THE GREATEST COACHES | , Page 17 CLAIR FRANCIS BER “ ‘ Born at Parkesburg, West Virginia, March 2, 1900. Educated at Waynesburg College. Also attended Ohio State University. Boc is the younsost cocch to’ be honored in the list which ranks the groatecst basketball coaches of all time. .4t the ago of 42, Bee finds his nance in the Holl of Fone‘of Baskotball's sroatest coaches. The noted authority on Basketball, Ralph Morgan, has listed Boc anong tho ton’ greatest conches of all.timos Boo carned lottess in football, bascball, baskotball, tonnis and wrestling, at eollepe. Ho is one of the foronost students of tho canc of Baskotball.s. , He his conducted conching schools for the past four yoars, and has directod ovér 500 Basketball clinics. .He hes written nore than 150 articics on tho sport, and has written five toxts on Baskctball. Clair Bee's renarkablo‘coachins récord at Long Island University for tho past ninc yoars, 1934 to 1942, inclusive, stands at 230 wins, ond 17 lossos. His Long Island tonn of 1936 won 26 strincht cancs without defcat, while his 1939 croation went‘through a 24 rane sehedulo without aefcate. Boots 1957 squad won 28 and lost 3, his 1941 quintct captured 26 contests and droppod 2, while his 1942 model coiuplotcd the scason with 25 victorics’and but 2 setbacks, His tean of 1938 won 235 and lost 4, piling up « totcl of 1,519 points. Tho Lone Island hoop toam ennoxed the Notional Invitation Colloge Tourncnont in 1939, and in 1941. . Boots 19359 contincont was chosen for National Championship honors by Holns Athlotic Foundation. OSBORNE B. COWLES Born at Brown Valley, Minncsota, «cust 25, 1899. Gredunted from Carloton Colloge, Northficld, Minnesota, 1922. Lik: Clair Bec, Osborne is one of the younger conchcs to be honored for all- tine groatest honors. In facet, Osbornc is but soven months older than Boos Cowles is rererdcd one of the erodtcst all-around athilctes in Carleton Collore history. He was a star in football,’ baseball and basketball. Tollowing graduation from Carloton, Cowles coached ct Rochester High’ School. That was in 1922='23, His tcan won tho Stato charpionship in football, ond was © somi-finalist in the Statc Basketball Tournanont. Cowlos wont to Iowa Stato as conch in 1923—'24,. Tho following yoar saw hin coaching at his ilma Metor, Carclton, whero he romained‘until 1930, Fron there, Cowles wont to River Falls Toachors:-Collorc, Wisconsin, Cowles todk over tho Head Beskotball coaching assiznnent at Dartmouth Collore in 1936='37, . In his first year in tho Bastorn Intorcollorinte League, Cowlcs' Dartmouth tean capturcd’ sccond-pl.ce honors’-- winning 8 cames and Losing’4. For the post five years, Vartmouth quintcts, under the tutclage of Cowles, have won Eastern Intéreollogiate Leartc titlos. . His teams won 8 and lost 4 in '38, 10 and: 2 in.499, 11 ond 2 in 40, 20 onde in‘*1, ond 11 and & in ie, , No other Eastern coach has over beon able to match that record, and the Eastern Intoreolloriate Loaguo has boon operating sinee 1902. Cowlcs has fairly sect the Eastorn circuit afire with his brilliant coaching. Ralph Morgan also lists Cowles anong tho ten croatost coaches of all tince Splondid recognition for coach who broke into tho bic=tinc just six’ yoars acgos . Dartmouth was a finalist ‘in the 1942 N.Cealis Basketball Tournancnt, losing to Stanford. en CLARENCT SINCL.IR EDMUNDSON Born 2% Moscow, Idaho, August 3, 1886. Graduate of University of Idaho, tlc. Starrod in Baskotball cand Track whilo ot Colloros.. National Asi, 880 Yord Run champion in 1909, Monbeor of smorican 800 Mcters Run Olympic Games Tcan in 191°. Bagan carcer as conch in 1912, at University of Idcho. . Rericined there until 1918. dlso server as Idaho Graducte Managor in 1917='18. Wont to Toxas aM in 1918, sponding o year thoro. Wont to Washineton in foll of 1919, . Has -boon ut the Jusky institution ovor sinee thone