Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02
VIM. J. M'AVOY NEW
ATHLETIC COACH
At DEL. UNIVERSITY
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II is especially commendable IN MT
McAvoy and demonstrates the high
regard In which he Ia held as n coach.
the fact that at n Joint meeting of
tho members Of the Athletic Council
! which body has direct supervision
| over all sports at the university ana
members of the athletic committee Of
the Alumni Association held nj tho
Hotel du Pont, Wilmington. last Sat
urdav night. out of fifteen mon who
we're talked OF for the position n"
was una nimously recommended This
recommendation was approved both
hv President Hullihen and tho Com
mIttee on instruction OF the Hoard Of
Trurtees. OF which Henry Rlduley of
Dover II chairman and his appoint
ment followed.
Immediately after tho announcement
was made. several weeks ago. that
Coach Shlplcy would not return for
another year. tho many friends or Mr..
Nc Avoy got busy In his behalf. IL was
learned that he had an unusually at
tractive offer to return TO Dresel for
the coming year and the authorities
there were anxious TO have him back.
Practically every alumnus who was nj
Delaware during his ten years OF SER
vice a. coach rallied TO his support
and urged his appointment Coach
McAvoy and his wife make their home
, during the summer months on the
, farm OF Mrs McAvoy's father. Charles
H. Lafferty. in Pencoier hundred
about two miles from Newark. He Is
at the Iafferty farm at this time
Coach NcAvoy is n graduate oi
Lafayette College, class OF 1908. He
/, played on both the football and base
4, ball teams at Lafayette for severa
!, years and one year was picked on the
An-American backfied. Graduating
in June. 1908. he came TO Delaware
as coach the next September and re-
NAMED here until he entered the ser
: vice in 1917. during the war. He coach
ed football. baseball. basketball anC
, track during all those years, with th'
exception of probably the last year o
;. so. when he had some assistance IL
. track coaching.
n VIII Coach All Sports.
. He will again be physical directo
q and coach all sports. but 1t Is NOR
than likely that the Athletic Counci
will later provide him with an as
sistant, especially for track. His frs
y, work will be with the football squa
early next month. He developed som
!, fine teams, especially in football, dur
h ing his ten years as coach. He know
n football and baseball, especially
9 thoroughly and Is an EXCEPTIONAL
, good leader. There was always on
lett nf tea
McAvoy and that was that they wer
, never beaten. He always had his me
In the best physical condition possbl
and drilled them hard in the funda
mentals of the game early each sea
son before hard training was started
3 WIN mcavoy
> McAvoy was coach at the tim
Frazer Field was constructed. In h
= work as coach McAvoy will be unde
u the direction OF the Athletic Counct
The personnel of tho Council al tn
'i time is. DIR. w, Owen Sypherd, pres
} dent, and Professor Howard w. Pre-!
ton, representing the university fa'
- ulty: J. Pearce Cam and Alexa nder I
70 Crothers, representing the alumni ar
three members from the student bod
Council for the next year will
~ Jack" Williams, Of Newark who W
captain the football team.
. II is likely that Coach McAvoy w
take n squad Of football candidates
. camp on the Northeast river Z
&c preliminary practice before the un
M versity opens. The university opens +
the fall term on September 20, and Il
of first football game will be with
no Joseph's College Of Philadelphia
in Frazer Field. September 80. Becau
IN Of this early game ii will be necessa
xe far Coach McAvoy to get in sor
! practice before the university opens.
II. Burton Shipley. head coach
,e. Delaware for the past three years
SIS managing the Martinsburg team of {
in Blue Ridge League this summer.
of has been reported that he may go
the Navy In a coaching capacity in I
Ii fall. Coach Shipley has many frien
SIS who are sorry to see him leave.
or Sylvester Derby. who coached foo
ss ball last fall, is umpiring in the +
m. ninsula baseball league this SUNNI