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March 19, 1943.

 

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The Kansas City Star, : : “ ;
Kansas City, Mo.

| Just a follow-up on the Cox - Olsen - Edwards story.

I forgot to mention that in 1959 Oklahoma and Missouri tied
for the Big Six championship with Kansas third. That was the first
year of the N.C.A.A. play-off, you remember. .I was the. Fifth District. .
representative and Edwardes at that time had nothing. to do with the.
CAA. tournament, except membership on the Fifth District championship
committee along with you, Dr, King, John Truesdale, and I. You perhaps
recall the difficulty I had in getting the Big Six to sanotion a repres-
entative for the tournament. I had to eall Dre Bergman, ee
College and ask him to poll the conference for a votes.

Drake and Oklahoma As & Me had tied, end so had Missouri and
Oklahoma, so Missouri refused to participate in the tournament. You

doubtless remember some of the jockeying that took place between Drake
when we had the discussion in Kensas City. I believe you were present
at the meeting, but Edwards refused to come and Missouri turned thumbs
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Shirkey was very cool on the proposition. - .

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and in the first night's game Oklehoma A. & M. met Drake. A. & M. won
handily, and then the play-off was between Oklahoma and Oklahoma As & Me
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ou will reuenber that George Hdwards had little or nothing to
do with that tournament. ia

Then in 1940 Kansas, idiot sok tediuheds whek ba! Min abode
ship, and then Edwards came rather actively in to the play-off. It was
arranged to play the play-off of the triple tie in Wichita, Kansas. The

drawings were made in Kansas City and while in the hotel room of the Kansas
City Athletic Club, with Dr. King, George Edwards andothers there, we :
called Bruce Drake over the phone and arranged for the drawings. I have