Evening star., 1950-02-07
Lewis, VaIpey, SEVERN
Get New Grid Jobs;
Myers, Luetch Quit
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Three college football coaches
had new jobs today, two more re-
signed and there were rumors of
numerous impending switches as
the rush to fill vacancies left by
the annual occupational turnover
of the profession hit the dizziest
pace yet reached.
|. West Virginia University named
Art Lewis to succeed Dud De
Groot. who previously. resigned
to accept a coaching post at New
Mexico. Art Valpey, who had one
year left on a three-year contract
at Harvard, passed it up to take
the position of head coach at the
University of Connecticut. Little
Randolph-Macon College at Ash
land, Va, named Paul SEVERN,
twice all-American end at North
Carolina, as successor to Paul
Davis. Davis served under tenn
porary appointment last season.
Meanwhile, Howard (Howdy)
Myers. jr., resigned as Johns
Hopkins head coach and Henry
Lucent quit at Washington and
jefferson. Myers, whose 1948
eleven won the Mason-DiXon Con-
ference crown with record of
seven victories and one defeat,
said he was interested In over
lures from Rhode Island State
and Hofstra. He also is one of
the East's outstanding lacrosse
mentors.
Luecht said he wasn't getting
cooperation at w. & j., which
prompted Athletic Director Wilbur
F.. Henry to comment, That's
news to me-"
Leahy Spurns Million Contract.
Other developments in the
coaching news included a story in
the New York Journal-American
in which Reporter Lewis Burton
said Notre Danes Frank Leahy
told him he had turned down a
million-dollar offer 100000 a
year for 10 years-from a profess
sional club.
my last coaching job will be
at Notre Dame" Leahy was quoted
as saying.
Paul (Bear) Bryant of Ken
lucky, first reported "in" as Mike
Milligan's successor at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh. later was
definitely "out" after a meeting
with Athletic Director Tom Ham,
ilton. Bryant announced he had
a long contract at Kentucky, a
point Wildcat officials emphasized
last year when the coach was re-
ported ready to accept a position
with the Washington Redskins,
and that he was not interested in
going to Pittsburgh.
At Santa Clara, Len Casanova
said he would decide in the next
few days whether to take the job
at Pittsburgh. Casanova, who said
he had been offered the Pitt post,
expected to discuss his future
status informally today with Santa
Clara officials, but the Rev. Will
fred Crowley, s. j., chairman of
the Board of Athletic Control, said
he would have to have a request
from Pittsburgh asking for Casa
nova's release before taking action.
Blow to Harvard Prestige.
At Storrs, Conn.,, Valpeys de-
cision to leave Harvard's ivy tow
ers for the less pretentious envir-
ons of State university was
viewed as sharp blow to Har-
ward prestige. One of Fritz Girls
ler's chief aides at Michigan fol
three seasons before going to Har-
ward in 1948. Valpey won four OF
eight games his first year and only
one OF nine last season-the worst
in Harvard's football history.
| Harvards 1850 prospects aren't
much brighter, but Connecticut
on the other hand, has been at
tracing promising material by
leaps and bounds and the future
is optimistic. Valpey is reported
to have accepted a salary esti-
mated at $4,000 at Connecticut
much less than he received al
Harvard. But the coach said the
salary was satisfactory.
valpey. who succeeds Athletic
Director j. Orlean Christian, was
almost the unanimous choice oi
the Athletic Committee. Sports
Editor Don Ruck of The Campus
student publication, said Valpey's
selection was a surprise, but "the
best choice of the group that was
put up and we feel a certain sense
of pride in being able to get him
from Harvard"
Lewis will be taking over his
eighth football job since 1885 al
West Virginia when he assumes
command March J.. A tackle al
Ohio u, where he captained ths
1884 and 1885 teams, he played
one year of professional football
with the New York Giants before
tSee COACHES, Page A-18)