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HW i Me wfe" DETROIT FREE PRESS Wednesday, April 28, 71 S-D Friends to Honor Mr. Basketball Cincy Sachs Testimony to how Cincy kept tabs on the local cage talent was his 1943 Auto Clubbers. They won the Sunday Recreation League title, although Sachs used 63 players at one time or another during the season. "The Army kept taking a lot of the boys, you know," he chuckled. Sachs calls his Auto Club team of the early '40s probably the best he ever coached.

It included players like Jack Piana of U-D, who is still associated with the Auto Club; of Bradley the best player he ever coached. "He was stationed at Custer and played with me here during the war," he said. "Another great one was Dr. Carl Gussin, who passed away about three years ago. We'd play the Indianapolis Kautskys and he'd -p 1 a Johnny Wooden, who was considered the best of his days." The friends who'll honor Cincy Monday remember him as more than a basketball coach.

He has helped financially to send many a one to college and many of the ferent. It makes life interesting. I like to meet kids and coaches. I like to do what I do." TICKETS FOR Monday's affair, at $15, may be obtained at all J. L.

Hudson stores, the Fisher Theater or at the main office of the Auto Club. It's customary to change the name of Washington Boulevard on special occasions "Lolich Blvd." "Joe Louis Blvd." maybe Mayor Gribbs will change it for Cincy, too. How about "Sachs Fifth coaches got jobs through his recommendation or intervention. "Kids have been my whole life," he says and he notes that his testimonial should not be construed as a "retirement part Well on the mend from his heart problems, he's already back to work 3-4 hours a day. "I've been working all my life," he said.

"I could retire, it's not a case of money, but whattaya gonna do just sit and watch TV? "I've always had action and I wouldn't want it any dif A I i tom. I 11 1 I BY JACK SAYLOR free Press Sperte Writer I Philip Sachs never had any formal basketball training as a kid and he has spent the last SO years making sure the same fate didn't befall youngsters in the Detroit area. Philip Sachs? Most of the thousands of players he's had i over the years probably aren't aware that his square name is Philip. He's been "Cincy" ever since he came to Detroit from his birthplace in Cincinnati at the age of 17 to carry on his lifelong love affair with basketball. The 69-year-old bachelor has played, coached and refereed at every level of competition and until slowed by several heart attacks a couple years ago, operated summer clinics for 19 straight years.

NOW, SOME of Sachs' kids are throwing a little bash in honor of Cincy's 50 years of basketball teaching in Michigan. A testimonial dinner will be held next Monday at the Raleigh House in Southfield. Some of the kids aren't exactly kids anymore and a lot will show up with less hair Bobby Roth and Howard Mc-Carty of Wayne, Vaughn Wad-dell, and Leo Beebe, now a Ford Motor veep, and Charley, SPECIAL DOUG SANDERS GOLF CLUBS 8 Irom, 3 woods. Full Six Bag Pink of Michigan. "We split up the money and you had to win or you didn't make any money, so we had to win all the time," Cincy laughed.

"We were the first ones to play the Globetrotters when they came to Detroit and we beat the Trotters more than they beat us in those days." CINCY CALLS Paul McCall Philip (Cincy) Sachs 50 years of basketball nostalgia Southgate Sports Center 13670 Eureka, Southgate Phone AV 5-4433 had notewor- Auto Club, also thy records. a 37-5 mark. Others, like the semi-pro Hed-Aids and the DISCOUNT PRICES ON: GOODYEAR POLYGLAS FIRESTONE SUPERBELT B.F.G. RADIALS UNIROYAL LAREDO nmnw-rwawr jEHEal SPECIAL SALE Si DELTED FIBERGLASS a coach "just came naturally" after he got involved as the 12-year-old mascot of a Class A team in his native Cincinnati. In i Sachs started with the Riptons, who played out of the Jewish Community Center in 1919.

He continued through a series of high school, amateur and semi-pro teams, put in a four-year stint at Lawrence Tech and got one shot at the "big time" in 1946, although it was something less than "big time" at the moment. It was also his only exposure to a losing team. IN THE 1946-47 season, the Detroit Falcons were one of the original members of the Basketball Association America, forerunner of the present-day NBA. The Falcons were dawdling with' a 12-22 record and luring Only the players' close relatives to Olympia when coach Glenn Curtis resigned "because of illness" and Sachs was installed as coach on Jan. 25.

"I didn't want the Job, but Jim i called me and wanted me to take over," RED OR BUCKWALL UmMOuanrtei ejp max. i a i iiBun ii! trn AivreTtD 111 BRAND N1W FIRSTS INSTANT CREDIT! 4 FULL PLY DEEP TREAD IMKW WU3IUM KtlKEADj 01 IIUU 1.71.11 I.IOlll e.lOtll e.TWH than the chrome-domed Cincy, but about 2,000 of his friends, and former players and coaches are expected to attend. Sachs, for 36 years a salesman with Griswold Sporting Goods, is surprised and cited about the affair, proceeds from which will establish scholarships in his name. "Fellas I coached 40-45 years ago have called to say they would come," he said. It will stir memories of the old days and Cincy has a million of them.

He's probably' seen as many games as anyone since Doc Naismith tacked up his first peach basket. "I used to see about 10 games a week during the season high school, college and pro," Sachs recalled. "I used to scout for the Pistons and every weekend I'd go somewhere. "I'd see 150-200 games a year, but I haven't in the last two years. I'm down to about 40-50 now." Basketball with Cincy Is a study in nostalgia.

"The New York Celtics were the best in their day Barry, Lapchick, Holman, Beckman he said, "but players and styles change. It's hard to compare. The Boston Celtics are the best in the last few years." Sachs, a disciplinarian who stressed fundamentals and team play as a coach, says Nat Holman was the best player he ever saw. "He was the Ty Cobb of basketball," Cincy said of the ex-Celtic star and CCNY coaching great. "He was only 6-foot-1, but he was so fast and quick and a good shooter.

He'd still be a good player in today's game." it MONTH I M.T. lie TO fee HEADQUARTERS FOR "INDY" PROFILE ALL NEW FRESH TIRES SIZE PRICI F.E.T. SIZE PRICE F.E.T. .10.13 16,90 24.90 mq- 18.90 195 26.90 2.80 i7M4 2Q.90" 27.90 301 1 22.90" 2 29.90 320 IN STOCK NO PHONE CALLS SORRY NO DEALERS 90 USE YOUR CREDIT SALE PRICES AT ALL STORES BBSS8E5S3 tse Your CREDIT 6-PLY BELTED 1971 FOUR FULL-PLY Original Equipment TWIN WHITE WALLS RADIAL BELTED TIRES 2 Radial Polyester Plies Plus 4 Rayon Belts PREMIUM HIGH PERFORMANCE Cincy explained. "I was busy refereeing, selling sporting goods and coaching amateur teams and didn't want to take over in midyear." The Falcons got no better, posted an 8-18 record under Cincy and, setting an ominous pattern for Detroit pros, finished out of the playoffs.

"Stan Miasek (an all-leaguer) was a good player and so was Grady Lewis," said Sachs, "but there weren't enough good ones. I was very much disappointed when they didn't try it the second year, but Mr. Norris lost money and quit. "It was a little before Its time here, I guess," he sighed. LOSING WAS uncommon to Cincy in his compelling hobby.

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