Evening star., 1940-05-21
Alumni SquaWks Huri
Sports, Spirit, Says
Ex-Terp Coach
High School PIoy Heads
Are Best Character
Builders, He cIoims
By BILL DISMER, Jr.

A. tendency on the administra-
tion's part to listen to q minority
OF the alumni" many Of whom
never have advanced beyond the
sophomore class, but who demand
winning teams at their alma mater,
is the chief difnculty facing college
athletics today. Frank M. Dobson,
former University Of Maryland foot
ball coach. told guests at American
University's annual athletic ban
quet last night.
There no longer Is such q thing
as college spirit" Dobson, now di-
rector of athletics at the Newport
News Apprentice School. told his
listeners. "The day when q boys
emotion could be worked upon to
do or die for the school is gone.
Now he Is sent out to play for the
coach. who sees that his tuition is
paid and who, in turn, is fired II
he can't round up winning teams.
Admires Chicago's Leader.
"A college president can have
any kind of q team he wants and
when he says he gave in because
every one else did to get good
team, it's only because he wanted
to in the first place. I admire the
stand taken by DR.. Hutchinson of
Chicago who wasn't afraid to stick
to q course he believed right"
Dobson told A. us athletes Of
f1ve teams and their guests that
their school was in safe hands, but
that they shouldn't delude them
selves in thinking they could COM
pete on equal terms with George
town, George Washington, Mary
land and Catholic University. stick
to your own class" was Dobson's
advice. "and you'll be far happier
and more successful in victories.
too"
The veteran coach concluded his
remarks with the opinion that high
school coaches. not dependent upon
winning teams for the security Of
their jobs. do more to promote an
athletes character and future out
look than any other type of coach.
Brown Highly Honored.
George Moe) Brown, the Eagles
all-around senior athlete, not only
received letters for football. basket
ball and baseball, but was awarded
a trophy as the most valuable
basket ball player on the 1939-40
squad. Brown, president of the
Varsity Club, then announced that
Kenneth Fox. Carl Byham and
Ellsworth McClane had been voted
into membership-the highest honor
an A. U. athlete can attain.
Fifty-eight letters in football.
basket ball, baseball. track and
tennis were distributed as follows:
Football-capt; George Brown. Carl
John Dean James Fl.heIty. Kenneth Fox
NSsa.a Meciane. % Archie s0 Noriord. Stanley R.Sch
Hugo schulse, OTTO streitbeIser. David
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sos. s..i.s snS s.cspt oeols. Brown
Reese. =. q. Morrison: Keene Roadman
Fine. James Hollis and Hamilton Gewehr.
Baseball-Capt. Hugo Schulze. Harry
Newby. Georse Brown, Carter Edmonds
Feiiows. Fi Levi Mccrads. Il. 6. Morrison
James Herbold, John Jablonsky. Denhardt
Werner, George Blanchard, Lester Boykin.
Edward Nicholson. Richard Whittet. Nu-
neral to Manager Fred Carl.
Track-Capt. Robert Little. Leroy
Cooke William Adams, Robert Dixon. Otto
StreitberFer Harry Nielsen Willard Smith.
Donald Kayhoe. Allen Hinkle. Herbert
Wood. Robert Boykin and Jack Boykin.
Numeral to Manager John Dean.
Tennis-William Fausold. Harold Lands
msn. Ernest Webb. Latimer Evans. Hamil-
ton Gewehr. Numerals to Manager Fred
Pitt and Bart Reese, Ernest Mccarthy and
Harry Nielsen.