Show W SO 0 PAR FAR as excitement thrills bitter disappointments surging hopes and hopeless odds might go no coach in them the country even approaches pro aches the record of capt tom hamilton who handles bandies the navy squad captain tom a rugged individual with unusual charm round found his his first first thrills on the aircraft c carrier enterprise in the late war where his ship was bombed torpedoed and otherwise a assaulted s s aulten in the pacific both hamilton and his ship had a brilliant record he was w a a brought back to handle a sadly de hamilton na milton plated eted navy squad a year ago navy won its first game in 1946 1940 against villanova and lost all the others finishing with a great stand against an army team that had davis blanchard and tucker enrolled hamiltons team needed only one final play tor for victory this season undermanned navy drew this schedule california columbia duke cornell pennsylvania notre noire dame georgia tech penn fenn state and army this was a terrific schedule for any team michigan pennsylvania notre dame southern california or texas it was far beyond the reach of a young navy team with its limited football personnel yet as navy was bowled over week after week it always came back fighting giving au all it had left there were no breathing spots in navys schedule A record for courage both hamilton and navy have given all they had both have set a record for courage of battling ng against odds since the season opened but there too much tun fun especially tor for navy in being knocked cocked down week after week s struggling rug gling desperately to win one game each year everyone seems to realize this except those handling the destinies of navy football who dont have to take the weekly beatings just as the war broke out navy called swede hagberg a brilliant submarine commander to handle an allstar all star squad hagberg Is high on list as a submarine commander he H was completely bewildered at annapolis with such men man as jenkins kelly er scott whitmire demaree three stars from texas and too many others to mention hagberg was one of the ablest of all submarine eom commanders manders he was not a fo football othall coach wallace wade a great coach for IS 15 years lost two or three coaching years as an artillery major im so far behind he told me that it will take at least three years to catch up other veteran coaches have told me the same thing you ton cm can drop out two years in this modem coaching pace and come back lost in a for to hagberg never had a chance then hamilton was brought in hamilton had been away from football action for many years ile he never had a chance against such men as frank leahy fritz crisler lou little red hed blaik george munger hunger and many more I 1 could mention As smart and as able as hamil I 1 ton is he will need at least two more years to have his chance ch anceto to get his bis feet on the ground and match the leaphys and the Cris Cri lers and even then he wont have their material three years then out the live five aan admirals brals I 1 talked with at the last army navy game told me they were going to stick to their present system for coaches three years and then back to navy service with a new man in this may look to be a happy plan but it wont work not a chance in the world I 1 would vote per cent to keep hamilton on the job he will be better in 1948 and much better in 1949 but to yank him out and bring in in another navy man means navy suicide it may be hamilton wants navy service in place of coaching later on I 1 know about that but hamilton now is just beginning to get his bit grip red eed blaik at army has been coaching for more than 20 years army dartmouth and back to army again red Is a high bleb class professional fess ional coach with long experience navy is the only football squad that keeps changing coaches they are out of the job just as they are finding ending what it is in all about they tell me from annapolis that navy wont have a professional coach or keep such a man as hamilton in after his three years yearn of football service this is all right if the admirals and the leading navy officials get a kick out of seeing young midshipmen knocked down and nd hammered around week after week I 1 dont think they do football coaching today is just as much a science a matter of experience as handling a battleship or any form of navy craft |