For Immediate Release

 

(By the American Press Syndicate)

Kansas City, Moe, March The greatest crowds ever to enjoy a sports event
in Kansas City's beautiful Municipal Auditorium$

That is the prediction of the auditorium officials after checking up the
advance sale for the Tournament of C-ampions to be staged for the basketball
winners of the four western districts of the Netional Collegiate Athletic Assoc-
iation here Friday and Saturday nights, the winning team to meet the winner of
the East on the auditorium court Seturday night, March 30. Two weeks ago sports
experts vredicted that the tournament would draw great crowds. But when the
University of Kansas came through victorious in its plavoffs in the Pig Six and
then followed with a victory over the ifissouri Valley Conference winner---Oklahoma
A & M---for the right to represent the fifth district, then the week-end of play
was termed a natural, especially as the University of Colorado added to the pres-
tige of the event by winning the lietropolitan Invitational Tournament in Madison
Square Guardene

All four teams---the Jayhawkers of Kansas, the great team from Colorado U.,
the "fire-department" boys of Rice Institute of Houston, and the pride and joy
of the Vest Coast----the Trojans of Southern California--are chock full of color
as well as outstanding playing ability. The drawings for the two games Friday
night will be made here Thursday afternoon, after arrival of all the four teams,
and all four quintets will swing into action for the two games of’ the opening
night. Saturdey night the winners will meet with the losing teams battling it
out for third place.

Today Dre Forrest C. é.llen of the University of Kansas, district chairman and
managing director of the tournament, announced the following corps of referees:-
Ee Co Suigley, supervisor; Ted O'Sullivan of Kansas City; Ab Curtis of Fort l'orth,

Texe, Joe Vidal of Denver, Colo., and Dr. Dudley S. DeGroot of San Jose, Cal.

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