Show -Nr-'- Sunday Morning 5Tjc ' i By Bill King SOUTH BEND Ind lP — Frank Leahy’a ' March 22 Notra Dame in the football coaching post hallowed by Knute Rockne la an Ironic but gratifying step In a notable gridiron career When Leahy was In Notre Dame under Rockne he didn’t even play Ion the first team ' It wasn’t Rockne’s fault Like most of Rockne’s players Leahy was determined to become one of Notre Dame’s great stars and draw Coach Ike Armstrong will open I a fint coaching berth after grad the task of building a football mion defend team to the Big Seven For two years the earnest title Tuesday The Utah jworkjng toiled as a substl mentor has set Tuesday as the I lute butLehy 1930 when Rockne in a dlf d turnd out hl masterpiece he did drill i regular tackle berth Two 1 U wln before the opening game extorted to report W th days I in for however Leahy suffered a knee Jd 22e Sfldifdrift Jury that ended his playing career indtirorkouwui While Rockne led the Fighting ed i ce him Oakes Studies Cowboy Grid Situation nce all-leag- ue thf lettermen through graduation be- -I several other veterans Carlos Soffe and Wayne dark Loa “Vhe regular ends will be missing to p°h whohad Grande Gregory is expected lhe football job for only men- up into one post without held w eakening the team at alL Gregory one year waa given the job of WiJmVaafter 1 turned in tome brilliant games last dean of students Oakes coached from 1935 through 1939 at Colorado where W N (Navy Bill) Sanders once waa "head man” before going to the University of Denver But Saunders’ team at C U was while it was under the old RockyMountain conference year Wayne Page Jack Thomp- son George Leatham and Boyd Thomson are also bidding for jobs It may be that Mac Speedie will else be moved back to end Speedie has proved himself to be fine wing- man but his shift to wingback last year didn't work out ae welL If 12-m- an I field he will likely get a chance at I Strannigan likely will not re-e- ill to hla old again and at that position he port for football stack up with th best in the structof Oakes as injuries last season endangered so greatly his league that he quit Floyd Spendlove fill be back at I basketball efficiency season ended ace the squad before the tackle and the hould be a mainstay on the for-- 1 At Colorado Strannigan played ward fall next season Pete Naw-- 1 football occasionally aa a sopho man and Earl Peircewill both be I more but a leg injury that was I ge missing but Dale Montague' and aggravated last season at Richardson will be fighting ming handicapped his activities nd in-w- I Wyo-Geor- lor the post I die before Frank Leahy new Notre Dam coach does a little extra curricular work with his five - year- old son Frank Jr mater as the highest football honor Boston college as Gil Doble’s suc- that can be bestowed upon him I ’ f cessor have been called home and It la my Leahy has been "criticised on duty to go” many sides for quitting Boston col- - Leahy also added that he had relege just after signing a new jected what he considered the most five-yeagreement to take the attractive offer ever made a footpost Elmer Lay den left to become ball coach before resigning for BosHe refused to give pro football commissioner' But ton college Leghy feels he acted according to further details but his intimates J hla’ conscience contract to said It was a coach the Detroit Llona Profes l Nose But N D sional club for salaries totaling “I never would have considered $200000 ' serious but per leaving Boston college for any A square-jawe- d other place except Notre Dame” sonable young man of 32 Leahy he assured B C official when is' regarded by his admirers as Ideally fitted to carry on In asking for his release "Every Notre Dame man con- Rockne'a footsteps They contend siders a call to coach his alma that few of the hundreds who ’ 1 ar 10-ye- ar -- ‘ college with Its 1940 undefeated season and Its New Year’s victory over Tennessee in the Sugar bowL More often than not Frank appears to be sad and mournful He’s known in the trade as a “weeper” because of his doleful predictions and his almost unbroken record of foreseeing defeat for his football charges or at best a "very tough' game Starngely enough the one time he predicted a victory last season against Holy Cross the customers rose up and gave the Eagles one of their atiffest games Leahy is married and the father of three small children a son and two daughters The youngest is Florence Victoria ao named because her birth on the previous day helped to inspire the Eagles to defeat a favored Tulane team In New Orleans Family life and the combination of two exacting jobs the other being sales promotion work for a large rubber company have limited Leahy’s hobbles to football Fond ef Golf Tm fond of golf" ho explains “but it’s been years since I had time to play it I'd like to do that now Itould be an Ideal way for me to elax I like boxing and basketball too But I get my the Press Box By Jimmy Hodgson " 4 mittee seemingly started out to Sim an amateur staff and ended with a professional staff that has the definite assignment ef producing a winner— or at least a ' challenger t ex-Oh- io There seems to be m6re to the Wyoming changes than meets the eye also Just the day before Oakes was named football cpach President A G Crane who had headed the school for 19 years was relieved of his duties Whether the two events are connected is a matter of conjecture The two changes have not been linked by the Wyoming university officials but rumors have the moves as part of the same program to huild athletically It is even rumored that Governor Nela H Smith I la interested In Improved athletic teamf at the school since he sat on the bench with the Cowboyi at the recent Colorado university game He has often expressed his deep pleasure at the success enjoyed by the Wyoming basketeers this season But this makes little difference The point Is that both schools are out to make a comeback In football They are both emerging on an enlarged grid program that should see bigger and better teams and a new era of athletics at the two institution -- a d - o Reaction at Colorado The appointment of Coach Bunny Oakes is certain to have its reaction at Colorado university The athletic relations between Wyoming and Colorado have been strained for many years mainly as a result of alleged C U proselyt lng activities in the Cowboy state Now several Colorado alumni members have expressed them1 selves off the record as seeing a move of retaliation on the part of Wyoming in bringing back Oakes to the Big Seven conference to coach teams which must meet C U Certainly Coach Oakes and Wyo ming are 100 per cent In accord In wanting to whip Colorado on the gridiron The appointment of Oakea apparently is merely adding fuel to the fire ef agitation between the two schools ’and some bitter athletic contests are In prospect In the future when the deposed Colorado mentor takes his Cowboys to Boul der for gridiron warfare ’ ’ Ix-fro- Indi-backfl- eld 200-poun- der s ( ConUn ud an following Paga) Yeager Lists olorado Grid Prospects j eome football lender The cem- - Followers of intermountain foot-- t ball have been handed a couple of startling surprises the past week with' the appointing of Bunny Oakes ' university mentor at Wyoming university and Francis Schmidt' State coach at the University ef Idaho The two appointments are strangely similar in many aspect Both mentors are unquestionably even outstanding gridcapable-aniron coaches Both were forced out of their previous jobs by pressure and both have backed up a atep in accepting their present assign' ment What’s more they both have similar problems confronting them Idaho and Wyoming have been happy hunting grounds for foreign colleges and both schools are tired of having prep star who should stay's st home for their collegiate training and playing go elsewhere The two schools have been door mats for their respective conferences in football for years Both institutions are clamoring for a change i The new athletic regimes at beth schools apparently are being inaugurated to reemphaaise football and bring Idaho and Wyoming back to a 'place ef respect In their leagues with strong football teams that have some ehanee for vietorioo and maybe titles In that roopoet both the now eoaehoo havo tremendous tasks on their hands and will have to start building anew for 1 BOULDER Colo March-2- Border Loop Official Hits Frosh Football Proposal - V K“ C°°k' f th Id will tl bSdin tor Jar posts However just how rpiVmbuTrn5 good Harry Brecht At center HaiOc they are remains to be seen rown a transfer from Colorado TUCSON Arlz March 22 MP) who played under Oakes will I Darden — succeed by backstopped Tha proposal that freshmen Parish City I Herb Wilhelm t to play varsity footbe nn permitted In the backfleld the situation is Border conference In the ball! The best none too promising MURRAY— Park City Altar I candidates are Dominic Feeley next fall is absurd and there is little chance- - of the rule befrom Cody Wyo boys defeated Murray rivals 35 to 31 In a lively basketball game who plays fullback or blocking ing adopted at the conference t fn the high school gym here Sat-- 1 back Lou Dunigan meeting here May 9 J F I at director of athletics the has who been tailback hampered tirday Mon and Cowan were outstand- - J for two seasons-bInjuries and University ef Arizona asserted giant who Saturday lag for the winners and Brklovich J D Jett a "How would v wt be regarded and Nash were best for Murray 'can play end’ll needed f Park 1 200-poun- der I j Mo-Kal- 150-pou-nd I N 195-pou- nd i ' ether conferences If we played freshmen” McKale asked He Said the rumor probably originated with the suggestion from one school that "after this year second semester freshmen be permitted to participate in spring sports — track baseball by and golf "If adopted such a rule wouldn't apply until a year from now and wouldn’t Include foot-bal- l" McKale said CD 2 Jim Yeager Colorado’s j new football coach counted 19 letter-me- n Saturday at the threshold of a spring practice session but only one was a regular lineman last season This valuable individual la Lloyd Oliver Seven tackle from Greeley six-we- ek 200-pou- nd all-B- ig Paul MeCluiig fullback will be busy with baseball this spring as he Is a hardhitting outfielder and four ether—Center Den Brotsman End Bob Barnes Guard Roland Carand and Tackle Loren Creese -- er on the track squad Creese a regular In 1939 waa Ineligible last season Yeagerl who left Iowa State for a three-yecontract here added up alx other lettermen for hla line the department that will require hla greatest attention - Th veterans are Dick Woodward and John Eaton at end George Beiders and John Lentz at tackle and Don Bar-rl- s and Dick Bridenbaugh at guard Freshman Coach Buck Driskill saya the best lineman from last year’s "rookies" -- are Stan Hendrickson end from Casper Guy Walk from Grand Junction and Jim Smith from Pueblo tackle Gus' Shannon and Dan Voorhees guards and Bud Schwayder center from East Denver high t It the Buffalo can make up for the loss-e- f Leo Stasica allconference ball runner from Illinois their backfleld should be just aa good as In 1940 There are plenty of lettermen— Vern Miller and Yrn Lockard wlngbacks Harvey Click Johnny Adams and Chuck Haney blockers Ray Jenkins and Glenn Hedge cock fullback and McClung at either tailback or wingback Lock ard a St Francis Kan star has the speed to make a first rate tailback i The best sophomores appear to be Carl Stearns from Denver Dale 1939 Wolaver from Loveland’ Colorado prep champion Burt Malcolm and Tex Riely ar -- Utah Ag Gridder Becomes Benedict LOGAN—Bill Whiteside end of the past three years lor the Utah Aggies became the third Farmer athlete in as many weeks to be married Saturday His bride was Miss Beryl Rigby of Logan west Gerald Palmer ern division wrestling winner this year Joined the ranks of the benedicts just last week and several days before that it was Evan Baugh diminutive Farmer hoop-it- er ’ 128-pou- nd t w 1 B YU Eleven Romney Jjlat'es ‘ Busy Wpek ii At Logan Camp Start Work Tuesday x Tribune Intermountalh Wire LOGAN— With basketball season out of the way Coach Dick Romney will set to work building hit 1940 football machine Monday afternoon when the spring grid training sessions at the Farmer camp i will get under way Romney said suit have been Is sued to approximately 50 footballers so no time will be wasted the coming week Spring Iralnlng Owen Dlxen One ef Cen- will be used mainly to drill on sors’ two grid leaders fundamentals the Aggie head mentor indicated ' ' Will Be Absent When the Farmer grlddera report among these who will be absent Include Murray Maugham allconference-center the past three years Seth Maughan quarterback Lawrence Slater bat- "ib tering fullback Warren O’Gara a Bill regular guard for three years fleet-footReid guard and Lee Cardon end i Also missing will be the following lettermen of last fall : Vernon Bennlon Fred Bohman and Lynn Ltint halfbacks Demont Walker fullback! Bill Whitesides end Fred Bank guard and Ray Watters and Wayne Steed tackle Captain Marvin (Dingle) Bell elusive right halfback will lead his mates Into'spriAg training along with Sam Merrill a tackle Melvin Manning who blossomed late In the fall campaign at the left halfback post Fred Allen and Bill Twltchell halfback and a few outstanding Shares capfrosh aspirants George Jackson tain duties on Y eleven Return to Squad Also returning from the squad last fall are Chris Axelgird Bill Batt John Putnik Clair Reid and Quill Allen ends Olma Irving Ralph Embry Guy Pace Charles Hutchinson and Russell Naylor tackles Dale James Glen Jackson and Guy Taylor guards Dave Clark and Sterling Rich centers and Dee Whiteside Tom Beall and Mel Gruwell backs Jim Fau lo a reserve fullback two years ago has returned to school and has another 'year of competition f left' Outstanding l freshmen include Mel Wood Jay Staten Bums B Crookston Leon Lit Burton Chuck Goodwin and Dean Andreu backs: Ralph Maughanl center Glen Sorenson and Jim Martin guards Eldred Peterson Robert Choate and Joe Ingersoll tackle' and Dick Howard Richard Griffin and Bruce Pike end Will captain ’41 Marvin Bell squad at Utah State ! long-booti- ng ed i -- WiU 4 ! r r Tribune Xntermountaln Wire PROVO—Gridders of Brigham Young university minus 12 ef last fall’s crew who will graduate this spring and one who went to California with the national fuard wiU report for the first day getting outfitted with suits Mon-d- av i afternoon Last spring when the Cougars turned out for practice only three faces were missing and only on of these belonged to a regular but thia year It is different Th unusdal situation of losing four captains in one year will b experienced by Coach Eddie Kimball this year Six ef the 13 that will be missing were first stringers last fall and three or four more were important reserves Lost to Team Wayne Reeve Fred Bateman Lloyd Brink and Art Gilbert an end tackle blocking back and running guard and all former captains are through with college football Other regulars last fall who are graduating are Shlrl Blackham center and Rollle Jensen end Reeve will be on hand next fall to Impart a few ef the secrets that made him for two years to the In- -- coming freshmen as frosh coach Frank Witney a pugnacious guard is with the national guard Others who graduate are O’Dean Hess Reggie Lefevre Monte An- derson Ken Maynard Ken Jensen and Murr Skousen List Lettermen Keeping Kimball from feeling too bad are 14 lettermen lnclud- lng such returning stars as Cocaptains George Jackson a tailback and Owen Dixon a guard Dee Chlpman regular quarterback Dean Gardner regular fullback George Wing tailback Gall Lewis guard Reed Nilsen who ractically took over the eentfur ob last year Garth Chamberlain regular tackle and Mike Mill a fine end From the way things look now Kimball Is going to need a blocking back a guard a tackle end at least one end to round out a cred-- i b Sil-co- ck itable first string For the blocking back spot he can use Herm Longhurst who played both here and at tailback last fall The tackle job will probably be taken over by Ken Bird husky young brother - of Forrest freshman (Tweet)"1 Bird former Cougar c captain Atlanta Girl Captures Augusta Golf Title ' If Captain Dixon fits Into the guard slot another of Kimball’s Mike worries will be lessened Mills plays a good game at one AUGUSTA Ga March 22 (An— end but the other one will be a Dorothyi Kirby of Atlanta 1939 bother Merlin Allred a tough winner defeated Helen Pettweil-de- r looking frosh might fill the bill of Washington D C 1938 but he lacks experience Expansion of the softball pro- - champion 3 and 1 in finals of the Other lettermen who are rerram of the Elders’ league is con- - I Forrest Hills invitational golf tour turning from last year’s varsity I are Gene Riska and Sam Mav-rak- ls Saturday templated with the withdrawal of nament were at all turn the aquara guards and Gerald MarkThey j the M Men a organization from but Ms on ing a fullback ' As th frosh heriitrlde Kirby I the sport it was announced Sat- the eleventh green and went on squad had but a handful of possible varsity prospects last fall Urday Nlnety-al- x quorums of Eld- - I to victory y ers participated in the various! Miss Kirby eliminated Elizabeth not too much help can be exsoftball leagues’ In 1940 IHicka’of Long Beach Catcher pected from there so from the Stakes In Salt Lake Tooele Da- - j nemesis In finals of the r e c e n t way things look Kimball can come vis Weber and Utah counties are Belleair Flatournament 3 and 2 up with a good first team butfor expected to begin organizing soft-- 1 and Miss Dettweilder defeated Jean reserves he might have to toss ball team to be entered in the Bauer of Providence R I 1 up some rather inexperienced lads in Elders’ league it was reported! in semifinala Friday next fall Invitations will be extended to all other stakes throughout the L D S church to participate Play will begin about th middle of April Elders Expand Sports Slate i culminating In a proposed four-da-y church-wid- e tournament to be played late in August at White park in Salt Lake City Named as an executive committee to launch the new softball league were C L Burnlngham Ted Geurtz Ken Hardy and Robert Huff Eligibility and organization rules are in the hands of Mickey Oswald Eddie Isaacson and Owen McEwan ’41 Badminton Greetl the Spring!!! In a Smart New HDD'S You'll get thf greatsst clothing thrill you've ver had once you see tne great new Spring suits at DUNDEE'S Here's top styl-lnsmart new colors new shades and patterns to pu you right out in front in tha Eastar Parada' s and what smart buys they ir at DUNDEE'S thraa low price! gr Meet Slated'" LOGAN — The annual Utah bad mlnton championship tournament wilt be held at the Logan high school gymnasium Friday and Saturday under the direction of Glen j Worthington Contestants will participate In two divisions 'A and B The B matches will start Friday at 1 m and th A matches will open iaturday at 9 a m The tournament committee will make the final decision on whether a player performs in the A or B division been have Fine trophies arranged and will be presented to winners in all division The state champion will be awarded the Hatch trophy which must be won three years for permanent possession The Utah Badminton association is a member of the national group Entries for the meet will be made with Worthington at the Logan star high school J I he’d I Physically Leahy la not a particularly old man But he appears as capable of withstanding 60 minutes of rugged football as most of the players who provided Boston -- ! He'd give upM Strannigan plays tailback Departing with graduation will the future ’ be John Patterson end Max t With Jhn Pistorius and Bert Bradbard and Wendell Lack Davw the Indians have a pair of tackles Duke Duewke guard Meet Cocut Standards Idaho Don Darden center Lucian Mon-T- he capable and experienced center la due to get Indians are looking for a cjnjt wingback and Lou Thorpe back intouniversity Pacific Coast confer the quarterback and wiU likely And blocking back among the letter-hi- m ence aa a regular member next in Ch er Kim who showed men In addltlon he will lose year and from the Los Angeles plenty of ability calling signals last I chuck Bentson pnember of the and San Francisco scribes comes year when he had a chance Bolh basketball squad who played his the report that the return la more Bob Johnston and Dale Sorensen lMt gam at Kansas City Saturday or less a trial tor both Idaho and Montana If the schools can show some signs of getting teams that can put on presentable ' sports shows with the big coast schools the arrangement may be perms nent but if the Vandala show no iVlttermfnxMrinc f’r GfV "dw"UC£ MP iSH more 170 la at right to be in the circuit Bates James pounds a round to carry the leather Boyd the past few candidate unless than they have In White will help Spector at wing the only other will soon be ousted years somethey team freshman the ' produces back according to our informant The Indians apparently have the II m A1 are Tackles returning makings of a pretty fair ball club I This apparently is what the field goal kicker from returning lettermen The knc Idaho selection committee had In n Wilkes Sheridan Tom nd in particular looks mind la naming Schmidt te be- a is Lokano trong but on top of this will" be I Wyo letterman junior a era w of strong freshmen The froth team waa just about I Manr Guards I i Leahy i i : If I was in a jam backed against the wall and could have only one nfkn to help me I’d choose Frank starting with Southern Methodist and ending with Southern Cali- L i Lay-den- ’s I fornia Leahy followed him along the sidelines watching him work X his football magic x i Couldn’t Remember Few of the fdotball public Including the most rabid Notre Dame supporters could recall Leahy when Rockne’s last campaign ended In its blaze of glory Leahy regarded himself as a forgotten man and almost abandoned his coaching hopes But Rockne remembered him and when on his return from California be entered the Mayo clinic for a physical checkup he insisted that Leahy accompany him and submit to a kneo operation that was a pronounced success What Leahy hadn’t learned from and about Rockne while watching him in action he did as his hot pital roommate They talked football for hours at a stretch and the master was ao impressed by the depth of his pupil’s learning that Will captain he gave him the best of the six Chirk Hansen Utee for 1UL jobs he had been asked to fill the coachship at Georgetown th squad has already had a little line Leahy moved Indoor work enough to get the to From Georgetown Michigan State then to Ford where he assembled the fa £!! T?hdoUPtoaniumnt into!i Kranlte and MVn block some hard work the head coaching ranks For the past few weeks the Utes inntr(Td 1939 when Carl Snavely of hare been reporting twice a week Cornell who had met him and for short sessions and Coach ArmImpressed by film at coachstrong has taken advantage of the beenschools recommended him to opportunity to get In tome indi- ing vidual instruction to the new players No football work haa been done during the past week on account of final winter quarter examine-- ! Hons With registration for the spring quarter set for Monday the spring opening was listed for Tuesday Armstrong has not decided yet just how long 4he drills will be held ‘‘It all depends on how fast we cover the ground that we LARAMIE1 Wyo March 22 have outlined" he reported Sat- (UP)— Bernard F (Bunny) urday Oakes the only man to coach two line Problems Big Seven conference football The Utah leader figures that his I gquads Saturday looked over his big problems next fall will be at prospects for the 1941 season at guard and end Captain Rex Geary the University ef Wyoming end Keith Fitzgerald regular! Qakes who coached Bill Stran-g- u fall are both graduat- - njganf vdi lait guard at lngand VV ill ard CallSouthPr°miing this year and Wyoming Americ forward at C U in 1939 in baa Pi ketball found that he’d lose seven ies Souindl Grid Call n I learned their football lessons under l the gridiron immortal ever gained such a keen appreciation of hla alma and methods They claim for him too that he comblnea some of the best qualities of the two men who preceded him aa football coach at Notre Dame having all of diplomacy and just as much two-fistdetermination aa Hunk Anderson Tenacity Drive Probably It la Leahy tenacity and hla drive that stand out strongest in his make-u- p Larry (Moon) Mullins his college room mate and teammate once said of return to hard-eonferen- iS'— - C3 ars Waits Drills Leahy Picks Up: Notre Dame Reins As Pest Among Pupils of Rockne lice to Open Grid Drills On Tuesday 231911 March Salt Cake ffrUmne I ’ t i Cager Improves ' I t’ ’ aD5°" sUT"’3!®30 : II "d up 1 I See Them Tomorrow DUNDEE clothing is made of In graat Amtrican Matarials American Mills By AmeriThe Amen can Union labor icen Weyl Sold from Coast to Coast v MADISON Wis March 22 W— An eye injury which forced Eddy Straloski captain and forward of the Pittsburgh university teamfrom the game with North Carollna in the National Collegiate Athletic association’s eastern cage tournament Friday night Is “not serious Dr H C Carlson Pitt coach said Saturday 262 SOUTH MAIN li ' 2461 WASHINGTON Ogden |