Show National Tourney Holding Holding Interest nt Brilliant Teams Will Compete At Chicago for Cage Oage Title C CHICAGO March Nation H 11 wid wide preparation au are ar being made by tums teams All til over the th United Unit Unit- ed ed States Statu to make mak the eighth an annual nual national Int bu has has- tournament to be b held In Bartlett gymnasium March Mirth 20 to April 3 I the tho onu onee on held In Inthe inthe the put past The Th officialS official In charge In hi their effort erfort to make maki mak thi thu moet meet an Improvement over the one on of year have hav del delegated d to fO o them them them- selves a task tuk of oc o no small pro pro- proportion proportion pro proportion portion for thu these th tourneys tourney which originated In 1317 1917 have hav been ben In In increasing creasing In else lie and national character being belnA climaxed by the ISIS 1825 cage cag elastic classic which proved prova event event to be the greatest basketball ever staRed staged In the history of the game came two Forty teams team representing 13 33 state Including Ii 31 state slate champions champion journ journeyed to ChI Ch cago to compete compel for fop the th national title list last year WIchita Eana K r proudly proudly Ca carried thi title back home to float flod over the Jay JayHawker JayHawker JayHawker Hawker state for at least another year FC INTEREST National Interest this year has hili been bean even keener than last It year as evidenced by th the fact hit hundreds Of letters have hav hen been wrItten tn ta the th officials official at st the Uni- Uni University Uni University of Chicago from teamS teama team In very overy state stale stat In to the union demand eman Ing ing demanding entrance to this meet mt DI- DI Dl and preparatory to thiS tn state t t fInals are now hf being ln held In 45 41 states of the th union to determine what teams will enter the 1926 cu cage classic It Is ii pf e-pf expected tp that thal 40 teams team will be b Invited with lIh a rep rep- rep rep rea of if U slat champion Other t team ams to tl complete the list Hatwill will be sel selected from the of OC such duch vents events as x Tuft college New England tournament In whIch the th best beat team of ot that see sec tion of the th country participate The The University of ot Pennsylvania tournament which decides the th bet best team ham of the Atlantic seaboard will send lInd a representative The Th win winner ncr ner of ot the Cotton States State tourney which returns as lIa their the best beat hl high h school team of ot the th south the Rocky Racky Mountain tour tournament which Is If conducted for tor teams from ten of or t th ll western states will undoubtedly send teams With all the th state sute stat cham champion ham ham- s pion and the winners winner of ot tho these c cInt Int inter stata meets coming to the national tournament nt the cream of the basketball bk world will con con con- congregate con trat at Chicago to engage In Inspirited inspirited spirited intersectional Competition ev every ry day during that week Elaborate plans plana have hav been made for the f entertainment of tM th hO bOYs boy Including a ft number of ten ten- fea tures that are arc new The Th tournament ment will be conducted again this year In two section a tournament ment mont for tor the championship and n a COnsolation tournament nt held for forthe forth the lo loser ers of the first round The players will be ba guests guest of ot the uni- uni university uni university while In the city They will be bo housed houed ted fed f d and nd enter enter- entertained entertained tamed A banquet I If Is planned for forthe forth the Ihl night before the tournament and educational education tours of ot the th city Including visits to all of the th big bu business enterprises enterprise In Chicago are r planned so 10 that the tho boya ho boy will willbe he more than repaid In an educe educe- duca wa way for missing their Iao STRONG Among the th outstanding teamS of the th country Torrington Con Connecticut looms loom ss as a strong con con- contender contender con t tender nd r for the th title this thi year This team went to the th h round before the semi finals In the th meet last year and Is represented with the th team possibly this season In Ne New N w England Amon Among their 16 K consecutive vie vie- vic victories tories are aro listed lilted two iwo wins win over the strong WIlby lIby team for tor a ft number of rears year con con- considered con considered on- on the th best am In the th State st t Crosby Crosby Croby HI of Waterbury has haa hs suf sot sot- fer d two d defeats feats at the hands hand hand of othe the Torrington quintet Cr CrOsby w runner up In the th 1922 1122 tournament ment mont Rogers ROgen HI li of o Newport R It RI I went down to defeat twIce against t Torrington Two victorie e are ar listed over Naugatuck the team team that gILl gained ned world renown by bOating beating tho the team and andone andon ono one over Pittsfield Mass Mai Mae the tha au 1824 New Now England champion champions and emi semi-finalists In the nationaL Schenectady New York Is an- an another anether an another other ether strong team that met de- de tL de-tL teat fest stronG Other teams teama team that are likely state tat champions champion that will perhaps participate at the Uni- Uni University Uni University of Chicago are arc Lewis and Clark High school of Spokane Ws Wash h Mesa Arizona Wilmington Wilmington ton ton Dela Dels Tonopah Nev Rogers Ugh High of Newport R It I Po Pocatello atello Ida Miami Fin FIa Durham North Carolina and Fargo argo North Da- Da Dakota Dakota Da Dakota kota In South Dakota the Yankton High school chool national runner Up runner In 1924 1 Is fighting It out with Watertown and Salem S lem to represent sent nt that state In the state tt of oC Georgia Fort ort Valley High school Cotton States up runner-up Lanier Lanter High of Macon G 3 F A A A Champ and Tech High of Atlanta will determine the Georgia representative tive Uve In the state slate tat meet |