Show NEWSPAPER MAN IS ATHlETIC BOSS AT Al AT AT i UNIVERSITY Ralph Jordan Selected to End End- of Handle Business i iT T Teams eams at S tate U I I i 1 insi step to rehabilitate athletics athletics ath ath- 1 FIRST F at the tile University f Utah was was' taken by the athletic council when it appointed Jordan a a. Salt L Lake ko newspaper man mall as athletic manager on the lIeS He lIe east bench S will vili direct alli all I i athletics fi a aS S viewpoint I business I 5 S and arid will be given I L j j almost power In putting all U branches of sports sport's before beCore the public so far as the University of Utah is concerned RALPH JORDAN This action on the part of the Utah authorities followed the tho request from the old L U alumni that a graduate graduate graduate grad grad- manager of athletics be adopted at atthe atthe the state institution It was pointed painted out that a at the present time h t the athletic J coach h ha had to f attend gt t to the e managerial ana I duties as well as instruct the athletic teams on the field I Jordan Is not a graduate of oC the University Uni uni- varsity of oC Utah but attended that Institution in institution In- In for one year ear and also attended the Utah Agricultural college where he played football lie is a graduate of ot the Salt Lake High school where he I was active in athletics and a star football football foot foot- ball player He has been associated with various newspapers in Salt Lake I for several Vears e-ars e and was prominent in writing amateur athletic news The athletic council desires that Utah I get a place in Western Vestern athletics It is the it Intention en ol olO to O strengthen mug the present es position of the h s state institution en in the I mountain conference and branch out if IC possible into other territories Corat for Cor forat forat at least one big game every year I Jordan will be given authority to arrange arrange ar ar- ar- ar range schedules e s for the tho various IO teams to handle hand n IP th the D oi and attend tet tn in I the routine business mat matters rs that have to date been more or orless less hit and antI miss In choosing Jordan the authorities at II the University of oC Utah feel Ceel that they have got t just the S sort of man f for the b job that is needed eJ He has s been n nf closely fos I II associated with athletics for many years I He lie if an anyone one one should understand the I needs of the university and antI bring about I the much needed improvement on the lull hill The position created by the athletic council has not nol been given an any official I title title yet Jordan could not be called graduate manager as he ho is not a graduate grad grad- of the state institution but grad I it is along the graduate managerial plan that I. I is being used by other collegiate Institutions institutions I of the country coUntr Jordan Jordar will probably take up ill his duties at once i |