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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1943
Jayhawk
abberwock
By Matt Heuertz
THE BASKETBALL WORLD SERIES
In the April issue of Esquire magazine there is an article by Mark Cox, "The World Series of Basketball," or the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship tournament. The history behind the NCAA tournament, summarized from the article, follows:
In 1936 the first concentrated effort was made to produce a national cage titlist. That year one of the innovations suggested for the Olympic Games was a competition in basketball. As a result, the American Olympic committee made arrangements for the selection of a squad by dividing the nation into sections and holding the eliminations between college, AAU, and YMCA teams. A Hollywood club won out and this America's first real basketball champion was produced, with the result that there was a keen uplift of interest in a national champion.
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FIRST GARDEN TOURNAMENT
At the close of the 1937 season, New York's Madison Square Garden expanding into big-time basketball promotion, invited leading college teams for an invitation tournament to be staged under the auspices of the Basketball Writers Association. Meanwhile a group of Midwest teachers' colleges had a tournament of their own which was a success in every respect.
At a meeting of the National Association of Basketball Coaches in Chicago, April 4, 1938, a special committee was appointed to investigate these so-called tournaments. The committee members finally came to the conclusion that a real national tournament could be the means of raising funds to send an American team to the Olympics each four years. They also decided to set up the machinery for determining the proper team to send to the Olympics.
NCAA RECOGNIZES PLAN
NCAA officials, with whom the Coaches Association is affiliated, were quick to recognize the possibilities of such a plan but had to be convinced that such a tournament wouldn't interfere too much with class work
Finally through the efforts of H. G. Olsen, Ohio State basketball coach, and George Edwards, Missouri basketball coach, the elementary plan for a NCAA championship control was set up in the manner in which it now exists, and the first tournament was held in 1829.
The nation was divided into eight geographical districts, with the Mississippi river the dividing line. Four districts were established on each side of the river. A two-night tournament was decided upon for the teams of each half with the two winners meeting the following week in a single game to determine the champion.
PRESENT INTRAMURAL STANDINGS
PRESENT INTRAMURAL STANDINGS
1. Beta Theta Pi ... 622.725
2. Phi Gamma Delta ... 601.6
3. Phi Kappa Psi ... 455.85
4. Sigma Alpha Epsilon ... 438.775
5. Phi Delta Theta ... 424.275
6. Alpha Tau Omega ... 393.725
7. Blanks ... 381.5
8. Delta Chi ... 350.275
9. Sigma Chi ... 320.65
10. Kappa Sigma ... 305.275
11. Delta Tau Delta ... 299.525
12. Pi Kappa Alpha ... 387.45
13. Sigma Phi Epsilon ... 286.1
14. Sigma Nu ... 275.475
15. Triangle ... 270.575
16. Templin Hall ... 268.225
17. Theta Tau ... 258.4
18. John Moore Co-op ... 255.4
19. Battenfeld Hall ... 254.5
20. Alpha Chi Sigma ... 251.6
21. Delta Upsilon ... 220.95
22. Rock Chalk Co-op ... 209.6
23. Tau Kappa Epsilon ... 205.6
24. Jolliffe Hall ... 182.0
25. Ramblers ... 134.5
26. Hopkins Hall ... 134.5
27. Medic Whiz Kids ... 127.5
28. Jayhawk ... 109.5
29. Hellhounds ... 94.0
30. Alpha Kappa Psi ... 85.6
31. Kappa Eta Kappa ... 80.0
32. Allen Semi-Co-op ... 65.8
33. Deadheads ... 47.0
34. 4-F ... 47.0
35. Pflugerville ... 45.0
36. Tennessee ... 43.5
37. Nu Sigma Nu ... 32.1
38. Bulldogs ... 25.0
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Creighton Is Dropped From Garden Meet
Excessive fouling proved disaterious for the Creighton basketball team as they were dropped out of the Madison Square Garden Invitational Tournament by the under-rated Washington and Jefferson quintet by the close score of 43 to 42.
Creighton led at the half 28 to 19 but the eastern team gradually closed the gap in the second half while the Blue Jays were losing one player after another because of too much fouling.
The conversion of the free throws resulting from the fouls was the deciding factor in the game. Washington and Jefferson made 17 free throws whereas the Blue Jays made only 10. Creighton had made 16 field goals to their opponent's 13. Altogether the Blue Jays made 28 fouls to their opponent's 18. Langer, Gibson, Beisser, and De La Vega
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Navy Meets Haskell In Boxing Matches
A boxing team from the Naval Training Station will meet a Haskell Institute team in the Community building at 8 o'clock tonight.
The bouts will be refereed by Honorato Echavez, flyweight champion of the US Navy from 1931 to 1933.
The judges are Charles Radcliff, and Swede Wilson; time-keepers are Lester Scott and Will Yearout; coach of the team is Chief Specialist George Gathings; Haskell coach is Marvin Davevale.
Each bout will consist of three two-minute rounds.
The pairings:
**Navy** Weight Haskell
Anthony Conde 147 L. Young
C. Grewell 118 Lyman Spang
Louis Calistro 126 E. Haikey
A. J. Melchert 126 W. Herrod
John Bradel 126 Alfred Lunak
10 Minute Intermission
Donald May 175 C. Thomman
G. Segura 126 V. Foster
Milton Gustin 147 L. Pearson
S. Mandey 135 H. Arbuckle
P. A. McDonald 118 J. Roberts
Pi Phi's Win Swim Meet; Kappa's Third
WAA Elects New Officers
Officers chosen yesterday by the Women's Athletic Association will be installed in office the last meeting of the year at the time of the spring banquet.
The new officers are:
Barbara Winn, College sophomore,
president; Jill Peck, College junior,
vice-president; Margaret Kreider,
College sophomore, secretary; Frances Davison, education junior, treasurer; Katherine Hall, College junior,
point system manager; Bel Claycomb, College sophomore, business manager; Martha Trate, education junior, hockey manager; Peggy Ballard, College sophomore, volleyball manager; Mary Taylor, College junior, basketball manager; Jeanne Haycock, education senior, swimming manager; Dona Burkhead, College sophomore, baseball manager Violet Conard, education freshman, hiking manager; and Frances Gillman, education junior, minor sports manager.
The new officers will be installed April 22 at the spring banquet and last meeting of the year.
Michigan Student Sets Swim Record
Detroit, (INS) — A new world's record for the 200-meter backstroke swim was set today by Harry Holiday, crack dorsal champion of the University of Michigan, with a 23.
The time shaved one-tenth of a second from the previous record of 2.24, held by Adolph Keifer, of Chicago.
Holiday, a six-foot six-inch sophomore, swam against time before AAU officials and judges in the Detroit Athletic Club pool. He was
To the Pi Beta Phi sorority must be credited the winning of the women's intramural swimming championship. Because the preliminary meets presented uneven opposition, points won at these meets were not credited in the race for the championship, and Kappa Kappa Gamma will take third place instead of first as was originally announced.
Only points won in the final meet were used in the selection of the winner of the meet, Miss Ruth Hoover, assistant professor of physical education, announced today. Points won in the preliminary meets will be counted in the general contest for the all-year championship, but were not considered in choosing the winning organization; this led to confusion in yesterday's report.
The revised list of participating or-
ganizations and their points follows:
Pi Beta Phi ... 29-
IWW ... 28
Kappa Kappa Gamma ... 25
Corbin Hall ... 9
Kappa Alpha Theta ... 8
Chi Omega ... 7
Delta Gamma ... 1
IND ... 1
Coaches Agree To Hurdle-Race
John Jacobs, Oklahoma's 49-year old track coach and honorary refeeee of the 1943 Texas Relays, has accepted the challenge for a special 20-yard hurdle race issued by his rival of 30 years ago, Clyde Littlefield. Texas track coach and director of the Texas Relays.
clocked in 28.7 for 50 yards, 60:8 for 100 yards, 1.35 for 150, and 2:10.2 at the 200-yard turn.
— BUY U.S. WAR BONDS —
Keifer's time of 224, made in 1936, was cut to 2:23 in Cincinnati in 1941, but the latter mark was subject to acceptance by the AAU and International Swimming Federation officials.
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