‘NEW YORK SUN, - GARDENS BOSS OF BASKETBALL: DENIES CHARGE ‘ Promoter Irish Explains He | Only Leases Arena to Contesting Teams. . By LAWRENCE PERRY. _ Colleges of the country specializ- ~|ing in basketball whose authorities *\|have hesitated—as Kansas Univer- sity had done until recently—about >|agreeing to send their teams to the intersectional matches at the Madi- *|son Square Garden will no doubt *|be interested in the manner and *|methods by which these affairs are conducted. They were set forth in a talk with.Ned Irish, the Gar- den’s basketball promoter. ‘As director of basketball at the Madison Square Garden,’’ he said, "| “I am not a professional promoter ‘jin any sense of the word. I am concerned only with the full use of basketball facilities and dates|! available. |. ‘*We lease the Garden court only to New York city institutions of higher education who, in turn, ar- range their games with teams from outside the city. At no time since Ivhave been director of basketball have there been any games be- tween two outside schools or be- tween professional teams in the Garden.’ ; Exceptions ‘to this. statement, Irish points:.out, relate to the 1936 Olympic try-outs under the direc- tion and control of the American Olympic Committee and the post- .Season National Invitation Tourna- ment, which is conducted under the direction _ and supervision of: the Metropolitan. Intercollegiate Bas- ketball Committee: composed of ten {local institutions. Question: of: Accommodation, Why do not these local institu- tions. play. their games on their own courts?