IN REPLY PLEASE U. S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION
3/PLO-1 (6) GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS 63/rs

 

 

15 October 1941

Mr. George 4, Edwards,
Coach of Basketball,
University of Missouri,
Columbus, Missouri.

Dear Mr. Edwards;

I have your letter of October 9th, and am sorry I did
not have the correct information concerning the action of
your conference in regard to scheduling basketball games with
service teams this season. However, I do hope that the action
taken at the December meeting will permit us to play Missouri
and the other conference teams.

Should these games be approved, I would like to suggest
arrangements be made so our team could play both the University
of Missouri, and the University of Kansas on the same trip.

I have a letter, today, from Phog Allen, end he favors a game,
subject to conference approval, if it can be worked in his
mchedule. Would it be possible for you and Phog to get in
touch with each other and agree for mid-week games on suc-
cessive nights in February. I am enclosing our tentative sched-
ule and any mid-week dates selected in February will be satis-
factory. However, I wish you would let me know as soon as you
have selected dates in order that we can proceed with schedule
arrangements. :

I estimate the expense would be $675.42 traveling with a
party of 18. I would suggest a guarantee of $337.71 from each
university, with an option on 50% of the net cash gate. In |
addition to playéng before students and basketball followers,
we hope to raise funds for the Navy Relief Society. All funds
received from our basketball games in excess of expenses, will
be turned over to the society, and we are asking that a state-
ment on this be included in the contract consistent with the
enclosed mimeographed copy.

John Lobsiger will report for duty in just a few days, and
I will tell him to write you. I met him last summer and he im-
pressed me most favorably. I know he is a fine boy, and will
be a grand addition to our talent.