Show Utah's Own Freddy Sheffield The following feature is a reprint of certain sections of a column by Dee Chipman which appeared in the Deseret News April There'll probably a gap in Utah University's sports picture next and probably for several years to That because the lad who has been the brightest star of them all in recent Fred is due fo pack his athletic ability and versatility in moth balls for At that's the outlook for Fred at the present Time consuming on a medical plus the fact that his eligibility is fast becoming a thing of the will take one of the all-time if not the all-around athlete in Redskin history of Davis High Star At where did his he lettered in basketball two and was an all-state member of the Dart's team of As a prep he won the state high jump championship in 1941 and won the broad jump and got a second in the high also in He still holds the senior high school high jump record for the BYU Invitational Relays with a G 2 Proving his Fred also played on the doubles team tennis champs ot z in Doth 1941 and The performances continued on a higher scale through the Basketball letters in 15 and all-conference choice in the latter three a member of Utah's famed 1944 championship With all of he managed to sandwich in competition in two AAU basketball tourneys at playing for Salt Lake's Ecker Championship His cinder path record at the Ute campus is even more glowing than his basketball Despite the fact that track and field competition was suspended in the conference the before Fred could try out his ability on Big Seven he has hung up an enviable record in national In 1943 he jumped 6 8 to wm the high jump championship and got a second in the AAU event that same In he placed second in the and tied for first in the Last he tied for the with a 6 6 jump and also got a third in the broad jump with a 23 Utah University's going to miss and that no one will or can |