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sure as the sun sets. " With the cage players growing taller and taller — 7' foot Bob Kurland of Oklahoma A. 6? M., and 6'foot 9'inch George Mikan of Depaul as examples — the tactics of goal-tending are going to ruin the game. Until A. 6? M. got Kurland, Allen had the support of Henry Iba, Aggie coach, and Bruce Drake, youthful Oklahoma Sooner coach, in his belief that goals should be upped to 12-feet. He contends the change will equalize the alleged advantages of the tall player over the short one, decrease the crowding, blocking, and fouling that inevitably occur around the basket.
Although a true prophet in some matters, Allen is a poor prognosticator of his own teams in his preseason guessing. His familiar chant, "I don't see how we can possibly finish any higher than fourth or fifth place," is usually passed lightly by sports writers. Often times called a sentimentalist and reminiscer, the energetic Jayhawk often replays his ball games in his classroom. Aside from his courses in elementary and advanced basketball, Phog teaches kinesiology and community recreation to University of Kansas students. He is the Director of Physical Education at K. U., and during the war years the only slightly gray-headed, 59-year old coach was in charge of Army and Navy physical education^ averaging 10,000 man hours of recreation per week for the servicemen on the campus.
Noted for his wearing of loud tics, tweed suits, and colorful diamondfigured socks, Allen is probably one
December, 1943
of the busiest mentors in the country. He founded the Kansas Relays in 1928 and started the National Association of Basketball Coaches ir 1928, serving two years as president of that organisation. He has been i member of the National Joint Basket ball Rules Committee for thirteer years and chairman of their Researd Committee for nine years. He is ; Blue Lodge Mason, a Scottish anc York Rite, Shriner, an Elk and a Ro tarian, along with being a Phi Kapp Psi fraternity advisor.