The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-17
Yale Asks Jones To
 Coach IO2O.EIeven
Dr. Sharpe Will Remain As General Director of Athletics But Admits He Has Asked Jones to Take Charge
 of Football Squad Next Season

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 17.---Tad Jones has been invited to return to Yale Rs head football coach by pr. Al Sharpe, athletic director at the uni Iverstty. The plan has been approved by the Athletic Council at the institu- ton, by Captain Callahan, who has just been reelected for next season, and by Professor Clarence W. Men ldeI, chairman Of the council, who Is sued Q statement last night tn which he denied that pr. Sharpe has been deposed as athletic director or that any such action was intended.
 ! Professor Wendell insisted that there has been no discord among the coaches or the Athletic Committee the past fall, but he admitted that, quite nat
 urally, because of the difficulty 0t or ganiz-ng one of Yale's biggest football campaigns in1nIeziat-.- following the
 world war, mistakes had crept intq details.
 In corroboratlon of this interview Captain Tim Callahan denied that pr Sharpe had been removed or that any
 plan was under way, as far as he Enew, to retire him. He said that he
 fully expected that pr. sharpe would aga-n be athletic director next fall pr. Sharpe authorized the state
 rnent that he had personally extended
 an invitation to Tad Jones to return
 to Yale next fall as head of the foot ball coaching. Nothing has been
 heard from Jones, who became a Yale
 idol three years ago when he took a squad composed Of inferior material, which was defeated by Brown and Colgate In it's earlier games. and de- veloped it Into an eleven which de- feated Harvard and Princeton in the
 final matches.
 As field coach Jones Is regarded
 as the most brilliant of Ya.e's alumni,
 and 1t is felt that he can give the
 Yale attack a punch which the Blue
 lacked during the past season. Yale
 men believe, however, that pr. Sharpe has established Yale athletics and
 recreation sport in general on a
 highly desirable basis and they desire
 to retain him as athletic director. pr. Sharp's statement follows: Several days ago I wrote to Tad Jones, asking him to return next fall
 as head coach for the --.e football team, because believed it would be for the best interes.s of Yale. I was awaiting his reply before making any public statement. These facts, how ever, are made public now to conclu- sively show that alleged interviews published by numerous newspapers | are false and untrue. I have nothing but the highest personal regard for Tad Jones and would warmly welcome hfs return to participate In Yale ath- Iettcs and promise him my heartiest l support. If the work of director of athletics of a single team in a single season I believe that each major sport should have it's own head coach in order tEat the general development of university athletics may not be ad- versely affected"
 Jim Braden, the fulIback who con tributed the most sensat onal features to the recent intercollegiate football season through a 55-yard field goal and most of the ground gaining, last night commented on the statements attributed recently to Dr. Sharpe and to John Mack the Yale trainer, that he did not read the signals right when Yale was within q foot of touch down and 1t was fourth down in the liar yard Stadium.
 He said: There is no truth what ever in the statement: I did exa ctly as I was told at that time. most emphaticaIIy deny that I disobeyed the signal which was given. I may have a lot to say about Yale football the past fall. but at present will say |vnothing''