The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-09
Butler Coach
Is Sought for
Eastern Post
Would Be Commissioner of
Athletics at EaSton
(Pa.) School.
BY DICK MILLER
Times Sports Writer

Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle, director
of athletics at Butler University
where he has coached basketball,
football, baseball and golf for more
than u years is about to be named
commissioner of physical education
and athletics at Lafayette College
in Easton, Pa, The Indianapolis
Times learned this afternoon.
Reached at his home today, Mr..
Hinkle would neither confirm nor
deny that he had been to the east
eru campus over the last weekend,
comforting there with trustees of
the school concerning the prospec-
tive position.
He declared he had been at the
meeting of the National Association
of Basketball Coaches in Chicago
last week and admitted that he
could have returned home by de
touring" through Easton, Pa, Satur-
day and Sunday.
1t has been learned that Mr..
Hinkle is one of four who have sur
vived the pruning knife welded by
the trustees at Lafayette College.
That he is regarded as the foremost
of the quarter is indicated by the
fact that the other three conferred
with the school authorities several
weeks ago, but Mr.. Hinkle was I'M
able to make the trip east because
of local duties such as the State
High School Basketball tournament,
the Butler relays and, finally, the
National Coaches session in Chi
cago. But the trustees were SEEM
ingly content to wait, and for that
reason it is felt that he is the man
they are seeking.
Boys School of 1000
Word from the East this after
noon was to the effect that Mr..
Hinkle was we'll pleased with the
Lafayette setup and that the OBJ
stacles in the way of his acceptance
are minor ones.
Lafayette College is a boys school
of approximately 1000 enrolment.
1t is one of the oldest schools in the
East, financially sound and stable
in every way. Professors salaries
we're reduced only about 1 per cent
through the depression. They have
been operating their athletic pro-
gram through governorShip of a
board of trustees and this plan is
opposed by the trustees themselves,
it is said.
A man is desired for the post of
commissioner of physical education
and athletics who can administer
the entire program and who will be
answerable only to the president of
the school. Mr. Hinkle is believed
to be fully capable of this sort of a
program.
He has coached famous basketball
teams at Butler, one of them a
recognized national championship
five and others annually looked
upon as the best in the country.
Brings Success to Butler
He came to Butler early in the
1920's as an assistant to H. o. (Pat)
Page after he had starred in all
branches of sports at Chicago Uni
versity. In 1925 after Mr.. Page
transferred to Indiana University,
Mr.. Hinkle was named director of
athletics and football coach, but
after one-year reign was sup
planted by George (Potsy) Clark,
who was chosen by a group of
alumni who felt Butler should go
big time" in a hurry.
Butler troubles began, but through
it all Tony Hinkle produced strong
hardwood teams and more than a
year ago was re-elevated to the ath-
letic dictatorship and made head
coach of every sport except track.
His football team last fall was one
of the best that Butler has had in
years.
Through all his leadership at But
Ter, his players never have been
challenged on eligibility grounds or
on PROSECUTING counts, which have
made his coaching feats stand out
all the more prominently.