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

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VARSITY BASKETBALL 1930-31

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Over-Emphasis OW that another season of football has passed, we hear that sport being verbally dragged over the coals again, this time by no less a personage than Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. Probably because it was he who started it this year, we have heard more than ever about it. In fact, some writers treat it as though it were a scoop A little common sense and exercise of memory will bring to light the fact that every year there has been some sort of post-season rumpus. It's not new. It's merely a boring repetition of the pendulum swing to the opposite extreme- no gate money. To us it seems rather foolish. Elimination of the gate receipts would, for all prac- tical purposes, kill the other athletic activities. Except for basketball in the Middle West and the East, there is no other sport that seems to be able to support itself, let alone others. The large gate receipts have more than justified themselves. How could the alumni ever hope to support college sports as well as football does? Why limit the audience to grads and undergrads? Is each college game a secret ritual? If the people wish to pay as they do and feel that they are getting value for their money, why not continue to let them? It's not just the thirty men on the squad, but the whole under- graduate body which benefits by the sports and intra-murals supported by football income. If we cut out proselyting and discontinue athletic scholarships, then the root of whatever evil there is will have been eliminated. It's alumni meddling that brought about that situation. It's the so-called paid athlete who is supposed to give one insti- tution an advantage over another. Let's put him out and we'll have better games and possibly bigger receipts. There are plenty of good men in college not only willing but anxious to go through the drudgery of practice for just the glory of it. . l8I

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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