The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-10


dents and alumni.
Coach Everett Deans players.
who finished even with Purdue at
II victories and one defeat, &C
copied the praise heaped on them
with naive modesty and replied
warmly through the facile tongues
of Co-Capts. Wendell Walker and
Lester Stout.
Walker, the teams husky, goal
sniping guard, responded with a
sincere and interesting talk, thus
revealing another branch of his
wide variety of talents-public
speaking ability.
Praise for Coach Dean
Wendell, senior, devoted most of
his time to a glowing appraisal of
Coach Dean which rang true.
Coach Dean has our undying
respect" said Walker, mot only for
his greatness as a coach, but also
his greatness as man. The ex-
amples set by him during his as
ISOLATION with us were always of
the highest caliber."
The husky Vincennes grad, whose
athletic accomplishments spread
far beyond basketball, lauded the
freshman and reserve squads, de-
claring that their keen opposition
in scrimmages made possible the
varsity's highly keyed offense and
defense.
Les Stout, fleet forward from
Winamac, asserted that perfect
cooperation between all members
OF the team and between the team
and Coach Dean was responsible
for our ability to VIM
William Lowe Bryan, president
OF the university, was an honored
guest. President Bryan demon
strated his versatile knowledge of
sports when he spun yarns" about
prize fighting and golfing incidents.
Expresses Personal Loyalty
The president expressed apprecia-
ton of and loyalty to the coach.
who has been a member of the uni
versity staff since 1925, saying that
he personally intended to support
Dean when he is up and when he
is down, because all years naturally
can not be championship years"
Coach Dean introduced all his
boys individually, then proceeded to
pay tribute to them, stressing their
"poise in moments of intense pres
sure when they might easily have
blown sky high, especially in the
last two games against Northwest
ern and Ohio State"
las for our co-captains," said the
mentor, II can say of them the
words which I believe are a great
tribute in life as well as in sports
they will be missed when they are
gone"
Fora G. Clevenger, athletics di-
rector, called attention to Indiana's
accomplishments in other sports.
With the possible exception of
Purdue, I. U. probably is uneuualled
by any other Western Conference
school in its record for all-around
SEOA 10 superiority.
Lambert CongratuIates
Coach Ward Lambert of Purdue
sent congratulatory message, and
regretted that he could not attend.
Walter H. Grim, Salem, president of
the university alumni association.
complimented the team. Ralph Ora
ham, frosh basketball coach, was in
troduced.
Arthur L. Trester, commissioner
of the Indiana High School Athletic
Association, took over the toast to
toast" loud-speaker hook-up for the
main speech of the evening.
Declaring that he was never one
to pass out "flattery" except in I'M
usual circumstances, Mr.. Trester
proceeded, near the end Of his adj
dress, to congratulate the univer-
sity on its athletic setup and the
team for its brilliant triumph in the
Big Ten League.
Concerning Those Names"
The high school chief challenged
all youths attending to take in
ventory" of themselves and decide
what benefits athletic participation
has given them.
Mr.. Trester made a few remarks
which should prove interesting to
state high school basketball scribes
whose criticisms, caustic or other
wise, go coldly unnoticed by the
iron-handed commissioner.
Evidently referring to the terms
car" dictator" and others more
drastic which frequently are APP