The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-17
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(Keg. U. $. Pat Off.) BY JACK GUENTHER
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Feb. 17-UP)--Clark Daniel Shaughnessy, Stanford s black magic and mirrors man, has arrived in town and the depart ment of remarkable coincidences has tipped me to a strange fact. It seems that the west coast glamor boy happens along at the exact time that Yale is pressing it's search for a football coach who is at least part genius.
 The arrival hasn't been confirmed because Brother s. has hidden him. self away in some distant fastness to avoid publicity This is rea- sonable gesture, although it is more common to retired Yale coaches than potential ones. However, it may be interpreted as circumstan- tial evidence that there is more on the fire at New Haven than pot roast and noodles.
 The immediate reaction of most eastern observers to this news is that conditions on the west coast and at Yale must be equally bad. There appears to be no other con- clusion. Yale has confirmed that Shaughnessy is being considered for whatever sort of position it will de- eide to offer, and that is too bad After Chicago Shaughnessy should know better
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 The last authentic communiqucs intimated that the Stanford coach was more popular on the Palo Alto campus than double chocolate matted or an autographed picture of Lana Turner Other advices held that Yale would stand firm by it's policy of de-emphasis. Obviously both reports can't be accurate.
 It is not reasonable to assume that Shaughnessy is unhappy at Stanford Less than year ago he was hailed as a miracle man. He had taken the worst team in the 1899 Pacific Conference race, waved his hand and came up with an un- defeated Rose Bowl winner. Last season he lost three games, but if you consider Oregon's States show ing against Duke you know why
 Stanford on the surface adds up to everything a coach could want It is big time, it has tradition and it is will supplied with material within the limits of the Atherton code. There is only one raW-back and that is the war. Crowds in California now are limited to 5000 persons and this ruling may herald lean times,
 Schools can't pay coach big money if it's teams don't play to more than 5000 cash customers at a sitting, and money-and a bit of antiquity-is just about all Yale can offer Shaughnessy that Stanford can't. Apparently the Ellis have de- termined to damn the expense and proceed at full speed ahead.
 Suppose they have what may be expected?
 Not too much, I'm afraid. For several years now Yale has been a minor football power. Since the Clint Frank team broke up in 1887 the Bulldogs have won only seven of B games, not all of them against major opponents. In the past two seasons they have triumphed only twice and Ogden Miller, the direc- tor of athletics. intimated that he didn't care.
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 He announced a de-emphasis pro- gram last fall and the old gaffers in Yale clubs throughout the nation bit off the ends of their moustaches in indignation. They were left only with the misty memories of other years when men were men but Yale men were something special. Once Miller explained his policy, their annoyance grew into anger.
 Nothing that has happened since has appeased them. Ducky Pond was bounced in 1940, but his suc- cessor, Spike Nelson, didn't have