Meet the Coach--
HARRY COMBES, Illinois
Harry Combes, former University of Illinois basketball star and a highly-successful coach at Champaign, III., high school for 10 years, succeeded Doug Mills as head coach of the lllini last season. Combes continued his winning ways in the tough Western Conference by coachi,ng Illinois to third place, with an overall season record of 15 wins, 5 defeats, and to the championship this year.
Combes came back to his alma mater after gaining recognition as one of the finest high school coaches in the state. He was graduated from Illinois in 1937, and immediately joined Champaign High's staff as assistant in basketball and football and head baseball coach. He became head basketball coachin 1938.
Combes' first cage team at Champaign, in 1938-39, won 18, lost 9, went to the state prep tourney, and was eliminated in the quarterfinals. From that beginning, Combes progressed to outstanding heights. In eight years with Champaign's cagers, Combes had five Big 12 conference championship teams, rolled up a record of 236 victories against only 37 losses, and reached state finals on six occasions.
Last season Combes coached his first Illinois team to a 7-5 record in the Big Nine and eight wins without loss in non-conference games, in a year when he had to mould a new club to replace the departed Whiz Kids. The lllini rolled up more points than any Illinois team ever scored in a 20-game campaign.
Thirty-three years old, Combes is from Monticello, III., where he was a star prep athlete. He earned three letters in basketball, two in football, and two in track at Monticello. Entering Illinois in 1933, Combes earned frosh numerals in basketball and baseball, but confined his varsity competition to the cage sport. He played guard and forward on lllini teams of 1935-36-37.
In his sophomore and senior years, Illinois shared the conference title, and Combes was All-Big Ten selection in 1936 and 1937. He scored 363 points in three years, his top season being 1936 with 154 points. Combes won the conference honor medal for proficiency in athletics and scholarship his senior season, and was awarded the Ralf Woods Memorial trophy for highest percentage of free throws made in conference games his final year.
ILLINOIS' LEADING SCORERS
Games Points Average
Dike Eddleman ................................                            22 301 13.7
Bi Erickson                                22 245 I.I
Wally Osterkorn ...........................                          22 224 10.2
Don Sunderlage                              2 4 6.
Fred Green ...................................... "
VILLANOVA'S TOP SCORERS
Games Points Average
Paul Arixin .............................                               25 542 21.6
Joe Hannon............................                              L< " . .
TomSabol .............................                                22 82 8.4
Sherry Raiken                           25 31
Leo Wolf ................                               24 125
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