Evening star., 1909-02-11
WANT ASSISTANT COACH.
Georgetown Students Claim One Man
Cannot Train Foot Ball Team.

With the announcement that Bill
Newman Will again have charge of the
foot ball men the coming fall at
Georgetown, an agitation has been
started to secure an assistant for
the ex-Cornellian. Although last sea
sons record on the gridiron does not
show many victories for the Blue ard
Gray, yet the hilltoppers all claim that
il was not Newman's fault that more
games were not won. inasmuch as tine
trainer had too much work for one
man. And they rightly assert that, If
Newman had had an assistant to coach
the Individual men, he would, without
doubt, have gotten out Of the material
at hand the best eleven in the south.
AS it was. the doughty little all
American center came to Georgetown
and took full charge of all the work of
coaching after having been trained at
school where such work was done
by Il committee. His experience at
Carlisle also was in connection with
other teachers of pigskin tactics, so
that he was doubly handicapped last
fall. both having to adapt himself to
doing all the coaching alone
and having to show the men a
new style OF play. which differed wide
across the creek for number of years
past But this year both himself and
his pupilss will be accustomed to each
other. and hence the work of each vii.
naturally run along much smoother
The student body. however. are clam
orins for an assistant. They point
out that Bunny" Larkin will be in the
city. and, being an alumnus. his serv-
ices can probably be secured at A rea-
sonable price. Then. besides. I.arkin
is familiar with both the Cornell and
the Georgetown ways of playing foot
ball. having coached the former and
played on the latter. and therefore he
could act as Il mediator between Coacn
Newman and the Blue and Gray squad,
forming out of two well-tried systems
of playing the game an entirely ne~
system, the novelty OF which would
double its value.
In this way Newman would be able tC
work on the team and Larkin on the men
The greatest weakness of Georgetown last
fall was the line men not being able tc
open up holes when they got near the
enemys goal line. If the guards anG
tackles had been as proficient in this de
partmen: as they were on the defense the
\. and NJ. North Carolina. Virginia and
Washington and Lee games would al
have been victories, since in every one
OF these battles the Blue and Gray team
carried the ball within ten yards OF the
opponents goal line only to lose it Oh
downs. This weakness could not .e
| blamed to team work. since that was re
| sponsible for advancing the ball so far
1t could not be blamed to the individuals
| since In the middle Of the field both the
| line men and backs worked In unison
| Therefore ii must have been because holes
could not be opened in the opposing stone
wall defense that the outside teams usu
! ally put up when their goal was in dan
i ger. This weakness, 1t Is claimed. would
| have been eliminated if there ont
! man to give his undivided attention Il
! showing the five center men how to cut
space in reinforced opposing line.
Whether such is true or not Is mat
| ter of opinion but il must be admitted
! that an assistant coach at Georgetown