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Show By Stevfe Mol6reV 52 AN UNFORTUNATE LOSS npOMMY FITZPATRICK, the peppery leader of the Criinon 1 athletes for the last five years, has at last given up and has handed his resignation to the authorities of the University of Utah. It is a cruel blow to the athletics at the big hilltop institution, now that the affairs are in such a muddled state, for Fitzpatrick. in addition to being a great coach, fought against odds that but few men would stand, because he had his heart and soul. in the rarpose of giving .Utah a great athletic organization. Fitzpatrick has not only been a good eoaeh he has been a great coach. He lias, with the exeeptiou of one year, always turned out a creditable football team, and in that one year he had every- S thing against him. . His record with the basketball stars stands unequaled in Utah. World's champion, state champions, and conference champions have always been his portion in the cage game. In baseball and track he hss always turned out high-class representations. The University of Utah is going to have a mighty hsrd time filling Tommy's shoes. Everything works against thatbeing done. IuTTierirsrptaefI t1-'alary "for tlm coach of ihe"YitnsoTt crews is too small for a high-class man to stay on the job. It is less than a number of high school coaches are receiving right in Salt Lake City. It is not enough remuneration for the position. Then, too, the university hns always made year-to-year contracts con-tracts with Fitzpatrick, never giving a long enough contract to allow him to build an organization for himself or work out his policies, whether good or bad. If such conditions exist when the Crimson goes in search of another coach there will be a mighty tough job ahead trying to find a competent man to take the position. Tommy will undoubtedly be found in a better berth next winter, win-ter, for a number of organizations like the spirit and work displayed dis-played by Tommy at the university and are after him. A humorous auction bridge story is told of a player who held thirteen trumps but never took a trick. It seems that his partner first lead him an ace, and when he trumped that, shot him. " a a ' Fitzpatrick Record FEW coaches in the country have made a record comparable with that of T. M. Fitzpatrick during his five and one-half years at the University of Utah. His football teams have been the terror and nemesis of many teams in the Rocky Mountain conference since 1919. Beginning that fall, he tied the Colorado Aggies for the championship. The following year was lesn year, Utah barely winning two of its contests "g "P.f'lfi,,'" f the Utah Aggies. In basketball, Fitzpatrick was the Superior of any eoaeh in Utah. In 1918 he took the state title and represented l'tah at the S world championship matches at Los Angeles. The following year Utah won again and went to Atlanta to play for the banner. ' In j920 Utah. repeated, but lost last year to the B. Y. U. Fitzpa trick's track record is even more enviable. Out of five teams developed, he has won four state championships. In baseball he hits one championship in 1919 and tied in 1920. There was no baseball in 1921. ' A resume of Fitzpatrick 's record shows nine state champiqn-ships champiqn-ships in five years. Surely a record of that kind can stand for itself. a a Now that the deer season is drawing to a close, the sport fans will miss those hunters who went out to shoot deer and came back to shoot bull. a a a , Room for Improvement COLLEGE football teams and their management and the same may be said of high school teams are not suspected or accused of being good business men. College and football isn't business. However, with many complaints that have been voiced at football foot-ball games, it might be well for them to consider the publishing of programs with names and numbers of the players. To the average spectator, the game loses a great deal of its thrill through the inability to identify the players in action. A program, pro-gram, or any other means of identifying the players by their numbers, num-bers, would make friends for the game and for the institutions staging the game. " |