Catholic University of America - Cardinal Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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DOC. CLARKE DORSEY GRIFFITH EDDIE LA FOND His biggest job is teaching boxers the fine points of the game. The success of his teams over well known schools has aroused the interest of Washington fans and was instrumental in legalizing boxing in the District two years a o. gHe spends the test of his time in coaching the frosh football team and in supervising the branch of student athletics known as intramurals. DOC. CLARKE Smiling Jacki, Clarke is probably C.U.is most ardent rooter for the restoration of varsity baseball at the Univer- sity. Watch him smile when his frosh basketball team is winning. He is a hard taskmaster teaching basketball fundamentals to the first year men but his course is rich in dividends. Watch his llproteges on the varsity team perform. We pay tribute to Jack's unsung ability. DORSEY GRIFFITH A champion for a great cause. You'll find him a famil- iar figure on the track, smoking a stump of a cigar, call- ing out to his tracksters to pump those arms. He won his letter in track when C.U.'s fame and renown on the cinder tracks was at its height. His experience is now directing C.U. to its former heights on the track and field. FOD COTTON In the dorms, the fellows all refer to Fod as the Ole Man, not because of his age, but by reason of the fact that he is one of those admirable and likeable individuals who walk the path of unpretentiousness. Fod is a true friend and adviser, a coach and gentleman, and above all a teller of tall stories. VINNIF. FRAA'IZ CURLY LENTZ The CARDINAL I936 EDDIE LA FOND FOD COTTON HARRY SCHAUB Mr. Schaubethe equipment czar of CU. athletics. In his iron room, Schaubie is invulnerable and it takes great persuasion to wheedle anything from him. When not keeping the equipment in ship-shape condition, Mr. Schaub is keeping the athletes posted on current events. CURLY LENTZ Curley, as he is known to the boys, is a udocteur and masseur extraordinary. Under his skilled touch, sprained ankles and strained ligaments become well over- night. The absence of any serious casualty on our ath- letic fields reflects the quick and efficient work of the quiet, unassuming young man known as Curley Lentz. TOM WHELAN One of the greatest half-backs to don the moleskins a: the Catholic University returned ' in the capacity of assistant coach to teach the ball carriers how to cavort on the football held. Turning, twisting and sidestepping for spectaCular runs was Tomls specialty and he has ably taught this art to the Cardinal carriers. VINNIE FRAATZ Equally valuable as an assistant coach was Vinnie Fraatz. A great end himself, he devoted his time in tutoring the CU. ends. That he taught the Redbirds how to use their wings can easily be seen from the number of touch- downs scored on passes and from the yardage gained through the air. Another case of an apt pupil becoming a capable tutor. HARRY SCHAUB TOM WHELAN II7

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The CARDINAL I936 ARTHUR J. BERGMAN Director of Athletic: Catholic University,s greatest athletic achievement was attained during the past year when its football team was signaled out by the city of Miami to represent the North in the annual New Year,s Day Orange Bowl Classic; and the subsequent victory in Miami culminated the most successful season which the University has known since it first recog- nized the substantial contribution of inter collegiate competition in athletics towards the moral, mental and physical development of the young men of America. The success of the football team set a stand- ard for the boxing and basketball teams, which, though it was very high, was more than lived up to. The growing popularity of these latter sports is'ia hdirect result of the suc- cess of their respective teams. The re-instate- ment of baseball as a minor sport at the Uni- versity, and the unprecedented popularity of the intramural leagues during the past year are the two final factors which have gone into the making of a banner year for the Athletic Department. No little credit should be given to the coaching personnel and the other assistants connected with the Athletic Department. The spirit of these men along with that shown by the players themselves and the entire student body, and their cooperation in supporting both intramural and intercollegiate athletics have been, more than anything else, responsi- ble for the success of the work undertaken by the department this year. Second only to the development of the stu- dents, the most desired for result of any ath- letic program is the development of a power- ful and influential body of Alumni. We have spared no effort during the past year in work- ing for this end in the firm belief that the alumni of our institution, if properly organ- ized and fully active, will be an important factor in the future development of the Uni- versity. One of the ways to insure their organiza- tion and support is through a successfully arranged and executed athletic program.

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The CARDINAL I936 FR. IGNATIUS SMITH, 0.13. A Tribute to the Cheering Section Organized cheering is something distinctive in school sports. Professional athletics cannot give it to the spectators. And the spectators have learned to look for it in inter- collegiate games of all kinds. They thrill to it as it rolls into them either through their radios or across the fields or halls where they actually view the sports. They are dis- appointed when they do not find organized cheering. They criticize the campus life and the school that fails to produce it. Organized cheering helps the school. It creates school spirit, hard to define but very essential to the success of educational institutions. It arouses enthusiasm for the development of athletics, a vital factor in all collegiate and university life. It keeps school unity by arousing in each student a sense of responsibility to the common in- terests of the campus. It keeps school unity by mobilizing the boys on the teams, student spectators and the teaching personnel around a cause which all understand and it gives them a language which all can speak and comprehend. It is an important factor for the creation, on the campus, of the democratic spirit which education in this nation must produce. Organized cheering helps the individual student who gives himself heart and soul to this duty. I call it a student duty, an obligation based on honor and humanity. Who, that is honorable and humane can enjoy idleness when others slave and toil. Who, that is honorable and humane can lock up his encouragement, his support and his en- thusiasm when his fellow students are pouring their bodies and souls in an effort for the glory of the school. Organized cheering coordinates the student spectators and professors with the student athletes and merges all in a comman drive for Alma Mater. It disciplines enthusiasm by subjecting it to cheer leaders. It organizes loyalty by focus- ing it on moments of the game when the team needs help most. It suppresses ill will by demanding applause for friend and foe. It teaches the spectator how to lose with grace and to support heroic effort even though it result in defeat. These are valuable lessons which a student at college must learn if college education is worth while. They are lessons which the cheering section is always teaching and which the class room frequently must pass by. This organized cheering can help to send our students out with the happy memory that at least on some occasion, at some games, they gave their all for thevcause. Organized cheering helps the teams. It is more than an extra player on the squad. It is an invisible force, an intangible power, a compelling plea from the roaring and organized fellowmen in the stands imploring the boys on the team to do just a little more, praying that they will rise to heroic effort, assuring them that even in defeat their trying is appreciated and their sorrow is shared. Organized cheering from the fans reacts on each man. Consciously or subconsciously each player is aware of its power. It sharpens his mind to think more quickly and to sense chances for victory more read- ily. It fires his soul with a will to try. It tells him of the expectations and hopes of the stands and he whips himself into real effort. He unleashes the reserve power that makes heroes out of men that seem to be ordinary, and which makes crashing, crunching chariots of victory out of cripples cringing on the verge of defeat. For the man on the squad who has given his all for his school, even in defeat the sting of failure is eased by the realization that his grief is shared by the cheering crowds who stood with him. The modest and honest team knows that in its triumphs it has not only given to but has received power from the organized cheering student body. JA'WiL-Age