Evening star., 1933-12-19
YALE, DARTMOUTH,
OTHERS So LEARN
Maryland Scores in Court,
Boxing 0peners-A. U.
Five Loses Inaugural.
BY H. c. BYRD.

~ coaches seem to have real
problems on their hands
The kind of men they want to
handle their teams apparently
are not anxious to leave what
are fairly stable berths, yet they
are in position where they must
try to find some man who has a
sufficient background of coach
ing success to warrant a belief
that he should be able to turn out
winning teams.
In some of the schools at least a
part of the story seems to be a Strug-
gle between administrative authorities
and their desire to soft pedal efforts
to develop great elevens on the one
hand, and intense alumni desire for VIC
tories on the other Something of this
KIND Is going on at Yale, if reports
are to be believed in their entirety.
One version of the situation at Yale
is that the president of the university
told rather large group in a talk
not long ago that if the alumni did
not like the status of things the alumni
could twiddle their thumbs. or some-
thing to that effect Since that the
alumni have begun to do a little more
than twiddle their thumbs and it seems
that a committee of alumni is to Ee
appointed to make recommendations
as to the coaching policy for next year.
Yale is not satisfied to go along in
foot ball with as little success as it
had last Fall The Dark Blue never
has been a school of alib:s and it is
not now, but apparently a good many
persons interested are beginning to
saw wood in their efforts 70 develop .
higher morale and more victories.
Dartmouth also is having its difficult
ties After a disastrous season the
Green is looking around. again on the
insistence of alumni, with the backing
OF student and faculty groups, for a
man who can lead it back to its fo:-
mer high estate.
TN THE South North Carolina. North
Carolina State and Auburn stin
are without head coaches. North
Carolina always has had soma alumni
troubles and so has North Carolina
State, and the men who step into these
Jobs will net have things very easy.
Both are UP against the proposition of
tying to bect Duke under Wallace
Wade, one Of the best organizers in
who fails to get his share Of victories
over that school IS not going to be
regarded as much of a success.
Auburn is net going to be a soft
Job either. because Chet Wynne has
done good work there and pulled the
school from a low place to one in the
sky. Following that kind OF coach
is not easy. Wynne is going to take
I'D the reins at Kentucky, succeeding
Harry Gama2c. Auburn is not para
disc for coach. at least not since two
or three years before Mike Donahue
left.
Foot ball coaching is a killing pro-
fession, and its casualties probably are
greater than in any other type OF job
held anywhere in any other line OF
endeavor. Some of the uncertainties
of the tenure of Office as coach may
be shown that, despite the known diff
mouth and North Carolina, there are
more than hundred applicants for
them.
Another coach against whom a con-
siderable hue and cry was raised last
Fall is Gil Dobie of Cornell The
Ithaca alumni evidenced more than
usual unrest all season long. until the
50 .isfying victory over Pennsylvania
Thanksgiving day stilled il almost en-
ti1ely. Had DOble lost the pennsylvania
game there would have been tre-
mendous cry for his scalp and the
chances are he would have lost out.
"a NARYLAND apparently is going
MI to have another capable basket
ball team, if the play as shown
against Michigan last night is improved
as the season goes on. The Old Line
/ five got under way shortly after play
began and won, 80 to 25, never caught,
although Michigan got within three
points, when at one time the count
was IT to IA
Maryland's victory over the VOL
yerines was Clean-Cut and achieved De-
cause 1t played much better basket
ball. Coach Shipley had his men work.
ing so well together at times that some
surprise was expressed that he was able
to unity them so quickly following the
foot ball season.
MARYLAND ran into.a 16-to-6 lead pc
fore intermission and at one time IN
the second half led, "a to IA. However,
Michigan, on some accurate, long-range
shooting, made the score close near tne
finish.