| Show 1 BACKSEAT DRIVING j Dad Callahan Passes S S Loved Amateur Sports S D By fly FRANK K It BAKER BAKERS Telegram m Sports Editor S 4 i 5 Callahan t Did Much for or Early Salt Lake Athletics f The death o of oZ D. D A. A Dad Callahan I this week recalls many incidents about abouL how this great supporter of amateur sports worked so enthusiastically to help build Salt Lakes Lake's s 's athI ath- ath I program His interest and enthusiasm was wasi i untiring He was confined to a hospital hos pital pita room suffering from arthritis for lor nearly two years prior to his death but that lessen his zeal zealS zealin S in the thC sports POttS activity S He read continually of the happenIngs happenings happen happen- ings in the athletic world and was visited constantly by boys he had come com into contact with during his lone long association with athletics S here re Many of the boys were grown men n. n Some of them he hc hadn't seen e n nL L for years but but buthe he invariably knew them by their first nam names s and md could 1 fe recall all what position they had played S S S on an fl the thO team and many of the incidents inci mci- dents connected with their playing C lahan's greatest contribution tion to Salt Lake sports was In Inthe Inthe inthe the days day before specialized tr train ln In lug life and salaried coaches Generally Generally Generally Gener Gener- ally accorded the honor of beIngS beIng S the father of Salt SaU Lake football S he acquired the sobriquet of Dad which clung to him until the end He lie was the the- unpaid coach of old Salt Lake high bleh for tor three years yean 1897 1898 1838 and 1899 when the school w was wa located all on Pierpont ave avenue ue Even after loner other men were employed to direct dl di the coa coaching hing he maintained an active interest Those were the da days dys when a water pall a a. S rough rubbing table a sponge a afew few pieces of bandages and an S. S odd of shoulder pads S and pants pan were about bout all aU the football football foot foot- S ball equipment a coach had Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertheless Nev Nev- some lome of the team Dad Callahan coached or r helped to develop were remarkable combS combinations combinations combi comb nations and would rank highS high S S among amone the present day school chool teams teama S Divided Time Be Between een East and West S Callahans Callahan's association with the ports sports included the great team of 1907 08 and 09 which because of ot its us undefeated record became known as the The exploits of that team were among his most cherS cherished cher cher- S memories memori This great team which Included S virtually the same lineup for aUthree all aU three years Howell col cal fullback ored-fullback Fred Smith and Groesbeck Groes Groes- beck beak halfbacks Earl Gardiner quarterback and the thc two Tarp Tarpey y S We visited visited this year year old ld pioneer er of at sports in his hospital room S last winter He sat pack Jack In his chair 1 and pulled the blankets around his shoulders shoulders' as he be mused of the good old days Th The snow v vas falling outside and 5 the falling flakes flakes' reminded 1 him m of a game one of his teams played on a snow blanketed field in Montana He remembered the scoreless tie the e In In- played with East Eat Denver and nd nd margin they gained over aver the same tame school He recalled the 24 0 vict vIctr the S Salt Lakers won from Pueblo n 1905 But with all aU his enthusiasm for tor the former days he was wu still happily keen over the progress that was being beingS S S made in all aU sports S We thought we were eat In those days he said but we were just get getting S ting started Its It's wonderful what some of th the boys are doing now under wider better conditions S Dick Oglesby by was one of f th the first f salaried coaches at the old Salt Lake LakeS S high assuming a a part time Ume position in 1904 Elwood Brown of th they Y M. M C. C A. A came the roach paid in S 1907 J. J A. A Dad Convill Convil a former I Un University of Utah vas star vas the poach in Sn 1909 a chap named Bruce r ce was at atS atthe atthe the helm in 1910 and Heinle S son con a costar with Convill at the at-the the e university university uni uni- held the position rom from 1911 to 1918 inclusive S S S Each succeeding coach coach however how how- S ever invited Dad ln J In Int 5 t t. t help train the boys boy His ever everS S enthusiastic per personality and Dd seal V for lor the game made him the logical logi Jorl S cal person Jerion to instill Insun the boys with the old Inspirational fIght He seldom visited the campus for football drill without a a. little pad pad- die dle This Thia he carried curled convent convent- S. S enU in h. h his right hand u he fol- fol he be slow alow to use DAD U It when one of S 5 the field t to th the nor other nor waa was 5 be he prone to u It Ii when one of S the boys boy showed a tendency to 5 S 1 loaf o on a play After East high highS S was wu J opened ho hD divided his hb time timeS S between the tw two schools When S they met each other he lie would liton sit lit S on fl the bench East play play- I S ers era during one on half and oh oi the theS S bench with West Wed players the theL i next ext L I S Young Slated to 5 5 Coach at t Carbon CarbonI I I Carbon high at Price will two new coaches next season eason accord ing latest information One bI is b I 1 r- r rHonie Horne Home Run Club ClubBy f By BT Associated Frets Rom Horn runs yesterday Red Sox 1 Bishop Athletics 1 Coleman Colemen Ath Ath- th- th sm f 1 Athletics 1 The leaders leaden Berrer Berer Braves 10 Klein Phillies 9 51 Yankee 1 Hartnett Cubs Cub 8 a Yankees Tankers 7 I Foxx Paix AthLa Ath Ath- le C 7 La League r gue e totals American Nation National a total a former Aggie and the other a a. a former for tor mer Redskin Pres former University University sity sUy of Utah tah backfield star will wili be bethe bethe bethe the n new new w football coach George Young U U. S. S A A. C. C Is slated to take over ver the basketball coaching duties s S Larson Will Wed Another Item of In Interest rest Is the Impending Im fin pending marriage of Chuck Larson former guard on the Redskin football captain in 1932 marry muTy Miss Ardelle Fisher this summer and they will go to the worlds world's lair fair at Chicago on their honeymoon honeymoon hon hon- r The elect bride has been a prominent coed at where she was a class officer and a member of Phi Mu sorority Chuck is 13 coach at IrvIn IrvI Irving 1 Junior high lit in the Granite school district |
