May 18, 19896 Mire Harold Keith, Publicity Director, , University of Oklehom., : Deer Harold: . I am gust leaving for Sabetha, Kansas, and for Ames, low, but will take time to answer the questions in your letter of | the 17th instant so that you can begin ee for the Guides Thank you very much for undertaking thic jobe I know you Will do well with ite — we 3 vase interestinge on are Engleman, Miller, Alien, Voran and Sands. : I won't even get one handkershief for a sniffle on this re- and Missouri lose a bevy of salubrities and celebrities, we will ; ; ¢ : May 17, 1939 Dear Coach: I shall be glad to undertake the ee ball review. I am writing each of the coaches and enclosing postage for air mail replies. However since most of them, including yourself, may be at Ames, I may not be able to start until early next week. Incidentally, please send me by return mail the following material about your own team: 1. What were your problems and handicaps this past season and how were you able to dispose of them? 2. What offensive system or systems did you use, and also what defensive systems? 3. What regulars do you lose from any cause? 4, How does your sophomore material stack up for next year and please name a few of your _ outstanding sophs, preferably those who look like they will make the squad. (one dozen dry handkerchiefs will be given the cc the most optomistic report). Bs What is the name of the puildifee tn which you play your games, its capacity, largest attendance of all time (what game and year) and how many years have you played an it? 6. Are you getting a new place to play this coming year or is your seating capacity be increased? 7- Who was your ere player or players? ce shan't quote you. . Be es else that occurs to yous. _ i With es I am Yours very truly, Z —~ ; & 8 i 8 q d ay ig dus to the fact thet the National Pasketball Rules Comittee You will notice that I have y mde of the mterial thet you sent and I have | a inex to @ young man out of you. _ typewriter end too much rumming or golf, or _ so tightened up those ; 2.1 muscles are not getting make think that I believe you to be an old man, need has not do ant plied yp “i “Lass a \ but I am convineed that you have a lot of muscular rhoummtien in those erector spimse muscles = or maybe it is the sacro-spimlis =< or the longissimms dorsie Anyhow, fellow,I would like to loosen up those for | you some timee Sincerely yours, To a ee Biroctor of Piguioel Riuotion write-up to | q iy id have forwarded both the pictures and the the editor of the Guides — Creighton University Tulsa University Drake University Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Washburn College Grinnell College St. Louis University Washington University ATHLETIC DIRECTORS’ ASSOCIATION of the MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE Address Office of the Washington University EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Saint Louis, Missouri > June 15, 1939 My. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach Kansas University Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog:- I never did receive a confirmation of the squad pictures you received from our Conference. Has Leighton Housch sent you the material for the write-up? I may be passing through Lawrence on my way to Colorado. However, I will be in Springfield next week which routing will not permit me to come to Lawrence. With kind personal regards, I am Very sincerely, ace:m A. E. Eilers Executive Secretary Mire John Doyle, 115 Fulton Street, ‘Ye Keith has asled that he be allowed to see of all the mteriel on the Mg Sin. It NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A. - NATIONAL FEDERATION H. S. A. A. - Y. M. C, A. - CANADIAN I. A. U. and A. B. A. NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE of the UNITED STATES and CANADA CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES Executive H. H. Satmon, Jr. Research Forrest C. Aten Game Administration Sumner A. Dote Complete List of Committee Members F. C. Allen Univ. of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas John Brown, Jr. 347 Madison Ave. New York, New York John Bunn Stanford Univ. Palo Alto, California Forrest Cox Colorado University Boulder, Colorado J. H. Crocker Univ. of Western Ontario London, Ont., Canada M. C. Cunningham High School Desloge, Missouri Sumner A. Dole Connecticut State College Storrs, Connecticut 3. Mark Good Sun-Gazette Co. Williamsport, Pennsylvania E. J. Hickox Springfield College Springfield, Massachusetts A. F. Jefferess 114 Carrick Ave. Hamilton, Ont., Canada Frank P. Maguire : Dept. of Public Instruction Harrisburg, Pennsylvania H. G. Olsen Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Curtis Parker Centennary College Shreveport, Louisiana H. V. Porter 11S. LaSalle St. Chicago, Illinois Floyd A. Rowe Board of Education Cleveland, Ohio J. W. St. Clair Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas, Texas H. H. Salmon, Jr. ~ 40 Wall St. New York, New York Oswald Tower Andover, Massachusetts Publication Oswatp Tower Questionnaire H. V. Porter Vice CHairmMAN, JOHN BUNN Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Calif. Treasurer, FLOYD A. ROWE Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio Evirorn, OSWALD TOWER Andover, Massachusetts Cuairman, H. H. SALMON, Jr. 40 Wall St., New York, N. Y. Secretary, H. V. PORTER 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois June 12, 1939. D¥s Fe Cy Allen, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Phog: Thank you for the material from your district. The article on the Big Six was not signed but I am assuming that it should appear in the Guide over your name, If this is incorrect, please notify John Doyle. With best wishes for a good summer, I an, Sincerely yours, , ——_ a Some ua 0 Cty Andover, Masse Dear Oss material ‘Gentorwnsy tur the : as TSE Publicity Director | ao mottzying Joh Doyllee ‘Thank you for ealling my attention - te this mations Very sincerely yours, Director of ixduea tions PCAs AH Varsity | ; ll Coach. Kow..... . Seaics oJ INSTRUCTION CARD (NOTE: Carefully follow cheer-leader’s lead. When stunt number is called, turn toward the field the color of card indicated. Hold cards at eye level. Sit directly behind person in front of you.) COLOR CHART Stunt INO. ti foes Stunt No. Stunt No. Stunt No. Stunt No. Stunt No. Stunt No. Stunt No. (Leave this card tacked to seat) ‘TDear Goach—-don't let ali this leneth scare you, It - will rediece down surprisingly in that agate type the. _ guide uses, Besides I think our league deserves more space, don’t you? I was just counting the number of pages they gave the “astern Intercollegiate Loop=-17 | pages, and I'll bet those babies aren t any hotter than anybody else. Sorry I'm a bit late but I just héard from all the coaches. Please | let me see a proof, if they do it that way, and I 'd like to have my statistics copy back after they've finished, if that is possible, so I can file it. I didn't make carbons. I am returning your guide. Thanks very | much. Glad to de le to help out. ee Sincerely, Harold Seith, Creighton University 3 Tulsa University Drake University Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Washburn College Grinnell College St. Louis University Washington University ATHLETIC DIRECTORS’ ASSOCIATION of thee MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE Address Office of the Washington University EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Saint Louis, Missouri May 29, 1939 Mr. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear "Phog"; — Enclosed are the basketball Squad pictures from our Conference for the following institu- tions: Creighton University, Drake University, Grinnell College, Tulsa University, Washburn Col- lege, Washington University, Oklahoma A & M Col- lege, and St. Louis University. I am sure that Leighton Housh has mailed you — the printed material from our Conference for the Guide. This, as I see it, completes the material you want from the Missouri Valley Conference. I may see you driving west to Colorado this summer. It will be sometime after the middle of June. With kind personal regards Ae bce Executive Secretary AEE: mk BIG SIX CONFERENCE The Big Six Conference territory comes close te being the cradle of basketball in the whole nations Drs James Neismith, inventer of the game, teaches at the University of Kansas. Wext yoar on March 22-25, 1940, the regional National Collegiate Athletic Association semi-finals, comprising the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth districts, ineluding « sories of double-headers will be played in Kansas City's spacious new Municipal Auditoriums So will the NeCeAeA, finals between the winners of the eastern first, second, third and fourth districts and the western fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Aistricts on larch 50. sinihtin 06k wnt Cone will be the National Basketball Rules Committee of the United States and Canada, on larch 50, Sly April 1. This Seension will be the first time in history of besket- ball that the National Rules Body hae met west of Chicago. The meetings ere gen= erally held in New York Citys CLimxing this extraordinary two weeks of basketball in Kansas City will be the convention of the National Baskeball Coashes Assooiations The outstanding eoachos of the nation will mest on larch 29 and 30, and will be guests at the camose Dr. dames Haiemith, a life momber of the National Basketball Rules Comittee and also of the lletional Basketball Coaches Assooietion, will be present at both sets ef games to eueré the trophies te the winning teamse The WeCehehe 1950 WESTER REGIONAL TOURNAMENT—-Defeating Mank Tba's Oklahoma Aggies, Miseourt Yeltiij’ ctenpions, 30 te 21 on a neutral court in Oklehoma City March 14, Coach Bruce Drake's Okishoma Sooners won the right to represent the Big Six conference in the NeCelsAs Fostern Regional tourney played’ én Treasure Islend et San Franeisce in the heart of the World's Fair there one week later. Missouri, the other Big Six district tournament. ) Oklahoma won her semi-final game at San Francise@e against Utah State, Rocky wountain conference runners-up, 50 to 39, with Guard Marvin Sedgrass holding ‘Delmar "bus" Bingham, Rockey Mountain scoring champion, to one field goals However » head declined an invitation te the Fifth tn the Shane Win ‘eraeene® clover bell-handling was no mateh for the trenendous ee ” ies : thatthe Sais height of Oregon's senior team which prevailed, 56-to 37. Oregon then went on ~ te Chicago and trounced Ohio State's Big Ten champions by almost as large a soore to win the first National Collegiate championship. Jinmy Mollatt and Herb Scheffler of the Sooners wore need with three giant Oregenfans on the All~Festern regional team at San Francisede SCORING SICAEAEEoTaee we Ore scoring in the Big Six conference this.” ecnsen than ever beferes. In 1987 the scoring average wes 34.8 points per games ore With elimination of the sonter ju RD, At olinbed to 40.3 points por game in 1938. This yoar the league average wos 4149 points, the increase being due principally to elimination of the three-sirole rule on held balls, the addition of two feet of playing space to the length of the court, and hee eee THE 1989 BIG CHAMPIONSHIP RACE In @ season made singular by the insbility of eny club to win consistantly on the road, Missouri and Oklahoma, with teams composed chiefly of juniors who will be back next campaign, thea for the Big Six conference championship of 1959+ . “Unique in the ole yoor ola history of the league was the road hoodoo of 19395 In 20 of the first 21 Big Sxi championship ganes the hone team always won, 3 Four oma a 3 ¥ bic wisi ie iia oo i Ni a i cane re eollao Guard Hal Halstead eanning five goening long goals, four from near the center circles Then Oklahoma became the rallying team. With the surging speed for which they are noted, the white-shirted Sooners seudded down the floor like speed boats * on rough water, lurching end bobbing erasily but holding their balance and achiev- ing field goal after field goal despite their terrific paces They quickly seught ap ent passed Missouri, 29 to 20, and in five more mimtes had shot into a lead of 39 to 29. mere Ce Vigoss emer Metiily relitel ant petiel up Geet at the belle : Meanwhile Decter Allen's Manene tenn grimly began to move up on the leaders. Cashing in on home games, Nansas nosed Nebraska 49-46 and beat Iowa State 46-57 ot Laurence ond in a third game there Imocked Oklahona out of the loague: leadership and themselves tied Wissour’ for it by flogging the Seoners 59 to 46. | Howard Ungleman, Kansas ophomoré forward, soored 27 points in this games Tt was not until February 18 that the home court jinx was convinoingly or On that date Missourf beat Nebrasim at Lincoln 46 to 36 Sind one night later trimmed Kansas State at lidnhattan, 39 to 29. the Tigers theil’Fepeated fa, 46 to 57. That set the stage for the final against Kansas State at © iissouri-Kansas game at Co The winner was assured of « tie for the chempionstip and would win the title out- right Af Okishoms lost either df Sts remaining games, both of them én the road. by ruthlessly velting Kansas. out of the bia larch 2. Each toam hed won six and lost thress : . Mice, hihi acai ote te ob< — They could. With Scheffler and Mew-vin Snodgrass, orack defensive players who were out of the Jows State end Kansas ganes with ankle injuries, back in harness, Oklahoma beat Nebraska at Lincoln 535 to 46 and Kensas State at Manhattan 60 to 38 to tie Missouri for the crown and establish a new Big Six scoring record of 4602 points por games " MESSOURI«eIn spite ef the loss from scholastic failure ef Gapratn-eleet Kenneth Brown, strategist and outstanding rebound mn, affable George Eéwards, Tiger coach, was sble to steer @ fine Missouri team to the first Missouri title seldom fastebreakinge Their def making 25 fewer fouls than any Gther team in the leagues Guard John Lebsinger was prebabty’ the outstanding player although Forward Herlan Keirsey's hustling, passing on cntping, Sevens ie Sees SRT Sie rene ene Sennen The Tigers roared down the streteh Like 6 games and looked unbeatable in the finale against Kansase OKLAHOMAe=Conch Brudé "Drake's difficulty at Oklahons wes throttling the Sooners dow from the terrifieelly spody fast break taught by the popular retiring conch, Magh Uedermott, to en offense thet didn't gamble quite so meh on speed and Se was man-fore-man and they guarded cleanly, PGES, Clicking so well that they won their lest four employed more set playse Before they began to learn it the Sooners lost six of . their first aine gases, but rallied te take nine of the Inst twelve On defense | citing style and at times the stratified transitional Oklahoma used a combination man-foreman with the sone pr ple employed so effectively by Dre Allen of Kanges. ite defensive leech. Oeiasone Yoon the season by splitting two cams with ° Colorado's Reeky Mountain o genplene at Boulder, Colo. The Sooner dno’ was Colorado's first defeat of #11 time in ite a tuabigial os Dice cciaianicints new three-year oid fieldhouses | : KANSAS-=For the second time in nine years Kansas failed to win or tie | for the championship. At that the Jayhawkers may have missed it by only e wrenched knee, the footbu Il~injured knee of Ralph Miller, gangling black-haired sophenere “and outstanding dayhawker eage prospect of recent years. uitler's knee kept popping out of place in the heat of battle, causing his withdrawal. The Kansas attack was the one Doster Allen has always used, his revolving triangle with a pivot, pass bask and hook diagonally forsard, Mis defonse was his traditional stratified transitional man-for-man with the zone principle whieh is usually es hard to penetrate as it is to write. Graduation of the great Fred Pralle and of Sylvester Oey Gly eee anche TEE I titre ant tne week SG ane ee “Alpine nesssnine pooping goons to effect the toll wn of the epptattion, wore handicaps. Gorlis end Englonan wore outstanding. pe OHA STATEThe Gyelones couldn't win on the road. Built around two sophomores, Bob Harris, red-headed forward, and Gordon Nicholes, center, Coach Louis Mense’s team ¢limbed fron a cellar position last year to a »500 rating this soasen and thrashed every elub in the league on their hone court at Ames, _ but eoulda't got going on foretig Floors. The team was well-coached and mew how to draw and make free throws, hitting 121 in conference plays Against Nebraska at Lincoln, Iowa State phenomizialiy bottled 20 of 22 free throws, yet lost. The Cardinal and Gold ornate vogus was a delayed attack with en oesesional fast break, the defense man-for-nan with restricted shifting. Barris was the standout with Nicholas and serappy Bob Menze, dimimtive pocapoctasio’ som of the coach, Close. : : | ne in 1987 and tied for third lect year, Nebraska finished fifth this season. Football injuries deprived Coach Marold Browne of some varsity players and two crack sophomores became ocholastically ineligible. Poor free throwing hurt, although the Cornhuskers ranked third in tiumber of field * er g Aaa ainda AMMAR RE NLC il Bo goelse Coach Browne weed a fast break whenever possible, verying it with a five- — man interchanging of position attack when the enemy defense was scte The defense wag mainly man-for-men with the Searlet forwerds well up on the foe bell~handlers. Outstanding players were Guard Don Fits, Genter Al Randall end Guard Alton Werner» | KANSAS STATB==Goach Frank Root of Kanses State agnis oo ‘\engueta‘ Leaking’ scorer in Center loner Vesche but the Wildoat team lacked reserves end hed only two regulars who 6 etd ‘anes, Viesehe and Ervin Reid, and the. other teams soon found this oute At that Kansas Stete was the second toughest defensive Glub in the league, ranked sond in free throws, narrewly nissed boating Kansas on the Jayhawk floor end gave Oklahoma the fright of its life before succumbing : by two points in en overtine game st Normans Root used a fast break of if the foe defense was sot, & three aut end two in attack that used breaks to foint the defense inte an openings Altho year old basketball court is em ‘ of intremural and sosial eventés Wesche and Kramer were the outetanding players ugh Kansas State has 1,500 male students, its 28- ui j 11 and also inaceessible because of o heavy schedule | oy os § 8 3 Opp opp sopp. Oppe usscowra( sie) “FF F508 “GE Toe TSS ae TS wat os ane 7 $8 2700 185 Of 142 154 108 127 462 416 46.2 41.6 p 4.6 Kansas 6 4 .600 163 9% 127 163 87 132 S99 415 39.9 41.3 m 14 Iowa State & 6 .500 163 121 158 167 111 142 427 446 42.7 44.6 m 1.8 Nebraska 3 7 300 167 86 140 174 109 122 414 457 41.4 46.7 m 4.3 Kensas State 2 8 .200 152 99 127 158 96120 365 412 36.3 41.2 m 4.9 e £ a 8 3 $ $ 6 £ a & $ 6 g & e a a a a 8 6 & 4 & 6 omnee eee eS eee & @ @& aes -@ FO FT PF Pesos Ave pine: Semen 62 47 #29 #161 15.10 Mollatt, Oklahoma, ? 30 6&7 13 20 130 13.00 Harris, Iowa State, { 10 41 43 16 125 12.60 ee eee 9 38 36 20 lll 12.33 Corbin, Oklahoma 10 49 12 #20 #110 11.00 Engleman, Kansas, f 10 36 «21 :«1230©«93 = (9.30 Reid, Kansas State, f 10 36 15 18 87 &.70 Kovanda, Nebraska, £ 10 86 #17 «26 «=«687~—= (8.70 Meseh, Oklahoma, ¢ ~ 9 26 26 26 76 8,40 Werner, Nebraska, ¢ 10 36 10 19 #480 «8.00 £ b 6 t 8 Q Q 6 a 6 8 t t ' Bu v t 8 8 8 a e u é f 6 t HONORABLE MENTION: forwards- oe Dee Fed e E o L. en ah iM Se i * Seoes9S Iz ae OO & eEECS eb Se ead ~ Eee nadneal gaeearssssedae FF SERSSELSRA ST ‘BREA : Highest Seore one game--68 by Okishomm against Kansas State, 1954. Best offensive average one year=-=46.2 by Oklahoma, 1939. | Best defensive average one year-<23.5 by Kansas, 1934. =. ee a ee Te Individual Most points single game--29 by Jimmy Moliatt, hininins: siiaay en Waite ets Highest average one year=-~15e4 by Frank Groves, Kansas State 1937. Highest average three years-“lie6 by Prank Groves, Kansas State, 1935-36-37. Highest field goal average one year--G.4 per game by Frank Groves, Kansas State 1937. Highest free throw average one yeare-5.8 per game by Jack Flemming, Iowa State 1937. G Count STATISTICS ‘a = ' 40,000 1928 6,343 1938 ee neates ihe Oklahoma Missour’ 17,000 1980 5,200 1939 Oklahoma Kansas 14,500 5,000 1989 Oklahom Iowa State k 109500 1914 8,600 several times Kansas State Mohele Oymstan “Mbabattan 11,000 1911 5,000 1919 ‘Missouri i = 5 =) eh apa at, ge Hea ae et ks é Me Pai he, Lawrence, Kansas, dume 5, 19596 Mire Oswald Tower, Raitor, The Baslstball cuide, Andover, Meese sty mesa oes corte the photographs ee tine, however, fron ou district for the Guides im 3s end palietiy of the materiale i Very sincerely yours, “Phairmen, Sth District, NeColede _--: DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS MANHATTAN, KANSAS April 24,1939 Mr. Fe C, Alien Coach of Basketball University of Kansas Lawrence,Kansase — Your letter of April 18 to Coach Frank Root, has been referred to me. I regret to inform you that we have no group picture of the K-State basketball team available for the National Basektball Guide. I attempted to get one last winter but failed to get all the players together at one time. Dan Partner Director of Sports Publicity THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS April 25, 1959 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Dr. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: Under separate cover I am mailing you our 1938-39 picture of the varsity basketball team, as per your request of April 20th. W. H. Browne WHB:gt Head Basketball Coach