| Show -- TYTvyYTynnnnnnrvry' rnryyyyTynrrrrvyyyy th r ' rTYyrYTrrrTyrrYVTTvrrrrTyYTrrryyyrrrryvyv-yyTyTYTronrTy'r"n'rY- Mitchell Gets Ax as Y Grid Pilot i at BYU for the past three years He compiled a record of nine victories and 21 defeats in that time He served as freshman coach in 1959-6- 0 before moving up to head gridiron By Jack Schroeder Tribune Sports Writer PROVO—Hal Mitchell has been dismissed as head football coach at Brigham Young University and will be offered a position in the athletic department sometime during the week aged just two victories and lost eight times The dismissal of Mitchell was not unexpected although it had been suspected by some that he might receive another opportunity to tune up the BYU grid machine It has been rumored for several weeks that Mitchell would be fired before the year is out HE WILL BE offered another position in the athletic department There Is no indication if he will accept It and at the moment no indication of what the job might be Mitchell holds a master’s degree In physical education from BYU He received his bachelor of arts degree from UCLA where he was a star tackle He later played professional football for the New York Giants HE CAME TO BYU as freshman football coach in 1959 ascending to mentor He received $9000 a year TIIE POST as football coach Is now open at BYU and this immediately revived 'the rumor that Rex Berry former Cougar and professional football star is the logical man for the post However Berry had no comment on the situation although he had indicated in the past that he would be interested in the head coaching SO MITCHELL’S CONTRACT at BYU will not be renewed for what authorities describe as “in the best interests in the university football pro- gram” Dr Ernest L Wilkinson president of BYU expressed his gratitude to Mitchell for his devoted dedication to the university “No one has 'maintained higher moral and academic standards than has Coach Mitchell” Dr Wilkinson commented THE WOLVES BEGAN to howl for Mitchell’s scalp this year as his team performed far below the standard expected of the squad He man Mitchell has been the head coach Prep Grapplers Eye ‘New’StateTourney Page 38 “I love BYU and would very much like io continue here I am going to concern myself with finding another position” days ’ The most reliable sources indicate that CUnt Whitfield - and Jerry Doman will not return Whitfield had tendered his resignation in November but is still on the staff as wrestling coach Will Mitchell consider position at the university? “IT A SPECIFIC position exists and I am offered it I would consider it” he continued “But I prefer to stay in coaching and will seek another position in the field" Mitchell was disturbed about the reason given for his dismissal “I was told I was not fired for not winning and since I have main- THERE ARE INDICATIONS that Edwards an assistant varsity coach and Chris Apostol freshman coach) will return in some capacity This leaves Earl Lindley Mitchell’s top assistant as the only man unaccounted for in the future Lavell design another tained high moral and academie standards then what is it?” he queried - “I am very disappointed that the Salt Lake City Utah — Wednesday Morning — December 18 1963 r" xUt&r Sports Mirror by Tribune Sports Editor The status of the assistant coaches Is another problem that will be solved within the next few alt lake ffibtmr Up oft Wrestlers in Utah’s Class A Actually place in the state meet high schools have 192 spots open couldn’t qualify in the state meet this season THE TWO best wrestlers In double the number they had last i the state In one division might Hal Mitchell former UCLA griddcr has been dismissed as the year In be the same region and the football coach at BYU after holding Job for three years SIXTEEN wrestlers in each third of the 12 weight classes will place wrestler in that recould not qualify under the for the algion qualify big meet though final details on how these old setup 16 will be chosen have not been And this third best in one region might well be the third best completely worked out However wrestling this year in the entire state will stick to the present format rather than the mixed up leagues of previous John Mooney administration at Brigham Young University has taken thig action” Mitchell said Tuesday after the the post of head gridiron mentor in 1961 when Tally Stdvens was 8 five-regi- Brown Tops years IT IS PRETTY well set that Region One will qualify two All-NF- L for the state tournaA couple of basketball teams— Utah and New Mexico— that wrestlers and ment that Region 5 will qualdidn’t figure to cut much of a swath this year are setting the prethree ify State season hoop pace while heavily favored Arizona University Regions Two Three and Four is lagging back in the pack will got at least 10 of the reTHE SUN DEVILS who started the season among the na- maining 11 spots in the tournaNEW YORK Dec 17 (UPI)-Jim- my tion’s top teams have fallen on evil ways on their road junket ment None of these regions will Brown of Cleveland was record going into its Sun Devil Classic start- qualify less than three however and have but a a unanimous choice Tuesday for at Tempe ing Thursday THE STATE meet will be on record figured to be a the United Press The Lobos of New Mexico with a single elimination basis— lose International 1963 a long-sho- t possibility in the event the Sun Devils should stumble and out—this year In previous National Football have been the most amazing outfit But the Utah Redskins ) loser’s a bracket could years of the early season League all - star keep a wrestler "alive” to place team that includ f in the meet of-Of course the Utes have yet to take their hustle-hustl- e ed five players If the scoring continues on the tense on the road this season and that's where most of the each from the team of basis for first points contenders have fallen this December Bears Chicago second third and fourth then it Green Bay PackThe Redskins may face their toughest test of a lighter pre- is possible that the semifinal ers and New season schedule Saturday night against the Rice Owls BYU gets losers in each weight will have York Giants the first crack at the Texans Friday night and the game should to wrestle to determine third and Bill George 33- fourth places give something in the way of a comparison Larry Wilson In UPI Vote 4 6--0 (5-0- x Utah Coach Jack Gardner has warned that the Redskins may be in for trouble when Utah fares a good big man And Rice has such s player THIS IS not likely to create a hardship since those wrestlers going for the championship the last night will be in their fourth senior has been averaging 29 points match of the tournament SemiKendall Rhine a record a game as Rice boomed along to a final losers could meet and they But Rhine isn’t just tall He has a tremendous reach span- also would be In their fourth ning seven feet three inches from finger tip to finger tip in his match For several years the wreswing spread coaches of the state have tling THE COUGARS have the height to combat Rhine in John been working toward the of to time who is finest BYU's one the Fairfield be by expected bracketing in the state he completes his eligibility Utah has no such big man although meet They have also been workDennis Couch is showing potential ing toward having wrestlers By Saturday the Intermountain basketball picture should be qualify in the present regions much more clear rather than in special wrestling leagues as in the past It was possible under the old system of eight boys qualifying in each weight that a boy would 6-- 5-- 1 “16-ma- Senators Started Trend “How many games would the New York Yankees have won if their pitchers had been forced to go the full nine Innings?” M J Bissell of Salt Lake asks College Cage Frankly we haven’t the answer to games started and won for Yankee pitchers but we’d imagine the picture wouldn't be for Yankee relief pitching than any other any more good team d Ferhaps the first relief pitcher was Allen (Rubberarm) Russell who toiled for the Washington Senators in 1923 In those days Burjeigh Grimes and George Uhle set the pace in games completed but 16 other major league hurlers finished 20 or more games RUBBERARM only four times appeared In 54 but vent the route games Fred (Firpo) Marberry pitched largely in their 1924-2campaigns in relief for the Virginia Tech II Georgia 75 Princeton 79 Rutgers 50 LaSallt 68 Lehigh 40 Rhode stand 89 Brandeis 59 Harvard It MIT 17 Western Michigan 92 Notre Dame 89 Miami (Fla) 95 San Francisco 13 Ciemson 53 Virginia 52 Lee 71 Catholic U 79 Washington West Texas St 14 W Kentucky 83 Morehead 103 Marshall 83 Colgate II Rochester 61 Coast Guard 85 Trinity 74 Syracuse 16 Cornell 84 Wisconsin 115 Gonzaga 71 Ok'ahoma State 91 Long Beach St 66 SMU 97 Georgia Tech 75 Niagara 55 Buffalo St 44 Bot’on U 71 New Hampshire 72 Texes Tech 95 Oklahoma 66 Hay Cross- - 95 Massechusetts 79 t five-ma- All-st- Offtnt — Tight end— Mikt Dltkt Chicago End danker— Del Shefner New York St Loult Bobby Joe Conrad Tackle— Forrest Green Bay Gregg Roosevelt Brown New York Guards — Jerry Kramer Green Bay Ken Gray St Louis Ctnter — Jim Rlngo Grean Bay QB— Y A Tittlt New York RunBrown Cleveland ning Backs— Jimmy Tommy Meson Mlnntsota ChiDtfsnse — Ends— Doug Atkins New York Tackles cago Jim Katcsvaga By Aisoclated Preil Roger Jordan Green Bey —Henry Brown Detroit Middle line backer— Bill HonNEW YORK Dec 17 George Chicago Outside lino backers — Jee Fortunate Chicago Bllf Forrester ors continue to for Deup pile Roger Dick Lent Green Bey Halfbacks— troit Dick Lynch Now York Sefttlts— Staubach Rich Pettlbons Chicago Larry Wilson St Louis NAVY’S SECOND TEAM quarOltsnse— Tight ends — Ron Kremer terback and Heisman Award End flanker— Buddy Dial Green Bay winner who attained nationwide Bobby Mitchell Washington Pittsburgh Bradshaw Tackles— Cherlie Pittsburgh promiGuards— Cleveland Jim respect for individual Dick Shafrath Parkar Baltlmora Fred Thurstan Green nence in skills in chargridiron QB— Center— Mika Pyle Chicago Bay Running backs acter and dramatic appeal was Johnny Unites Bsltimor Groan Bay Tim Brown —Jim Taylor voted the outstanding college hlladslphla Dtfsnse— Ends — Gina Merehettl Willie Davit Green Bey Tackles backfield performer of 1963 in —Merlin Olsen Let Angeles Bob Gain a poll conducted by The AsCleveland Middle line backer— Sam Hull New York Outside lint backers— Weyne sociated Press Welker Detroit Lerry Morris Chicago Green Bay Heltbecks— Herb Adderlev The slender passer received 57 St Hill Leuls Safeties— RooseJimmy velt Taylor Chicago Willie Woed Green of the 107 votes cast Bey Sera-tor- s THE YANKEES came along with Wiley Moore in 1927 and then followed Jack Russell with the Senators and Mace Brown with the Pirates to set the stage for Johnny Murphy of the Yankees Hugh Casey of the Dodgers and Joe Page ' of the Yankees Nowadajs a baseball manager with no bull pen corps Indeed in sorry straits Is Wildcats Promote Agase Parsegliian Accepts Irish Job — By Bill Coltrin Tribune Sports Writer Bountiful High’s basketball d team is a closely knit or aggregation this year at the m o m e n t the Braves to have everything seem well-heale- sewed up COACH DON Perkins of the Braves has one star player who “got the breaks” in a most repulsive way three months ago and another who has proved that some knee operations are not much worse than an ingrown toenail Clark Jenkins was just starting a great football season last September when he fell from a ladder while decorating the Bountiful High gym for a dance JENKINS suffered a broken arm and pelvis a some cracked ribs and that ended his prep football career but he’s all healed up now and If anyone has a good break coming! It’s Clark Then just as basketball seaanother son was starting Bountiful ace Elden Nielsen found that a knee that locks broken (UPI) -- Irish coach— had decided to ac- “taking some” of the NorthAra Parseghian ironed out his cept ’the pest western assistant coaches tb j And since catchers no longer label “chicken” their rivals who differences with Notre Dame Notre Dame with him But the which “The slight difficulty use the face mask and the other protectors behind the plate Tuesday and acnew Wildcat coach said he did has on arose mornftig Monday there’s nothing unfair about a manager going to the bull pen for cepted the Irish been resolved” Father Joyce not know how manv nor did football coachng help said he know how many of the Northpost Alex Agase western assistants would remain who has been line “Ara Parseghian will immedion the Wildcat staff coach at Northof ately assume the position western under head football coach at the UniParseghian imversity of Notre Dame and will The 12 teams in the Pacific Coast League will travel 250000 mediately w a i be resident at the university folUs - miles Shrine equal to 10 times around the world during the 1964 season named head lowing the East-WeStuart Vaughan a former Ute game in San Francisco" great would coach of the like to be named to Ray Nagel’s staff as a replacement for Churk Wildcats FARSEGHUN replaces Hugh In rapid fir hatfield but indications point to Utah getting another line coachParseghian who was “interim” DeVorei 24 hours order more after than Larry Wilson named an all pro defensive ing assistant coach of the Irish for the past back with the Cardinals also has been named as a prospect but of uncertainty Notre Dame and an- season Northwestern Larry still has several years of action remaining with St Louis Within a half hour after sends nounced switch the that of to indication As an the change power baseball last year announcement Northto Joyce’s Bend to South the Twins whacked 225 homers but 134 of the came Parseghian Athletic Director Stu western And who hasn’t heard that Rex Berry revive the gridiron fortunes of with no one on base told a news conference Holcomb the Irish and installs formerly of BYU and the San Francisco 49ers will be Coach Hal the Fighting line coach that Agase-Wtld- cat at assistant veteran Agase Mitchell’s replacement at BYU? WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE — would replace for eight years Stadium in Evanston Dyche OF THE CITY CENTER The Rev Edmund P Joyce Parseghian of vice executive president Holcomb said Agsse signed Notre Dame announced that a three-yea- r contract “when Farseghian — who Monday re- we learned definitely Ara was Your Downtown BUICK Dealer fused to sign a Notre Dame It malar bairhall kempt extending Iti tee ten going to Notre Dame” EM 4 6575 570 he was South Main coaching contract after mil the "eflltlal" there’ll bt ruth te everegtl rtltattd was said new announced as Tarseghlan Agase the Saturday fallawlng year tprlng training ttatii Stuff V CHICAGO Dec Jenkins badly hurt in a fall and Nielsen who had a knee operation are now back in basketball action for Bountiful quint Middie’s Ace Bountiful’s Best Back Closely-Kn- it - Results The question was raised by our column on Bee Manager Vedi Himsl’s comments on pitchers going the distance middle year linebacker who represents the heart of the Bears’ remarkable defense won his position in a n close race And five other first-teaberths were decided by a single vote Larry Wilson former University of Utah star now with the St Louis Cardinals was chosen first string safety man on the h team Merlin Olsen State star and a member of the Los Angeles Rams Clark Jenkins left and Elden Nielsen ‘Bountiful basketball earned a second string spot stars discuss surgical procedures and compare braces FIIT TEAM 17 SO ELDEN had an opera- tion on his knee and the surgeon informed him that in the normal course of healing it would be about six weeks before he could play again officials PAINT four-maste- ARCH BROWHIHG BUICK Observation Ward ft I ia4Ah m IS A 4U to Jbilb d 6 6 6 a a a 4 a KARRAS SUSPENDED by NFL Commissioner Pete earlier this year for betting on games gave up the bar Ro-zel- le A 262-261- Elinor SAYS: Enjoy NEW YEAR'S th COMMERCIAL EVE at HOTEL We hove SPECIAL CHARTER BUSES departing Salt Lake at 4:00 and 600 pm Dec 31 t Depart Elko 4:00 pm PST January lit For QUICK SERVICE METAL WORK j By Associated Press — SusDETROIT -- Dec-17 pended tackle Alex Karras of the Detroit Lions has quit his bar business hoping this might help restore him to play in the National Football League -- Elden cut that time table Monday night nearly in half He was back in He and his partner Jimmy basketball after three and one Butcaris decided to sever rehalf weeks with full approval lations of the surgeon The two said they arrived at IIE JUST about moved in the decision together and that with the therapist who treated they hoped this would help Karhim following the operation ras’ cause He worked with weights and built up the strength in the leg Call me up with lots oi exercise BUY A FORD Bountiful may have a good WALTER year in basketball and if it does Jenkins and Nielsen may LARSON well be hailed as the “Suture 1 Shooters” of the year and aik tar hlten DIAli DA r Dorothy g f ) once will lock again Elden’s knee was locking on him and to say that this made basketball difficult is logical Somcsense Leave Your Car With Karras Sells Bar Interest Cagers Five MAKE dinar lolly Mgr j YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! 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