Maroh 13, 1942. Mre Paul De Hinkle, Athletic Department, Ue Se Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinoige Dear Tony: *his will acknowledge receipt of your good letter of Wareh 12th. We will be happy to pley you, and I am sure arrangements can be mde. Suppose I take this up with the Auditorium officials and see what, in their opinion, would be the best time to _ playe 4s soon as I hear from Mr. Eugene Zactmen, the manager, I will write you. Qur Big Six basketbell schedule, wiich was mde in Deewember, will be subject to alterations, due to e shorten- ing of the academic terms next year, so we my have to re~ make the schedule. However, you will hear from me shortly suggesting a possible date. In the meantime, do you have any ideas as to when you would like to come this way? Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, POA :AR Varsity Basketbell and Baseball Coache REFER TO NO. U. S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION NM3/P10-1(6) GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS 12 March 1942 Dear "Fog": Just arrived on my new job and certainly am enjoying everything. Concerning basketball for next year, we sure would appreciate playing your team in Kansas City as was done this year. I would be glad to hear from you con- cerning this matter, and what dates you suggest. Best personal regards, I am Sincerely, Sel), Yl PAUL D. HINKLE, Athletic Department. Mr. Forrest Allen, Basketball Coach, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. a LY ADVISORY BOARD FRED G. BUFFE Chairman JOHN C. GROVER Vice-Chairman H. E. BONING, JR. Secretary BARNEY L. ALLIS HARRY M. GAMBREL R. CROSBY KEMPER FRED M. LEE DORMAN H. O'LEARY HARRY H. WELSH, JR. MAIN ARENA 12,000 seating capacity MUSIC HALL 2,572 seating capacity LITTLE THEATRE 600 seating capacity EXHIBITION HALL 120,000 square feet COMMITTEE ROOMS( 23 seating capacities 25 to 500 MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI EUGENE C. ZACHMAN, Director LOUIS G. LOWER, Ass’t Director Merch 17,1942. Dr.FPorrest C.Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kensas Desr Phog: This will acknowledge receivot of your letter of Merch 15 regarding a provosal for another besketball game between the University of Kansas and the Great Lakes Nevy team next season. Personally, I believe thet a date between Christmas and New Years would be ideal for the game, 8&8 several thousands of college students would be home for the holidays and the drawing power of the game should be terrific. I think that this would be much better than a date between semesters when we are having our full share of besketball anyhow, ECZ:EH Around Christmas people are really looking for entertainment. ery sincerely yours, c an, tor .28aC Direc Ot, APPT DoOoye* Mm GueLcene LOR cye gg] pes idles aa Iu ee L200 EELOIEH ih STA wee % t 3 i _ danuary 20, 1945. — Sincerely yours, ; Director of Physical Miucation, \ POA sAH Veraity Basketball coach. January 20, 1945. « Avthur Hughes, ares Editor, 8t. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Noe Dear Arts I am enclosing copy of a letter I have written to Lieut. Nugent. We had a nice visit with these fellows, and enjoyed Director of Physical Education, FOAsAH Varsity Basketball Conch. EnGe ATHLETIC DEPARTUENT &IR TRANSPORT COMMAND ROSECRANS FIELD, MO. January 8, 1945. Dre Fe Ge Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas, lawrence, Kansas. Dear Sir; Arthur Hughes, of the St. Joseph "Gazette," referred your letter of Jan 6th, to me concerning the basketball game with Rosecrans "Flyers" on Jan. 16, in Kansas City. We are preparing for the game and will be there at the suggested time. Mr. Hughes will take care of the publicity details for the Kansas City newspapers. We appreciate lavine the opportunity to play dense, and take this time to congratulate you on the record of the current club and wish you continued success. Oy. yours, Reanae Ne LAL end. Lt. Air Corp, Athletic Director. January 14, 1943. I am glad to have your letter of the 10th instant, and I em hoping that we have a fine game. I have been endeavor- ing to get as much publicity as possible regarding our game end I will appreciate it if you will frame up some sort of a story for the Saturday morning Times. start our reguler “ironman” five against It will be good to see you. We are staying at the Hotel With all good wishes, I am Fraternally yours, i ‘Director of Physical Education, PCA: AH Varsity Basketbali Coach. NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC. OF KANSAS KANSAS CITY K ANS AS January 10,1943 Dr. F.C. Allen Head Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear "Doc": it was good to talk to you again although it was kind of a short conversation. I'm glad that the “triple header" could be worked out, for the benefit of our employees and players, and I believe it will help the gate. Our "Bombers" aren't world beaters, but they are capable of playing good basketball. We are in the Heart of America league here, and we play any other independent teams that want to play. Most of the boys are high school and Junior College players and all are signed with the A.A.U. I will talk to Louis Lower tomorrow about the ways and means of selling tickefs down here through our Recreation Dept. There seems to be a great deal of interest in the game, and the plant officials think it a swell thing for the company. { am working down here with Roy Sanders in the Recreation Dept. and he says to give you his best. He'll be down at the Auditorium Saturday night. Any releases that you make will be o.k. with us. Not knowing what you have in mind, we hope that you will need to insert Black, Evans, Buescher, or Snellbacher in at least part of the game. All of the fans are looking forward to see these boys play, especially against the "Bombers" Congratulations on the victory over Oklahoma, and you know that the Winn family is pulling for another Big Six title for Kansas. Fraternally yours, Larry Wi Recreati Coordinator Ma Me SES | Sports Release NORTH AMERICAN "BOMBERS" Teams An independent team, now playing in the Heart of America League in Kansas City. All players are signed with the 4.A.U. Players; 10 players for out-of-town games and 15 players for home se games. All of them are employed by North American Aviation. 3 Coach: Forest A. "Piggy" Fox, who used to play with the K.C.A.C., Y¥.M.C.A., Tabernacle, and Kansas City Junior College. He was the forward playing mate of Red DiBernardi when the ‘K.C.A.C. had the world famous cage teams. | Colors: Blue and Gold. Gold playing shirts and Blue satin playing pants. Warm-ups are All Blue Satin. | PLAYER PERSONALITIES; Bill Martin, guard, 6 ft. 3 in., played with the Faultless Laundry team When they were Naismith League champions. A nice shot and smooth ball handler. : | Clarence Starks, center, 6 ft. 5 in., played with St. Joseph Junior College and Goetz beer team of St. Joe. Good on the post and a swell rebound man. Jack ee center, 6 ft. 2 in., played at Manual high in K.C.Mo. Is one of 1 leading scorers in the Heart of America league. Want to L.S.U. as a frosh. Art Campbell, forward, 6 ft. 2 ine, is mf the second high scorer in the Heart of America league. Good shot from either side. Bill Bond, guard, 6 ft. 2 in., also played with the Faultless Laundry team when they were Naismith Champions. A good long shot and a swell rebound man. . Bob Clark, forward, 6 ft. 1 in., played at Shawnee-Mission high; scored os points against the Quartermasters earlier this season. Good ball handler and capable of scoring anytime. Russ Savage, guard, 6 ft. 2 in., a whale of a rebounder; played with Yanies City, Kan. Junior College two years. Art Cook, guard, 6 ft. 2 in., played frosh ball at the University of Minneésotas a rugged guard and a good shot. Dave G » center, 6 ft. 5 in., played with Liberty, Mo. high Galect aiecions for three years 3 good rebound man am shootswell from post position. . Kenneth po forward, 5 ft. 8 in, has played 13 years of basket . With almost every independent team around here. Still capable of scoring 15 points a game. 7 . avai Nadia Rae 52 i sit tPASR SE rae WV ORE Les ee January 68, 1945. Mr. Arthur P. Hughes, Sports Bditor, The Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo. “Dear arts I received a wire from Lieut. Nugent today saying the Rosecrans Flyers are all set for the game with Kansas in Kansas City on January 16th. We are now planning a triple-header, as follows: 7 PeMe Kansas vs. North American Boubers 6:30 Kansas vs. Rosecrans Flyers 9:45 Kansas vs. Camp Crowiler. Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Education, FCGA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. “ CLASS OF SERVICE ‘W EK S [ E RN 1201 SYMBOLS This is a full-rate DL =Day Letter Telegram or Cable- { 2 1} NT=Overnight Telegram ram unless its de- erred character is in- LC=Deferred Cable dicated by a suitable ie symbol above or pre- NLT =Cable Night Letter ceding the address. A. N. WILLIAMS ’ NEWCOMB CARLTON J. C. WILLEVER L Ship Radiogram - FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT The filing time shown i in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination KBB66 17 3 EXTRA‘ROSECRANS FIELD MO 8 1002A DR F C ALLEN, DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION= / 8 A i =A UNIVESITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE KANS= ROSECRANS FLYERS SET FOR GAME WITH KANSAS IN KANSASCITY JAN 16THs LETTER WILL FOLLOWS.= LT THOMAS N NUGENT AC ATHLETIC DIRECTOR» 16 ACs THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE PRs Gy Crt ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY St. NJoseph Gazette MORNING C.M.PALMER, PRESIDENT HENRY D. BRADLEY, PustisHer ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI EDITORIAL ROOMS ARTHUR V. BURROWES, EDITOR Dear rhog; Lieutenant Nugent and yours truly @tduly appreciateive of the chance you are giving the Flyers to play against a name chub on a big court. i am mailing some publicity material on tne individual players to Hlliott amd Nixon. Aé to the team it really hasn't a record as aside from St.Benedict's, which beat the Flyers, 45 to 35, all it has played has been independent clubs around st/Joe, There is plenty of material but like alll real service clubs the Flyers are operating under a tremendous handicap as all practide and play is om tie soldiers own time and it is impossible to get them tozet er as some are always in duty, particularly the flying officers, Rosecrans Field is owrated by the Army Air Force Transport Command and is a rapidly expanding aviation base. Its athletic program is jus getting under way uhder the direction of Lieut. thomms Nugent, former coach at Ithaca, N.Y., College, All of his men are subject to transfer at any minute go the present bunch might be in Africa or Australia by Jan.16 leaving him with a brand new bunch on his hands, He knows that the riyers are not in a classwith your club and only hopes to give -you a decent game. I assured him that you weren't the type of coach to try to rub it in and that in playing two games in a night your club wouldn't be at its best, Sincerely Arthur F.Hughes +. fe He Lif He \ Eumiecipal Auditorium, Kensas City, Moe Dear Jimmy: | Will you kindly admit the fansas cheerleaders, Miss Ruth Krehbiel end Mr. Charles Love, and their assistants, to the arene floor for ou games Saturday night, January 16th? Thenk yous Sincerely yours, | Direotor of Physical Bducation, FCA:AN Versity Coach. Jenuary 15, 1943. Mr. Jemes Nixon, ‘ Municipal Auditorium, Kenaas City, Mo. Dear Jimmy: Zsa smnlaring oopon of sy correepondenae vith 3. deo. Fe. Wollemoyer, offered the Band for Sat and _ Will you kindly have eight tickets reserved for Principal Wellemeyer and hold thea in his name at the box office? Also wide Ts Matly bag Sichete fey We feoulty meters of Hyuntotte i. Schlagle « « »« Mr. Starbuck « « « Mr. Varmer . « « « Mies French « co « Mr. Stevenson .sesas &@ Me. Hokie «cae tce nes & Mee Say nee eee 2 Mr. Thorp «<0 see ee 2 Mre Corporom ee scene 2 & eo @ ? @ Direotor of Physiea2 Bducation, FCA:AH | Varsity Coaches Ence January 15, 1945. 14th instant. we Le Dell and tart the pley The Casap + the will be set Upe Sincerely y ours, Director of Physioal Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. so thet he or Mr. Baker cen take sare of yous sending a copy of this letter to Mr. James Nixon at With kindest personal regards, I en Ure Je Fel Prinoipal Kansas © tori mans January 9, 1943. lire Elmer F. Hier, Hotel Mashlebach, | Kanses City. Moo Dear Mr. Hier: We are playing the North American Bombers, the Rosecrans Flyers, and the Camp Crowder soldiers - all on one night, January 16, in Municipal Aulitoriu. Wo will want rooms for 16 to 20 men. Please confirm this at your convenience. Sincerely youra, Director of Physical aaa PCA: All Varsity mann Coach. January 6, 1943. Mr. Arthur F. Hughes, Sports Bditor, The Gazette, Ste Joseph, Missouri. Dear Arts: Confirming our phone conversation of last evening, I have set up a double header between the Camp Crowder team and Kansas, and the Rosecrans Field Flyers of st. a for eee in Kansas City on January 16th. The first game will start at 8:15, and both games should be over by 11 o'clock. I have not heard from the officer in charge of this outfit, and since the time is‘ getting close I would appreciate it if we could hear from him at once. Send any publicity material, pietures, eto., to Mr. Jomes Nixon, the publicity man at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City; to the sports editor, Mr. C. EB. McBride, of the Kansas City Star; and also to Mr. Chuck Elliott, publicity man here at the os of Kansas so that he can give the material to the Kansan and the Lawrence Journal world. The sports editor cf the Jownal World is Den Evans. : Sineerely yours, - ( a Director of Physical Education, FOA:AH . ‘Varsity Basketball Coach. “I have acknowledged this letter, and told . Hughes that I was forwarding it to you. I so sent him e basketball schedule. : i Could you use this team on January 16 in ansas City, with Camp Crowder? -* od a ‘ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY St. Joseph Guzette MORNING C.M.PALMER, PRESIDENT HENRY D. BRADLEY, PuBtisHer ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI EDITORIAL ROOMS ARTHUR V. BURROWES, EDITOR Dear Phog; How is your basketball yehoauie/ 46 there a spot or two on it for a service team that would giveg youg fair competition? The Rosecrans Field Flyers from the a.F.T.C. base here are looking for games and would like very much to book one or two with Kansas, they have a fair club composed principally of former college am univer- sity» players but like ren service clubs they @e handicapped in getting time for practice and in keeping the squad together inasmuch as the pilots are coming and going all the time, The Flyers would like a home and home series, with each team providing its own transportation «nd taking the home game rec@ipts er a single game at Lawrence for a moderate guarantee. ihey have a fine big court here but cannot charge admission hence they cannot give guarantees. Possibly the game might be arranged for the city Auditorium if a satisfactory date could be arranged, I doubt very muéh if they could beat your club but they would give you fair competition, Sincerely Arthur i#,Hughes Sports iditor The Gazette To Camp Crowder «= Lv. Lawrence 6:30 a.m. Saturday Ar. Kansas City 7:30 iv. Kansas City 9:10 (K0So.) Ar. Neosho 1:10 PeMe Return c= Lv. Neosho 5:15 a.mo Ar. Kansas City 10:30 ame Lv. Kansas City 10:45 Ar. Lawrence 11:41 : November 12, 1942. Captain Ted J. O'Sullivan, | Services Officer, Reception Center, Port Leavenworth, Kansas. “Dear Ted: honk you for your letter of the 7th instant. I understand perfectly why you will not be permitted to have @ basketball team as you had planned. Uncle Sam needs the men for more important activities. ' ZT have written Lieut. Mrickhan, of Camp Crowder, that you have cancelled your games, and I take it as —— : Very sincerely yours, 7 | Director of Physical Mucaticn, POA: Versity Pasketball Coach. ( ' ’ Cpeciol Services Section RECEPTION CENTER N2 1773 FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS November 7, 1912 Doctor F. C. Allen Varsity Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Doctor Allen: We have been advised by the Military Authorities that we will not be permitted to have a Basketball Team as we have planned. The only Team that we will be permitted to have is one that will play in the Post League, here at Fort Leavenworth. This has been quite a blow to us, as we had gone ahead on quite an extensive schedule and it is now my duty to inform each and every one of these schools of the change in plans. I sincerely appreciate your including us on your schedule, and it is with deepest regret that we will be unable to appear in Lawrence. With kindest personal regards and best wishes, I am Sincerely yours Captaif, F. A. Special Services Officer / ir