Evening star., 1947-01-15
Drew Goes 10 'bama,
Miss. Picks vaught,
Oregon Gets.Aiken
By Bob Grub
Associoted Press SPORTS Writer

BY Bob Srubb
Assoeioted Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Postsea-
son job swapping in the ranks Of
college football coaches continued
today to provide teams across the
Nation with new pigskin tutors.
The big turnover, marked by more
than a score of designations since
the close of the 1916 season, hit a
new one-day high yesterday when
three berths were Matchmaking
six additions to the Nations coach
ing ranks in less than a week.
A ong-expected shift took place
at the University of Alabama, where
the aillng Frank Thomas stepped
down to make room for Harold
(Red Drew, who resigned Monday
as head coach at Mississippi. Thomas
will continue as athletic director.
Drew Is Thomas Choice.
Drew, end coach at Alabama be-,
fore entering the service in 1942,
was Thomas choice as his successor.
A veteran coach at So, Drew pre-
viousiv tutored at Trinity College
and Birmingham Southern and
Joined Thomas as an assistant at
Chattanooga. He was one OF the
first assistants Thomas chose when
the latter went to Alabama In 1881:
Thomas, producer of six bowl
elevens in 16 seasons, had nine years
to go on 10-year contract. 1nere
was no announcement of the length
or terms of Drew's contract. His
contract at Mississippi had two
years to run.
Drew's successor at Ole Miss is
John H. Vaught, all-America guard
at Texas Christian in 1882, promoted
from line coach of the Rebels ana
given a four-year contract. james
1Buster) Poole, an end for the New
York Giants, was named end coacn
ard three other members OF the
coaching staff were retained.
Won Two of Nine Games.
The 38-year-old Vaught, formerly
line coach at North Carolina and
of two service teams during the
war, takes over a team which won
only two of nine games last sea-
son. He plans to start spring prac--
tice in two weeks.
The University of oregon named
James w. Aiken, football coach and
director of athletics at Nevada since
1899, to the head coaching job to
replace Gerald A. (Tex) Oliver.
Oliver resigned after six years as
both head coach and athletic direc-
tor. The newly created athletic
post will be filled later.
Aiken, who has coached for the
last Is years, was an end on the
washington and Jefferson team OF
1921 which held California to a.
90 tie in the 1922 Rose Bowl. HIS
Nevada team, which won seven and
lost two last fall, plays oregon this
year.
Kansas State Jobs Open.
Meanwhile, Kansas State an
nounced that it was seeking Two
men to fill the dual position OF head
coach and athletic director vacated
by Hobbs Adams. Adams resigned
as coach at the end of the season
and this week announced he would
not renew his contract as athletic
director. The Board of Regents
then decided to divorce the two
jobs.
Two other colleges took in the
"help wanted" shingle last Friday
after finding men for the jobs.
Ed McKeever, whose name was men
toned in speculation over several
different posts after his resigna-
ton from Cornell, went to the
University of San Francisco. George
K. lefty James was named Nc
Keever's successor at Cornell
On Saturday, Bob woodruff, line
coach at Georgia Tech, was named
to succeed Frank Kimbrough as
head coach at Baylor, Yesterday,
Head Coach Bobby Dodd of Georgia
Tech selected Ray Graves, former
line coach at Tennessee, to I'LL
WoodrufTs old spot.
MARYLAND Seeks Coach.
Still seeking coaches are Mary
land, where T-Master Clark Shaugh-
messy quit for the second time;
Lafayette, which lost E. E. Hooks)
Mylin; Colby, where Danny Lewis
resigned; Colgate, where Andy Kerr
retired, and the University of Cali
fornia, where Frank Wickhorst
stepped down.
Also open are the old jobs of Jack
Weinheimer at New York University,
Allison T. (Pooley) Hubert at
V.M.I., Steve Coutchie at Arizona
State at Tempe, and Jim Bradshaw
at Fresno State.
Idaho does not plan to name a
successor to j. A. (Babe) Brown
until next summer.