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This year, by the play-offs in Kensas City, the deficit
WAS and a was realized. The western play-
off this year-was in Kansas City, and you know the result, and you
can write on the four teams in that, I am surge ‘The eastern plays —
off wae at Butler fieldhouse at Indiampolis, with Kentucky State,
Springfield YelieCeAe College, Duquesne, and Indiana, and ‘of course
_ your playwoff reports will give you the information on thate

he wiamers of the eastern and western received beautiful
gold belt buckles and appropriate exblemtic cup trophies. ‘For the
winners of the Natioml, the first and second teams were presented
with beautiful gold Elgin strap watches with the NeCeleis insignia,
and gold and silver basketballs. The National Basketball Coaches
Association presented the tatione.1 wimmer with the Jemes Naicmith.
' Memeriel Trophy, and the N.CelsAs presented the rumer-up with a
beautiful NeCeAche trophy. -

The MeCeAcks Basketball Tournament Camittee was comprised
of He G. Olsen, of Ohio State, chairman, John Bumn, of Stanford
University, and Forrest C. Allens Bumn resigned, and Ce Se "Heo"
‘Edmundson, of Washington State, wis appointed in Bunn's placee I :
was named as manager of the westem play-off end the National finals,
and made all arrangements for the set-ups 2. C. Cuigley was named
as supervisor of officials. The following officials were used for
. the games: Ted O'Sullivan, Keneas Citys Abb Curtis, Fort Worth, —
Dudley Se DeGroot, Rochester, N.Yeg Le Be Vidal, Denvers and Re le
Bartan, of Denver, and Gilbert leDomld, of indison, as altermtess

| 1 believe everybody agreed that it was one of the most
successful tournaments that was ever held, and I am told by Jimy
Niscon and Mr. Zachman thet the paid attendance at the Mmicipal
Auditorium topped the paid. attendance figures of any basketball
crowds, not even excluding the National A.A.UJe basketball chanpion-
ships that were held in old Convention Mall, If you desire a figure
on this Jimmy Nixon will give it to yous Meny people were under the
impression that the old A.sAsUe crowds outranked this attendance at
Te See ON ern, Hn Ne Fe Se ee

ee Dan, I will appreciate your writing this at your earliest
conventienés, and I agsure you I do not want to put you to undue

‘pressure just prior to your stepping off, bt I would appreciate it
at your comreniences This, as you know, is to be the feature arte
tele tint will be in the dont spot of the Tmeketbel Gude de for next

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a -Piveotor of Physical Education end Recreation,
POAS 1 Varsity Bas Coache