Memberships: Dr. F. C. Allen, University of Kansas, chairman;
C. E. McBride, The Kansas City Star; John Truesdale, Grinnell Colleges
George R, Edwards, University of Missouri.

The chairman appointed Mr. Edwards as secretary of the committee.

Preliminary discussion centered around the decision of athletic
authorities of the University of Missouri who had just announced that the
Missouri team, co-champions of the Big Six Conference, would not be permit-
ted to compete in post-season play. Missouri's withdrawal left three other
fifth district teams whose seasonal records qualified them as candidates
for selection as district representatives. These teams are; the University
of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical College, and Drake Univer-
sity. The first is co-champion of the Big Six Conference, and the last two
tied for first place in the Missouri Valley Conference.

 

The chairman reported in detail of his efforts to obtain the
feelings of the various schools and conferences toward a district elimina-
tion tournament, and the moves he had made in administration of the play-off.
It was agreed, without vote, that three teams only were worthy of considera~
tion but that none of these had made such an outstanding record that it could
be named without further tests.

' Motion made by Mr. Truesdale and seconded by Mr. Edwards. "That
the Fifth District representative to the tournament in San Francisco be the
‘ winner of a three-game play-off." Motion passed.