December 30, 1941.

Mr. Dan Partner,
Sports Desk,

The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City, Mo.

Dear Dan:

I am sending you in confidence copies of the letters I have
written to Professor W. W. Davis, faculty representative, and to
Gwinn Henry, the Athletic Director.

_ ~*fhank you-very-much for sending me a copy of your fine write-
up regarding Gerald Tucker. You certainly made a strong case against
Tucker's participation and you close your article with a .
bang. Certainly if they let this fellow play this year there isn't
any rule in the Big Six that the faculty representatives and directors
haven*t fractured terribly.

If they let him play then it looks as if these rules are only
for the convenience of those in power to handle in whatever manner
they want and to take advantage or disadvantage of any situation
that they care to distort or to nurture to their own ends.

I do not know what your next move is but I think you are in a
wonderful position to show up the frailties or the strength of the
rules of this organization.

Thank you for your good wishes, Dan. I am very sure that we
will not have an undisputed Big Six championship besause Iowa State
is much stronger than we are at the present. ile had but four prac-
tises in the auditorium before we played Denver, and due to the fact
that the Christmas Vespers use it the week before Christmas for prac-
tice and display, we could not play any games. We were too young an
outfit to travel because we needed to develop the fundamentals so
necessary in a young team. All the other conference teams have
piayed more but I preferred to stay here during Christmas vecation
and work on fundamentals, and allow ‘the other teams to take their
trips. I feel that we get more out of it by dint of hard work, and
while we may not be very hot at the begiming of the year I think we
will improve in strength and playing form.