The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-20
JOE MADDOX RESIGNS AS UTAH'S COACH 7i's g
University of Utah VIII Lose Services
of It's Coach, Who VIII Enter Business

Joseph H. Maddox, coach for the Uni
versity of Utah, and the one to whom
Utah is most indebted for clean, up
right and nigh quality of sports VIII
soon be classed among the has beens'
and his place as coach of the university
football and track teams will be occupied
by some other person. This information
came TO light when Joe returned from
the Seattle exposition, where he acted as
referee for the great track meet at the
fair, Thursday and rendered his resig-
nation TO President Joseph II. Kingsbury
OF the university.
The resignation will not take place I'M
til the end Of the coming year, or at least
not until the end of the football season.
Under the contract with the University
Of Utah, Joe is bound to stay with
the school until the end of the year.
In speaking of his resignation Thurs
aay afternoon Coach Maddox said;
4 have been in the football business
since L was graduated from the Univer-
slty of Michigan five years ago. Du-
ring the time since ! have been employed
at the University Of Utah as coach Now
however, l think L have gone as far
with the football game DIS l viii be able
u for some time. l have a fine bust
ness opening offered me by my father
ln-law, J, H. Green, in central Idaho.
While l have asked 20 be released from
my position as coach, 1 do not by any
means wish the impression TO go out that
intend to leave the university in the
lUrch. My services will end with the
tack season this year. If during the
coming football year the university has
not secured a coach in whose hands they
wish to leave the football team I will
gIadly leave my business for three months
each year and come back to coach the
boys. l regret to leave the University
OF Utah and the Utah football and men
and athletics in general, but we all have
10 take care of our best interests, and
l believe il is for my own good that [
glf
chandise business in Idaho while 1 have
a good opportunity and while L am still
able to stand a little hard CUFF in get
ting wise to the tricks of the trade.
Departs for Idaho.
4 leave for Idaho tonight, where
Will remain until time to return to Utah
for early football practice. One thing
is certain the coming year-we are 60
ing TO have game of football with the
Golden school of mines and trim them
as we never trimmed them before.
Il have just returned from the Alaska
IukOn-PacltIc exposition, where l was
judge in the great athletic meet 1t was
one of the greatest meets L ever saw.
The cream of the country was there to
compete 1 believe had BrintOn been at
the fair he would have stood a fine show
in the 100 and 220-yard daShes. Adams,
l think, could have won the pole vault.
The other events, however, in which Utah
men would have competed, would prob
ably have been lost, as the representatives
in these events were the best in the Unit
ed States"
Coach Maddox came to the University
of Utah in the fall OF 1904 Previous to
his coming to Utah he was a star tackle
on the University of MiChigan's famous
eleven. Since coming to Utah, until the
last year, when Z. J. Milne was en-
plOyed at the university as assistant |
coach, Maddox has had full charge of |
all sports, including baseball, basketball, |
track and football Maddox was then |
partially relieved of his duty as a coach /
of the basketball and baseball teams, al /
though he kept full control of the track /
and football teams.
Before Maddox came here Utah had /
a poor reputation as a school for foot /
ball The teams had little success and /
we're generally poorly organized. With /
the coming of Maddox Utah won her 4
first game of football from Colorado. |
From that time until the last year Utah /
has met every team of any consequence |
in Colorado and has defeated every team. /
Twice during this period Utah's teams /
have won the Rocky Mountain champion |
ship, and would probably have won the /
last year had it not been /
that she was forced to play two con- 1
secutive games with the two strongest |
teams in Colorado.