University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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ATHLETICSQQ . i ,if v .. .Q ' I? 'I y 1 . fy ,, ' n S L 5 1 '- lil g' 'El ill ll' 'f . f 'f .,-,gifs if ' , ' , 'I l.: V.. ,, ,j Y' .E A A i i' l FT... A .. .. S+ ff' 1 , ' 2' a,.g1.,.g' 5 E ' .-. vvfplvi A 1 JIM NICHOLSON Coach Jim Nicholson has been with us for four years. He was graduated from Denison. where he was an all around ath- lete and a Phi Beta Kappa. Jim has been persistent in his supreme ambition to qualify this University for O F C C S higher competition. He is a competent in- structor in football and track and an im- portant factor in the forming of intra- mural sport. As football coach, he installed in the Rockets and student body a fighting spirit that carried them through a football season. memorable as one of the most successful in the history of the University. He values student cooper- ation very highly and strives to attain it. With the influx of fine high school athletes and the scheduling of high class opposition. Jim believes that athletics at the University are definitely headed up stream. CHARLES XVERTZ Chuck, backfield coach. came to the University from Ohio Wesleyan, where he was an outstanding athlete. As tutor of the scoring candidates, he has made a favorable impression on his pupils. He showed sincere interest in his work, and as a result the University has had a very fine and flashy backfield that performed well in every game. His good nature and fine sportsmanship have made him a favorite with the members of the football team. and the students in the school. 'i--l19341-F -I69-

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QOBLOCKHOUSE ,.- .M. DAVE CONNELLY Dave Connelly, after graduating from Michigan State Normal College, and with several years of professional athletics to his credit, came to the University of the City of Toledo in the year 1926 as director of athletics. Besides constructing the university's athletic program, Dave is an active coach and concerns himself mostly with track and basketball. During the years he has been athletic director, sports at the university have taken a turn for the better. The fact that the University of Toledo is a member of the Ohio Conference is due to Dave's untiring efforts. Dave, again this year, was the sponsor of the District High School Basketball Tournament. The Northwestern Ohio Indoor Track Meet was also under Dave's supervision. ANDY VANYO Andy Vanyo, the late Knute Rockne's choice for the All-American Football team, has been with the University of Toledo for two years as line coach. Although Andy is young. he is very capable of holding down his job. Football is not the only sport to which he gives his attention, for this year all the intra- mural sports were under his supervision. Andy planned the entire intra-mural program for fra- ternity and independent athletic teams. This year competition among all of the teams was great- er than ever before. His work in intra-mural sports has brought a new interest to university sports which means a big step toward a better university. -l68-

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9 9.0 BLOCKHOUSE . - F.. I FRESHMAN FOOTBALL 1933 Arend, Franz J. Beaver, William Chambers, Richard C. Faber, Robert F. Geer, Paul Hatfield, Beauford R. Knowles, William N. Monto, Carl Cm. Osborn. Ernest H. Palm, Clarence W. Jr. Rehm, Ernest Rothlisberger, Oliver W. Schlaff, Charles N. Spooner, Jack A. Vorderburg, Marvin FRESHMAN FOOTBALL The University freshman football team this year was made up of a number of players who graduated large from local and neighboring high school elevens. Coached by Roy Hudson, for- i mer All-American backfield star, the . team was good enough to offer the var- 'A sity, Rockets some stiff competition each . time the two teams scrimmaged. In - scrimmage games with various high ' school teams, the frosh clicked as a com- bination and seemed to adapt them- selves easily to the system used here. On the basis of their performances . with the freshman team, most of the players are slated to play on the first or second varsity teams next fall. Sev- eral of the first year men impressed Coach Nicholson with their ability, and may beat out some veterans in the bat- tle for positions on the 1934 team. Freshman football has been Q . given a higher rating here than ever before. For the first time at the University a coach has been obtained expressly for the freshmen. Numerals were awarded to the players for the first time also. -I70- X