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Masia _Time 7evy gonerous and sporting of yor te handle the sttmtion
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trouble. I consider Ned Irish a very astute and successful businessman.
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efficient concerning details as he. ‘

The N.C.AA. group ~ Griffith, 5t. John, Olsen, et ih onal :
the ones *that organized the N.C.Ad. basketball comsittes to handle their
own tournaments. And in 1940 I handled the Western!N.C.A.A. and the
National play-off, and mde them $10,000 at the games in Kansas City.

- Oleen had previously lest $5,000 the year. before in the games between
Oregen and Ohio State played at Nortiwestern University.

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In 1968 when Ramune played Ferdhan in the Garden, ok: eee
in Philadelphia and St. Benaventure's in Buffalo, I made the statement
at the luncheon given to the writers at Toots Shor's, that we came to New
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from the officiating in other parts. °

‘Tem very frank to say that if the ordinary top eastern teau mde :
a trip to Kansas City, Missouri, and they were subjected to the western
type of officiating, the easterners would be umiliatingly defeated. As
it is, there are few eastern taams that have been winning their games in
the Garden for the past five years, which, discounting the edge in the
officiating, would still uake the eantarners look worse in other areas.

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by the Rule Book. It is.a throw-back from the old pre rules and many of
the coaches having been pro players, that influence is still felt. I