Four articles about the 1934 basketball game between the Packers and the coaches’ All-Stars
[from the February 16, 1934 Door County Advocate]
FAST COACHES’ FIVE WILL PLAY PACKERS HERE
With their athletic department funds sadly lacking, a quintet of technical coaches, lead by L. E. Means of East Green Bay H. S., decided recently that there was nothing else to do but go out and gather in a few juicy gates themselves. Consequently, the mentors, aided by five others from Appleton, have arranged a series of pro cage games that is attracting considerable attention.
Of special local interest is a game between the coaches and the Green Bay Packers at the Sturgeon Bay gym Wednesday February 28. The deal was closed Friday.
On the coaches’ squad are Lycan Miller, Sturgeon Bay H. S.; Bill Hunt, Algoma H. S.; L. E. Means, East Green Bay H. S.; Joe Shields, Appleton H. S.; Ken Laird, former Lawrence star and now of Appleton; Al Reed, West DePere H. S.; Jack Malevich, St. Norbert’s college; Lee Delforge, formerly of Green Bay and now of Appleton; and Myrlon Seims and Harry Niles, also of Appleton.
Each game booked will be played as a benefit for the school whose gym is used. Last week, the coaches opened their series at East Green Bay and showed their caliber by swamping the Oneida Indians 52 to 26. The score could have been much worse, according to accounts of the tilt, especially if Shields, the clown of the outfit, hadn’t been generous and slipped in a basket for the R-------. Miller, Hunt and Laird are the outstanding scorers of the new team.
On February 22, the coaches will play at St. Norbert’s college against a strong Sheboygan team. In the game here, the above outfit will be intact except for Means, who will be unable to come on that date. Averaging almost six feet in height and backed by big-time collegiate experience, the coaches have a team that will cause the Packers plenty of trouble.
[The censored term means “Native Americans” and was previously used for a football team in Washington, D.C.]
[from the February 23, 1934 Door County Advocate]
PACKERS TO PLAY HERE WEDNESDAY
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Meet Crack All-Star Squad of Coaches; Expect Crowd
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What will undoubtedly be the most outstanding basketball attraction of the season in Door county will be the game at the Sturgeon Bay High school gym next Wednesday night, February 28, between the Green Bay Packers and the Coaches’ All-Stars.
From present indications, the All-Stars, made up of coaches from schools at Algoma, Sturgeon Bay, DePere and Appleton, should give the gridiron aggregation a tough battle. They swamped the Oneida Indians recently in their first game at Green Bay 52 to 26. On the other hand, the Packers have the advantage of a long season of play during which they have won the greatest percentage of their tilts. The line-up, the same that beat the Sturgeon Bay Maroons here January 25 by a score of 28 to 24, includes Rose, Herber, Englemann, Gantenbein, Grove and Bruder.
In the game next week, the big Packers will be matched more evenly in size, since the coaches have a first string forward wall over six feet in height. The line up takes in the following:
Strong Line-Up
Lycan Miller, Sturgeon Bay H. S. coach, forward. Former crack shot on the University of Wisconsin teams of a few years ago.
Bill Hunt, Algoma H. S. coach, forward. Former star at River Falls college.
Ken Laird, athletic assistant at Appleton H. S., center. Former Lawrence college star.
Joe Shields, head coach at Appleton H. S., guard. Formerly of the LaCrosse Teachers college quintet.
Jack Malevich, coach at St. Norbert’s college, guard.
Al Reed, West DePere High school coach, guard.
Lee Delforge, formerly of Green Bay and now a teacher at Appleton, guard.
Myrlon Seims, assistant coach at Appleton H. S., guard. Formerly of the Oshkosh State Teachers college quintet.
Harry Niles, Green Bay Vocational school. Played basketball at LaCrosse State Teachers college.
Miller, Hunt and Laird make a trio of lanky scoring threats that should well match anything that the equally tall Rose and Englemann or the flashy Grove may do. In addition to the battle of basketball prowess, there may also be a match in clowning between Joe Shields and Hank Bruder if they aren’t otherwise too busily engaged in winning the ball game. The two are capable of plenty of antics and kidding of the variety that brings laughs out of the customers when there is a lull in thrills.
High School vs. Gibraltar
In the preliminary at 7:30, the Sturgeon Bay High school and Gibraltar High school will mix in a game the players will run themselves. Coaches Miller and Kitelinger will sit on the side lines and let their respective boys fight their own battle.
The Packer tilt will be the third of a series being put on by the All-Stars for the benefit of the athletic departments at the schools the coaches represent. The Oneida Indian game was for the benefit of East Green Bay H. S. and last night the coaches played the Manitowoc Amateur league leaders at West DePere for the benefit of St. Norbert’s college.
Tickets are on sale in advance for the game next Wednesday and can be obtained from any member of the Sturgeon Bay H. S. basketball squad.
[from the March 2, 1934 Door County Advocate]
COACHES LOSE TO PACKERS 40 TO 31
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H. S. Quintet Swamps Gibraltar Second Time in Week
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The smooth-working, well balanced Green Bay Packer basketball team defeated the all-star quintet of Northeastern Wisconsin coaches 40 to 31 at the Sturgeon Bay High school gym Wednesday night before a large crowd.
Lack of training as a team counted heavily against the mentors but nevertheless the game was a thriller. After trailing 16 to 4 at the end of the first period, 22 to 13 at the half and 35 to 18 at the end of the third period, the coaches staged a rally that had the gridders somewhat worried.
Lycan Miller, local high school coach and former U. W. star, was the outstanding scoring ace of the evening, sinking eight baskets and three free throws for a total of 19 of his team’s points but Ken Laird of Appleton, former Lawrence star, and Bill Hunt, coach at Algoma, each turned in fine performances. Others on the coaches’ team were Means, East Green Bay High school coach F. J. McCormick, St. Norbert’s High school coach Malevich, St. Norbert’s college coach; Reed, coach at West DePere High; and Joe Shields, head coach at Appleton, whose basketball team this year won the Valley Conference championship.
The latter proved himself the clown he was heralded to be and had the crowd roaring with laughter on occasions. In one instance, he drew a mean look from Referee Lyons when he donned Mike Michalske’s Jersey and rushed out under the Packer basket yelling for the ball. He was an extra man on the floor but no serious consequences resulted for the Packers so the technical foul was passed up with a laugh.
The score by quarters:
Packers . . . . . 16 6 13 5—40
All-Stars . .. . . 4 9 5 13—31
Officials—Lyons and Kitelinger.
H. S. BEATS GIBRALTAR
The Sturgeon Bay High school in two games this week beat the Gibraltar High school quintet without much effort. At Egg Harbor Monday, the locals won 22 to 15 after having been in the lead 7 to 4 at the half and as an unofficial preliminary game to the Packer tilt Wednesday night won 20 to 7, holding the Northerners to only one field goal. The players themselves ran the return game here, the coaches sitting on the sidelines without commenting.
[from the March 8, 1934 Door County News]
COACHES ARE DEFEATED BY PACKER QUINT.
The coaches of Northeastern Wisconsin bowed to the Groen Bay Packers in a game of basketball played at the Sturgeon Bay High school gymnasium last Wednesday evening by a score of 40 to 31. The Packers got off to an excellent start, dropping field goals from all points of the court and held a seven point advantage before the coaches scored a point, the first quarter ending with the Packers in the lead 16 to 4. The coaches were clicking somewhat better in the second period and cut their opponents’ advantage to 13 by half time. Again in the third period the Packers held the upper hand and led 35 to 18 at the end of the eight minutes. A fourth quarter rally by the coaches failed to overtake the strong professional five but accounted for thirteen points to five for the winners.
Coach W. Lycan Miller of the Sturgeon Bay High school, forward for the coaches, and R. Grove, Packer guard, shared offensive honors, the former gathering nineteen points and the latter fifteen.
Jos. Shields, Appleton, furnished considerable amusement for the exceedingly large crowd of spectators. Bruder, Packer forward, was expected to assist Shields in this respect but was too busily engaged in assisting his team to win the game, to find time for comedy stunts.
To open the tilt Michalske sunk a field goal, Bruder a free throw and Grove a pair of goals from the field to bring the Packer total to seven points before the coaches got away from the post. Miller and Laird of the coaches each dropped a field goal to end the scoring for that quint, in the first quarter while Bruder and Rose each contributed another pair of field goals and the latter a free throw to make the score 16 to 4 at the end of the first quarter. Gantenbein replaced Bruder in the Packer line-up.
Miller sunk a long toss to open the second period and added two more medium long shots. Means contributed a field goal and Hunt a charity toss making the coaches’ total thirteen points. Grove sunk two goals from the field and Rose one for the Packer quintet during the period. Shields replaced Miller in the coaches’ line-up, and Malevich and McCormick of St. Norbert’s college, were substituted for Reed and Hunt respectively.
The Packers had the best of the argument in the third stanza, chalking up thirteen points by way of two field goals and a free throw by Grove, two field goals by Rose and two by Bruder. The five points scored by the coaches were on a goal from the field and a free throw by Laird, center, and a goal by McCormick.
With the exception of two points scored bv Laird, Miller handled the scoring for the coaches in the last quarter, getting eleven points, four baskets and three free throws. Grove and Herber each made a field goal and Bruder a charity toss for a total of five points in the period for the winning aggregation.
Starting line-ups: Coaches: Hunt, Algoma High school coach, forward; Miller, forward; Laird, Appleton, center; Reed, West DePere High school coach, guard, and Means, East High school coach, Green Bay, guard. Packers: Bruder, forward; Herber, forward; Rose, center, Michalske, guard and Grove, guard.
Courtesy of the Door County Library Newspaper Archive
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