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Nile Kinnick correspondence, 1935-1938

1938-10-13: Front

October 13. 1938.
Dear S.B.
On my return home last evening from the trip into South
Dakota it waa very, ver y good to read your letter written last
Sunday night. Your sane and stabilized view point gives great
comfort to us and we rejoice that a situation that has become
trying, to say the least, finds you with a calm spirit and a natural
response to place the importance of things in their proper order.
I did not learn of the outcome of the Wisconsin game until
Sunday evening and did not read an account of it until I saw a Sioux
City paper on Monday in Sioux Falls. You see I have been away up in
the far corner of South Dakota, and lucky to be within sight of civilization at all. From what I have read I would believe that Wisconsin
was plain lucky on two or three of their scores. The fact that Iowa
came back for two earned touchdowns after being scored on several
times, suggests that the Iowa showing was not as bad as the score
would indicate. Someone remarked that to me as I came in the bank
this morning also. But they still pay off in touchdowns and it is
hard to find much consolation in anything lees than the larger end of
the score. I should like to sit in with you on a discussion of the
situation. It certainly must be something that doesn't appear on
the surface. But whatever it is, I know that you will have done
your own best, and considerable satisfaction goes with that.
Looking ahead, I suppose that you will feel some obligation
and desire to come back again next year for your last season of competition.
instead of taking the Rhodes - if it is available. I don't know that
I blame you for that, and possibly a lot of other followers of Iowa
would be disappointed if you did not return, and wonder if the Iowa fortunes
of the past two years had any influence. If you are to return, cannot
some foundation be started right now this, year for a nucleus of genuinely
interested and talented boys who really will build a moral at Iowa for
victory instead of the defeatist attitude that had been prevailing.
There isn't time to enlarge on this theme, as I am writing
during the noon hour in prder that this might get to you before you
leave for Chicago. You should win that game unless there is a
complete breakdown. So get in there and help turn the ca rt around
and who can say that a victory over Chicago isn't all that is needed
to make a very decent showing the rest of the season. Best of
everything, and I will try to make a better showing on the letter
writing next week. Blessings on Mrs. Winneke for her very kind and
thoughtful invitaion last Saturday night. It was just what you
wanted and needed, wasn't it.
Love pop

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October 13. 1938. Dear S.B. On my return home last evening from the trip into South Dakota it waa very, ver y good to read your letter written last Sunday night. Your sane and stabilized view point gives great comfort to us and we rejoice that a situation that has become trying, to say the least, finds you with a calm spirit and a natural response to place the importance of things in their proper order. I did not learn of the outcome of the Wisconsin game until Sunday evening and did not read an account of it until I saw a Sioux City paper on Monday in Sioux Falls. You see I have been away up in the far corner of South Dakota, and lucky to be within sight of civilization at all. From what I have read I would believe that Wisconsin was plain lucky on two or three of their scores. The fact that Iowa came back for two earned touchdowns after being scored on several times, suggests that the Iowa showing was not as bad as the score would indicate. Someone remarked that to me as I came in the bank this morning also. But they still pay off in touchdowns and it is hard to find much consolation in anything lees than the larger end of the score. I should like to sit in with you on a discussion of the situation. It certainly must be something that doesn't appear on the surface. But whatever it is, I know that you will have done your own best, and considerable satisfaction goes with that. Looking ahead, I suppose that you will feel some obligation and desire to come back again next year for your last season of competition. instead of taking the Rhodes - if it is available. I don't know that I blame you for that, and possibly a lot of other followers of Iowa would be disappointed if you did not return, and wonder if the Iowa fortunes of the past two years had any influence. If you are to return, cannot some foundation be started right now this, year for a nucleus of genuinely interested and talented boys who really will build a moral at Iowa for victory instead of the defeatist attitude that had been prevailing. There isn't time to enlarge on this theme, as I am writing during the noon hour in prder that this might get to you before you leave for Chicago. You should win that game unless there is a complete breakdown. So get in there and help turn the ca rt around and who can say that a victory over Chicago isn't all that is needed to make a very decent showing the rest of the season. Best of everything, and I will try to make a better showing on the letter writing next week. Blessings on Mrs. Winneke for her very kind and thoughtful invitaion last Saturday night. It was just what you wanted and needed, wasn't it. Love pop