Word: cann
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...alumni, widening out to include most of New York's Irish, and eventually embracing whole armies of subway sentimentalists) out-yelled N.Y.U.'s although it was N.Y.U.'s home town. They groaned as one when the Irish fell nine points behind. N.Y.U.'s Coach Howard Cann sent out an order to play slow, safe and cozy...
Proper Names. In Haverhill, Mass., William Peach was married to Annie Cann. In New Orleans, cops stopped an unlicensed hotdog business operated by Messrs. Irving Veal & Louis Baloney...
...behind New York University's late-blooming Violets was modest, blunt, hokum-hating Coach Howard ("Jake") Cann. Scornful of modern mastermind "systems," for 22 years he has coached the same kind of ball he played a quarter-century ago, when he was one of basketball's greats. He seldom diagrams a play. Once, pressed to explain his "N.Y.U. system," he deadpanned: "Well, we throw the ball around a lot and do our best to put it in the basket." His real formula: hold the score down, wear 'em out, then pour...
Such tactics result in many photo-finishes, and Jake Cann, never resigned to them, habitually agonizes on the bench. Says he: "My greatest thrill comes when I hear the final whistle." This year, the thrills have been pleasant: 17 out of 18 final whistles have found N.Y.U. ahead...
Submarine Raider. Off New Brunswick, a whale surfaced alongside the steamship Keith Cann, hosed openmouthed passengers, submerged...