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Dr. Roger F. Robison
Everett Case and The
Frankfort Hotdogs
Everett Case was one of the early coaching legends, first at Frankfort High
School, then later at North Carolina State.
As with other coaching legends, it
is hard to seperate myth from reality. But Roger Robison does just that with a book that
is one of the most in-depth and complete books ever written about Case.
Everett Case and the Frankfort Hot
Dogs chronicles the rise of both Case and the Hot Dogs from the early years. It tells of
the early years of both the Hot Dogs and Case, from Case's early start as a coach of 75
pound Methodist church team, and the Hot Dogs start in the sport in 1912, when they
absorbed such defeats as 59-5 to Kokomo, 52-12 to Crawfordsville, and the infamous 101-14
loss to the hated team from Lebanon.
By the late teens, the basketball
fortunes of Frankfort were on the rise, and these fortunes rose even high with the arrival
of Case for the 1922-23 season.
Case would have two coaching stints
with the Hot Dogs. The first lasted until 1931, when he left to take over the program at
his hometown Anderson High school, and the second one lasted from 1935 until 1943 when he
joined the U.S. Navy, then took over the basketball program at North Carolina State.
Case won 465 games in his high
school coaching career, but it was a career filled with controversy. This book tells
of all of his battles with his nemisis, Arthur Trester, head man at the IHSAA, as well as
what really happened at Anderson, and what took place at Franfort that precipitated Case's
return for the 1935 season.
It also follows Case at North
Carolina State, as well as the fortunes of the Hot Dogs after Case left.
The author, Dr. Roger F. Robison,
is a doctor in Vincennes, IN. He graduated from Frankfort in 1954, where he was the
sports editor of the Frankfort school paper, the HIGH LIFE, his senior year, and played
tennis for four years.
Rules of the Game
Center Jump to Shot Clock
1891-1991
By Dr. Roger F. Robison
Learn all about the rules of the
game, from the original 13 rules posted by Dr. Naismith when he invented the game to the
three point shot introduction.
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