Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-06 | Page 12 | 'U' Coach Linked with Oregon [Illegible]

U COACH LINKED WITH OREGON JO Ike Confers With Mogul From Coast By BILL McCREA t Ike Armstrong football coach for 13 years at the University of Utah Is being seriously considered as a successor or to Prince Callison re reCently recently reo deposed Oregon U mentor The Telegram leam learned d from an unImpeachable unimpeachable unimpeachable un un- un- un impeachable source Thursday The Utah mentor readily conJ confirmed confirmed con con- J firmed a Portland report and sai said 4 that while he has not yet made any formal application fo for the Webfoot post post I I 1 am very much interested in the proposition if details can be satisfactorily worked out An Anson on Cornell Oregon athletic director conferred with I Arm Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong In Salt Lake City Wednesday Wednes Wednes- dRY day night before for Eu- Eu gene Kene Cornell and the Ute chieftain chieftain chief chief- tam tain di discussed cussed at length the coaching coach- coach ing setup at the northwest school Armstrongs Armstrong's contract at Utah expires ex cx- pires In July He has had no negotiations with university officials for fora a renewal but it is understood Ike can have a new contract for the 4 asking However it is doubtful if It a new I contract at Utah would net Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong the annual which h it itis r f is rumored Ore Oregon on officials are willin will- will in izig to- to pay to-pay pay their their- new appointee Naturally I am interested in bettering bet bet- 5 c myself Armstrong told th the j writer Thursday and if I am formally for for- J mally offered the Oregon assignment assign assign- J ment I may take it Armstrong came to Utah in 1923 0 succeeding Tommy Fitzpatrick He TIe won his first h Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain taisi conference title in 1926 Utah won von the title from 1928 to 1932 inclusive and in 1933 shared hared honors lionI lIon lIon- I ors with Denver and Colorado State His Utah teams have won von 6 65 conference conference con con- fe ference ence games a against 10 defeats and thre three ties From 1928 to 1932 Utah was undefeated in conference competition Gene Shields Oregon line coach Ted Bank of Idaho Doug Fessendon Fessendon don of M Montana and Tex Oliver of r I- Arizona are re oth other r possibilities for forb forthe forthe b the Oregon assignment Shields beIng being be be- Ing the only one of the group actively actively ac ac- ac engaged in campaigning for lor fora a the post