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round DePaul defeated Oklahoma Aggies 41-38, and St. Johns of Brooklyn de-
feated the University of Kentucky 48-45. Then St. Johns of Brooklyn de-
focated DsPsul of Chicago, making St. Johns the winner of the Invitation
Tournament.

In the firais of the NCAA tournement played in Madison Square
Garien Uteh defeated Dartmouth, making Utah the chempions of the NCAA.

da giant Red Cross benefit basketball game was planned by Ned Irish
. between the winner cf the Invitation Tournament and the winner cf the NCAA
toarnament. Utah, National Collegiate A.A... winner, met St. Jchns, champion
of the Invitation tournament, and Utah defeated St. Jchns. This reference
to tne Cinderella boys was made because Utah, a NCAA team, passed up the
National Collegiate tournament to enter the Invitation Tvurnament in New
York. Thsy were put out in their first game with Kentucky; then they were
invited back into the NCAA fold to make up the Western bracket. They now
came back and defeated all the NCAA teams, and then in turn defeated the
Invitation champicns. Mark you that they were put cut in the first round
of the Invitation Tournament, yet whipped the Invitation Sfp tonne Figure
that out frr one cf the Wade sua aitbaceee: episodes.

The stand out teams of the country wére oll members cf the Invitation
Tournament - Oklahoma Aggies, Kentucky, DePaul, St. Johns.- The NCAA sucked
the hind teat. But they had to have Utah in there to make a nomen, sO
they wont begging,

So much for the-casaba game, or the round ball tussle. I told you
in my previous letter that I had been up to my ears in Red Cross work. As
chairman of the drive fs? Douglas Ceunty I was charged with the respensi-
bility of raising $29,200. We did that all right, and then went $7,000
over our quota, so we aro pretty huppy. Cther counties in the vicinity
had a titanic struggle, so we are especially happy with the generucity of
most of the citizens in Douglas County. Some of the teachers here on Mt.
Oread gave $100, and others $75, because they were told that eighty-five
to ninety per cent of this moncy went to you boys oversens. I thought it
showed a wonderful spirit. .

However, there is a certain rich man in town that gave $6.50 and they
listed him on ono of the early Special Gifts lists. So shocked wae I at
such a coindidence that I told the Kiwanis Club at a luncheon gathering

that this small, niggardly gift on thé part of this wealthy man would doubt-
less call for a similar cpisode that happened to another epee

he knocked on the Pearly Gates of St. Peter and asked admission. They

asked him by what right he should expoct to enter those pearly portals.

He said because he had not been a bad man, and they asked him if. he had

ever done any good, He pondered quite some time in trying to recall any
specific instance of good that he hed done. St. Peter appointed three
angels as a committee to hear his case. after sweating him for some- 30

minutes this wealthy fellow recalled that he had walked up Massachusetts
Street one evening before Thanksgiving when it was snowing and bitterly
cold. He passed along by the Crown Drug Store and just about fifty feet

past there was a Salvation Army lass in a bor4s ringing a bell and holding
out her coin kettle. This rich man stated that he went on past about thirty
steps, then retraced his steps and he recalled distinctly that he dropped
three pennies into the brass kettle. The angels went into executive session,