The Archive · 1941

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OAKIE - George BANCROFT Jimmy Lydon Ann Lydon e Ann Gillis Sports Caricatures New Football Coach The first of our series of carib catures of Sports Personalities, published on Friday, February 14, has already produced the most gratifying results. Numerous messages have been r ceived, and in response to the Selected by Yale Emerson W. (Spike) Nelson ha; itesme Yale's first non-graduate heac coach of football. Ogden Miller chairman of the University Board of hletie Control, annou Nelson, graduate of t many requests for further information on the series following announcement made, All the winter sports are being taken in ro tion and the lading personality in each game will be caricatured to ity of Iowa in arts and law and Yale line conch for the last two years, has been chosen to succeed Raymond W Duchy) Pond, coach since 1934

Nelson was gtaducted from Iowa 1928 and remained to study and conch the freshman through 1931 hen he received his as Doctor Jurisprudence. He coached the begin with, after which the series will become general and will include as many of the winter sportsmen as possible.

The same procedure will be adopted in the summer and will encompass all the hot-weather pastimes. From now on carib catures will appear twice a a week—on Sundays and Wednesday ty line the next year, then moved to Louisizna State where he held the same position for five years In 1938 h head coach at Mississippi State, relinquishing that jot to become line coach at Yale in 1939.

Nelson's one season as quite unsuccessful, ippi State team los' six of ten and defeated no major oppoexezp! Duquesne, However, he fi ver the position when Sta fionelereiy. in the: doldrums. 7 condition which was not affecting his Colony Derby Sweep Nearing $1,000,000

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