Evening star., 1942-02-19
Noted Mentors
Are Inspected
By Eli Board
No Recommendations
Yet Made by Group
Of Former Sturs
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Every one
is picking new Yale football coach
these days-except Yale.
It's the seasons favorite indoor
sport. If you want to get into it,
just write down your selection and
mail it with two box tops from your
favorite breakfast food. After all,
what can you lose?
Up to now absolutely nothing Of
fetal has been done. The inside
word, however, is that the matter
has narrowed down to question of
policy-whether the Ellis will 60 for
a name" coach, like Clark Shaugh-
messy, Stanfords master of the
model "T," or will ride with one of
the fellows already on hand, say
Ivan Williamson, assistant pilot of
the Blues for eight years.
One report is that Shaughnessy
was interviewed here a couple of
nights ago by the Recommending
Committee, a group of old Blues
who will make a report eventually
to the Yale Board of Athletic Con-
troll.
No Committee Report Ready.
This report said "Shag" was agree
able to five-year contract at $10,-
900 per. The rumor also explained
that Shaughnessy was getting only
about $4,000 for building the model
"T'' at Palo Alto and that since there
Is no guarantee that there will be
football in that neighborhood, come
fall, he is willing to move East.
The Recommending Committee,
however, just ha-has this whisper.
1t has been interviewing coaches and
prospects from the rock bound
coast to the sunny shores for weeks
I'VE won't report to the board of
control for at least two or three
weeks, maybe longer" George Adee,
member of the committee, told the
Associated Press today. The board
will, in turn, report to the Yale
Corp, which has the final say.
Right now, the less publicity we
have, the better we'll like it,"
Up to now, Adee has been more
closely associated with Yale crew
than football, and has done con-
siderable work developing rowing.
Little Was Sought.
Ted Blair is chairman of the
Recommending Committee, which
also includes such old Eli grid greats
as Clint Frank and George Baume-
isler. Blair insisted today that the
group has absolutely not yet Sc
lected any man."
However, it is known that those
who wanted to pull Yale out of the
gridiron doghouse (and we don't
mean bulldog with a big name
coach were anxious to land Lou
Little from Columbia. They talked
with him for days, trying to point
out why a Bulldog is better than a
Lion. But Lou likes it at Columbia
and several years before he told that
to Yale, he also told several other
schools - including Pennsylvania -
which wanted him.
Another, besides Shaughnessy, who
has been prominently mentioned is
Ray Morrison, whose Temple teams
have been better than green hands
the last couple of years.
Many Coaches Interviewed.
There also have been recent
whispers that George Franka might
be lured from Tulsa, and that others
interviewed included Hooks Mylin
at Lafayette and Clipper Smith at
Villanova. 1t would seem, from the
committees own statements, that
you're exclusive these days if you
haven't been interviewed.
On the other hand, quite a few of
the powers that be around the Yale
campus itself are holding out against
a name coach. With these folks,
Williamson has the inside track.
He came to Yale first in 1884 and
seems to have gone with the lease
ever since. Right now, he and
Shaughnessy appear to be the favor
ties in the winter book. But, as old
Col. Ed Bradley has said for years
about those winter books-it's 3-to-1
against any entry getting to the post
on Derby day.