SPECIAL JACK COFFEY EDITION

NEW YORK, N. Y, MAY 17, 1947 (OSE_HILL TO HONOR JACK COFFEY TODAY |for Years His Name inked To Fordham's Trophy To Be Given Ram Baseball Coach Tin names Jack Coffey and cilnm have mellowed through Two eras in the history of Rose r wars, until there is an in- Hill—Fordham of the past and pji ible bond between the two. Fordham of the present—join to- ,i]Hhl a quarter century has gether today to assist one of the rd since Jack i-cappeai'ed on university's favorite sons in cele- Rose Hill campus after a brating his Silver Jubilee as the isvful professional diamond Maroon baseball coach. The Jubi- fti and his return to take over larian is John F. Coffey, '10, and cms of the baseball team in the celebrants will be the ple- '4 md his subsequent appoint- thora of friends the famed lin- r as Graduate of guist-coach has made among the t mill's in 192G, can be marked students, faculty, alumni and as- the dates for the beginning of sociates of Fordham down through n?hly successful career, both the years. r himself and for the athletic Initiating the "Jack Coffey •^ which have come under his Day" ceremonies this morning id ncc. will be a special Mass celebrated T1 r title of "Mr. Fordham" can in the University Church at 8 P.M. iiilubly be awarded to Jack, by the Rev. Patrick J. Barry, '10, ii is more a part of Fordham Pastor of St. John's Church in 1 Fordham athletics than any Yonkers. "Rick" Barry was a u ilumnus of the College. His classmate of Jack's at Fordham i us of devotion and his col- and also pitched for the same fti' uveer as a coach, only too team on which Jack was short- ill leflcct that no other man stop. ] uld have been able to accom- A special breakfast, at which n to such a degree, the diffi- Mr. and Mrs. Coffey, the "Jack

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in ' ——- ••;. "When I wrote my first "Looking 'em Over" for The RAM K late 1928, Jack Coffey was about the only guy to give me en,™. Now York, May 17, 1947 merit as a sportswriter. For the last een years, Ive three meals a day as a sportswriter, who was started and Editor in Jhlef Taylor Hanavan Coffey No wonder I have a soft spot for him. J' Managing Editor Sports Editor Business Manager When baseball coaches were made, Jack Coffey got a Cu ;-.'* . Leo Tarpey Edward Qllleran John McKenna When gentlemen were made, Jack Coffey got a Summa Cum j £,. , New* Editor Feature Editor Ass't Sports Editor with palms. Coffey's beat is the gymnasium and the athleti tfc Panlel Murphy Thomas Brennan John Sweeney there hasn't been a Fordham man in the last twenty years who hi, J Newt Board .*,'. Victor Stephens, '48 Robert Glbbs, '18 felt the influence off JackJk , bookwormbk , crapshooteht r or athlete-. 1 i Caswell Adams, '29, United Artists Newa Staff Robert Degen . t Vincent Starace Francis Montalpano "A university is judged in many ways. Outsiders evaluat J i Aurello Montlnola Marino Natalonl Joseph Breen, '48 Robert Perry, '60 graduates, its students, its faculty, its president—and what it 11, 7k C. *' Joseph Valerlo, '49 Hlchard Bangs, '49 for in athletics. And the last is weighed not in whether it I. I John Beslin, '49 Patrick McGowan, '49 John Oalllgan, '49 w Edward MoNulty, '60 John MoNulty, '49 John Parley, '60 2Oses fout how it wins or loses. Fordham has always won graciously—and Jack, who, after all symbolizes Fordham ath Sports Staff Edward Wakln, '48 —has ever been the graceful victor when the Maroon was Vincent Scully '49 William Knox the smiling loser when the Ram was shorn. May Fordham . John Ohezek, '4iJ Joseph PasQuarelll, '48 James Kent, '4! what BJrneBt Bianco, '49 William Brendle, '60 her athletic future may be, always have Jack on hand to tvnifv tU Frank Cipolla, '60 real Fordman Man of Sport." lviy ™1 Business titiff Bob Stewart, '42, World Telegram Benjamin Marano Frederick Krals James Murphy Crofton Hayes John Hanlgan, '48 They made you grey, Jack, those free swinging hitters Cireulation Manager Staff Cartoonist circulation staff Who swung when told to "take two." Paequale Pepe Joseph Hossbaoher, '60 Norman Buzald John Peraizo They turned you white, Jack, those double-play splitters Exehange Editor Cyril Jong ya, '49 Who bobbled the pivot. Ehueu! Thomas Smith But when the enemy hurlers fogged past your batters And your were wild as a hutchful of hatters Published weekly, except vacation and examlnallon periods. Irom October to May by You still won the games, Jack, and piled up the score. the Students of Fordhom College, Fordham Unlvenlty, Fordnam Road and Third Ave,, New York, $2.00 subscription price. , For twenty-five years. Let's have 25 more. Dick Coffey, '41. ft It the policy of this paper fo present news and other features of Inttreit to Fordham "Sports at Fordham are better for Jack Coffey's tenure of i men, ana In so doing to uphold the belt traditions of Fordham and the press. as baseball coach. Those of us who had the privilege of "Lookinl Them Over" could never overlook the fine example he set—as coact and as a man, for the friends with whom he worked—and indeec all his players were his friends. I can well remember the deep esteei and affection in which he was held in those short days just befori .'...DAYS WITH GENIAL JACK the war. May Jack's Golden Jubilee give him as much happiness a I know his Silver Jubilee is giving to him." Up in the vale of Cooperstown, they've got a hall of fame Jim Fitzgerald, It's filled with baseball's heroes and many a grand old name. There's Matty next to Alex, and the Babe's bust has its niche; Theme song for Jack Coffey Day at Fordham might well 1 "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." The marble halls reecho tales about the "croocial" pitch. The writer does not mean to be flippant. And sometimes when the winds blow, you can hear the yelling He merely feels that the amazingly well known Jack Coffej fans. famous as a baseball coach and athletic director—is even morj And summer thrills live once again; a homer in the stands/ famous as a good fellow. But far from rows of mighty men and far from the shouting "FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW." . . . Fordham i mob starting the class of 1910, have sung this of him. There's a player on the diamond still doing the same great "WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY." ... So thunders the class c job. ' • Today. His playing days are over, but his baseball days are young— "THE KIND YOU LUCK TO MEET." . . . That's what the aei Of the memories that he'll cherish there are many yet un- paper people say when the respected name, Jack Coffey, is mentione| sung. ' ' -J..'_ " • in the press sanctums the city over. No winner, he, of thirty games, nor hit sixty'from the park, "THE KIND THAT'S HARD TO BEAT." ... So say the atblet But in the hearts of Fordham men his fame has left its mark. who have worn, or are wearing Maroon. You talk of Fordham's Frankie Frisch or Rose Hill's own Babe "FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW." . . . That's the l Young (Silver Jubilee, only a proximate cause) why Saturday, May 17,194i| And spin a tale of a game thafs just been won, is Jack Coffey Day. Or how Murphy saved another one to keep his team ahead. Bill Love, '39, Journal-American. And you wonder what he's thinking when he sees the boys "During all the recent hulabaloo—name calling and display < he led vulgarity in baseball over the Larry MacPhail-Leo Durocher-Happj Go on to gain the headlines and the cheering of the crowd. Chandler-Loraine Day situation, this citizen sat back and smile| We wonder what he's thinking for he cannot but feel proud. inwardly to himself. This observer just turned over in his mind F No he doesn't make the headlines or the box scores every day, mouthings and counter-mouthings of those mentioned—ai turned to a story telling about the forthcoming Jack Coffey Day. But his spirit's in there fighting with his boys along the way. Need I go further? You can understand at what I am drivini He may never wear the hero's crown or gain the fame of pen, Jack Coffey is a credit to Fordham and to baseball in particular anl Yet his name mill live forever in the hearts of Fordham men. can you just imagine Jack and his type of sportsmanship and basebal So when the grass turns green again and the umpire yells mixed up with the group above? I know I can't, and when the nsl "play ball," wives and their screeching has been, forgotten, Jack Coffey and h| type of baseball will start on its second twenty-five years. And the pennant race is started and the writing's on the wall, John Field, 31, New York Herald Tribune. And the slugger leaves the dugout and takes bat from out the rack "Congratulations to a Fordham man who has been more thanl A Fordhamite dreams back again to his days with Genial coach in his 25 years. Jack Coffey has always been first of all a gej Jack. tleman, in the best Fordham sense of the word, and a friend t . Dick-BroderickV '47: ' inspiration to all who served the Maroon under his guidance," Arthur Mulligan, '36, Daily News. " — OOKING THEM OVER Rams Oppose Powerful Violets In Return Encounter Today with Ed Gilleran , cuity-one years ago this month, a young fellow not long out o r-by Morris High School, was playing shortstop for Coach Gem for the Maroon nine today isford's Fordham Varsity. The following Fall the same capable bu as the Rams take the field in one iring athlete played fullback for Howard Gargan's eleven ant JACK STARTED MANY M the feature attractions of ring his college career earned eight major letters in all—four i ON WAY TO MAJORS "Jack Coffey Day." ch of his favorite sports. The contest will be the second !As a Junior in 1909 he was signed to a contract by the Bosto In the years that Jack Coffey of the season with the Violets itionals, and during his final year coached the Prep gridmen an has been at Fordham, he has seen who won the opener, 8 to 3, at the Varsity nine. But little di hundreds of ball players going the Polo Grounds three weeks those who knew him the through their paces, and many of ago and the fifty-first in the long realize that there in their midsi those who have performed on series between the two schools. was a young man destined tc Fordham Field took places in th Boasting a veteran at every fashion for himself a career thai professional ranks. position and one of the finest rec- The best known of these are ords in the section, Coach Bill will be remembered for as Ion; McCarthy's squad rates the fa- as there are people remaining ti of the 1929 Met- ropolitan Champion Team, who vorite in today's engagement. recall the immortal athletl McCarthy, who celebrated his glories of Fordham and the me did many a brilliant relief pitch- ing job while he was with the own Silver Jubilee at University who made them so. , and who is Heights in 1946,'has at his com- Yes, Jack Coffey has come now with the ; mand an exceptionally strong long way since he coached his Norman "Babe" Young, captain hurling staff, a smooth fielding first Maroon baseball team in of the 1936 nine, who is now with infield and explosive power 1910, and since the day in 192i the New York Giants, and whose throughout the batting order when he assumed the duties oJ potent bat led the Maroons to Number One Man on the Violet Graduate Manager of Athletics many a victory; and Hank Bo- mound corps is Sandy Silver- He, perhaps more than anyone rowy, of the 1939 Eastern Cham- stein, the big '46 All-East selec- else, is responsible for the me- pionship nine, who, before joining tion, who spun a seven-hitter in teoric ascendance of Fordham the New York Yankees, niched a beating the Rams on April 26. If in the collegiate athletic world. place in the Ram Hall of Fame. Sandy doesn't get the nomination His concept of college athletics— Notable among those who went to go against the Maroon, tower- as an interesting supplement to from Rose Hill to the majors are ing Roy Teasley or frosh Tom a high standard in studies—has pitchers Al Williams and Bill Casey will chuck for the visitors. reaped innumerable dividends Walsh of the 1913 team, who both Jack Coffey will use Jim Arbucho. for himself and for Rose Hill matriculated to the New York Around the infield the Confer- His affability, imperturbability Giants. Williams later gained ence champions will very likely unobtrusiveness and his aptitude fame as a fighter pilot in the first start Jack Wallace, at first; Nick for handling men have won him World War, and Walsh became Marino, at second; Jack O'Con- JACK COFFEY 1908 nor, shortstop, and Tom Capoz- countless admirers not only a team physician for the Giants zoli, the Violet long-ball hitter, lham and in the East, but all over the country. Inflelders Johnny White and will cover third. Walt Robertson, although now beginning to advance in years, the adroit linguist— Howie Carter of the 1926 Cham- Phil Angelstro and either Teasley , can converse in five languages with equal facility)—still takes an pions went to Cincinnati. Bob and Silverstein will work the Ive part in the daily practice sessions on Fordham Field and is Cooney, a with the 1929 outer gardens. ''•ted by the outcome of the games just as is the most ardent team, later joined forces with the It. Louis Browns. There will be three changes in )lboy fan. the usual Ram line-up: Stan ,jring the current campaign Other major leaguers include Bloomer catching, Jerry Keefe at [Rams have found the going Charley Sheerin of the 1931 nine, first, Sil Burigo centerfield. Tom it rough and have emerged who was with the Phillies; Joe Cusmano has moved up to the " e short end of the score Zapustas, who cavorted in the clean-up batting spot. . often than not. However, outfield in 1933 and went to the is just one of the infrequent Athletics; Tony De Phillips, catcher on the 1936 squad, who Name Linked to Fordham's years in the victory cycle later donned the pads for Cincin- glance at Jack's past record nati; and Steve Filipowicz, catch- ites—332 triumphs in 465 =v and outfielder in 1941, who Continued from page 1 -i. Over the twenty-five ilayed briefly with the Giants.' 1939 aggregation. In the latter . span Jack has produced five season it was a pitcher, Hank Bo- tern and fourteen Metropoli- rowy, who showed the way with I champions. TUNE IN TUESDAY some great work on the mound. low that's a pretty fine record In taking those two crowns, the •any coach to boast of and On his evening roundup of Rams bowed in defeat only four It Jack Coffey might —(al- iports, on Tuesday, May 20, at times, while notching up thirty- gh he wouldn't)—for it is i:30 P.M., EDT, Red Barber will ;wo wins. lis thorough knowledge of conduct an interview with and The last great team to play on |ganie and of his players that ave as his special guest none the campus was the 1942 team, •eat part this splendid record ther than the silver-thatched which took over the Metropolitan le. mentor himself — Jack Coffey. Collegiate Conference champion- J occasion, great individual Barber's program is heard on hip with a record of seventeen formers like Johnny Murphy, ffCBS from 6:30 to 6:45. victories and three defeats. je Young and Hank Borowy I made the task of fashioning during the contest. A questionable decision on the part of an umpire lampion a little easier, but may cause Jack to burn inwardly, but he has never been known to irally it has been Jack's fac- make a more menacing move than to rise from the bench and stand for balancing a batting JACK COFFEY 1947 for a time at the edge of the dugout. Of course, his saving sense of §r• anand hihis sixth-senssixth-sense posiposi- tiumor is a big help here. They tell a story of one game in which |ng of his fielders that has helped no end in winning ball games. ;here had been a glaring error in judgment on the part of the official Back is also the possessor of a virtue which is now less prevalent in blue. Asked by an alumnus, after the contest, what he thought of ^thletic circles than it used to be—one which spectators of yester- he decision, the Ram coach replied "The arbiter was afflicted with f appreciated more than do those of today—gentlemanly behavior yopia." PAGE 8 JACK rnFFFY nAY MAY 17, 194"

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