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Show CROQKSTON TO comic. Ogden A. A. Gridder Named to Handle Coaching Reins at Logan School Robert Burns Grookston, star full-' I back of the 10 2U Ogden A. A grid machine has been named to coach ath-leti.s ath-leti.s at the u. Y. C. at iffxn. succeeding suc-ceeding A. J. KnapP, who has been al the northern instltdtion Oookston. I however, will hot take over his coach-Ling coach-Ling duties until the fall of l'.'-l-. Crooftston played football for th Utah Agricultural college jn 1909 I 1310. 191 and 1!UL'. He played at the ! left halfback position for one season and fullback for three years In 1912 I he was unanimous holce of critics for the all-conference fullback posi-! posi-! lion. He won thirteen letters In athletics ; while at the Aggie lair, and is regard-, regard-, ed as one of the greatest stars ever developed at the northern school. In ' basketball, he is a star forward, while I ho plays a flash game at third base on ' the baseball dliamond. In track, he w as a weight man. in 191? in ihe Utah Aggie-Utah contest, con-test, staged at Salt Lake. Crookston's I right arm pulled the Aggies from a ; probable 7 -a defeat Into a 7-7 t: in ' the Inst few minutes of play Those ; who remember this great contest, in i which L,on Romiuy of I gden, Ott Roniney, and oiher stair., were stars, remember Crookston's feat. Jn the last few minutes of play Iv heaved a forty-five aid prs to ' Ked" I Mohr, Mohr Bpearlng the ball and I croasine the goal line Cxookstpn .then I kicked goal, tying the score. Earh in the second period, i ii Romney, Crimson end, scooped . fbv- ward pass and worked his way through the Aggie line for their only' score. Ooal was kicked Prior to this score, the Crimson goal. line had not been crossed during that; B( .isun. Crookston's passing was the talk of the conference In 1912. In the Ogden games during the past year, he also, showed class at this art. In a Rocky' Mountain conference game he has a' record of a sixt -seven-yard forward pass i ompleted. .in the corttest--staged hero against I ih; University of Wyoming, crook-' ston was expected ip heave Several forward passes for the locals, bul ah Injury received early In the tirst q.uar-tei q.uar-tei hindered his chances. Cropkston attended tne Unlycrslt) of Illinois coaching school in r.i7 aqd Is expected to develop the goods v lien the 192 Beaeoii starts.-a starts.-a . . |