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Show Iromkey signs with montana SITE SCHOOL East High Mentor to Direct Athletic Teams During 1922-23 Campaigns Otting.-r Romney, for the past three . r-ars .-ithletl. director of the least hi,-rh school, Salt Lake, has accepted ac-cepted the position as athletic director di-rector of the Montana State college at Bozeman, Montana a' cording to Information received here last night from Salt Lake Romney Is conceded to he ib" best high school athletic mentor ln the state and ha.s hunt; up a wonderful record as a coach at tho Leopard lair. While at th" University of Utah; Ott was ' member of the football, basketball and baseball teams On the gridiron he. was considered one of the greatest ends in the conference. He wa: also i star of the first order In the other two branches of athletics, ath-letics, i He performed for the "U" ln 1910, 1911 and 1912 ENTERS MOTA. Leaving the University of t'tah he entered Montana Stale at Bozeman. I where he won his letters In all four major branches of athletics. He grabbed the quarter-mile run in the northwest conference meet in 51 2-." seconds being one of his best feats on the track. He also won his let'er in tennis. Ott coached for two years at the Billing:;. Montana high school, taking tak-ing the reins at the East high school in 1919 replacing Loren Briggs. Utah star, who was killed in a railroad Bmashup. TAKES (JRIlf HONORS. Since taking the reins at the eop-ard eop-ard school Romney has captured tho gridiron title every year. His charges have played wonderful football completely com-pletely smothering their opponents Such men as Nation, O, Smith Henderson. Hen-derson. Brady. Livingston and numerous nu-merous others were developed by Romney Besides- grabbing the state title in football for three years he also took track and field honors for three seasons. sea-sons. Baseball honors were also captured fot three successi e years by the Leopards under Romney. The Leopards were winners oS third place In one of the state basketball tournaments. Romney will take charge of athletic work at tlm Montana m Imol in September. Sep-tember. His successor at the East high school is expected to be named shortly r. n |