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WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ,, FRANCIS s1Apn
.Ofvur of Yale


grateful is that back in 1916 George Marshall appointed
Turk Edwards the Redskins head coach instead of the
he says he had foremost in his mind His name?
Jordan ovar coach Of Yales first unbeaten and united
team in 81 years. xxx.
When this football campaign is all wrapped up, the
feat of the Ellis in sweeping all nine of their games tip
toeng past little Connecticut and Brown at the outset and
closing with bury Princeton and Harvard, must
stand the top of the list When the last time an
Ivy team nationally ranked? Yale 18th in the
latest A. p. poll.
On the strength of such credentials, Jordan Olvar-
born Giordana olivar in Brooklyns almost certain to
wind up with many not most of the coach
honorS And who is to say he isn't deserving? There had
been some lean at Yale since 1882 when Ovar
was moved upstairs after the late Herman Hickman
resigned
AFTER DUD DeGROOT had worn out his welcome as
far as Marshall concerned an achievement OF no
particular distinction by Redskn COACH the job OF
course open very much wanted oivar but settled
for Edwards" Marshall saying yesterday Il guess
owed Turk shot because player and coach he worked
for me for 10 years
But" he added refectvely "if had picked oivar it
might have changed all our lives"
We wouldn't subscribe to anything quite so sweeping
although it is possible it might altered Marshas
e The decade has not been happy for Marshall
but whether Ovar could have improved the lou OF the
Redskins is questionable To his claims OF superior
material Marshall is up against great many dssenters
But is fact that early in Oivars coaching career
Marshall took interest in this special sort OF guy
kind of egghead in a sweatshirt.
CLIPPER SMITH, former Villanova coach, was one
of Ovars original champions Hes the smartest player
I've ever coached, the brightest boy ever hanoled
Clipper touted HE must have been because mes the only
tackle can recall who called offensive signals
Calling signals from tackle one distinction but
greater one perhaps that Ovar got football scholar
ship at Villanova without having played in high
school, Try that trick sometime especially on guy IKE
Marry Stuhldreher, who was the coach at the time
fhonh No
hroug his classes so that he graduated at 5 the
minimum age varsity sports But he was big and smart
ad the story told it took only two minutes 10 con-
vince Stuhldreher that he was worth scholarship
And of course, Giordana needed scholarship. HIS
folks had no dough- AS young Italian seaman, his dad
jumped ship in York, worked day aborer fought
in the prize ring under the name OF Kid BlacKle ana
graduated to being waiter in Joe's Restaurant IN
Brooklyn.
PROBABLY NO OTHER ATHLETE in vllanova's his
tory scored higher accidentally than Ovar lngist OF
note But nonetheless coaching appealed to him. He
nrepped at several high schools and then became head
coach at Vlanova in 1912 After six winning seasons ne
moved to Loyola of Los Angeles.
81 advised him not to go there" Marshall was saying
81 figured Loyola might abandon football and it did,
Fortunately for the Redskins football wasn't forsaken
until Olivar developed Gene Brto and wished him on his
friend Marshall The Redskins had better de-
fensive end.
oliyar almost landed the Penn Job. He applied for
the Duke post but was turned down. Finally he picked
up by Yale in the spring of so backeld coach under
Hickman who quit couple of months later. When the
81 campaign begins Ovar will have achieved the longest
tenure of any Yale football coach
YALE SORT OF SNEAKED up most football Bluffs
who apparently msed when the Ellis barely squeaked
past Connecticut 18 and Brown go These close calls
however could be attributable to the Ivy Leagues rdcu
lous ban spring practice Yale didn't begin to jel until
the third game
Once the Ellis began rolling it steak every satur-
day. Even Olvar probably doesn't know what his first
unit really do because Columbia, Cornell Colgate
Dartmouth, Penn Princeton and Harvard easy
that he used SO or more players on each outing
The fact that Oivar had many so players Che
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