Heshington University —
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iy. Claude ©, Reeds
Direetor of Athletics
Sentral State Teachers
fdmond, Cklehene

Dear Tir, Reeds t=

“The Matt’. oma Collegiate Athletic saeninne is iienik a basket.
bell tournament to be held at the ecnelusion of the 1988.39 season. This tours
namont, organized at the suggestion of the Netional Assoelation of Basketball
Conches, ig to be the only official National Collegiate Sasketbell Tournament.
Mr. Re G. Olsen, of Ohio State University, is the Chairmen of the Tournament
Committee, and Forrest C. Allon, of the niversity of Kansen, is the Chairmen
for the Fifth District. They are very enxzious thet ell mexber schools cooperate
fully. Further commmication in regerd t+ the plens for the holding of this
tournament end possibly qualifying tournaments in the various districts wild
be sent to you very shortly.

He cis ccencok tu mented Su ester Weed tin Melee
ealled national tournaments by non-collegiate interests be retarded. There hes
‘been a growing tendency toward the promotion of this type of tournament, same
times under the guise of charity end sometimes, apparently, for private gain
of promoters. As on example, may I site, thet in our district during the last
two years, croups of private individuals, not officially associated with our
Universities, promoted a tournament’ calling it the Hational. ern
Basketball Tournament.

Naturally, sineo the MeCeheAe is o iting (60s dc ela tees
nement, «@ members of the Fifth Digtriet should give 10 our waliakeed augpals
to tho fon of any other netional tournament, 1¢ seome to mo that it is
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their support to National Intereellegiate Basketball Tournesent, to trans«
fer their allegiance te our om letional Collegiate Basketball Tournament.

er” f _ Yours very truly,

P, H, “werherdt

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