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Charges Interference on the Part of AthleticDepartmentNO FUTURE PLANSWould Obtain Position Where He Can Coach Two SportsElmer McGrew, coach o£ foot-all and track at Washington ugh school the past four years, oday announced that he woulci lot return to the school next fall tnd charged interference on the sart of H. R. Smith, athletic iirector of the school and Rob-■rt Hise, assistant coach andaiiure to obtain action from ichool authorities on complaints is contributing factors to theoor showing of the^ ^00^al!•am last fall and at other timesuring his regime as coach here McGrew came to Washington highhool in the fall o£ 1928 from Bellc-.e. Fa., where he had made a goodcord as a coach. ,During his four yearn here his team hi 20 games, lost 1*3 and tied four, oring 475 points to 322 for oppo-•nts He defeated Canton three of e lour years, winning 31-6, 14-6 and -6, and losing the game his first *r here, 7-0. He won a majority his games each year except the ist season when with a yet01']11' am he won but two games, lost six id lied two opponents.Charges InterferenceDissatisfaction over the showing of lC football team last fall was heaid ,y0ughout the city. Jealousy among embers of the squad was usually amed for the disappointing record it Coach McGrew in announcing‘his :slgnation today declared that m-rference on the part of other mem-u-s of the athletic department had uch io do with the failure of the am to come up to expectations McGrew in his statement declared that lie had complained of the interference to proper school authorities but had received little action. In announcing his resignation today he declared that prior lo taking the Massillon position he had been warned that Massillon was a hard town to coach In, He said he lias learned, However, that it is not so hard a town to coach m as it is a hard school io coach in. He said that he has no definite plans as yet for the future but hopes tu obtain a position where lie can coach basketball as well as football. His basketball teams atBellevue, Pa., lost but five games in three years and had a record of 23 consecutive victories.In announcing his resignation Me-irew made the following statement. “Before the season was over last \)\ I notified Superintendent H. R. iol-rell that he need not consider ie for the position next year If H. R. mith and Robert Hisc were to be i the system. I can best tell you hat I mean by slating some of their ctions since I came to Massillon as xitball coach in 1028. The first day r practice in 1928 one of Massillon’s cst athletes did not show up. After bout five days he did come out for sotball tout In the meantime 1 was old that Smith had helped him get'fContlnued on Page Five)
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Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Fri, Mar 25, 1932
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