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5000 Frenchmen DETROIT TIMES. FEBRUARY 7, 1941 PAGE 23 * Boost Present Irish Staff. Brads Urge By EDGAR HAYES coaches, the students and the alumni. It would lie a was understudy to Layden at fullback and one of th« fine thing if the of athletic sec Detroit alumni of Notre Dame have started a board control could its greatest kickers in Notre Dame’s history. He wu way clear to give one of them the job.” to have a member of present coaching staff signed as an drive the The Detroit group is unofficially campaigning to assistant the same time as Boland.' elevated to the post left vacant by the resignation of line up other strong alumni bodies to aid in cause Cerney is coach of the B team and chief scout Elmer Layden. Layden resigned early this week to of the Irish. His task has been to keep a steady supply the post of high commissioner of the National of these assistants. take a of varsity material coming up from the vast squads of Football League. Joe Boland was tackle during Layden’s last year at Notre Dame. He played two years but during his players competing in football at Notre Dame. an Either Joe Boland pr BUI Cerney would make third season received an injury that ended his career. The other members of the coaching staff are Chet excellent coach, according to members of the Detroit In 1927 and ’2B he was assistant to Adam Walsh, All- Grant and Joe Benda. All four men are extremely Notre Dame Club. America center at Santa, Clara. In 1929 he coached popular at Notre Dame and both the students and. * “Many big name coaches have been recommended," St. Thomas in Minnesota and then had a brief career alumni would like to see them carry on, according to one prominent alumnus said today. “But in all fairness as a radio announcer. the members of the Notre Dame Club here. Douse that light, Diogenes! America’s most honest man has we believe members of the present staff should Ih* pro- In 1933 he went to Notre Dame at the request of Meetings of the board of athletic control are sched- been found, moted. They have done a good job. Their boss was the new coach, Layden, to teach the line. He has bi-en uled frequently from now until March 1 when the new Fred L. Mandel Jr., owner of the Lions, has received many not fired, he resigned to take a job that paid more there ever since. He is married and has two children. coach is appointed. While Jim Crowley of Fordham, letters of recommendation on various coaches who are seeking money. His original home was in Philadelphia but he lives in Slip Madigan, formerly of St. Mary, Buck Shaw of Santa Lions. But the one that the coaching vacancy with the Detroit “Either Boland or Cerney would Ih* welcomed by South Bend now. Clara and Clipper Smith of Villanova will have their longest from a football player. will linger in his memory came the Irish Alumni in all parts of the country. They both Bill Cerney was famous as the Fifth horseman supporters, there are many members of the alumni and It read in part: played under Rockne and coached under l.ayden. They during the days of Notre Dame's great Four Horsemen. student body clamoring to say a word for the members Dear Mr. Mandel: have the respect and confidence of the players, the other It was Rockne himself who gave him that name. He of the staff now working at Notre Dame. “I am writing in behalf of . He is just the coach you are looking for. 1 think I am entitled to know a coach when I see one. I’ve played eight years of college foot- ball In four different schools. I have two handsome offers to enter other schools next semester. (The letter was written in Eagles' Hopes AN ENEMY SPOILS Detroit’s Wings Prove January.) _____ • “You can see, Mr. Mandel, that my recommendation ought to mean something, even though you might class me as a col- lege ‘bum.” . ." For Playoff EX-TITAN'S BID The young man mentioned the schools he attended, as well 5,000 Frenchmen Err as the two now under consideration. *” ¦ • Yes. indeed, Diogenes! Throw’ away your lantern. The search for the honest man is over. Get Setback Trailing 4-1 in 3rd Period, Jack Adams’ Nvnosvi. pro esnr. stwiiinos W I, Prt W L Prt. Men Get 3 Goals in 2 Minutes to Tie He Plays the Jockeys n.hkonh 12 ( 7.V1 ro'TROIT 7 v 4*7 4hrlyi.tin 12 V '7l 7 10 412 U> U .’.2* ll«imr'*4 » 13 27* people. * * Life plays queer tricks on Chit**', V*o By LEWIS H. WALTER It was around last December 10 that a friend of mine, a gent s svii row r.wirs MONTREAL. Feh. 7. Five minutes and eight seconds for a with horse racing in his blood, shook hands with this kind of DKTROIT Ooodymr. Chu-auo at Onhkoah thousand Frenchmen can he 4 to 4 tie. a good-by: wrong. They thought, they had the Successive goals by Alex Mot ter, vacation, and the length of Detroit Red Wings whipped when Eddie Wares and Syd Howe “I’m going to C alifornia for a By DON W. LEE that vacation will depend on how many winners jockey Dew the Montreal Canadiens led them. marked the stirring Detroit rally. If you can’t get jiossossion of the 4 to 1. with six minutes to go ini rides. I’m going out there and play his mounts." last period here night. EBBIE STARTS IT hall, you can t score points that the last You see this person, one well known along Detroit’s But the Red Wings staged the Howe’s goal, which gave Detroit U>o sad story <for Eagles fans) whiteway to mention his name, has his own private system of Vtas the most spectacular rally the National the tie and forced the game into at last has this session, .playing the horses. He plays the unfolded Na\al Armory Hookey League seen a scoreless overtime came season, scored three goals in two with only a minute and 14 seconds JOCKEYS, never the horses. night. Sheboygan monopo- of regulation play left. It was a I remember one season, about two Redskin® quick relay shot by Ebbie Good- so effectively in or three years ago, that he picked out lized the pla\ the fellow from the blue line and it that jockey Yarberry, an apprentice, and last half I>etroit's representa- Hawks brought Detroit the best break it tive in the National Pro Basketball has gained on Montreal ice this stayed with him on every mount. His year League was handed Us worst set- winnings were terrific. Two previous games here re- of the It was He had enjoyed the same success back season. 47-29. Lose, 0-2. sulted in one-goal victories for Eagles’ playoff with Dew, until the fatal accident Sun- also a blow lo the Canadiens and their crew of smart plunged them freshmen, who also scored a one- day. chances, since it back into the second division with goal triumph in one of three In N. Y. games There was an airmail special de- a hard road trip facing them the at Detroit to lead the livery on our desk Tuesday njorning. end of the month. Wings, three games to two, on Piling up an early lead. Sheboy- By International »*** Servlre the season to date. With- two The letter had liecn written at 10:30 games gan forced the Eagles to “come to By halting the Chicago Black- still to be played between o'clock Sunday night. It was from the clubs, the Detroiters will them.” Although Bob Calihan hawks. 6 to 2, for the first time the get man in question: four ba-kits from the pivot a chance to square accounts. -ank this season, the New York Rangers, The tie “Today was the saddest of my life in the second period. Detroit was was more than a moral v moved into a tie with them for victory it \ for me,” he started. "If you remember, trailing 21-35, at intermission. for the Detroiters for 'fourth place in the National enabled them to increase their 5%. I told you when I left Detroit that I That 14-point margin was too Eagles who Hockey League today. lead over the fourth place Chicago EARL DEW coming play jockey much for the couldn't points. was West and hit the hoop with even the few Blackhawks to three The Clint Smith, with two goals and club came out rough Dew’* mounts. shots they were allowed. of the battle two assists, helped the Rangers unharmed and excepting for the “When I arrived here, there was no racing. I>ew had gone RKKitiS CAGF.RS WIN overcome the Hawks before a absence of Modere Bruneteau. 9,564 in Square to Miami to keep active ami try and retain his slim lead over began crowd of Madison injured right wing, who did not Sheboygan its fine passing Garden. Chicago twice had the Taylor. \on know all about that story . how Taylor had stanza and tactics in the third it lead, hut the Rangers sent the (Continued on Page 28) the best mounts and they ended up having a fist fight ... you'll resulted in the teams getting only discs past goalie Sam Lo Presti to goal The remember, too, had Dew came hack via plane to ride at C'aliente one field apiece.
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