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Negro Players | Ban LiftedKansas City (#’}—'The National ;Intprcollegiate Basketball tourna-. mont opened its door 1o Negro l . players Friday to make sure of representation in the playoffs for an Olympic berth,The executive commit tee of the ; association, facing the Olympic |sit,nation as well as rejection of 'bids by severst teams, voted in a : telegraphic poll to rescind the ;tournament racial ban,“This is not a temporary ac~. tion, Emil S. 1.1st on, executive; i secretary of the NA1B said, This' » question has been on the com- i 1 mil tee's agenda a year.”I Several eastern teams, including Long Island university, Manhat-. tan college and Siena college, had turned down in vital ions to the tournament here because of the Negro player ban. Manhattan accepted, after the NAIB rule was lifted.A blast by Harry D. lienshel. a member of the New York U. S.. Olympic basketball committee,'.had hastened action on the NAlB’si h racial rule. He had suggested to Lou Wilke of Bartlesville, Okla., the committee chairman, that the NAIB tourney winner be eliminated from Olympic consider a-i tion.,! An eight-team tournament will i be held in New York March 27,1 29 and 31 to decide the U. S, representative to the Olympics. The ; two NCAA finalists, the winner . of the New York National Invi-I fational tourney, the NAIB tit list,; three AAU representatives and i one YMCA club will make up the [ j field. H
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Sat, Mar 06, 1948
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