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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1955 THE IXMANArOLlS STAR -PAGE 27 Mollei To EggcrtS nillhoaril Otto Graham Not Interested ikopf Asks Stu 's Staff mmrmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammtmmmmmmmmmrwmmmmmmmmmmmmmrw' wiu 'J-1 I'll'. 1.x.. (- fmrfjl By BOB COLLINS Star Sport Writer Lafaette Ind. Jack Mollen-kopf, who eight years ago seriously debated leaving a lifetime high school position for the insecurity of college coaching, today is the top football man at a Big Ten university. Purdue President Frederick L.

Hovde yesterday named Mollenkopf head football coach to succeed Stu Holcomb who Friday became athletic director at Northwestern University. Jack received a three-vear contract. No terms were "disclosed but his salary was be lieved to be a year. Holcomb's No. 1 Assis'tant Mollenkopf was the only candidate considered by Purdue of ficials.

He was swent into hi lofty new position so suddenly even his famous square chin showed distinct evidence that the razor didn't go everyplace it was supposed to during his morning shave. STILL HIS FIRST official di-ty as head coach was to ealt the staff together and emphasize mat everyone still had a ioh and that he sincerely wanted every man to stay on and work with him. Then he looked to the future and told them what the; knew aurauy, i ou Know now hate to lose." By midafternoon the excitement had simmered 'and things were purring smoothly under the new leader. In football Mollenkopi has the reputation of being a "bulldog." Hes a driver of the old school. He built those tremen dous Purdue lines minute by minute with sweat and work -lots of work.

Rut he drives no one as hard as he drives himself. HE KNOWS WHAT Purdue i'J Purdue stoff member, is congratulated by Athletic Director Guy Mackey (left) and Purdue President Frederick L. Hovde. PURDUE'S NEW COACH-Jack Mollenkopf (center) signed a three-year contract yesterday succeeding Stu Holcomb as Purdue's heod football coach. Mollenkopf, veteran dent Hovde and Red Mackey I (athletic director'.

1 think these assistants here are the hrst, And I should know. I've heen working with them. I plan to talk to each man individually and try to give ea( a job that will measure up to his capabilities." MOLLENKOPF DE one niove yesterday that as an immediate hit with the expanding 1 waistlines around the athletic tli'parlmi'nt. He took the staff to lunch. A 1931 graduate of Bowling Green 'O.

I University, he began coaching as an assistant at Rossford lO.) High School. In 1935 he moved to Waite where he remained until his arrival at Purdue. During MollenUopf's tenure at Purdue three Roilermaker linemen I.eo Sugar. Bornie' Flowers aod Tom Bettis won All-American honors. Several more of jack's "Big Bears" made the All-Conference squad.

Holcoinh To tt gA i nni Hm I iuif I Stu Holcomb will name Northwestern I'niv ersity's new lootball coach this week. The Indianapolis Star learned last and has boiled the list ol candidates down to three or lour. Men still in the running include Aia Farseghian, head coach at Miami (O.i University and a professional coach not Jim Trimh'e, who was ousted yesterday hy the Philadelphia F.agles. It, also, was learned one of Holcomb's assistants at Purdue may join the Northwestern staff in some administrative capacity or as an assistant coach. HOLCOMB took over yesterday as N'oi Ihwestern's new athletic director and sw ept his football coaching staff out the door.

Holcomb's curt announcement that Lou S.iban and his staff were "through" came with Unexpected suddenness, though it was no great surprise. Saban, who coached Northwestern to its first vvinless season in history, said he as takn by complete surprise at his dismissal. "He gave us no reason, none Saban said, "and lie didn't consult or meet with us first. My staff and I met Holcomb for the first time this afternoon at lunch and he told In Coaching By BILL EGGEM" rphe here-today-gone-tomorrow insecurity nf college football coaching job Isn't funny to the men involved, but it's amusing to Otto Graham. Graham could've had the Northwestern job maybe the athletic director's job.

He was 'approached, but like he says, "It only took a half second to turn it down and then I'm ex-' Here last night to address the Wabash College football han- qut, the great Cleveland Browns' quarterback said yes-- terday afternoon nobody will trick or trap him into playing professional football next year. The game has been good to Graham he's made good money and has an excellent life in-eurance business but the demanding pressure of football hasn't subsided. The truth is the pressure is getting greater with each game for this 51-year-old leteran, who wouldn't have played this year had he not promised Paul Brown that in the event Brown ran short of quarterbacks he would come out of retirement. He's making no more prom- Ises. From here on in, after the Dec.

26 pro championship Pam with the Rams in Los Angeles, it will be just insurance, his famjly Wjfe and three children) and gojf, which he in the mid-70 s. GRAHAM'S GREATNESS! in football has a Hoosier influence. He was a Waukegan fill.) school basketball star and the man, who did as much as anyone else to get Graham to Northwestern University, was Ad Vance, the former Logans-- port find.) all-state basketball ftar, who later played at Northwestern. Vance, who was a senior at NL' when Graham was a freshman, was instrumental in getting Graham to speak here. Vance now is publisher of the Journal and Review in Craw-; fordsville, home of Wabash College.

And Graham married a Wabash, ilnd.) girt Graham never played fresh-; man football at Northwestern, He went there on a basketball acholarship, but in intramural football his fraternity's six-man team was unbeatable. And when the football staff saw this freshman pinpointing 40 and 50-yard passes he was plucked from the intramural field to the intercollegiate grid- where he wrote all sorts of Wildcat records. His 27 points in the Wisconsin game, Nov. 6, 1943, is a record shared only with Tommy Harmon. Graham led the Big Ten in passing in 1942 end 1943 and he was the total offensive in 1943.

He still owns eight Individual records at Star All concerned at Purdue were happy because the university had been ahle to continue 'its policy of givine its own qualified personnel the big opportunities. PRESIDENT HOVDE. himself a former Minnesota grid-dor, said. "I am sure that all keen students of Purdue font-ball who ate acquainted with Mollenkopf will welcome the appointment and give him their support." Mackey, all smiles, added. "We believe we have the finest stalf anywhere.

We want la keep them together and I can think of no better way than to elevate the No. 1 assistant to the head coaching job." Mollenkopf i 50 years old and married. He has a son, who is a student at Purdue and, according to Dad. is just ahout the happiest young man in the United States at the moment. Name XXTT 1 Ins Wor us he was bringing in an entirely new coaching staff." HOLCOMB SAID "affer giving the matter careful consideration, I feel that it is the best interests of the athletic department that we make a change in our football coaching staff and that the new coach shoult be free to choose his own staff." Saltan's assitants who also got the brush were Al Pe-ek, hackfield coach: Bud Svenrisen and Nate Johnson, line roaches, and George Steinhrenner, end coach.

"lolcomh, former football coach at Purdue, said he would stait immediately to select new head coach and hoped to he ahle to make the appointment "in 'e very near future." Saban, obviously disgruntled at being ousted without a hearing, said he would have "no comment at this time" on Holcomb's action. TIIK SS-YKAK-OLD former Cleveland Browns star, youngest coach in the Big Ten, took over the Wildcats last year when Bob Voigts was let go because of reported "alumni pressure." "If he thought it was right to let me go, it's all right with Saban said. "I'll just have to start looking around for another coaching job." 39" COTTAGE LB. until he went to President Hovde's office yesterday morning lor what he thought was going to be an interview. When he saw the wide smile on the president's face he became so rattled all he could say was, "You know, this is the first time I've ever been in your office." It was a memorable visit for a man who once had no great aspirations to be a head coach and once douhted if it was such College Basketball iff defense can do.

He geared it hin self, His first concern now will be pepping tip the offense. Yesterday, in his first exclusive interview as head coach, he said, "I have some ideas of my own about offense. We need to develop a better running game. We have a great passer in Len Dawson. But you need more lhan that and we must get that running game going." Mollenkopf said he had no inkling he was to be head coach fork 5, Kinfa Foinl 1 North a.rorjrit 5, Ptrdmonl AS.

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Fiht Reult Vnrk-Ptoln Rui. 1 3 4 1 7 N(w Ynrk ouinoint-f) Lulu Pern ls oni. tw Harirn, Lud-IM IAS. Na Hvr-n. tutpointarj Jlmir.T ln Naw Yirk For flavor for TUESDAY ONLY PORK WABASH SPEAKER Otto Groham (right), Cleveland Browns' famous quarterback who will retire this year, was principal speaker last night at a Wabash College dinner honoring its football players in the Marott Hotel.

Fred Lesh (left) is of the Men's Club. STEAK BACON -2Lr- "I have never tried to get a position anyplace else. I've always been satisfied here at Purdue. "And there is security for me here if I do the job I think I'm capable of doing. I'm not an optimist.

In fact I lean toward the pessimistic side. "But I've heen in this business a long time (24 years and I have confidence in myself. I know I can produce. I'll need help and I know I'll get a Ii'll measure of support from I'rcsi- 40 For Robin As Ohio Wins Columbus. O.

(I'Pt Ohio State's Robin Freeman scored 40 points last night, as the Buck-eves easily defeated Oklahoma, 89-69. It was the third win in four games for the Buckeyes, who led from the outset, soaring to a 71-3 lead in the first six minutes of ply. The Sooners suffered their third loss in four games. Freeman, who averaged nearly points in his first three games, scored 12 field goals and 16 foul shots. For Oklahoma, high was forward Joe King with 'Jl points, 17 coming in the last half.

Ohio State pulled out to a 'JG-9 lead willi about seven minutes remainim; in he first half and Oklahoma never seriously In rente ned. halftime, ho Buckeyes had a 40-17 margin. Freeman was taken out of the game with one minute, 4S seconds remaining. When Freeman left a big part of the crowd of 6,202 got up and walked out too. Oklahoma tK) yr, rr pf Ahtwv 3 Pink I II I 0 5-2 3 Klnx 3 10-10 4 F.arhn A -3 3 Palrtinr.I 1 0-0 4 3 4 3 rm.i 4 4 53 13 llhis SUIr kc rr rr Sidlr 0 4-4 4 Hmvanlf 9 3 Allan.

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I wrestled with it for a long time. But the challenge was there and I took it. A RARE SEIECTED ff v4J5 if. 421 "Ttl SPARE RIBS 29 and character incomparable smoothness aV vCfeaw'' 1 KINGAN'S GROUND BEEF 2 LBS. HE STILL MAINTAINS that the punishment against the few "dirty players" in the National Football League isn't severe.

1 He. isn't bowing out with a chip on his shoulder. Football Ls a contact game, hence a rough game and he likes it, but one "dirty player, according to him, can blacken the league regardless of what Commissioner Bert Bell spouts in defense. About, that' Northwestern coaching position, Graham hopes the Wildcats can land Ara Par- seghian, the successful Miami 1 (O.t University mentor who has a 396-1 record with the Redskins. A GROtT OK LOCAL Mh-i letes, who talk a much better game now than they can play, hope to brighten this Christmas for George (Doggy) Harlan, who back in the late 20's was a great football player at Manual High School.

Doggy, bedfast for about 13 years since he was crushed between two trucks, is in a nursing home. Manual teachers end former players from Man-' ual, Tech, Shortridge and Wash- Ington will meet in Em-Roe's, Dec. 19, at 7:30 to plan Doggy'i Christmas gift. FRANK WHITE, REFEREE for high school and college bas-; ketball and football games 23 years in Indiana, hopes to toot around West Palm Beach, Fla. He's taken on the job as press-' room foreman there for Ihe Post-Times Pfc.

Max Schumacher, ex-Butlcr and local amateur infielder, is stationed at Ft. Sheridan, 111., and will get "three weeks' leave this summer to help with Junior Baseball in Indianapolis. OTTO GRAHAM says Coach Paul Brown calls ahout. 95 per cent of the Cleveland plays. It's been that way for the last three seasons.

Before that Graham -called most of them. In other words that's a lot of baloney about a quarterback looking over the defense then calling a play in the huddle. Graham adds that a few play are called, also, by linemen who have de- tected a weakness in the oppos-; ing line Parseghian, who will be 33 next May, says the Big Ten football conference is "Ihe ultimate aim the class of America a golden oppor- tunity." He's headed for the 1 Northwestern job. With Hoi- comb the athletic director and Parseghian the coach they i ihould corner the Ohio high school football talent. Woody Hayes won't be happy.

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