tive head of the N. C. 2-A., he"
should proceed to order the tratis="
fer of the national’ collegiate :

championship tournament, set for es

the last week of March at the New
York Garden, to collegiate sur
roundings. a ee.

Then and there, we also suge,

gested that either the University -
of Minnesota or Ohio State uni-°.

versity surely would be pleased to

serve as host te the tournament,

m0 RR

N RESPONSE to our message, |
President Smith, writing at

New Orleans, forwarded a re-

sponse by mail which reached us’

yesterday, as follows:
“Dear Mr. Sherman: This is the

first oppor- Good Name of

tunity I have 1
hoa th des Colleges Not

knowledge Em po gtaat
your telegram of Feb. 7, since T

was at Birmingham attending a :

meeting of the Soutneastern con

ference at the time it was received |

in New Orleans.
“As I said to you in a recent

communication, the matter of.

gambling on coilege athletics will

be given careful consideration by.

the. executive committee of the,
association at its next roecting. 1 as
“J assure you that I, too, think
the question of where games and
tournaments should be conducied
should be given the most earhest
consideration in view of recent
events.

“In addition to Madison Square
. Garden, there are mumerous re-
gionel. tournaments being held
throughout th@ country, and un-
deubtedly . contractual . commite
ments as well as moral conamits
\"mernts have been made already for
“many tournaments this. year. Aine

cerely yours,
: . “WILBUR -C. Suan

ie
THE art of “hemming” and

“hawing,” ~Mr. Smith ‘seems
have done for himself an outstand-
ing job. He mentions “contractual”
and “moral.commitments,” just as

Sports In if they : have
Dire Needof — iraport-

ance in his esti~
A Landis mation than thre
detail of protecting the good name
of interc te sports.
Whilé the ‘echoes of Tir.
“hems’t. and “haws” ‘sti
with us, we put on the w

were
es the
following message to the N.C. 2-A,
president:

Sm sith? S
Hi
ire

epurvae,
Gull,