXPERTS” CHOOSE
ALL-TOURNEY TEAM

»And now we come again to the
point where the “experts” -step
forth to let everyone know just
who is who in the basketball
world, and do their choosing for
honors in an a'l-tourney team from
the various players who partici-

pated in the district tourney held
in Lebanon last week.
SS ay
oA group of sports authorities
and those connected with the var-
ious teams participating in the

tourney met and compared notcs
with the following results:

~ The all-tourney team: Vance
¥ Hall, Downs; Max Kissell, Portis;
Ju Mor Caldwell, Portis; 'DuiWayne
Grimes, Harian; Ernest Katten-|
berg, Lebanon.

Dillon of Downs also descrves |
mention as he was just a -shade|

‘ behind some of the boys named and

named, the following would make|
a squad of ten men—McCrackcn of |
ey Lebanon, M. Caldwell of Portis, /|
(So... of Downs and Martin of|
Gaylord.

‘Twenty-three men voted on the
seections and each man named five}
13 men for the tourney team and then |

ue Dillon and the £16 boys!

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wished. Allowing two> ‘points for

“ epch first team vote and one'point
Mangal. honorable mention. At this
rating, six men on the Downs team
“Were mentioned with a total of. 91

se } points.

“Hall and Kissell v were unanimous
choices of all voters. Hall and
Kissell scored fifty or more points,
Hall leading with a total of 60.

 

EDITORS KNOW HOW

TO HAND BOUQUETS
OT ay:

‘While attending the district
basketball tourney at Lebanon last
Saturday night we heard scores of
people pass remarks that were ex-
tremely complimentary to  the|’
Downs Dragons, but of them all,
we appreciated two more than all
of the others.

‘These two compliments came
from editors, Editor Kissell of the
Portis Independent, and Editor
Hart of the Lebanon Times.

‘Said Editor Kissell: “The Drag-|
ons are the best team in the tour-
nament; they are about ten points
better than the Portis team.”

‘And from Editor Hart came this:)
“T came out to the game tonight
just to see Hall perform,”

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‘tournament. Early in the first)
(Sa ‘Captain Vance Hall took}

another Dragonite to also take a/
“nasty fall during this game, but’
he remained at his post:
‘The first; quarter ended withthe |
| Dragons leading by a lone point,
_ the score being 8 to 7. During the
‘second quarter the Dragons started |

- painig, Dilfon, 10, Beck 2, (Walter 2
_ and Metz 1. Verhage, Cushing and
Peters also saw service during the

Downs

Coach Suran’s Dr:
to Opponents and
Three Games in §

Altho playing very much under
blankets and not being compelled
to extend themselves to their ut-
most in any of the three games in
which they engaged during the dis-
trict tournament held in Lebanon,
last week-end, the Dragons, as us- |
ual, furnished the greater portion |
of the thrills enjoyed by the spec-
tators and, while they won each of |
their contests by margins to spare,
still played a game such as only
champions can play and one which
gave the fan a run for his money.

The Dragons made their first ap-
pearance on the court Thursday
evening, with the Burr Oak five as
their opponents. This game proved
to be a complete walk-a-way for
Suran’s champs. At the end of
the first quarter they led by a
score of 15 to 2, and at the half
were out in front, 22 to 9. During
the last half of the game the boys
merely coasted along, coming out
of the third quarter leading 34 to|
17, and with the game ending, 46
to" 24

In_ this game Hall, scored 27
points, ‘Dillon 8, Beck 6, Metz 3
and Peters and Cushing 1 each.
Others appearing in the lineup be-
sides those mentioned as scorers
were Walters, Verhage, Goheen and
Kreamer. |

Friday evening saw the Dragons
pitted against the Lebanon team,
and this was probably the rough-
est game played during the entire

a nasty fall, wrenching his back}

uite badly and all but sending him
to the bench. As it was, he re-
mained in but it was quite evident |
that for the remainder of the game}
he was not up to his usual stand-|'
ard of ball tossing.. .Walters: was|

 

going places and at the half, led}.
by a score of 21 to 9. The ‘third |
quarter ended with Lebanon: so far

 

‘behind there was no danger what-

ever of them ever nosing out in

front, the score being 27 to 13, and

the game ended with the ‘Dragons

- coasting along to a 33 to 19 vie-

‘ed 19

game © he
‘The final evening of the tourna-

“ment found Lebanon and Harlan

battling for the consolation trophy,
with the Lebanon five having no

 
great deal of trouble annexing the
trophy, and the Dragons" pitted
against the Portis five.

The game ‘started off with both
teams missing set-up after set-up
—the ball simply refusing to ring
up a counter. Portis, however,
finally succeeded scoring a couple
of points and it looked very much
as though the first quarter would
end with our lads trailing, but Hall
suddenly broke through and tied
the game up, the quarter ending
2 and 2. At the half the Dragons
had pulled out in front, leading 15)
to 7. During the third quarter
Downs. added ten more _points,!
while Portis rolled up 8, leaving the
score 25 to 15. ‘During the last
period, the best Portis could do
was to add five more counters to
their seore, while the Dragons,
feeling that they had the game in
the bag, were content to boost their |!
total by eight points, leaving the|-
final score 33 to 20—and the Drag-;1
ons winners of the district meet.

In passing, we might mention
that of all. the teams played, not
only during this tournament but
during the entire season, the Por-
tis five gave us more things to
worry about than any other team.
They play a hard, but clean, game
and if you don’t think that they
know why they are out there on the
floor, you’ve another guess coming.
They show the earmarks of having
teen coached under a master hand,
and their coach, Carl Smith, is just-
ly entitled to due credit for the
splendid work which he has done
with them.

During the three games engaged
in by the Dragons, they rolled up
a total of 112 points to their op-
ponents’ 60. Of these points scor-
ed by the Dragons, Hall was_ac-
countable..for..60, giving him an
average of 20 points per game.
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April 15, ‘1959.

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| Dear Dre Billingsleys .

ae I wert you to Imow how hapgy I was for the opportumity:
to mest Lou. steimmeyets He is a fine young man, and his high
_ soadenio achievements ond fine more] chasmeter sppeal to ute

As you doubtless Imou, most of the boys on the Kansas
teams have come fron small Kensas toumse Some of

| gar outetanding players Inve ome fron cuch tonne as Lawrentey

_ Leavenworth, Horton, Glaseo, Arlansas Ci o Howton, Wintield,
Dow, Tole, Tubolt, end €0 forthe Bs

y "puteh" Lenbores who te now conhing at lortmectom,
April 15, 1939.

Dre Je Ae Billingsley,
611 Huron Building,
Kansas City, Kansase

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March 17, 1939¢

Dre Je Ae Billingsley,
Gil Huron Building,

Dear Dre Billingleys

I am leaving tonight for Sen Frencisce, and
won't have am opportunity to sign this letter, but I do want
to thank you for your kind note of the 14th instante

I em counting definitely on being prosent at
your, iwanis Club banquet st noon on April 15th.

Thanie you for the information on Steinneyer’s
I should be very happy to meet hime

With best wishes, I am

Sincerely yours,

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JOHN A. BILLINGSLEY, M. D.
DOREXEL S655
611 HURON BUILDING
KANSAS GITY, KANSAS

March 14,1939.

Dr.Forrest C.Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kans,

Dear Dr.Allen:

Received your letter of March 3rd. Must apologize for not writ-
ing sooner.

You are right, the basket ball banquet is at the Kiwenis Ckub

on April 13th, at noon. The Wyandotte High School boys are City
champions this year, and also champions of the Northeast Kansas
League, having gone through without losing 4 game,

I remember what you told me about getting some boys that tower
above 6 feet. This Steinmeyer boy is I think 6 feet, 5 inches,
and in the past two years has developed wonderfully. It just so
happens that I have his sister as a patient in the hospital at

the present time, and through a coincidence I talked to his mother,
and she told me her name was Steinmeyer, so I immediately asked
her if she was related to the Steinmeyer boy at the High School.
She said, "Slightly, being his mother." She told me that he was

a little afraid. that he could not meet the qualifications of

such a good basket ball coach as we have at the University of
Kansas. I told her to tell the boy that I thought he was just
the type of young man you were looking for, in fact it wasn't
always the boy that was the outstanding flash in high school, that
you were particularly interested in. This boy has alot of stuff,
and. I think you can get a lot out of him, and through my present
contact i feel sure I can get him up to the University, however,
he has been approached by several different schools, and through
some friendship at Oklahoma A. and M. he has a little leaning
toward that school.

I am going to talk to him within the next week or so, and then
when you are down here at the Kiwanis Meeting we will have a talk
with him.

Hoping that April 13th is still open, and that you can be with
us, I remain, ,

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Very truly youts, e Pett ant

J.A.B:VE. ae {70 ae <

P.S. I want to thank you for your many kindnesses during the ~

present basket ball season, in securing for me seats, which we

greatly appreciated. However, next year I am going to beat you

to the trigger, and get my seats ahead of time. I have apprec-

iated the courtesies you have extended me very, very much.

 
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Ottawa, Kansas
June 11, 1959

Dear Dr. Allen,

I am writing you to let you know that according to mv
present plans I intend coming to K. U. this fall.

I have already made arrangements to stay at the Carl

Drake home and would appreciate your saving that job for me.

I have been working about everv day at Penrev's store
but I don't know how long it will last. I hope to get an
outside job, manual labor, for at least the month of August.
I hope this tyre of work will put me in a good physical shape
for the openning of school.

Sincerely yours,

 
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Sup West 6th
Ovtawa, Kan.

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University of Kansas
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OTTAWA LODGE No. 18, A. F. & A. M.
OTTAWA, KANSAS

April 4, 1959

4

Dr. Allien

Department of Physical Training
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen:

pe Through the Extension Department we have
aS Sa definitely scheduled Glenn Cunningham to appear
at our Father-Son Banquet at 6:50 p.m. on

see Ohta. — Tuesday, May Ro.

If it will be possible for you, also, to
be here we would like very much to have you.
We do not know that you have ever talked to
any Masonic body in Ottawa. Outside of a short
talk by Dr. Cunningham we will have a Masonic
talk from Professor Williams of the Baker
University.

TTS,

If you can be with us we will greatly
appreciate it and will not expect you to make
any lengthy address.

Fraternally yours,

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F Ottawa Lodge No. 18, A..F. & A.M.

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April By 19895

Mire Hale 3, Blair, Secretary,
Ottawa Lodge Hos 18, AcPelllalie,
Ottewa, Kansase

Dear Ure Blaizs

Your letter of April 4 hes arrived during Dre
Allents absence from the offices He will return next

Monday, April 10, and your letter will be brought to his
attention at that times

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