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Former Chanute High Coach Rated
as Possible Successor to
Blue Howell

.J. Dale Skelton, former Chanute
high school athletic coach, is rated |
as a possible successor to Blue
Howell as coach at Pittsburg |
Teachers college. Kenneth Simons |
says in his sports column in the
Pittsburg Sun today:

“One local fan puts in a plug for |
Dale Skelton, former star under |
Dr. Garfield Weede for a. position |
on the College coaching staff, now |
that Blue Howell has resigned to |
go to L. S. U. He says he voices
the sentiments of many local fans
and well wishers of College foot-
| ball in boosting Skelton for the
place, adding that Charley Mor-
gan, assistant to Coach Howell
for several years is the best bet
for the head coaching position.

“Whereupon we delved in our
files and came up with Dale Skel-
ton’s coaching record which we
had a year ago. We added his re-
cord for the 1937 season at Kem-
per Military Academy and found
that it looks like this:

“Years in coaching . game—
twelve.

“Games played—111.

“Games won—83.

“Games lost—21.

“Games tied—seven.

“It looks better for the last
Seven seasons: "Won 58, lost five,
tied two.

“Kemper is’a junior college, and
with: only four junior colleges in
the state of Missouri, the schedule
is filled out with 4-year colleges, |
In two years of such competition
Coach Skelton has lost only one
out of seventeen starts.

At Chanute high school his
teams were undefeated during the |
career of Ralph Miller, sensational
backfield star. Without Miller |
has elevens were always among |
the best and opposing coaches de-
clared without reservation that his!
teams were better grounded in|
fundamentals than any in_ this!
section. ei

“The address is Boonville, Mo.”