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 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. score come from behind and win. on was 42-25 when the last period Sunday. began. The Eagle* when they got pos- “During the following week I was Anita every day. Hettche Awaits at Santa session of the ball, misled half a ji | One of my great thrills was seeing this kid ride the horse that dozen 'hots in the first seven min- wsr HOCKEY made him champion. utes of the last quarter and neither *'lsut here I sit now. I only wish I could put words to- team scored in that time. But it was too late then to change the NATIONAL LEAGUE Word on Bout gether. This was the most tragic thing that ever happened in of the game. mmXM 1 w I, T OK C 4 Pt« complexion ||l|. T..r.«11<» SI » 3 M M 4.4 go to ... N 41 sports. I saw Dew tumbling his death and never can Each team scored twice in the vv WB :^PT;vT Hmton 14 7 4 112 77 Whether Detroit will • *•* # 7* ** 35 have forget of three miflutes Sheboygan HKTKOIT *1 1 the reaction that crowd. last and < himgii 13 15 H Ml MO 32 heavyweight title match here next "Boh, you find the toughest and the best at Calicnte. You added a free throw. Kangrrw 12 14 3 »l *7 32 “I Iwlieve the hoys will make Montreal 15 15 5 75 124 25 month was still a matter of specu- people American* 7 13 5 Hi 117 22 find thoroughbred who follow the horses because it is in against lation today. J. a comeback (ioialyear In night * results John Hettche. box- the blood. You find the rankest hustlers in the world. It’s a Vast ing commissioner for Michigan, Akron Saturday night,” Coach DMKOIT 4. Montrenl 4 »©vert»mr>, melting pot. Dutch Dehnert said. “We can't Kantem fi, < hlrago 2. said he had received no request to "I’ve heard you tell of the reaction of the crowd the night he counted out of the race he- approve a match between Abe rn use of this one defeat.” Simon and Joe Louis. Sehmeling . . . LEAGUE Max knocked out Joe Louis how at first they AMERICAN "I don’t expect to get any re- Briggs outcliissed Battle Creek. WESTERN DIVISION kwcrc stunned, and all was silence . . . then when the mind game. quest until the matter in Phila- 55-37. in the preliminary w l t or ha ru. W photographed to the emotions that a miracle in sjmrts had hap- *HEI*4»V«*N DKTROIT Cleveland 22 » 3 137 107 52 lephia I* settled," the commis- 17 14 40 pfr p p llrmhey fi 131 121 said. Further inquiry pened—well, I just remember that story. It was quite a word r Indiana poll* 13 IM * fOt 123 34 sioner t.utn*< hljrr fin* Ahrxrn f 102 ritt«hurKh 13 22 4 HIT 123 30 brought out the matter in Phila- picture of how crowds can react. 4*u**rns t i 3 1 <’% f S 4 14 Buffalo IH 22 7 IM2 134 27 fight u r delphia was the between ‘‘Here today, if I live lie million, I can't forget. K )lar c 4 H Sad w*kt 2 3 7 KA9IEKN DIVISION to a The WuaMu* r 4 • H Jvur.nHt* * 12 4 W I. T CiF r.% Pt*. Joe Louis and Gus Dorazio cry of ‘They're off’ and the usual straining and tugging from Hmk.K 2 4* Parry g 0 0 0 New Haven 10 14 3 123 104 43 scheduled for late this month. V4rDona 1/I.f 1 2 « Brown g 10 2 Provide nee 23 14 2 130 112 4H tiptoes as the horses made the turn. Bokody.f 1 0 2 Piana k 0 o 0 Abo Simon has been claiming he Amarter f 1 •» 2 k 0 0 0 I'llI lad e| phi» 14 21 A lift 133 33 was robbed last Monday night in “Then came the spill. An awful sound went up when they Donckrr.e 113 . LAST NIGHT** RKRI LT* Baltimore when he lost a fight to saw it was Dew. I can't describe the sound, hut neither can I Total* 17 13 17 T *al« 10 929 Indtanapnll* 3. Buffalo 1 (overtime*, Big Boy Thompson of Pittsburgh. JACK PIANA GOES HIGH FOR REBOUND rittvimrgh New Haven 2. at Sheboygan 35 Detroit 21 3. forget it. Soon women started to cry . . . men turned their Bcnr* half Providence 2. Philadelphia (overtime), Thompson’s manager counters . Official*- Me**inK*rand Le*i*rl . . . but Dancker of Sheboygan tips the ball away the basket . . shoulders, and headed for the bar. Sprlnrfleld 4. Herahey 2. with clippings from the Baltimore papers which fail to uphold Si- . . . "The damper was on for the day the rich and the poor - MICHIGAN ONTARIO LEAGUE mon’s claim. . . . the toughs and the aristocrats. guess, \V Death. I does that on L T GF 0.4 Pt*. Suggestions have been made to Harmon four! Windsor 14 3 3 105 Hi 31 to people. || M Priddy Signed; Yale Polo Team ML IKOI I’ 4 H 4 H 5 20 Hettche to rematch Thompson and Toledo II 10 2 HO 72 24 Simon here. Hettche said he would •Other Team* I H 0 2 3 50 2 He Agrees to Play in Two Contests With Hammond •Play Mtiakegnn away game* have to make a complete investi- It Ends His Skepticism Pros, but They’re Exhibition Games TONIGHT'S GAME gation of the fight last Monday be- DiMag Balks Plays Cornell ML I KOI I at Wind*or. fore he made his decision. “Fate ruled that Dew was never to receive the cup that he IW f LAYTON HF.n.ER had won. Before the day’s races started lie gave out an inter- NEW YORK. Feh. 7.- The Tom Harmon, the Michigan examination this morning for the Yale and Cornell polo foams will view and said he was going to ride a couple of more years and today announced receipt magician the gridiron who has semester just coming to People in Yankees of now a meet tonight at the State Fair Sports farm, the signed contract of Gerry foot- be then retire to his lie was killed the FIRST DAY he rode of refused to play professional close. And he won't able to 808 BRYANT and DAVE SLOSS’ Bayview crew Priridv, prize rookie second base- join play Friday Saturday, Coliseum. Yacht Cluh of this year. ball, will play-for-jwiy Inns on next and especial to year’s man, too much dominating the National as well have an reason drive "Malahini" hard in this race and didn't display the basketball court. for those are the nights of the from death of Dew has taught me a lesson. You know how concern about Jo*' Di Maggio be- J-Hop which promised as scene, the Yale Miami to Nassau. H. R H. Duke of Wind- With a "stop-the-presses" fervor annual he's the Eastern sor will award the trophies at the Nassau Yacht BRi skeptical I am at times of sporting events , . . how sit coming club's first official I in the the in his voice Jim Cummons. coach to attend. starting lineup will be composed Club after the race. the ... hold* grandstand and say this ball player or that didn't try or jut and manager of the Hammond. His appearances with Ham- of Jack Daniels. Dave Wilhelm Priddy. who with Phil Rizzuto Pro- mond team will be strictly on an hockey . . . team in the TOM KING that and pro football players were doing tricks and figure prominently Ind.. National and Robert Johnson with George Is taking quite an interest these is e/pected to League, exhibition basis, although he's not days in the that a certain jockey was a little yellow . . . infield, fessional Baskethall made basketball playing of a young fellow Ur'thp Yank's 1941 re- here night at all unfamiliar with the cage Haas as William Flint. “Bob, you'll never hear another receiving about $7,500 the announcement last alternate. named TOM KING JR. at East Lansing High skeptical word from me. portedly is saying that receive game. He was Michigan's leading Stephen Holly and Herb SohifTor TOM cage in the major Harmon would School. SR. is assistant mentor at Here was a jockey who never once had been set down. I’m a for his’ first year $4,000 exhibition scorer in the Big Ten as a sopho- the Rig Michigan circuit. Di Maggio. who got $32.- for playing 10 will start for Red with State. hero-worship at heart, and he was my hero. games his more before he decided to concen- his in 1940. with team. Allen Silberg available for the re- .500 for outfield labors Actually, the Gary Gallojter has trate on football. C. (OX) EMERSON, “I think the way Dew said good-by to life has taught me is to Ik? seeking at lief roll. COVER former Lions understixvl agreed to play in two contests The Gary Galloper won’t play in star, will get a coaching assignment a lesson I ran’t ever forget.” $5,000 boost. games, go before Fall. least a next Wednesday and Thursday, any regular league although Proceeds will to the British He has received his degree from Wayne Univer- “We haven't heard from him if he impart his And that, dear readers, was part of the most sincere letter sites and opposing teams \et to could touchdown War Relief Society. The 182nd sity and may be in line to tutor at *l.o*ll since mailing his contriwt," was magic hardwood, Boston Uni- I’ve ever received in my life. would to lie chosen. to the owner of the versity or Colorado. You have know this all President Ed Barrow would Eddie Giesar Field Artillery Michigan would be more than stage blustery man to appreciate how he is affected. sav concerning Di Maggio. LIKE TO SEE IT grateful. National Guard will a de- The last place Hammond' between K 11. ROSS, has boon chief starter The Detroit Times Gold five already games, fense parade the second in “And I'd sure like to see that has lost 13 and and Silver Skates Derby each year in chances and third chuckers. since 1927 and a starter $4,000 w ritten down in hlaek and are very remote that it other meets hereabouts since 1923. Misses Bauer, Amory Wayne Sea res *Em [ white," he said last night when will land in the playoffs. •/ I contacted by telephone. HOWARD I,A MARCHE, goalie from Sault Ste Marie, who KINGSTON. R. 1.. Feb 7—Al- and Clark, managed to keep it un- The two games he Ivas agreed io St. Antoine to Oppose received a Red Wing tryout and whom the Detroit club was trying Clash in Golf Final though giving the Rhode Island der control. They called 29 per- play will probably he staged in to keep under cover, is working out in the net* Cage Results Chicago I Fob 7 Rams a thorough going-over with sonal fouls and one technical. Gary. Ind.. where ho propped at with the Blackhawks LA MARCHE PALM BEACH. Fla School, 'M' Frosh Muskegon (INS) their close guarding and heavy K..O|)|: IS4.A\n WAYNE t'NIV. the Horace Mann and in Track Team -was a standout with the club which —Joan Bauer of Providence. in the R. 1., and Grace Amory of Palm body checking, a type of play not OFT OFT Hammond or Indianaixdis. They'll COLLEGE St. Antoine Y. M C A track folded middle of the M. O. season. usually seen on England Conl*y,lf 3 3 9 J VnVfck.lf 4 19 take place between semesters so Kalamatnn 55 Mope 55 team oppose the of »K Beach, yesterday in the New Shannon,lf . will University winners Wayne 1 1 3 Collin*.lf 3 f> 9 any Mich. Nor. Frwh «t I of IV Fr«*h 54 ED BURNS, portly Chicago sports Palm Beach women's golf tourna- courts. University of De- Rutledge.rf 5 5 IS Rnhle.rf Oil he won't miss classes. Illinois Tech SS ••rami Rapid* 55 Michigan freshmen at Ann Arbor, writer, troit suffered a 60 52 M'dzel»*kl.c irothy tory in 1.1 starts. half Rhode l*land 29 on now," >i \ inrFiti .’7 H*rred llenri 19 the Satur- also GIACOMO game rough very Free throw* ml»*ed —Conley Shannon Harmon day. February 15. for a meet with the Wing boss. John t*a 4? Detroit It Michigan State Normal. with “the unwashed ogre of the ice.'’