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Show MINOR COACHESPOLOIt has taken some rigorous pioneering to launch polo as an intercollegiate sport, and much of the credit for Utah's entering a team in R. M. C. competition must go to Captain Clarence F. Murray, coach. Captain Green before him did much in furthering the sport on the campus, but the spring of 1930 marked the Utes' first conference quest. Coming to Utah in the fall of 1929 from Norwich University, where he was a star football, baseball, polo, and track performer, Captain Murray assumed charge of the U poloists in the spring of 1930 and forthwith tied C. A. C. for the regional championship. His first undisputed flag came last season.FROSH FOOTBALLVere Champion has had the "Utelings" under his wing since the 1927 season when he grabbed his one and only state frosh bunting. That year he was instrumental in developing such Redskin grid worthies as Chub Utter, Pres Summerhays, George Watkins, Ray Price, and Marvin Jonas. Champ assumed his coaching duties well qualified, for he won four "U" varsity letters in football, playing his final year under Armstrong in 1925. He was well grounded in the rudiments of the Armstrong system, and an expert in back-field coaching. Following the 1931 season he resigned his coaching post to enter business with his father in Wichita, Kansas. He leaves a host of friends and admirers at Utah.SWIMMINGSwimming has yet to work up into a full-fledged competitive sport in the R. M. C, and Charley Welch is the man whose energy will eventually bring it about. His first year as director of the Ute water-dogs saw him fall short of a conference bunting, but since that time his teams have brought home the Western Division honors with such regularity as to bore regional swimming fans. Among the many men whom Coach Welch has developed, are: Harlow Sharp, free style; Les Walling, breast stroke; Orson Spencer, back stroke and distance; and Chick Welch, all-around. Coach Welch has been at Utah five years and at the Deseret Gym, where he is swimming instructor, since 1910.Page One Hundred Ninety-five |