a August 5, 1940.

duce aack of the have vue on tic ack ek ties t Gas te,
how they would not pley up the IUAA tournament, because there i
a anda ga aheoen 37  copumnepc neitasnen rere

mittee Calbewnde laid sins Kink wight Se piney tor Gee ¥en
district championship in our tournament, they were contacted for
hive by the Invitational Tourmamant in New York to play there. |
So was Duquesne. And they mide a fbulous offer to Southern |
California and all the other NCAA wimers. Oldaham Agcies had
won the lissourd Valley championship and it was necessary for the
| Oldiahoma Aggies and Kansas to play off for the Sth district titles
The outfit back in New York gave lomry Ita, of the Oklahoma Aggies,
$2,000 ani expenses to play thers, feeling tht they would be the
pon eg la arwgrdhe tne dg g As it happened, Colorado won the |
championship there, and the Oklahoma Agzies showed well, but we
‘boat the Agzies on our play~oft hore for the Gth district titles
And Colorede finished fourth in our NCAA tournament. - |

The sport writers in New York have been imocking the
MAA strongly because it interferes with their incone. The —-
Garden promoter, lied Irish, was hooked up with all the sport

writers in New York and anything that naturally interferes with
the promotion of that set-up isn" going to receive orchidse I.
have steadfastly refused to play in the Garden wmtil this caning |

year, ond had the NGAA been gracious enough te give the colleges
ee ee er oe ee