Show Sports Mirror By JOHN MOONEY T Telegram sport Editor Observation tio Ward w. w all d endeavor to fe v J live liv within our means mean even ven if it we have fo 0 borrow borrow money mony to do clo H. H Shelton Hits Headlines j i Ev Shelton Shelton the Wyoming university university uni uni- coach who specializes in stuffing his tootsies in his molar r cavities ties road made the he headlines the theother other day quite innocently enough i Ev rapped some sports writers in inu u a speech at Billings and some of the thc s took exception one that w we k know v. o of ot getting himself Jt in something or of a a. a high dudgeon over the allegations k v We Ve e didn't say a a about out 1 9 Evs Ev's r remarks principally principal because V r W we didn't he was to toUs Us its we didn't think the shoe fit fiti j i us in this case ase and secondly we I 1 believe e if Coach thinks 0 the thc sports writers are arc unfair it is his c to 10 say so 50 We Ve certainly certainly have taken our best shots at e enough ough people to admit they ha e an equal right light to come back at t us when the occasion arises E Ev took time out this week to drop us a line which c weare co are re reprinting reprinting reprinting re- re printing below In order to dear cear the air of an any unfair opinions the thc Utah fans Ians may have ha of Coach Shelton Dear John I dont don't know how you took the the article that wa was released from Irom Billings but I want ant you Jou to know that when hen I said a few tew tewy y writers I didn't mean you JOll I am writing this thi to you ou bt because cause I If f- f kno know you SOU so 80 well ell and think t so o oi i much of you Never Xe In my mJ life of coaching or playing have hae I come comeIn comeIn In contact with one anyone who ha has been as fair in co covering sports a ayou as you and I consider you always al Sone of my best friends Uy My My statement was a n few j sports ports writers would rather I rover corer the three things mentioned n than the actual play My 1 statement state- state anent ment of officials was that I thought It would help intersectional t games if IC the tho officials In t. t rt the home sections would do some adjusting themselves In refer refer- e 6 ence to enee-to to the way the visitors pIa play ball In instead tead of making making- visiting teams do all the adjusting I belleve be- be Jle e it would be better The rho vhs vhs- 15 a 1 team I leel feel has hM some rights to their own tion tation e Coaches Hurt Game Coach shelton continues s I 1 think the coaches o he themselves hurt n the Othe he game when l they ey b bring ing up rule changes chang through the press instead of waiting until the coaches coaches' meetings meet- meet oJ ings in the spring Comments on foot 12 foot 12 baskets crows nest of officiating oHi- oHi fi- fi elating three thre foul rule of last year ar and the widening of or the free f 9 throw lane to take away the effect i of the tall taU man manin in the game are all allright right but the the general general public in ri reading all the these e comments believes ben be- be fT n hieves there Is something drastic drastic- 3 s I ally wrong with our game today So you se see John the after dinner din din- ner ncr speech that I made was far from being accurate in its coverage co and I 1 sincerely hope you didn't think I meant you Ev Shelton basketball coach University of Wyoming Actually we ve see little for the r f press row bo boys s 's to to- get In a tizzy Y over o whether Coach Shelton had meant his barbs at us or not After all aU uc we of the sports writ writ- i i ing fraternity have more writing r t freedom e than any other r reporter porter on the paper r r. r We e ema ma may sit In our oJ little c coops coop's ops arid and belabor the beja be- be 1 ja jabbers bers- bers out of ot some coach who's rn making Is po possible sible for us to earn w our bread breath arid and butter these days v r. r And And Anil I If Coa Coach ll Shelton m thinks l N NI I t the tle p press ess I is unfair that's his lIs j J business busine s Of all the people in III the world sports writers as a group boast as ac much partisanship as aC I an any o of the lo loyal al alumni o of any of the colleges The fact that we wet I t I can can and often otten do sit it high above aboc th the conflict ct and editorialIze editorial editorial- I ire Ize t ach who ho knows J 30 10 0 1 rj ore ab Q his han job than I f m t ot e evi r r. I Will kno know should beth tip n our our-n J lt Ity 1 We re stick our necks out time a after tr time and f If the tle coach coachI d do like It it h hes he's hefe ji perfectly I willing to tell ell us about It at our own g game In print t No Beef With Use Us t tWe We e for the li life of or us cant can't see ace J what all the fuss fUss- is about All 11 of ofu u us woud have nave lapped hipped it up had Coach Shelton blasted th the officials I or the eastern astern N C A A officials That would be copy opy to us and n wed we'd h have ve run it across theto s' s of J our sports ports por pages It was a a. good stor story all aU of U us thought when Dr King Hendricks of Utah S State ate 1 blasted Denver blasted Denver U. U at a j l luncheon speech 1 If that was 38 what Dr Hendricks HendrIck thought that was gao good enough for us us usand and and if Coach Shelton thinks i all of ofus t. t us s are are are-a a bunch of editorial ther theres there's s little vie ve Vic can do dot t t 4 Frankly we have beert been t s 8 closely f f associated with the intermountain S J anyone has the last 10 I years yea and weye weve found them to be beS S a. a darn swell well bunch of ot guys True t some days the they are a little more I conversationally in Ln l C-l i n e d than thant I t others and some days daya they think J we are peachy keen as s against ag days day when they hat hate J i. e everything I about new newspapers pap rs from the invention i a tion of oC wood block type down t to present day methods r I But on the whole we think th the 1 average coach is every vry v ry bit as easy t to yet get along with as we are andi andt and i t a A. lot of daya th they y are re much su- su to us UI M US bull curion bu buddies diu r 4 |