| Show Do Tin You Yon Roger Hap Van Pelt when the he giant Cri Crimson Crim- Crim son around all athlete was a luminary on the thc hIll I top fifteen years ago Van Pelt built up one of the most enviable records s ever cvet accrued in University of Utah athletics and will long be remembered for his work at the thc state institution f nuu I 2 r r. r E 1 I f i t. t t 4 j Hap JJ Van Pelt Among Utes' Utes Greatest t Giant Gian t A Athlete Achieved Sport Prominence Was Basketball IJ ill Track Star By BARNEY r Throughout the years the thc byword Hap has echoed and reechoed Inthe in Inthe the he hall hail of athletic greatness at the University of Utah Long before theda the da days s 's of Hap Hapu L Lybbert Hap Holmst Holm- Holm st ad and Van Pelt put In n their licks on Indian teams Fifteen years ago Van Pelt achieved an around all-around record that has las earned him a redoubtable position position tion lon on the honor all-honor roll of IndI Indian luminaries THREE-SPORT THREE MAN IAl MANVan MANVan Van Pelt Felt entered the hilltop in the theall fall Call of 1913 from tram old Salt Lake high school chool where ho he failed to burn up the he young athletic world Awkwardness Awkward Awkward- ness and a slight excess in stature made nade It difficult for him to catch onto on ono onto to o the ropes At th the university uni Roger launched an earnest three-sport three campaign in football basketball and track rack Six feet two inches and pounds Bounds Hap began to attract especial espe espe- cial lal attention as a Eff EffIciency Effi- Effi 1 lency on the waxed floor allowed hIm ilm to share the cent center r burden aSa asa as a'S a fro frosh h with the late Loren Briggs later ater roach at East high school Hap played on the frosh grid team and nd cavorted in both cinder and field eVEnts vents in track Baseball he gave up p after his frosh year to devote more time ime to his track As a sophomore Van Pelt came into nto year three-year stardom in basketball and Eind nd track and found himself capable of f holding down an end position in football From his sophomore to years ears th thc tho lanky athlete gained fame in three sports He is arly lorly remembered as a a. great p pass S lS-S receiver re- re re-I re eiver celver and blocker in football an around all scoring center in basketball basket basket- jail ball ball and a star in any mans man's meet in n track In the latter atter sport Van Pelt approached record marks In the pole vault ault vault high hurdles brood broad jump and high Jump He alwa always 5 was counted upon pon for tor upwards to 20 points in a ameet ameet meet with firsts in the pole vault and th the high hurdles tucked in his bag Van Pelt held down the pivot on the tho famous Ute Die A. A A A. U. U championship champion champlon- ship hoop quint of 1916 He teamed that season his last with Dick Romney Romney Rom Rom- ney Bunny Clark captain Clyde Packer and Billy Richmond Fred Bennion coached Hap during dur dur- ing his frosh year As a sophomore Junior and senior Van was tutored b by Nels Norgren the present University Uni Uni- of Chicago hoop mentor From college Van Pelt Joined the army Returning he coached a yeas yeal at Granite high school and later took tool tooka a fling ling at nt independent basketball and miscellaneous endeavors In Salt Lake Later he Joined the coaching ranks of the thc Los Angeles high schools an occupation which l led d him to his present present present pres pres- ent vocation of assistant principal at ata a L. L A. A high school During high school chool and college Van Pelt formed an intimate friendship frIendship friend friendship ship with Roy McIntyre West high coach Incidentally Van Pelt married mar mar- ned ried the sister of th the thc former Lillian Bennett wife of McIntyre re Last vacation the sojourned to southern California to vacation with the Van Pelts Van Pelt Felt was a a. potent cog in the thc Utah Ulah hoop team which captured the national A. A A. A U. U championship championship championship cham cham- in 1916 Hap played center on the famous fa amous a- a aggregation and his 6 feet 2 inches of jumping power accounted account account- ed for much of the Crimson Grimson Grim Crim son success The football field claimed much of oC the I athletes athlete's tithe time and he held down an end position position post post- tion on the tho Ute elevens during his time In the university He was a great pass receiver and blocker Records in the pole vault high hurdles broad brand and high Jump were never safe when the big fellow entered a I I track meet He usually accounted for lor about 20 points of his teams team's total Fred Bennion was coach at the university when Hap first sprang into prominence and later the star came carne under under un un- der tier the thc tutelage of the thc noted Nels Norgren now basketball coach at atthe atthe the tho University of Chi Chi- cago Hap himself left leU school and entered the army during the World war Returning he be became became became be- be came a coach at Granite high for a short time He is- is isnow now In Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles where he Is an assistant as- as nt principal in high school |
