Jonuary 8, 1942.

Mir. Me PF. Ahearn,
Direeter of Athletics,
Kansas State College,
Manhatten, Kansas.

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anes of tahana, Kenses, high school who matriculated at ansas
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I sineerely trust that before you give the green
Light of peumdesion to fuser te empete ab Cklahen, that you wild
grent Mr. Lawrence “Jap” "ioe Os ek te ee

at whieh are present Jack Gardner, the basketball Coach . ore
State, Bruce Drake, basketball coach at Oklahoma, (and Gerald ruckey

All I ever promised Gerald Tucker was three tough
years of competition from Kensas. He stated to me that he was going
to attend the University of Okishoma and this is the reply that I

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The rules and regulations governing athletics and
all participation of the N.V.I.A.A., the Big Six, are crystal clear.
There certainly is no ambiguity regarding the resident rule and the
migrant rule. Gerald Tueker is a migrant athlete because he migrated
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evar weska) would make bin wesble to partioipate on 0 regularly e=-
rolled one year men Oe ee ee ee ees Therefore,
the five games thet he played in against Southern Methodist, Bradley,
DePaul and the two other eastern teams, show that he has participated
in five games illegally. He played in five gomes before he was

eligible by the Big Six regulations. Heneenterense guess count in

| Neither Gerald Tucker ner the University of Oklahoma