” How About, This, Mr. Liston,
IG Emil. Sycamore Liston had better be sitting tight on his national

intercollegiate basketball: tournament or some one will be taking it
away from him.

dadbing Bill Leiser’s ever. arheria tiny col-=
umn in the San Francisco Chronicle, I come
across this paragraph:

“If plans of: Stanford’s new dean of men,
John Bunn, work out, there: will be something
new in basketball next winter. ‘There'll be a
real national ° ain an si a ean
team.”

and then. this sidan in explanation:

“He (Bunn). is interested in a plan whereby
the coast conference championship team and
championship teams from other sections should
meet under regular collegiate association aus-

_ pices in a national tournament each season,
JOHN BUNN. probably during the spring vacation period
Who. talks of a cham-

pionship basketball. Which follows closely the termination of normal

ees competition everywhere. It’s entirely possible
that the first national intercollegiate basketball chare taste tour-
nament will be conducted next April.”

Well, now, isn’t that something more than interesting,

- Here Baker university’s distinguished Mr. Liston has been think-
ing he held the first national intercollegiate championship tournament
right here in Kansas City’s 7-million-dollar auditorium last March.
with Professor Bunn knowing all about it, too.

In fact, being a member of the Seer wide
committee,

Mr. Liston’s fine tournament was held under
strictly collegiate management from every angle,
and it. was no one’s fault but their: own that
the so-called bigger teams didn’t enter. It was
the Liston and the committee idea from the
start that the tournament should be one’ of
championship teams. and a es of them

were. -

Maybe it is Professor Bunn’ s idea fis promote
the tournament started last year, or maybe he
means to take that one over and build only on :
the championship teams of the bigger confer- Emit Liston.
ences: ae rents has held

Regardless, ‘however, of what Professor Bunn
may mean, we'll always insist that Mr. Liston’s inbarcolleiiste tourna-

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