if we’re going to be in it. Nobody
said anything to me about it. I
don’t know whether George Ed-
; wards, the Missouri coach, was
consulted or not.”
Drake added he didn’t want to
“cross any bridges before we come
to them,” indicating he was willing
|to.wait until after Friday night’s
game before discussing the situa-
tion further, *

Sets Playoff for March 16

Allen, as chairman of the N. C.

A. A. Fifth District, has set the
| playoff between the champions of
the two conferences for March 16
at Oklahoma City.

Stillwater, Okla., March 6.—(A.
P.)—It’s a long jump between New
York and Oklahoma City, but the]
|Oklahoma Aggies—fast enough to
show their heels’to their basketball
foes in twenty-five consecutive
;|games—are going to romp _ in
Madison Square Garden and Okla-
homa City’s auditorium on succes-
| Sive nights. |

Coach Henry Iba, who must have
his Missouri Valley champions
|back in Oklahoma City March 16
|to meet the Big Six Conference
winners in the fifth district N. C.
A. A. playoffs, accepted an invi-
tation today to play in New York’s
Metropolitan tournament, March
| 11 to 15.

|To Travel by Plane
“We're going to keep faith with
jour followers at home and enter

‘

jsaid, “hut we’re going to New
| York, too.

“This may seem a little hoggish,
but my seniors want to make the|
trip East and it may be the last
|time that an A. and M. team ever
|has such an opportunity.

“I’ve scouted the possibilities of
|playing in both tournaments from
|every angle and here is what we
|can do:
| “We'll leave Oklahoma City
next Tuesday morning by _air-
plane. Tuesday is the twelfth, but
we don’t have to play in the Gar-
den until March 13. We automat-
ically go into the semifinals. Win|
or lose in the semifinals, we play|
again Friday night, March 15.

“Ned Irish (promoter of the New
York tourney) promised me over|
long distance telephone this morn-|
ing to start our game early enough
the night of the fifteenth so that]
we will be able to reach the airport|
in time ot catch that 11:10 p. m.
plane out of New York.

Plenty of Rest

“Our kids will go right to bed in
a fourteen-passenger sleeper and|
arrive in Oklahoma City not later

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