The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-03-21

QOS MOUNTAIN Iron, LlnOy, Ely, Z an
brick. Gilbert; Grahek, Ely; E. Kis-
kinen, Aurora, guards.
Listed above are the second annual
all-seventh district coaches mythical
selections for the past year. On the
first team five different schools are
represented with five others on each
the second and third teams Every
school in the district Is represented
among the players with the cham
pionship Gilbert quint receiving two
berths. Ely, Biwabik, Virginia, Tower
and Aurora each secured two berths.
Bob Nicholas, star Ely athlete, Is
given first team berth on the myth
ical quint and also is honored with the
captaincy of the team Shorty, a
younger brother of Bob, who filled his
place after Bob was lost to the Ely
squad gained enough votes to squeeze
out third team berth while ,Krall,
Grahek and Lindy received honorable
mention.
]. c. Football Team.
Once in a while the question pops
up from somewhere, why doesn't Ely
have Junior College football team.
Well, why don't they?" With the best
material coach could possibly wish
for, Ely should absolutely have a foot
ball team in Junior College next fall.
There will be at least Is former high
school players in Junior College next
fall and some of them are as good
men as the range ever produced and
yet Ely seems to take no steps toward
taking advantage of this. With only
basketball and possibly track fer some,
the boys do not get very much out of
athletics in the local Jaysee school
Every other school in the conference
has football, basketball track, hockey
and swimming team while ali Ely has
to show Is basketball team---yet it Is
conceded fact that the material Is
wonderful A short time ago Jensen,
former coach of the Virginia Junior
College, asked the question and also
| added that the boys we're the finest
built looking bunch of football players
| he has seen in some time. Others have
said the same thing and many local
| athletic football followers are asking
| for a team. The boys want a team
and are willing to play. SO why not
have one next season. Duluth
| Teachers College, school with very
| small male enrolment IS starting cut
| with gridiron squad next year so
F, that Ely will now be the only College
F., Of any description in this part CT the
| country without a football team.
Football is now the leading amateur
| and college sport in the country and
is fast growing among the athletic
world of followers. 1t is without a
| doubt the best sport man can par
ticipate in. It teaches a man to give
all he has, to ask no favors, to play
hard till the end and most of all to
| play the game fair. It builds up a
player as no other sport does and is
the most exciting game to watch that
the world offers.
With the material for both a cham
pionship football and basketball team
coming to school next year, why not
get Junior College coach to handle
the boys and bring Ely some glory.
Coach Buckley has handled the teams
very creditably in the past years but
| it is altogether too much for one man
to coach both Junior College and
| High School and furthermore he can't
get the best results from either by
doing so. Ely is the only Junior COL
lege without its own coach, all the
others have coaches that are not con-
nected with the high school at all.
With the boys who are now in Junior
| year, two vino are graduating from the
high school and one former high school
| graduate who plans to return next
year, Ely could develop team with
| the following material. Hill and Ora
| HEX, ends; Gerzin and r. Banovetz,
tackles; Skala and Indy, guards; And
erson, center; Nicholas, quarterback;
Gouze and Smrekar, halfbacks; Mer-
har, fullback; j. Smrekar, G. Banovetz,
Lahti and Pluth as reserves. What
coach would not be able to round out
a first rate team from these boys.
The boys are all willing to play, no
doubt, Buckley would be more than
| glad to coach them, provided time was
allotted and he had an assistant So
that it is all up to the Board of Edu-
cation, all they need to do is say go
ahead and Ely could put a College
football team on the map favorable
with any college within the Little Ten
Circuit"