Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-01-27 | Page 21 | Grid Critics Hit by Tad Wieman

Grid Critics Hit By Tad Wieman WEST CHESTER. Pa., Jan. 17 (UP) Elton E. (Tad) Wieman, Princeton university football coach, last night censured th "unsports-manship" "unsports-manship" of college officials In criticising th Intercollegiate grid-Iron grid-Iron game. - "One college prealdent has the audactly to write a series of maga-sine maga-sine articles on th commercialism of college athletics." Wieman said, "and then proceeded to peddle them to the highest bidder. '1 am not blind to the fact that soms objectionable features stud ths college athletic structure, but I am most emphatic in stating that most of ths college athletic program, including in-cluding the much maligned sport of football, Is on a strictly amateur basis." Wieman addressed the annual all-sports all-sports dinner at West Chester Stat Teachers' college. SIMMONS PACES WIN Bill Simmons caged 20 points and Perrl rang up 11 Thursdsy as Safeway Safe-way cagers of Salt Lake City beat Ogden Safeway A3-M after having been tied 24-all at half time. Ogden held a 10-2 lead In th first period, but trailed Jl-38 In tha third. The Salt Lakers counted 25 field goal to 17.