Octagonal Pentagonal Desire of B.U. Coach

B.U. hockey coach Harry Cleverly seemed to be feeding on sour grapes at last Tuesday's hockey luncheon. Naturally, the sour grapes got the publicity.

"I was burned to find all the ice hired," Cleverly said, "for use by the teams of one college last week. If we want hockey to continue, let's . . . determine to give an equal amount of time to each school for practice."

The Terrier coach happened to be referring to Harvard. His team has a two loss, one tie record against the Crimson.

Cleverly's jibes were smoothed over by Northeastern coach Herb Gallagher and H.A.A. Director of Publicity Hank Johnson. Both suggested that the answer to the ice problem, which has existed for years, lies in bigger and better facilities for this area.

Actually, the most important thing about Cleverly's remarks lay in the way he presented his case.

"It's about time we got together with the Ivy League and formed a real league which would include B.C., B.U., and Northeastern," he said.

Cleverly is absolutely right on this point. Although it might not solve the ice problem, it would solve more important ones: of scheduling, NCAA representation, gate receipts, local league incentive, stiffer competition, and what have you. Those three teams annually play all Pentagonal League members, anyway.

Unfortunately, nothing but stuffiness has greeted such proposals in the past. It doesn't look like 1953 will be much less haughty.