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Lon Jourdet of Pennsylvania, who predicted that Dartmouth, the champ-
ion, would find harder going in the Eastern League this year, with Princeton and
Cornell as the leading threats; Clair Bee, who passed off L. I. U.'s defeat by
Michigan State as "a natural let-down," and Albert Gorton of Panzer College com-
pleted the roster of speakers,

Gorton, invited because his team had won 44 straight games, was "left
without much to say," after Panzer's defeat by John Marshall last Saturday, How-
ever, he pointed out thet Panzer had made its remarkable record with (1) no ath-
letic scholarships, (2) only 90 male students to draw from: (3) limited practice
time and (4) a small gymnasium,

A BRUSH FOR PASSES

Clair Bee, L, I, U, basketball coach, has been trying to get his boys to
make more liberal use of the bounce pass, with little success, He finally di-
agnosed their trouble as fear of getting their fingernails dirty after the ball
has touched the floor, so he bought a little brush twelve inches long for them
to clean their nails with after each game,

ILLNESS MAY FORCE KEOGAN TO RETIRE

NOTRE DAME, IND., Dec, 21--As a result of the recent physical examination
which revealed a heart ailment, George E, Keogan said today he may relinquish
his position as basketball coach at Notre Dame,

Keogan, now in his 18th. season at the Irish camp, will go to Rochester,
Minn,, Wednesday for a complete examination at the Mayo Clinic and abide by the
decision of the Mayo doctors, leaving his coaching job immediately if that pro-
cedure is recommended,

BLOOMINGTON EXCITED

BLOOMINGTON, IND,, Indiana University Basketball fans were kept vosted
on the progress of the Hurryin!' Hoosier netters during their recent tour of
the Pacific coast and the South by means of special telgraphic play—by—play
broadcasts of each game,

The broadcasts, held in a Bloomington cafe and sponsored by a gzroup of
merchants and basketball fans, are made possible by a leased wire from the city
where each game is played to the kitchen of the establishment in which the tem-
porary "broadcasting booth" has been placed,

Crowds of fans were lined out into the street for each report, and one
Bloomington newspaper announced that calls for scores on each game number in
the thousands and are being received until 3 o'clock the next morning,

JOHNNY MOIR

NOBLESVILLE, IND., Dec, 19--Johnny Moir, all-time All-American from Notre
Dame and one of the greatest stars ever to don a basketball uniform, is now in
the Akron Firestone line-up, Playing with Moir with Firestone, National League -
champions last season, will be Tommy Wukovitz and Paul DuCherme, of Notre Dame;
Fred Beretta, of Purdue; Bob Hassmiller, of Fordham; and Jack Jennings, of Wash-
ington State,