City College opened its 1934 court season in whirlwind style by sweeping the Saints from St. Francis to a 39—28 defeat. Although erratic in form in the first half, the Beavers clicked in Holman fashion and revealed what can be done along St. Nick Terrace with a first team that averages six feet in height.
Basketball has always been the king of sports at City College, and Lavender court teams have been living up to this tradition. In the past three years Coach Holman’s fives have rolled up the impressive total of forty-three wins in forty-six games, losing only one game each season.
Because of the superb brand of coaching, City College has earned the reputation of being the smartest basketball team in collegiate circles, and the high scores the teams have piled up support this statement. For the last three years the Beavers have averaged thirty-six points a contest while holding their opponents to the amazingly low score of twenty-one points per game.
‘GREATEST PLAYER’ COACH
Nat Holman, who has earned the reputation of being the greatest basketball player the game has ever known, has been the head coach at C. C. N. Y. for the past fifteen years. During his tenure as Lavender court mentor, his quintets have set records never approached by any other college five. He has been associated with big-time basketball for sixteen years as player, coach, lecturer and author. He captained and starred with the Original Celtics, generally recognized as the premier professional team in the world.
Holman has written innumerable articles. His latest book, “Winning Basketball,” serves as a basketball primer wherever the game is played. In demand as a lecturer, he has taught at various coaching schools for the past few Summers. At present he holds the position of physical director of the Ninety-second Street Y. M. H. A. and is listed as full instructor in the department of hygiene at City.
Holman is recognized as the foremost and shrewdest strategist in the game today. He has often been called the greatest and most colorful figure basketball has known.
GREAT SPORTSMAN—AS CAPTAIN
Sam Winograd, captain of the 1934 basketball team, has been one of the mainstays of the Lavender five during the past two seasons. Winnie was chosen all-Metropolitan forward in the 1933-34 season. He has everything a coach desires—speed, power, a good eye and cleverness. Coach Holman claims he has {SPAN}###{/SPAN} ideal athletic temperament. Quiet and reserved during the week, he expends all his pent-up energy in action. On the floor he has earned the sobriquet of ‘Gentleman Sam’ because of his excellent sportsmanship.
The rank of captain should rest easy on this lad’s shoulders. He led both the St. Clare McKelway’s quintet and nine; captained the Thomas Jefferson baseball team the year that school won the city championship; and in his freshman year at college he was the leader of an unforgettable jayvee five that wreaked havoc with most of the fresh outfits in this part of the country.
Winograd is also captain-elect of the 1935 baseball team.
ALL-METRO FOOTBALL TEAMS
In yesterday’s issue of the Jewish Daily Bulletin we published the names of players selected for the first and second Jewish-all-American football teams. Today we are announcing the players who have been chosen on the all-Metropolitan elevens. They follow:
Position Name College
L.E. Turk Brooklyn City
L.T. Berkowitz C.C.N.Y.
L.G. Velkoff C.C.N.Y.
C. Fisher N. Y. U.
R.G. Tolces C.C.N.Y.
R.T. Pollack Brooklyn City
R.E. Mauer City
Q. Cooper City
R.H.B. Glickman Brooklyn City
L.H.B. Sidrer City
F.B. Machlowitz N.Y.U.
Our second team choices: L.E., Klein, N.Y.U.; L.T., Unterberg, Brooklyn; L.G., Pinkowitz, City; C., Atkins, City; R.G., Greenberg, Brooklyn; R.T., Gelfat, Brooklyn; R.E., Weber, City; Q.B., Siegal, N.Y.U.; R.H.B., Spiegelman, Brooklyn; L.H.B., Schwartz, City; F.B., Nahem, Brooklyn.
It is a rare occasion when a Jewish grid star is discovered on a Fordham or Manhattan team. However, Columbia usually contributes several players to an all-Metropolitan Jewish eleven, but the 1934 season finds the Lions loaded with Poles, Swedes, Italians and Hungarians. Brooklyn City, C.C.N.Y. and N.Y.U. have a corner on all the Jewish grid talent in the city this year.
N. Y. U.-FORDHAM CLASH
The traditional Battle of the Bronx between the Ram from the Rose Hill and the Violet from University Heights is all set for tomorrow afternoon at the Yankee Stadium.
The Fordham lads are top-heavy favorites to sink the Stevensmen in this annual tilt. However, the N.Y.U. grid warriors may spring an upset in this game, traditionally marked with reversals of form.
Last year the New York University team drew first blood, only to collapse in the final minutes of the game and go down to a glorious defeat. Pep rallies on the N.Y.U. campus have been held for the football men during the last two weeks in an effort to spur the athletes on to new heights.
Fordham has taken it on the chin from Purdue, Southern Methodist and St. Mary’s, all topnotchers. It is going into the game tomorrow with enough confidence to sink a battleship and in this fact lies the Violet’s only hope.
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