Basketball Tournment Postponed

Typed as spelled - Lena Stone Criswell

The Daily Democrat
Thirty-first year - Number 230
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, January 28, 1932

DISTRICT BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT POSTPONED

Brother Explains Selection of Temple
As Place for Annual Event.

"Owing to the fact that the majority of county tournaments have been planned for February 12 and 13, the district tournament date has been postponed to February 19 and 20 and the preliminary meet will be held Friday, February 19, at one p.m. at the Temple High school," states a letter received from George Forehand, district director of the Falls county interscholastic league.
"The meet is being held in Temple because Mr. Bedichek the league executive, asked us to handle the tournament," the letter adds. "He said that repeated efforts had been made to secure a Waco man for district director, but that he had failed to do so. We accepted the tournament, but to aid where we considered aid necessary.
"Our court is not a 'trick' court. It is 80 ft. by 41 ft. and it has a good oiled floor and excellent goals. There is plenty of space beyond each boundary line. I am almost convinced that a neutral team would prefer it to the Waco court. We will do our utmost to please you while you are here."
The annual Falls county boys' basketball tournament will be held on the Baylor gym court at Waco Friday and Saturday of this week, the winner to represent the county at the district court in Temple.
While Mr. Forehand makes no mention of it in his letter, it is understood there had been some criticism emanating from a Waco source of the selection of Temple as the site for the district tournament.

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