Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-15
BASKETBALL MEET
TO BE HELD HERE
District Tournament Attracts
CLASSY Bunch Of Entrants;
Lasts Three Days.
WINNER TO STATE TOURNEY
To-day Is Last Day to Enter
Drawing Tomorrow at
High School.

The first annual district basket
BAH tournament TO bo held AZ Tulsa
hivh school viii attract the leading
scholastic flvcs of this CougrcsAiuu-
nj district 4 classy bunch uf en-.
uantH insuros hard fought meet.
Several OF the leading schools In this
district have sent In entry hmnks
while others are expected 20 follow
today Drawing FOR places m the
tourney are TO bs held In tho mems
rest room U Tulsa high school to-
morrow morning at II O'Clock undet
the direction of Principal runhs,
The tournament Is expected to
lhHt three days Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. March a. as und 23
Following are some uf the teams
entered or have expressed their IN.
tention of doing 80: iiartlesvlllo,
NlnlW, Ionks, sand Springs, NoWata.
liominy ClRrcmurc. Kendall ncnd.
emy, Dewey, Wolch. Pryor. Copau.
CollinsYillv, Cleveland. Ramona and
Tulsa,
Winners of various district meets
ore 10 play IN the state tournament.
which is 10 he hdd at, Oklahoma
City, Norman or Stillwnter the Wcok
beginning March 20,
Hard Fought Tourney.
Unusual Interest has been mani
Tested In the local tourney by the
schools In this district several
schools are not only tn bring teGmA
hut also routofH basketball. for the
last half decade. has made wonder.
tdl progress In oklahoma. ana lB
now one uf the most popular or all
collegiate OF scholastic games Espt-
eially fast has been the growEi OF
basketball among the high Schools
of the state. In eastern Oklahoma
and this congg, Hsional district, not a
select few, but Rli OF the high
schools have turned out first auin-
tets, worthy of giving ai hard
game, This feature VIII make the
tournament TO be played here one
Of unusual interest All fly.s viii
no Into II with u chance for victory.
Season tickets. Go include all gnmes
during the tourney, are on sale al
the high school for si25 Thirty.
five cents is 10 be charged for a ain
Fle game and ah cents for the cham
pionship encounter.
Today IN the last day for entriea
II be In, aud several are expected
by the high school officials Sixty
per cent % the receipts are to Ro'
10 the visiting teams, 8 per ceHU to
the state High School Athletic as
sociation and So per cent to the
local MANAGEMENT,
Shield To Victor
A handsome ahleld. given by Tulsa
hiph school. In To be presented the
victorious quintet.
while a few preliminary games
may DC played Thursday II Is prob
shlc that the tournament will not
stArt until Friday Examination
time IN approaching or IN here for
several of the schools and at aome
II In impossible to lose more than
one schpol day In the week
Officials for the tournament have
not bern selected, hat they will bt
chosen some time during the week
Visiting schools are assured the
falrest OF treatment when they play
in the meat. II is probable that
Physical Director " Nv Rau of Tut.
81 hiTh school dlroct the officiating,
with Hat Mefrord. former Kendall
college coach and now director OF
the Deshon quintet, aud Y. NJ, g. A..
physical directors, assisting