New York University School of Education - Education Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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l Varsi+y Baskefball N spite of the fact that it had lost several stats through graduation, this year's court squad made a fine showing for itself. It undertook the hardest schedule to be played by any Violet five in several seasons and lost only five closely contested battles of the fifteen in which it en- gaged. Manhattan, third in Eastern ranking, was responsible for two of these defeats while Ford- ham, C. C. N. Y. and Pittsburgh each took one. Almost at the beginning of the season, the Cann quintet was in danger when an inspired setup known as Stevens Tech was just nosed out in the last minute of play. The fighting spirit shown by the Violets in coming from behind to save the game was just what the doctor prescribed. From then on the team had the confidence it needed. Outstanding was the victory over St. john's College. This was one of the greatest upsets in the sport. St. john's was rated almost a 2 to 1 favorite. However, to do the Redmen justice, they just happened to have an off night while the New Yorkers were feeling pretty good. Monty Banks was the individual star of the team, with Nemecek, Seigle, Lofft and I-Iugret pushing him hard for top honors. Monty, by the way, is one of our Education boys. Though Banks, Lefft and others will be lost to next year's team, Coach Cann will not lack for material. The 1930-31 Baby Violets were a crack team. In a schedule which included St. john's, Fordham's, Manhattan's, and C. C. N. Y.'s Freshman teams besides several of the best High School and Y. M. C. A. teams in the city, the yearlings performed nobly. Not one defeat was registered to mar their recordg and every defeat was decisive. There were no two ways about it. The Freshmen turned out a team of world bearers. For next season, Hagen Anderson canlt be kept off the squad. If any one were to be credited with the lion's share of the Frosh victories, it should be he. In playing a beautiful game at guard position and still being high scorer of the team, he proved himself thoroughly capable of taking up the reins where Newblatt and Banks left off. Lancaster and Liebowitz performed ex- cellently as forwards while Gletzer turned in a splendid record both defensively and offensively. With a little more polishing Lefft will be there fighting for a regular berth at center. No Sir! There will be no dearth of material for the 1931-32 Varsity. l 183

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VARSITY BASKETBALL 1930-31

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Violei' Tossers Subclue Villanova by 39-2I New York University speeded up considerably and defeated the Villanova cagers, 59-21 at the 102nd Engineers Armory. The Violets did its best playing in the first half, piling up a 23-15 lead. joe Hugrets' jumping at center, and the fast running plays of Lou Werner and Monty Banks were the winning factors for N. Y. U. Lou Werner was the high scorer for N. Y. U. in its sixth victory out of eight games. He made live field baskets, four in the opening half, and a pair of fouls for 12 points. Monty Banks and jerry Nemecek each were tied for second honors with nine points. Action was slow through- out the second half, N. Y. U.'s defensive playing holding Villanova. In the preliminary game the N. Y. U. freshmen trounced the Bronx Union Y. M. C. A. for their fourth straight victory. Anderson of N. Y. U. was high scorer with 11 points. Violets Overvvhelm Lafayette Passers The Lafayette College basketball team was no match for the N. Y. U. live and suf- fered one of its worst defeats in years by a 57-15 score. The Maroon passers made but four field goals during the entire game, so closely were they guarded, while the visitors had little difiiculty in finding the basket, getting fourteen field goals with Hicks, an Easton boy, Banks, and Nemecek of football fame, leading the attack. Both coaches used practically every man on the squad, coach Lorenz, of Lafayette, in the hope that Leopards would keep the score down, and coach Cann, of the visitors, to look over his players, as this was the first game of the season for the visitors. The half score was 20-9. New York went into the lead at the start and was never in danger. During the second half, Lafayette made but one held goal and four fouls. N. Y. U. Team Upseis Toronio by 40-I4 N. Y. U. won its 3rd consecutive game of the season by repulsing the University of Toronto 40-14 in an international contest at the 102nd Regiment Armory. A gather- ing of more than 500 saw the Violet regulars make an impressive initial home appearance. ' Lou Werner with four field and two foul goals, was the high scorer and fea- tured the N. Y. U. offense. Hal Lefi't and Monty Banks were next with six points. The entire squad saw action. Riggs registered Toronto's first point in the second half on a free shot after about 10 minutes of play. As though this was the signal for a Violet scoring spree, the regulars were sent into the fray and immediately proceeded to pile up points. Nemecek gave Lefft a pass near the basket which the latter made good and soon after Banks' field goal was followed by Wernerls single pointer. With a few minutes to play, Hines' goal from scrimmage gave Toronto its last tally as the game closed. 184