November 30, 1940 Mrs Harold Olsen. Coach, Ohio State Unkversity Columbus, Ohio : pear Ole: ee Sa Gadd a ay Gaeta soteons Wants, Gia es Genus wed Dae together with my expense account to Chicago, the telephone calls that I made from Chicago to Columbus, etce, as woll as the expense account the five trips that I made to Mansas City, will all be itemized ; an sent pees You will then have everything in the way of mterial ions of the workings of the second anmumal Western Ms. Ce As Ace and the National Ne Ce As Ae tournanont. If there is anything that you do not wmderstand, I would be - very happy te have you ask any pertinent points, or if there is anything not entirely clear to you, please feel free in asking. In my letter to tm jor or Griffith 1 em bringing out frank and potent points tht I desire presented to him for the good off our le ee ee eee and the continuity of this fine bas ak foe Te ee | ue ane Vite Vee Chee Tibely interfere eat the tournement in i early great promise. 7 I will be glad to have your comments and criticisms With all good wishes, I an Sincerely yours, i Director of Physical Education and Recreation PCAslw Varsity Saanetes? Coach Novenber 30, 1940 Mre Jo We Sts Clair Dean of Physical Education Southern Methodist Untverahty Dallas, Texas ! Dear Saints | I am sending you a carbon copy of a letter that I have written te Mjor Griffith. The same | 4s self-explanitory. I am endeavoring to clear up some things that should be cleared before the final agreement between the directors of the Ne Ce As Ae and our Me Cs Ae Ae basketball committees. | . I would be glad to have your coments» Sincerely yours, . Director of Physical Rducation and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach FCAslw §} /gal eat ibeas: 3 AY a8 ae = GS Haba} Bee \ a | i 8 a ne “ae ane NG ‘underwrote the less, we felt responsibilities. It was up to ©11 of us to Major John Le Griffith | Gommissioner of Athletics Hetel Sherman Chicago, Illinois Deer ‘ejer Griffith: I have been doing « great deal of thinking since I have returned from Chicege where you were very kind te me in having me as your guest at the Wailing "all dinner, and else giving me audience which took Collegiate Athletic Association besketbell fund, you asked ve this question: "De you think ell the boys will be satisfied with this distribution?” It would have been a long story end your tine was too velusble at that moment for the explenetion. Mowever, I am tye raid ft ; z 4 i i’ 1 i 1 3 i i | : 3 ; i i 8 ag #2 ai i i @: j 2 z | i i : ig . : i | ; fter not only replece thet soney, but to return « sizable sum in order to show I ssid, “You give me this tournament in Kansas City and I will not only pay back the deficit, but we will make you some money.” ‘e then ~ ==> ae >» spats ORT TE Mejor Criffith Page 2 Sevember 30, 1940 Auditerium whereby we could pot fail. i hed a «inimal charge of — pleced on the hall which wes ridiculously lew. If wo made money, of course rentsl would increase with the size of the income. “e arranged then to take 204% net ef the gate from the pley-eff ef the district te go te the fle Se As Ae Although the fe Ge Ae Ac wes not guaranteeing any of the expenses, we were errenging te teke 204 of the earnings. find in the Rig Six pley-eff at Vichite we held out $664 es 20% of this earnings 4n the Fifth District pleyeoff between Oklahoma Aggies end Kansas et Gitshene City we held out $398 or 20%, Thet mede $862 which we had intentionally withheld so that this sould be applied toward decreasing the £26800 deficit. I am showing you, Major vi th, thet every sccount of ours was bent toward insuring te return of the money te the Be Ceo Ae Ae, and further than that we desired to show : ° our competing coaches «ho entered the tournament thet we desired alse to make a profit for their schools by their activities. dust eff the recerd, I wish te tell you thet for severe! . ie Ord thet they heve never been able to pay the full guarantee unti’ 1 late in August, due to the fact that they always borrow soney to belance their budget each yeer. ‘This is true of almost every one of the schools in our district with the except Nebraska. Just as you stated 16 your ofitoriaie ont your comments thet there sre ebout 640 colleges in ‘ner’ 80 arc meking ony money out. of athle , : a he | | pot enough for these teams. to ‘meop them interested and make them feel thet throngh their setivity sot enly are they enjoying the pleasure of competition, but thet they ere getting @ s=ell remumeretion which will help Gust a little toward reducing e budget thet does net balence. Certeinly our ‘ationel Administretion feees about the same problem that alvrost all of our athletic administrations experience, thet of a bedly impaired budget. I remember distinotly John Bunn, Ole and 1 several yeurs age discussed thet if and when we cade sone thet we should recommend to the Be Cs As Ac: direstors thet we give 204 of the earn | to the Bs. Ce Ae to It was at that time thet Ole thought thet this besketball money could be earmarked ee eollege team to the Olympic. EOmee It wes always my ides and I also thought that it was the thought of our committee thet these findings should be transmitted to the bs Ce Ae Ae exesutive committee and some action teken. “The fact that this wee not done by your directors naturally left us in ® very bed position beceuse we could net go te our coaches with amy definite inform-tion. Frankly, there was greet dissatisfaction from the coaches because they said "Ye went to know whet we are going to gete" — And z waens in @ position to tell them; this crested misunderstend ings . S : Major Griffith, these couches are not dhhudiores Tt is sush easier for these fellows to clese their serson end quit worrying sbout basketball then for them to keep the tear in training an? face the criticism of certain faeulty members whe sey thet = season ie already too long and through this REPRO Re Mejor Griffith “Fage 3 sevember 30, 1940 activity 1¢ is being oeebiiant umnecesserily. and, too, the professional prometers elweys offer «uch more in the wey of lueretive expense secounts thee our Ue Ce As Ae covmittes offers, The professions1 promoters offer _te pey expenses for 15 men end they will guarantee you « purse in addition » te the guerantee. Very enticing. ‘Therefore, I believe that if we are g0ing te continue this tournament thet we should not have to eompete in @ellers end cente with these fellows, but-we must follow slong the Line oF giving our teams eneugh money thet it will be st least a friendly gesture in seeting the competition tht the professio als are sonstbtently offering. In Chieage when our committee met with your group I was veined sn care (o. seq your group ask for a 10% cut before 211 expenses were hen Jo BO. out of the tetel, ®hen tree receives but 10% it sould pay #11 expenses and then have the Ne Ge Ae Ac teke 60% of the tote! profite and ‘istribute 60% fourteen weve thet this would be more then faire I believe that everyvody would be heppy with such an orrangement. But the 50% was certainly more then sny member of the Tegional Basketbell Committee ever thought of. 1 wee not the one to oky thet the srrengunent whigh your exeeutive dete » but we were in no pesition te do thet ssiness «t hand. Then when you wrote Ole setting . forth the findings of your committee, we found thet that was not whet was : egreed upon in our meeting» : % to me thet your group end our committee should mediete, because whet was written to Gle was not whet wes egreed upon es it ume read to ft.. Clair, Olsen end mee Ole sent me 2 earbo ee i presume thet he also sent ft. Clair one. . In closing let me rake nyself pleine f will agree to do vost anything for tre good of the order. | ateninilinoy leynity to the ". Ce As Aj however I can see no reeson why we cannot continue with a fine tournament in whi h the 3. Ge Ac Ae oon immediately count on « fine income end where the fourteen colleges participeting will heve at best « very emell sum, but et least enough to eske them happy.e Therefore, i bag of you to see if it ig net possible with some sediatier toe forget the criginel 10: discussed and to psy the reilroad, pullsen, hotel and seal expenses of «11 fourteen teers competing in their respective Eastern, #estern end fiationel pley-of is and thee te divide a very hendsere profit, 60% of the Hs. Ce Ac Ac, und 50% of the net te tre ee thet the committee suggests. ~ Zeke oathabdlesdel septa tees! snares ated a nal lee Wishing you end your family & very never © end prosporous Yuletide, I remain es sincerely yours, ‘Director of Physical Hdueation and Recreation Varsity Basketbell Coach FeAslw . | " want int i i dat atelier BE sialic lal is aia AM as Sar ak ea aN a i a a ioasciiaiaia Desember 3, 1940 oe Harold G, Olsen ohio State Uni versity Gcbatas, wae Dear Ole: Pursuant to my promise as of November 30, I am sending you the ieahe ¢ for the NeCeAed4e Tournament together with an itenized expense eccount of the trips te Chicago on September 6, 7 and November 2 for meetings, including the telephone call fron Chicago to Coluabus ag well as the a eee assicnuments This refers to our meeting with va jor Griffith on one day and waiting over until the next so we could have 8. conference with hime 'T am also sending an itemized Sst of tive a pares to Kansas City, ending on August he ‘Sincerely yours, Manager, NeCeAcAe Tournament FCAslg Encée — December 5, 1940 Major John Le Griffith Hotel Sherman Chicago, Illinois Dear Major: I have just sent on to Jim St. Clair, Chairman of the National Collegiate Basketball Rules Committee, the final report for the 1940 N.C.AA. Basketball Tournament. Jim will sign this report in accordance with N.C.AA. regulations and will forward it on to you immediately, I am sure. This report shows a net profit for the whole tournament business, isc. Western and Eastern play-offs and Finel Game, of $9,522.55. I have already sent you $8,000. Accordingly, I am sending you herewith another check for $1,222.55. I feel that I should retain here in the Tournament checking account $300 for the 1941 tournament promotion. Now with respect to the division of this money. I gathered from "Phog™ Allen's letter, after his conversation with you, that you had agreed that our method of procedure this season should be as follows: From the total net profit of the 1940 tournament should be deducted the 1939 deficit which the N.C.A.A. made good, ise. $9,522.55 minus $2500 which leaves $7,022.55. This amount should be divided in two parts= one half, $3,511.27 to go to the N.C.A.A.j the other half to be divided in accordance with the plan agreed upon among the competing teams of the 1940 tournament and to be handled as follows: $3,511.27 divided into fourteen equal parts; Indiana end Kansas to receive three-fourteenths each, $ 752.40; Southern California and Duquesne to receive two~fourteenths each, $501.60; Colorado, Springfield (Mass.) College, Rice Institute and Kentucky ( Western) State Teachers College one~fourteenth each, or $250.80. I am sure everybody on the committee is agreed that you as secretary and treasurer of the N.C.A.A. should write these checks and explain thet this is their "cut" in the 1940 tournament in accordance with the action of the N.C.AA. Executive Committee. I have no doubt that such e distribution to the competing schools will be very well received by them and that this action on the part of the N.C.A.A. will go a long way toward solidifying good feeling in respect to future tournaments. Dr. Allen will forward direct to you all the data, cancelled checks, receipts, etc., supporting the report of the Western pley-off and the Final Game, and I will send on to you shortly the date which I have as a basis for this final report. Sometime ago you mentioned that you would like to have a statement of the results of the 1940 Tournament. There is a complete record of the -fTournament in the 1940-41 edition of the Official Basketball Guide. It seems JoleGe December 5, 1940 that a copy of that on file would give you all the information you want in this connection. I hope to see you even before you get this letter, but at any rate I am happy to be able to get the final report out of the way and into your hands. BGO ii ENG. (check) Copies to: Je We Ste Glair Dre Fe Ge Allen We Be Owens Very sincerely yours, He Ge Olsen Chairman, N.C.AsA. Basketball Tournament Committee THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 7 President + Professor We Be Owens, Stanford University, California a6 mao Hi > merited: RONE 2 Pierce eee eee 2 oe Oe ee. Ge i, Goer Director Prank Je Hedomah, Univoresty of lkmesotmy Pourth ee Sens ee ae an Fifth District — : Professor . » Dolley, University of Texas, Sixth tric’ Registrar oe in, mavenakty Of 7 es Professor Ce C, iny, tniworaity of Washington, Bighth District Menbore at Lange = Professor Ce Be Dilhotners Gettysburg College oo Dean Tee Ke Ned dlinger | ee Professor Le We Sts John wae a. Professor Ce Ce My j | < t | ‘ | ae ; nat : I j \ ; A; 1 _ Oeteber 27, 1940 Mire Le Eo Heidenreich Secretary & Treasurer Kensas City Journal Kensas City, Missouri Dear Mre Heidenreich, Please find enclosed check for $117.60 for advertising for the National Collegiate Basketball Tournanent of the United States and Canadas Will you kindly make out @ bill with this title, stamp it wold eat ene ene MIL te Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Bdveation and | Heaesiaie | Varsity Basketball Coach FCAslg ' Kansas City Journal Daily and Sunday Kansas City, Missouri IN ACCOUNT WITH T NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE BASKETBALL ATTN: DR F C ALLEN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS _ LAWRENCE KANSAS a DISPLAY ADVERTISING FOR MONTH OF : MARCH 1940 : DEBITS CREDITS DATE MEMO DAILY SUNDAY MARCH 18 FOUR INCHES @ ¢ 19 TWO 20 | TWO 21 TWO TWO cs de THREE® THREE" FOUR " ER INCH a \O oO Ss S = Ss sa ge March 18, 1940 Mre Je Ce Johnson, Rditor, The Kansas City Jourmal, Kansas City, Missouwris I am enclosing a copy of the advertisement which I authorized Mre George Towles to give you in comection with our NeCsici. Basketball Touwmne I veturned last night from Kensas City where I conferred with lit. Bowles, and am sending this to you to confirm his copye kind Upon many occasions you have been very to the University of Kensas by giving then their full shere of publicity, and this is a small resi gesture, At your early comvenience send me a mews of the bill so that I my pass on it for pranpt paynents Sincerely yours, Memaging Director, | NeCehehe Basketbal) Championship Comittee. Lawrence, K ansas Avril 5, 1940s | The officers of the Natioml] Collegiate Athletic Assooiation deeply appreciate the fine public- ity that your paper gave their tournament. ' Permit me, as manager of the to express their collective and individual gratitude. Sincerely yours, “Menager, N.CsAeA. Basketball Tournament. National Groups to _ Meet Here e Coaches, Officials And Rules Board To Hold Sessions Kansas City will truly be the capital of the basketball world this week with conventions of the national bodies governing the |cage sport preceding the Na- tional Collegiate Athletic Asso- | ciation championship game_ be- | tween Kansas and Indiana Satur- | day at the Municipal Auditorium. ' The. National Association of Basketball Coaches,open the im- portant week with their session at the Hotel Continental Thurs- day. They convene for three} days to discuss their problems | and make their recommendations | | for rules changes. At their an- |}nual banquet, H. Roe. Bartle,| |national Boy Scout exective, | will be the principal speaker. On Friday the Nationa), Col- legiate Basketball Officials group] will start. a 2-day here, . with the Midwest tercollegiate , officials Associa- | tion . acting as host.. The! 'Whistle-tooters also will discuss ‘proposed rules changes, and the’ recommendations of the ccaches. and officials will be presented to the national basketball rules. committee of the: United States and Canada at its meeting Satur- day, Sunday and Monday. Bend B. T. Grover, of Ohio Uni- versity, president of the coaches’ | group, and E, C. Quigley, of the) officials, will present the rules| |recommendations, for their re- spective groups. gs All. colleges and universities in the -United States, the National Federation of High Schools, the Y.M.C.A. and Canadian colleges and universities are represented in the groups meeting here. The climax, of course, is the championship game Saturday ‘night, between Kansas, Western ‘Division champion, and Indiana, victor in the Eastern Regional, | for the N.C.A.A. championship. | Journal Sports Dr. F. C. Allen and his K. U. Jayhawkers today were planning an- other surprise for the basketball world as they started preparations for the N.C.A.A championship game in the Municipal Auditorium here Saturday. Kansas, winner of the western region title, meets Kansas City, Mo., Monday, March 25, 1940 Indiana? Just Another Team to Kansas, Western N.C.A.A. Champions— Indiana, eastern winner, in the championship game. In the above picture Dr. Allen gives instructions to five of his players. Left to right are John Kline, Ralph Miller, Dr. Allen, Dick Harp, Bob Allen and Don Ebling. Records Give K.U. Even Chance @ Indiana Had Trouble Beating Nebraska Those amazing Kansas ‘Jaye hawkers have come a long way since bowing to the Warrensburg Teachers early in the season and records show they have a good: chance of copping the Na- tional N.C.A.A. basketball title in the Municipal Auditorium Sate urday night with Indiana fur nishing the opposition. There isn’t a doubt in the minds: of Kansas--backers that, : after producing over Southern: California Saturday night in the Western Division finals, the Jay- hawkers will put up a close battle and records tend to support the argument. Indiana, though having trouble in its own Big Ten, where it finished second, has galloped off with a brilliant record but one which gives Kansas a good chance at the title. The Hoosiers were given a terrific battle by Nebraska during the Christmas holidays but managed to win with a late spurt. Kansas scored two victories over the Huskers during the Big Six campaign. Figures Indicate Battle Indiana -rode over Duquesne Saturday night-.to win the East-.’ ern Division title, 39 to 30. Colo- rado,. one of the clubs which bowed out in the first round of the Western Tournament, whipped the Iron Dukes, 51 to 40, in the National Invitational at New York. Duquesne had _ pre- viously won over Oklahoma A.M., ‘a. club which Kansas downed twice in three meetings. Rice, victor over Colorado,. fell before: Kansas in the first round here. : Colorado -also . took DePaul, Chicago standout, by a _ wider. margin than did the Hoosiers . K.C. Makes Bid for Tourney If a turnout is any coenian| | Kansas City will have the IN. C.A.A. basketball tournament as an annual affair for last night an official count of 8,551 paid admissions jammed into the Mu- [eee Auditorium for the West- iern Divisional semifinals. crowd was the largest ever to see a collegiate basketball game in) ‘Kansas City. A crowd of equal propor- tions is expected for the di- visional finals tonight in which Kansas and Southern California will meet. Half an hour before game time ‘the outer lobby was so crowded ithe Rice Institute players had dif- ‘ficulty in reaching the court and ‘the spectators with tickets could} ' hardly. get in to use them. All but about 10 seats “upstairs” were occupied and many were | standing on the arena floor. Few halls in the country will accommodate more spec- tators and none is more ideal-' ly located. A crowd of 5,500 home state fans watched In- diana reach the Eastern fi- nals at Indianapolis last night. Games tonight should draw equally well and, if Kansas \reaches\the National finals, which | will be presented at the Audi- 'torium March 30, extra bleachers /may have to be provided. | Kansas Turns Out -A good part of last night’s attendance was made up of Kansas supporters ... When the Lawrence, Kas., High School band came out with “Alma Mater,” the Jayhawk song, nearly half of the audi- ence .came to its feet... The | pee eo "What's He Doing?’ Sam Barry, coach of the U.S.C... team, points out to a sub the mistake of a Trojan player. Kansas was the crowd fa- vorite, however, for even the Missouri players who watched the game were pull- ing for the Missouri Valley representatives. Jayhawks Accurate Kansas had by far the: best bucket eyes last night... The Jayhawkers connected on 33.9 per cent of their shots . . Southern California hit on 25.8 per cent, Rice on 26.7 and Colorado on only 16.7 ~ per cent. Kansas got 21 buckets from 62 tries; Southern California, 15 in 56; Rice, 20 in 75, and Colorado, 11 in 66. . . Donn Hendricks, ‘La. “Texas across. a part of the balcony and -leame armed with cowbells, but -| U.S.C. coach, ‘the. bench. -|tions during a*game are master- mr one of Colorado’s leading marks- men, hit only 3 in 25 attempts. A band of Rice supporters had ” “banner — stretched found few occasions to use them . . . Howard Engleman, of Kan- sas, high scorer for the night, got ‘great hands from the crowd when he left or re-entered the game... The Jayhawks, led by Dr. F.C. Allen, coach were nearly swamped by well-wishers after the game . . . Both Kansas and Rice stayed ta see the second game.. The crowd contained scores of former Kansas athletes, among them Hook Fisher, Duteh Schaake, Armin Woes- temeyer, Rub Thomson, T. C. Bishop, Fred Bosilevac, Art Lawrence, Theno Graves and Vern Wilkin ... . Dick Harp, the former Rosedale athlete, was the K.U. captain for the game... Kansas started off in race horse fashion and Bob Allen was ‘particularly jit- tery. -His first three or four shots nearly. knocked the backboard down. Kinney was covering Engle- man, but Coach Brannon, of Rice, later shifted Palmer on the K.U. scoring ace Sam Barry, is a wild man on His facial contor- pieces . C. Quigley had to reprimand the Trojan student manager for shouting instruc- tions to the team . . Selman, husky Rice guard, apologized to Don Ebling after charging into the diminutive Kansas. forward . . Bob Doll revealed why he was selected the most valuable player in the recent New York tourney. ‘The big Coloradon was a power under both baskets. K.U.Given | Good Chance Tonight © © Southpaws Hold Stage. In N.C.A.A. -Finals Starting Line-Ups No, Kansas Pos. y Ebling ay eras Engleman aC See 2 Allen C G G 4 Miller 20 Harp Lipper Officials—Lou Vidal and Ab ‘Curtis, No. Rice Pos, Colorado. 22 Graddock : 12 Gomez P Hendricks 23 Kinney Cc arvey Thurman, _ 25 Selman area 10 od No. <3 19 Carswell G Ha it Officials—-Dud DeGroot and Ted van. By Norb Garrett A pair of sharpshooting ‘south- paws, Howard Engleman of Kan- sas and Ralph Vaughn. of the University of Southern Califor- nia, have been cast for the. lead- ing roles in the basketball drama tonight in the Municipal Audi- torium that will determine the western champion of the Nation- al Collegiate Athletic Association. There is more than a minute possibility that a:>member of the supporting. east will. steal - the show tonight as Kansas -and. U.S.C. struggle for the right to represent the West. against the Eastern regional: winner here one week from tonight. For, neither team is a 1-man aggregation by any measurement, and the hero tonight may be Ralph Miller, Dick Harp, Don Ebling, John Kline or Bob Allén.of Kansas, or Don Sears, Jack Morrison, Tom McGarvin or Jack Lippert of the Trojans. _ U.S.C. Edge on Paper ‘ On paper: the husky Califor- nians rate a very mild edge, but the performances of the two teams in the semifinals last night point to a pitched battle. U.S:C:, famous for husky football teams, has a rugged squad of basketeérs here and the Trojans: are tough under the basket. They wore out a Colorado team that found itself weary and unable to keep pace in the second half. ~~ The Buffs, who have been on the road for two weeks, lost, 38 to 32, after battling to a 20-20 tie. at halftime. Coach Frosty Cox’s boys came here from New ‘York, where they won two games last week end in. capturing’ the ‘invi- tational tournament * ‘there, ‘and they appeared tired “in“the ‘final 10 minutes of the last half.--. Kansas ‘twice pulled away to a’ comfortable «lead, but -Rice closed the gap each time to make the Jayhawks hustle for their 90-44. triumph in the opening game. Rice and Colorado meet tonight at 8 p.m. fr third piace honors. Se te Engleman High: Scorer - | It was southpaw Engleman, . a llanky blond from Arkansas City, |Kas., who carried the load for Kansas. He scored 10 field goals and a free throw for the night’s scoring honors. Although Don Thurman gave Vaughn, the -Tro- jan’s left-handed artist,-.a good. l\ecovering, the coast All-American managed to snag five field goals, Rosters of NCAA. University of Kansas Name and home. *Robert Allen, Lawrence Miller Cameron, Wichita *Don Ebling, Lindsborg “Howard Engleman, Arkansas City *Richard Harp. Kansas City, Kas. William Hogben, Kansas City, Mo. T. P. Hunter, Oklahoma City, Okla. Robert Johnson, Kansas City, Kas. “John Kline, Hutchinson *Ralph Miller, Chanute Robert O’Neil, Topeka *Jack Sands, Lawrence *Bruce Voran, Pretty Prairie aR QAQHAWAQAWHANgZ *Denotes lettermen. Ht. 6’ 6 5°11” 6 6°14" Bite 6°3"" es 6°24” 67142" 6°14” 6” BPH ORF OORPNMHENOM, University of Southern California Justin M. (Sam) Barry, Coach, Name. Pos. & Yrs. Exp.. No *Jack Barron, g, 1st 9 Leonard Berg, f, Freshman - *Keith Lambert, f, 1st *Jack Lippert, g, Ist — John Luber, g, Freshman **Tom McGarvin, g, 2d *Jack Morrison, f. 2d Freshman Hght. 8 ” 6’ gts g 1” SLA Joe. Reising, c **Dale Sears, c, 2d **Ralph Vaughn, f, 2d 13 175 *Indicates number of letters won. University of Colorado Coach, Forrest (Frosty) Cox. Name, Pos. & Class. Jer.No, Exp. -Age. Jack Harvey, c, Sr. ze 21 Gene Grove, f, Sr. Bob Doll, c, Soph. Donn Hendricks, g, Sr. he 5” ii? 6’ Oe 6° yt Seekr’ 6 3” Grea G2” 5’ 11” 6° 4” 8° 6’ 6’ 5° 9 0 2 14 15 16 18 Soph, 1 f, Soph. - 1 Paul Schmidt, g, Soph. Martin Trotsky, f, Soph, John Musgrove, g, Soph, Dick Merrill, f, Soph. SSSSTSSDSOVWOwWN Rice Institute Coach, Byron (Buster) Brannon Name and Class No. Bob Kinney, Sophomore Frank Carswell, Junior Bert Solman, Junior Levi Craddock, Senior Placido Gomez, Junior Chester Palmer, Sophomore Fred Pepper, Junior Whitlock Zender, Sophomore Stancil Norton, Sophomore C2 coum noe SS Height. 6’ Ss Home Town : Alhambra Los Angeles, '_ Anderson, Los Angeles, La Porte, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Aurora, Los Angeles, -Cal. Frankfort, Ind. Home Town. Frankfort, Kas. Hutchinson, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Newton, Hutchinson, Beloit, Arriba, Newton, New Haven, Conn. Beardstown, Ill. Colorado -Springs, Colo. Home Town Antonio, Houston, Houston, San Vaughn, Miss. San Antonio, Tex. Corsicana N.C.A.A. Game On Station WREN Radio station WREN will move its microphones to the arena of the new Municipal Auditorium to bring ilisteners a play-by-play broadcast | lof the final game of the N.C.A.A. | ‘Basketball Tournament Saturday | ‘between Kansas and Indiana. The broadcast will start at 9 p.m. igh Scoring Guard on Colorado’s Team—. Don Thurman, 6 foot 2-inch guard, is one of the regular starters on the crack Colorado team that is here for the N. C. A. A. Western Regional Tournament Friday and Saturday at the Municipal Auditorium. The Colorado team, fresh from a tourney victory in New York, worked out today in the Auditorium. ‘Allen and Cohen In Return Bout Harry Cohen and Dale Allen, both of Kansas City, will continue their intense wrestling rivalry to- night when they meet in the fea- ture event of the U.A.W.A. mat card at the 17th and Lister Hall. Allen won a close decision from Cohen on a previous show this year and the claimant to the Jewish heavyweight title is out to even the score. The match was brought back by popular demand. Ted Yates and Flying Bettes meet Bowling Openings Are Available Openings are still available for the Cocked Hat Scratch Elimination Bowling Singles Classic which opens March 31 and- continues through April 7 and April 14; A dia- mond medal and $150 will go to the winner, Norton Wins Mell Norton won the police deck tennis championship at the police| gymnasium by defeating Cecil! Archer 15-1, 15-3. in the special event with Earl (Whiskers) Malone tangling with Fox Suddarth in the opener. Drawings Tonight For N.CAA. Play By Louis Clapper None of the teams in the N. C. A. A. Western Divisional Basketball Tournament, which begins at Municipal Auditorium to- morrow night, are distinct underdogs, but Rice Institute’s quintet isn’t receiving much play in the championship consideration. And that is just fine, according to Coach Byron (Buster) Bran- non, who gave his Owls a short¢#—- drill at the auditorium yesterday. Has Even Chance “T don’t think it would be wise to come out and say we'll win,” Brannon drawled in the most be- coming Texas manner, “but I do think our chances are about even 'with the other clubs.” “The Southwest has always had a bad basketball rating—we spe- cialize in football,” he continued. “But in the last three or four years we've improved a lot and I think our game is as strong as in most of the other sections. “That’s why I believe we’ll have _a good chance,” Brannon concluded. The lanky mentor then went on to point out that the Owls defeated Bradley Tech and Loyola, of Chi- cago, two good ball clubs, and gave Purdue, Big Ten champion, a good battle on a Christmas road tour. Rice also downed Southern Meth- odist by about the same scores as did Kansas, another entry in the tournament.: The Rice record of 21 wins in 24 starts speaks well for the team’s power. No Honor to Uphold Rice wijl have one consolation even if the Owls lose. The South- west Conference N. C. A. A. dis- trict representative has yet to win a game in the annual classic, either championship or consolation. Frank Carswell, the only senior on the squad and one of the two injured’ players, will be in shape for the tournament, but Levi Craddock’s game time will likely be limited. Both of the players are regular starters. Rice brought only«a squad of nine men to the tournament. Large Crowds To See N.C.A.A. Games The “world series of basket- ball,” the N.C.A.A. western divisional play-offs, which will be staged in the Municipal Auditorium tomorrow night and Saturday, is finding a warm place in Kansas City’s athletic heart. While plenty of choice seats will be available with no dan- ger of a sell-out, the advance sale for both nights already assures the largest crowd the auditorium has accomodated for an athletic event in quite some time. If the attendance is good, N.C.A.A. heads may make Kan- sas City the permanent home of the big tournaments as does the National Intercollegiate Association. Other Teams Arrive Southern California, amour | team” from Los Angeles which is one of the favorites, and Kansas, “home town team” for Kansas City fans, arrived today in time for short workouts. Colorado has been here since Tuesday. Drawings for the tournament will be made about 9 o’clock tonight at the Hotel Continental after South- ern California arrives at 8:15 o’clock. Chief of Police L. B, Reed will act as “puller.” & MALULGL LLLLIGD 2 P.M: Tomorrow’ Funeral services for Isaac P. Ryland, widely known attorney, who died early this morning at his home, 5207 Sunset Drive, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Stine & McClure Chapel. Members of Mr. Ryland’s law firm, Ryland, Stinson, Mag & Thomson, will serve as pallbear- ers. They are Paul R. Stinson; Arthur Mag, Roy B. Thomson, John H. McEvers, Wright Con- rad, Leslie C. Thurman, Robert E. Rosenwald and Louis H. Ehr- lich, Jr. Burial will be in Mount Wash- ington Cemetery. Born in Lexington “Ike” Ryland, as he was famili- arly known, was born Oct. 6, 1861, in one of the old pre-Civil War houses of Lexington, Mo. His father was Judge John E. Ryland, a circuit judge, in whose office the son read law, follow- ing his school days at Central College, Fayette, Mo. He was admitted to the bar in 1883. Although Mr. Ryland’s per. sonal inclination was toward small law offices and limited as. sociations, he developed one ol the largest in the city, occupy: ing nearly two floors of the of. fice. wing of the First Nationa) Bank Building. Referee in Bankruptcy In later years Mr. Ryland fre quently was called “judge,” ar outgrowth of his appointment as federal referee in bankruptcy by Judge John F. Phillips in 1909. Mr. Ryland is survived by twe sons, John FE. Ryland, Union Mills, N. C.; Robert K. Ryland, St. Louis; two daughters, Mrs. M. K. Baker, of the home, and Mrs. Hugh C. Christian, Lynch. burg, Va.; three brothers, the Rey. Edwin P. Ryland, Los An. geles; Dr. C. T. Ryland, Lexing. ton, Mo., and John Reid Ryland, Brush, Colo.; a sister, Mrs. F. Lee Wallace, Lexington, Mo., and three grandchildren, John E. Ry- jand, Jr... New York; Elizabeth Ryland, St. Louis, and Elizabeth Christian, Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. Mathilda ©. Shroeder—Fu- neral § Shroeder, who died last night at hae home, 5115 Warwick Blvd., will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the New- comer Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Shroeder was born in Fin- land and came here at an early age She was the widow of Fred C Shroeder, who died in. 1898. Surviving are a daughter, Mis Nell Marie Shroeder, ‘of the home and two niéces, Mrs, Jennie McFer- ren, 2817 BE. 8th St., and Mrs. Lillie Hyde, 821 Benton Blvd. Jacob J. Lattner—Funeral serv- ices for Mr. Lattner, 76, of 2032 Agnes Ave., who died yesterday, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Freeman ‘Chapel. Mr. Lattner had been in the gro- cery business here for 50 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eliza beth Lattner, of the home, and two sons, Paul L. Lattner, 3934 Bento Blvd., and Edgar D., Lattner, 5930 Blue Hills Rd. Mrs. Anna O’Neill—Funeral serv ices for Mrs. O'Neill, who died yes terday at her home, 2805 E..10th St. will be held at 8:30 a.m. tomorro at the Mayberry Chapel and at § a.m. at St. Aloysius Church. Buria will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Mrs O’Neill is survived by a son, Vin cent O'Neill, 404 KE. 12th St. Ter- race, and a brother, Michael Fahey, Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Mary L. Kimball—Funeral . services for Miss Kimball, 56, whc died Sunday at the home of Dr Frances Henry, 2910 Harrison = St. were held this afternoon at the Hickory Church in Jaméson, Mo Surviving are two sisters, Miss Alice E. Kimball, of Jaméson, with whom she lived, and Mrs, Josie Tague. Gallatin, Mo. Washington I. Priest — Funeral services for Mr. Priest, 84, of 1232 at the Blackman ee ing are two sons, O. Cox May Eliminate His Coachs Team Another of those student-vs.-coach situations may arise in the N. C. A. A. Western Divisional Basketball Tournament, which opens at the Municipal Auditorium Friday night, if the pairings make it so. . . The Colorado Buffaloes, winners of the recent Na- tional Invitational Tournament at New York, are coached by Frosty Cox . . . Cox formerly‘ ;, played at Kansas University, an- other team in the tournament, under Dr. F. C. Allen, present coach , . . Cox even acted as Allen’s assistant coach and should know the crafty mentor’s moves by heart. Uses Kansas Boys Too, Cox hasn’t entirely re- lied on Colorado material for his team which, incidentally, won its third straight Rocky Mountain title this season... Six of the’ Buffalo team hail from the Sunflower State . . . Gene Grove and Bill Gates are from Hutchin- son, Paul Schmidt and Lea- son McCloud come from Newton, George Hamburg is from Beloit and Jack Harvey from Frankfort. The Buffaloes haven’t trailed at the half in any game this season . *. . They haven’t done badly, either, losing that lead in only two in 19 contests. Holds Fouls Down Ralph Vaughn, All-America star of the Southern Cali- fornia team, which is an- other of the teams in -the tournament, committed only 13 fouls in 24 conference games during 1938 and 1939 . . . Vaughn also connected for 36 points in one game in 1939 <°..... .Coach ‘Sam Berry, of U.S.C., has tutored four All-America basketball players. Rice should be tops in basket- ball circles for some time yet to come . . . Levi Craddock, 6- foot 4-inch forward, is the only senior on the team . . . Bob Kinney, scoring leader on the team, is only a sophomore and is but 18 years old . .. Rice finished the season with a T- man squad and is reportedly bringing only nine: players to the tournament. ee ooh OO iN SSO ti 3 Seeman - Scoring Leader on Rice Quintet— Frank Carswell, All-Southwest Conference guard for the last two years, will be one of the stars on the Rice Institute basket- ball team which will play in the N. C. A. A. Western Divisional Tournament at the Municipal Auditorium Friday and Satur- day. Carswell counted 283 points this season as the Owl won 21 games while losing only 3. October 17, 1940 Mr. Harold G, Olsen Chairman, NoCedeie Basketball Tournament Cons Chio State University Columbus, Ghio - Dear Ole; , There is some compensation in being slow and conservative. Iam very happy now that I have not closed up all the detuils of the MeCeAchs 3 because I have recently received a letter from tre LeEe Heidenreich, of the Kansas City Journal (Parke Carroll's paper), stating that advertising copy run for the National Association of International Basketball Tournament rast Uareh was billed through George Bowles and Associates, and no sollections I wrote Mrs Heidenreich on October 10 and stated that our tournament was the National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Tournament, and thet the National Intercollegiate was rum by Listone I thought. perhaps since Bowles ee . : to pay Liston's bill, but | 5 : dates as follows: : | A HE GeeGeee z cette ggeeess ft BEREEERES SSReSBSey 4555 a eeetcevers SESeeeeee Tn : I t City Jourmal a check for $117.60. care of the Journal edvertising since eare of all the others personally. ii i i fl ie af 3 ; : : é o rm settle the bill with Smith