Mey 18, 1940.

Me Ton Stidhen, —
Director of Athletics,
Norma, Oidlahonte : ae | . i

Dear Toms

Z am sending you @ copy of a couple of letters that 1
have written Director Gwim Henrye This is not an official
cocument, but a personal epistle to you endeavoring to express
our opinion of the basketball situations — |

| ‘Bach year basketball is becaning a more lucrative sport
and it is our desire to rehem more money to the athletic assooe
iation end not inerease the expenditure, wherever possible. It
' seems to us that where wo heave short trips, like Nebrasin to
Henses State, or Kansas State to Lawrence, or in situations where
@ bus could be taken cheaper then riding a train, or in situntions ©
where @ tean like Missouri or low. Stete playing a twoegame trip
and an addition] mm is necessary on account of the game being 7
much more strenuous than it lms heretofore, that it might be
vVitelly necessary to conserve the health of the boys by adding
an additional player tp the rosters -

I am sure that you as a footbell coach agres with the
policy of not taking needless men om a trip when the coach does.
not expect to play thers Se ye ees
group end serves no good purpose, so I assure you that baskete
ball conches are cognizant of this necessary fact. I will
_ appreciate your careful emsiderntion of these involved itense

; _ ‘Regarding the possibility of permission to play twenty
gemes instead of the eighteen-game limit, the idea was to play
at least tuo of those twarty gomes during the Christems holidayss
The Big Ten Conference has long permitted the playing of twenty
g@mes without any restriction of e Christms schedules I am sure

Anticipating the pleasure of seeing you in Lincoln, I en
, Very sincerely yours, :