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Thayer and Grays will clash this afternoon in a playoff for the right to meet Hurlbut Hall, undisputed winner of the American League. The tournament winner will go to Yale to oppose the winner of the Elis' touch football tourney...
Gerry Emmet had previously been eliminated in the tourney semi-finals...
Emmet, who was seeded second in the tournament, was upset by unseeded Dave Mason of Pittsburg in a close five-game match. Stephen Vehslage of Haverford (Pa.) School defeated Dan Morgan, Jr. of Yale in the other semi-final contest of the tourney. Eliminated in the quarter-finals were Ralph Mason Jr. of Pittsburg; H. Von L. Meyer Jr., Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.; John Ireton, Toronto University; and Romer Holloran, Exeter Academy...
Michigan has played in this tourney every year since its inception in 1948 and it has taken home the title six times. This year, however, while it is still a strong, fast sextet, the Maize and Blue is not as well balanced a team as those it has sent here in the past...
Colorado Springs' plush Broadmoor Hotel finances the traveling accommodations of the three teams, gives them free board and lodging throughout the tournament, and provides the traditional Western hoop-la that the tourney affords. Although some feel that this is a publicity maneuver which does not speak well for amateur hockey, one observer expressed today what is perhaps the prevalent opinion of the participating teams: "Everyone has a good time, and besides, if it wasn't for the Broadmoor, there wouldn't be any tournament...