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BOARD of ATHLETIC CONTROL

Pf. ©. Box 3006
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA ~

October 28, 1929

Mr. Forrest C. Allen,
Director of Athletics,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Phog:

I acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 15th in which we discuss the
California basketball team. I am emclosing a little dope that I wrote out in
longhand that may be of some value to you.

The California assistant coach is having practice regularly five days a week

at California. I understand that several of the boys who were out for foot-
ball a year ago,and who are also basketball players, did not go out for the
football this year but are working regularly on basketball. This will put them
in much better shape for early season games than they were a year ago. In spite
of this hard work, it is the general opinion around these parts that Califomia
will not be as strong as last year. To begin with they haven't a man on the
squad who would be able to pull the team together once it started on the down
gradee Corbin besides being an excellent player was also a fine leader and one
who could pull the boys together if things were not going right. California
has not been able to do a thing against 4 shifting zone defense. Last year

I witnessed their games against St. Ignatius and Santa Clara and in neither of
these games was California able to do a thing against these defenses. [In-
cidently California was beaten badly in both of these games. The opponent

in each case used e delayed offense with forwards in the corners and a big,

tall center in the middle. This seemed to open up the California defense to

the state of allowing the passes to come in to either the forwards or the center
and the return pass for a shot. California cannot play a slow deliberate game.
Their game is a hard, driving attack and unless they play this way they cannot
hope to wine

This week is our most important game:of the season, against Southern California.
"Pop" is busy. with’the boys trying to whip them into shape for a winner.

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Hoping that the enclosed may: be of some help to you and that I may hear from you
at your leisure, I am

Sincerely yours,

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Address all communications to Box 3006, Stanford University