OCR Text |
Show FITZPATRICK TO LEAVE "U" Football Coach Submits His Resignation Effective Close of Year SALT LAKE, Oct. 19. Thomas M. Fitzpatrick, athletic coach at the University Uni-versity of Utah, who last summer was manager of the Ogdcn baseball team toward (h end of the season, yestor-1 day tendered his resignation to Dr. George Thomas, president of the university. uni-versity. Pitspatrlck's formal resignation read "Pleasi find herewith my resignation resigna-tion as athletic i h at tho University of Utah, the sumo to take effect .tithe .ti-the end of the 1922-23 school year. I am tendering my resignation because o' busineas reasons, and ;i' this time so that you ;tnd the athletic committee com-mittee will have plenty of time to secure se-cure another athletic coach at the university for next year." In commenting upon his step last night, FitSpatrlck said: 'I do not see any brilliant or pros-IperoUS pros-IperoUS future by staving as athlotlo coach at the University of Utah bo-I bo-I cause of the salary and tenure of of-flce of-flce arrangements! and I have decided decid-ed to give niy school all T can this season and then enter into one of tv o I U Bin OSS propositions which have been, ofrre.i to me." Asked if he Intended to quit coaching, coach-ing, Fitspatrlck said that he hod not made up his mind fully on this point ' "Athletics have alvvavs ben dear to me." he r.aid. "and I have spent a g-eat 1 deal of time in all brunches of college col-lege athletics. I tun considering another an-other coaching offer now, but Will not follow up athletic work if the future fu-ture docs not look more encouraging than It does at present at the Unl- versitj of Utah. "1 luiv the best athletes that I have ever had at the university and will work my hardest for the rest of my stay to give Utah winning teams and: to develop some strong material for the future athletic coach at my old school." Ir. Thomas, when asked last night concerning any probable steps the university uni-versity might take to induce Fltzpat-' rick to change his mind, said that he ha,i no statement to make ut this time. "There may be something to sajfj later, " h said, "after the matter has been brought before the board While the precise nature of the . lr-cumstanees lr-cumstanees which have led to the development de-velopment noted is not known, It can be said that there ha.s long been a feeling that the salary paid the coach ut the University of Utah has not loon comparable to the pay received by other oth-er university on he, ;md furthermore that the single-year contract system which has been In vogue at the "IT" has not been satisfactory, tho contention conten-tion being that the modern plan of three-year contracts has been almost universally adopted, j It Is possible that the athletic council coun-cil of the university may take some step in the matter of Fltzpatric k's resignation res-ignation at its next meeting . oo |