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of Kentucky, 48 to 45, St. John's ie te tain vain
meet Sunday night in Madison Square Garden for the New York Invitation
championship.

In the Western N.C.AA., Missouri meets Utah, and Iowa State
meets Pepperdine, in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium. In the Eastern
WeCeAcke, Ohio State meets Temple of Philadelphia, and Dartmouth mets
Catholic University of washington, D, Ce, in a double-header in the Garden on Fri-
day, March 24th, The winners of this eastern foursome will meet Saturday night,
March 25th.

Utah, after being whipped by Kentucky in New York's Invitation
tournament, is now going to represent the Rocky Mountain Conference in the
Western N.C.A.Ae, while Pepperdine - never a representative before for the
Pacific Coast in N.C.A.A. play = is filling in because the Pacific Coast Con-
ference refused to have a playeoff, lowa State, champions of the Big Six,
representing the Missouri Valley area, and Missouri as a fillein to complete
this heterogenous group, will pley in Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium on
Friday and Saturday nights, Mareh 24 and 25,

Back in 1940 in three games played in the unicipal Auditorium
at Kansas City for the Western and the Final N.C.A.A. Tournament, there was |
grossed $23,000, ‘The N.C.A.A. kept practically all of the net proceeds of |
this tournament, amounting to $10,000, and the colleges got barely more than
expensese This selfish act of the N.C.A.A. executive committee started the
defection of teams away from the N.C.A.A. tournament toward more lucrative
fields. The N.C.AA. is reaping the reward of its own grasping policy.
| The truth is that the N.C.A.A. is selfesufficient financially
and does not need a sinking fund at the expense of the National Basketball
Tournament, ‘The National Collegiate Athletic Association has no paid officers
and is sustained by an annual membership fee of $25.00 per years