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BIG Coach Perry Guest
At Shaw lei Title
Winners Grid Banquet

the pleasure of presenting gold
footballs to 81 boys who made
the season triumphant.
DR.. Homer Alexander, long an
ardent fan, will be the POSTMASTER.
Two innovations will feature the
evening. Wives of the coaching
staff are to be special guests.
This" states Athletic Manager
Robert Louis, "is in grateful recog-
milton Of their constant contribu-
ton to the success of the season
during which they are football
widows"
Reference is made by Mr.. Louis
to those Saturday and Sunday
hours the coaches pour over game
movies and play-by-play records in
preparation for the usual Monday
afternoon review of the previous
Friday game; hours which most
husbands plan to spend with their
wives and families.
The second innovation will find,
it is hoped, quite a number of
before 1916" players seated at an
Old Timers guest table. Mr.. Louis
urges any such player to please
contact him at GIL. 1-175O before
the reservations deadline Tuesday,
December 3rd. He wants to see
this table well filled.
Louis Cody, who wore Shaw
football uniform in 1914 is ex-
pected to claim one chair at the
Old Timers table.
Fans who plan to be as active a
part Of this banquet as they have
been of the games which brought
the coveted honor to Shaw, are
again reminded to have their
reservation in by Tuesday, De-
cember 3rd.
Everyone at Shaw is co-operat-
ing to make this a really "gold
football" event. The Pep Club has
volunteered to decorate the cafe
terra for the occasion. Girls of the
Home Ec classes will set the tables
and serve the meal. The Shaw en-
semble will provide appropriate
dinner music.
In addition to the gold footballs,
there will be other awards. Coach
Phillip Worcester will present a
trophy to the outstanding back
field, while Coach Mel Skinner
will do the honors for the out
standing lineman.
Not to be forgotten in the lime
light on the Big Cards will be the
Sophomores who followed close on
the heels of their big brother
players, and turned in a fine re-
cord. They will receive their letters
from Coach Don Drebus.
Among the states more sue
cessful football coaches, Perry is
well thought of at Bowling Green.
being the first graduate to return
as head of the Falcons football
activities. He replaced r. H.
Whitaker in March, 1855 and his
record for two seasons is highly
respectable with Is wins. l loss
and two ties. Perry quarterbacked
BG's state powerhouses in 1929
through 1881 with the Falcons
losing only three games in that
stretch and included an 1s-game
victory string. He earned 9 letters
at Bowling Green before gradual
ing in 1882.
Perry's coaching career started
in 1888 at Lorain Clearview as
head basketball and track coach.
In 1887 he instituted football and
in six years his Clearview teams
won 80, lost 9, tied and won four
league championships. His record
was even better in basketball and
track, his teams winning 161
games, losing 35 and capturing
seven county and three league
titles.
The ex-Falcon star moved to
Upper Arlington, Columbus
suburb, in 1943 as head football
and basketball coach. In six sea-
sons at Arlington land not count
ing 3 years in Uncle Sans Navy
Perry's grid teams won or shared
league titles four times. His over
all football record was so victor
les, 21 losses and ties. In 1861
he joined the Ohio State staff as
backfield coach and was instru-
mental in the development of the
Buckeyes famous Howard "Hopa-
long" Cassidy and he had a hand
in the 1854 Big Ten Crown and
Rose Bowl victory.
1t was no wonder that Bowling
Green rolled out the velvet carpet
for him in March of 1865.