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Open Play TodayIn 32-Team! I4i *NAIB Tournament : |KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 8 _ J —(UJR)—Cage powerhouses from « \ across the nation opened the i 10th annual National Association. | of Intercollegiate Basketballof Intercollegiate jeasKetult;m j championship tournament today . | aiming' for both a tourney title { , and a berth in the Olympics |bracket. , , jEight-game first-round cards. Jwere to be played both today and ; tomorrow, with the second-round jWednesday. .The games today pitted Mon* j tana vs.* New Britain* Conn., j i Teachers; East Central Oklahoma; ■ State vs. Beloit: South Dakota. \State vs. Louisville; Southern 11* j linois vs. Oregon Southern: Law- * lt;renee Tech. vs. Appalachian j . Teachers: Northeast Missouri vs. 4 , Arizona State: Marshall vs. Pero; and Brigham Young vs. Mississip-. Jpi Delta Teachers. , IsA glance at the 32-team brack-1 ■ ct showed that the .week-long} NAIB tournament organized by: small state colleges, has graduat ed from the “litUc basketballstage. , , ,Entered were such classy teamsas Brigham Young, Denver. Xavier of Cincinnati. University of Louisville, Manhattan College andTexas Wesleyan.Winner of the NAIBs Olympic spot will be pitted against NCAA4, and New York invitational tour-|lament winners.This years NAIB meet will;*nake history in that for the first • imc a Negro player will partiesatc. „ .Clarence Walker ©*. Bast Cm-ago. a substitute guard for Inch* ■ na State, is the only Negro rcg- = stered for play in the meet. Jt- -■ /as at the Insistence of Mannal- j an College of New \ ork which j rill bring no Negro players to. vansas City — that the NAIB -oard of executive directors too.lt;j i telegraphic poll on the racial f... 1 «v *The poll rescinded a rule thalt;, sad barred Negroes from the -ouracy. Advance ticket sales .rofce all previous records.
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Harrisburg Daily Register
Harrisburg, Illinois, US
Mon, Mar 08, 1948
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