Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-06 | Page 12 | Backseat Driving

By I BILL MCCREA While Frank K Ie Baker Balter Telegram sports editor is in California California California Cali Cali- conducted members of the sports fornia this column is being by staff The latch key and welcome mat is out for G. G Ottinger Ottinger Ottinger Ottin- Ottin ger ger Romney and we join h his hh S' S nian many friends fi in wishing in-wishing him well in his new position with the extension bureau at Utah State Agricultural college at Logan While Otts Ott's position is now out of the realm of athletics athletics athletics ath ath- we cant can't help but feel that sooner or later the former former former for for- mer mer Brigham Young and Montana State coach will be conne connected ted in some capacity capacity ith with the Aggie physical education department Romneys Romney's Romneys Romney's appointment is the second ma made e by the Logan institution following closely that of Jack Croft Craft to the position of dean of men In these two men Head Coach Dick Romney and his staff have a pair of capable helpers and consultants al although although although al- al though Jack Jack and Ott will be connected with the academic rather than than the athletic department of the school Its It's a quirk of fate which has has' finally assigned the Romney Romney Romney Rom Rom- ney brothers to the same school Dick is serving his nineteenth nineteenth nineteenth nine nine- year at Utah State and Ott began coaching in the R. R M. M C. C in 1922 just three years after the Both Romneys have been blessed with success since entering coaching ranks and now instead of being on opposite sides of or the fence they're both together The Aggie school is to be congratulated for signing Ott and with his pleasing personality and promotional genius he should prove a valuable addition to the Utah St State te faculty The University of Hawaii must be losing its grip ii in football or else better teams are going over from th the mainland Witness the 53 13 shellacking handed th the islanders in their own back yard by Washington's Huskies Huskie last week Denver DeAver was defeated by a 7 6 score and then might easi easily y h have ve won on the c ball game with any breaks a a. a at all Utah's Utah s Redskins will get a cr crack ck at the Hawaii Hawa 1 eleven next December Heres Here's one for all you football coaches t tO to remember Be cause of Northwestern Coach Lynn Waldorf's tearful stories storie about his crippled lineup before the annual game with Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota Gopher supporters met Waldorf and the Northwestern team at the depot with an ambulance two physicians and two nurses nurse And was Waldorf's face red Frank Bruiser Kinard of Mississippi kicked off for h his team in a breather game with Ouachita fell on the he ball over ove the goal line for a touchdown and then kicked the extra point poin He had scored seven points unassisted The professional golfers' golfers associations of United States State and Great Britain have ruled against the old ld practice o of marking a ball on the green in medal play