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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Grorce W. Ricutmirs, President
DEPARTMENT OF PuysicAL EDUCATION

L. W. Sr. Joun, Director COLUMBUS

February 1, 1939

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear" Phog! :
I am enclosing the first release of information regarding
the NeCeAsAe Tournament, since we finally have the Eastern play-off,
the Western playeoff and the final game set. You will notice there

is a sheet of general information and also several sheets for use in
your district. We have endeavored to give you definite information
as to the territory which your district covers, together with the
NeCeAeAe schools in your district. If you should find any discrepancy
in this list, I wish you would let me kmow at once so I may get the
matter straightened out. We don't want to overlook anybody and the
list as I have given it to you is correct to the best of my knowledge.
I am, however, making a check with Dean Nicolson, the Secrotary of the
NeCeAceAe, to make sure that it is correct with respoct to his rocords.

I think now that the play-offs and the final game have been
definitely sot, wo should got busy in cach district in the matter of
talking about the tournamonts gotting as many people as possible ins»
toerostod in the ideas of this tournamont, which is to decide as best
wo may tho N.C.A.A. Baskotball Championship, I think it is incumbent
upon each mombor of the committoo to sproad the word whorovor possible
thet this is not a "National Intercollegiate Championship" sponsored
by tho N.C.A-Ae, but rathor a tournament run by the NeC.A-A. for its
momborship only. I am sure you got the distinction. Obviously, there
aro a uumber of schools with good basketball tcams who aro not mombors
of tho NeC.AsAe, but wo are not intcrosted in thom in connoction with
our tournamente We are not competing with such other tournamonts as
may bo run throughout tho countrys wo are simply trying to put over
in tho best possible mannor this N.C.A.A. tournamont, but I think it
should bo rather clear to overybody that if we do a good job,this
tournamont will be the outstanding basketball tournament in the countrye

I think I see a fine opportmity for building up a lot of
jntorest in this tournament through tho work of committee men in each
district, As the season goes along and various teams begin to *stick
their heads up", they ought to bo singled out as potential ropresonta-
tivos from that district. I think in this way we can build up a good
deal of interest as the teams “come down the stretch" in each of our
cight districts. .

Ploase boar in mind that because of the very general ob»
jection to any amount of posteseason play wo want, if possible, to
solect tho bost team in cach district without any playeoffs, If,
howovor, you find it impossible to mako a final scloction, as between
two teams, lot us say, and you find that these toams are willing to
play off to seo who will roprosont tho district, then I can see no
objoction to such a procodurce