wiles

Certainly I would say that any committee member that had
his team in. the rumning should automatically disqualify himself
and appoint someone else in his place. This is the procedure that
the jurists and the legal profession have traditionally adopted
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Now, let*s talk ahout this outstanding newspaper mene The
one outstanding newspaper man in this vicinity is Clyde E, lMcBride.
He is a writer of clean sport, a colloge man, and a mean with high
ideals both as a newspaper man and as a sportemne Doubtless you
will remember that C, EB, McBride did not sponsor but he was friendly
_ dndeed to the Netional A.AcU. which was held under such
‘@uspicious circumstances for a mmber of yearse It was his support
that really put that tournament over. Then when the National AAU.
Tournament went to Denver, this National Collegiate Tournament wder
the straw-bossing of Enil Liston of Baker University, endeavored to
promote this tournament in the new auditoriwm in Convention Hall in
Kenses City. The difficulty wes that cnly amall teams were obtdinede
But Liston set up a beard over the scoumtry including John Bum of
Stanford, Dutch Lonborg of Northwestern, Adolph of Kentucky,
and other men who had basketball reputetions over country of
course, none of these men breught teams, but they used that persomel
to boost the prestige of this so-called National Collegiate groupe

How, Ole, I am ina dilemm end I em turning to you for ad
vice. Of course the locetion of where to expect to have this.
tournament would have much te do with the selection of the news-
paper mate You have talked te the NeCeAsA. powers that be, and I
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locetion of the tournament, east or woste

I will say that I think your set up of assembling the first,
second, third and fourth teams, and the Mfth, sixth, seventh and
eighth teame in groups is much better than the original plan of having
the first and second pley, third and fourth, fifth and sixth, seventh
and eighth. That feature would entail too much time amy fran school
and would be subject to much criticism. You, as chairmen of the
NeGeheis Basketball Tournament Committee, should have a fairly good
idea of where you think the tourmment would pare

I kmow Kansas City is one of the best baskettell centers of
. the United States, but without Mr. McBride boosting for this tourna=
ment there would be no use in trying it in Kansas Citye Likewise,
Des Moimes is a good town if Drake is in the tournament. It doesn't
matter whether Kansas, Misscuri, OMahoma, Nebraskan or anyone else
is in the tournament here in Kansas Citye The Oklehom. Aggies have
good teams and would draw just as well in Kansas City as any other
teame Gains Olky in © fens teabsateadd doun, but 44 vnchd tale Ga Be
McBride on your side to succeed theree And, Ole, the fine thing
about lite McBride is that he doesn't want a lot of kow-towing to
hime He is just the type of fellow that will boost a project if
it is on the up and up and he is the type of fellow that doesn't

‘take his cut as so many of these newspaper men doe He is one of the