Pitt Anxious
To Compete

In NCAA Play

By Jack Sell
Dr. H. C. Carlson and his Pitt
[paneeeeyals squad gathered in the].
|Cathedral of Learning mess hall]
lat noon yesterday to tender al |
|farewell luncheon to Oland Can-
iterna, brilliant freshman guard
‘from Freeport who .enters the
army air corps next week. Be-
fore the affair was over, however,
the cagers were whooping things
‘up over the possibility that they
|may enter post-season play as
|District 2 representatives in the
NCAA title tourney -in..Madison
Square Garden on March 22.
Spark which started the com-|.
motion was the 31-point trouncing
absorbed last Wednesday night in
Gotham by Temple’s Owls at the
hands of New York University.
The Philly five was the logical
{District 2 choice after the Univer-
|sity of Pennsylvania had passed
up the bid due to departure of
key figures via service calls,

Owls’ Wings Trimmed

When the Violets won by 85-54
the attractiveness of Temple in
jtourney play evaporated. NYU is
ja, swell pick but it seems likely
\that Coach Howard Cann’s pro-
|teges will prefer to appear in the
|Metropolitan tourney instead of|
| the NCAA event. In that case,
undefeated Rennselaer Poly re-
mains in the running but with a
tough problem against Canisius
still on the horizon.

Whether Pitt will get the bid
depends on the vote of the three-
man committee, which Carlson
heads. Other members are Lew
Andreas, of Syracuse, and Nat
Holman, of New York City Col-
lege, who was confirmed yester-
day to replace Howard Cann, of
New York U., who had resigned.