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VANDALS TO PLAY
KALAMAZOO TEAM
IDAHO IN SECOND GAME AT Ma
TIONAL TOURNAMENT TONIGHT
RETURNS ABOUT 8 O'CLOCK

Idaho's first clash in the race for
the basketball championship of the
United States comes Thursday night
in the meeting of the Kalamazoo COL
lege five as the second game of the
national intercollegiate tournamnt at
Indianapolis, according to word wired
back here today by Graduate Man.
ager Fred Graf The Idaho game
will start at S:45 indianapolis time
which means that returns are ex-
hpected here between and 9 o'clock.
There are six teams family entered
in the national tournament. The
teams, all winners of their various
college sections, are: University OF
Idaho, Wabash college, Illinois, Wes-
leyan college, Kalamazoo college,
Grove City colegle, and Mercer col
lege.
Idaho Game at S:45
In the drawings for the first two
games the Vandals were paired off
with the Kalamazoo college team from
Michigan. The first game of the
tournament will be between Wabash
college and Illinois Wesleyan. The
first game starts at 7:45, Indianapolis
time, and the Idaho game is sched-
uled to begin at S:45.
The plan of the tournament play,
according to a telegram received by
Jerry's is that the winner of the Wa
bash-Illinois game will meet Mercer
college basketball players and the
winner of the Idaho kalamazoo con-
test will play the Grove City college
five. The two latter games on Friday
night.
Final Game Saturday
On Saturday night the final game
for the collegiate basketball champ
ionship of the United States will be
between the two winners of Fridays
games. Idaho fans are literally pray
ing for the title and certain it is that
the Vandals will give all they have
and little more to bring home the
championship for the University of
Idaho.
There will be no games in the day
time with all contests played at
night.
Team In Good Shape
A telegram received by university
authorities from Graduate Manager
Fred Graf said that all members of
the Vandal squad are in good shape
and anxious to get into action. He
informed the university authorities
that in Kalamazoo college the Van
dals have one of the strongest teams
entered at indianapolis to win from.
Play will be on the Indianapolis
Coliseum floor which is about the
same size as the Idaho floor Graf
said that crowd Of 10000 people was
expected at all the games
He reported a pleasant trip to In
with spring weather pre-
vailing at indianapolis and that the
in charge of the tourna-
ment are showing the Vandal players
every courtesy.
Have Pleasant Trip
The Vandal players, Coach David
Mcmillan. and Graduate Manager
Graf were highly pleased with treat
nent received from Northern Pacific
The trip to Minneapolis
vas made on the North Coast Limit
/" the fastest and best equipped train
If the Northern Pacific system. "The
North Coast Limited" carries special
observation car equipment and the
members of the Idaho virtually had
IN entire Pullman car to themselves.
The Vandals were not required to
make a change until they reached
A Northern Pacific passen-
zen agent was especially detailed to
axe the team through to Chicago and
mother special representative accom-
,anied the team to Indianapolis. The
Irrival in Indianapolis on Tuesday
evening gave the Vandal players
hance to get two nights of rest and
n opportunity to practice twice on
he Coliseum floor