Show I By Frank Frail FrankK k K Baker Telegram Sports Editor I r Utah Must Lose Armstrong Sometime Iowa university's consideration o ol of Thc Ike J. J Arms Armstrong rong for head football 1 coach to succeed Dud Burt i IS r r indicative eno enough enoGh Gh I iJ t the Redskins t swill wm vill not be able to tor r such a capable capa cap blo ble mentor for al aI- al- al ways 1 Ik Ike's Ikes s 's re recordS record record- c e o 0 r d dJ d- d J l strewn with its Us S 4 t. marked successes t lever eve r since he heI came to Utah Utah has has I Z already s spread pre a d beyond the Rock Rock- S ties es and md even if iC he heS S rejects the present I offer oter he is sure to tobe toS tobe S be sought b by other schools soon The fame of or Armstrong Utah athletics under under under un un- un- un der Armstrongs Armstrong's leadership has spread more in seven years than in all the preceding ng years cars to together ether Under Under Under Un Un- der Armstrong Utah's fortunes on the gridiron have IU become news not only along the Wasatch but also in hi Ho Ho- boken But Ike Owes Something to Utes The ability of ol a coach who can turn a team hitherto unrecognized outside its own section into one of prominence in the national football I program is unquestioned I But what of the future for that same coach and the team that has been his laboratory Utah has been kind to Armstrong It gave save Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong his first real chance for he came to Salt Lake as an untried freshman coach at Drake Without the opportunity Utah offered with its horde of capable material Ik Ike might still be plodding along with some team that feels fortunate to win a third of its games Ike probably appreciates t that opportunity better than anyone anone else and md inasmuch In a as al he 1 is b still contra contracted ted for Cor two years with the Ut Utes 5 he will have to have hac n a lucrative lucrative lucra lucra- tive offer from Iowa to sever seer his relations here Iowa toWa Is No Answer To Coach's Dream There are also a few other angles which must not be overlooked Iowa isn't exactly a bed of roses for any seeking job-seeking coach Ingwerson is is a 3 capable man but the lack of harmony harmon and the disrupted athletic policy polk at atthe atthe atthe the Hawkeye camp handicapped his work on every s side de last fall Under Iowa's the were strong contenders in inthe inthe inthe the Big Ten Probably no worse than many of the schools that led the thc condemnation condemnation con con- parade against them the Hawks nevertheless s suffered badly l last st year under a strict rever reversal al of form that shunned any kind of recruiting recruiting re failing t to score against Big S Ten foes One One point of view might be that Armstrong has everything to gain and nothing to lose by going to Iowa where the school is bigger the competition com corn petition on stronger and the fortunes of the team more widely followed than at Utah but where that is possible the opposite is likewise true Hawkeye Alumni Want Winning Team Iowa wants a winner and it takes a strong club to win consistently in inthe inthe inthe the Big Ten It may take three years ears for Arm rm I strong to build anything of a system there that would be comparable to Utah's program By that time Iowa alumni probably would be too dissatIsfied dissatisfied dissat dissat- with lean years to permit a second second sec see ond contract in which Ike could pick the fruits of his preliminary work And a release would be a big blow to lo Armstrongs Armstrong's record The Thc Rockne of the would be called a failure failure fail fail- ure and its it's a long hard fight to beat back along the coaching trail just as asit asit asit it is a tough touch aS assignment for an any star to come back It took Connie Mack years ears to rebuild n a championship team after he broke up his f famous Ath Ath- S Armstrong should get at least lust a year three contract with a substantial hat salary Increase say Increase say ar a a. year ur against his present check of or or a a. four or year five contract contract con con- tract at a good figure before It would rull really be worth while hIle to him Ah Enlightenment At Last It is now noxy revealed re that Jack Sharkey Sharkey Shar- Shar ke key promised his managers managers- in his last bout with Max that he would not cut loose with everything every every- thing he had before belore the sixth round Ade from the consternation this disclosure dis closure arouses at the thc present i it gives one cause to wonder too how many kinds of foul blows Mr Sharkey Sharkey Shar Share key knows how to administer when he really decides to cut loose |