Complex sentence: Rodgers explains that on the 31st of December there was supposed to be a ball at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and his friend Larry asked him to ask Helen if she would be available to go with him.
Split into simpler sentences: Rodgers explains that on the 31st of December there was supposed to be a ball at Cheyenne, Wyoming. His friend Larry asked him to ask Helen if she would be available to go with him.