Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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c2 ecf caf on In his twenty-fifth year here at Loyola, no man has done more to promote a true spirit of competition along with a genuine sense of sportsman-like conduct in Loyola athletics than Emil G. “Lefty” Reitz. Beginning his long and enjoyable association with the College in 1937 as head basketball coach, Lefty eventu- ally moved into the position he now holds as Loyola’s Athletic Director. Lefty, as everybody calls him, is dedicated to his athletes and coaches. In a small school it is sometimes difficult to obtain top talent and expensive equipment. But Lefty has worked hard to place as many good fellows as he can and sees to it that no team lacks for good equipment in so far as he can procure it for them. But far from supplying the material needs of his teams. Lefty instils that something which you can’t buy for any price, that in- tangible quality called character. Transferred to the playing field, or the pool, or the gymnasium this quality in a Loyola athlete makes him respected wherever he goes and he is a proud representative of the College. He believes that every fellow should play when given the opportunity and urges the participa- tion of as many athletes as possible. Being a member of an athletic team is good training for life, and being a member of a Loyola team teaches one that fair-play and sportsmanship are not just words but are means to a richer life. Lefty Reitz can be proud of his accomplishments at Loyola and one can be proud to have known Lefty Reitz while here at Loyola.