The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-19
Wires The Times 1t Looks
to Be the BEST
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GEORGETOWN DRIVEN
TO ALUMNI SYSTEM
Hilltoppers Cannot Afford Highly
Priced Outside
Coaching.
BY THOMAS KIRBY.

By THOMAS KIRBY.
That Capt. Jack Hegarty is not dis
oausi,ed with. the radical change in the
coach'ng plans for football at George
town for next fall is shown by his
answer received today in response to a
telegram asking him how he looked
upon the situation.
IL has been claimed that he was in
o'snant at the move of the executive
committee. and 1t was intimated that
nis resignation might follow. but the
!omowing telegram would hardly verify
sucn an assertion:
In choosing Daley as head coach
and Frank Gargan, Hart and Cunnifr
as assistants, think a wise move
was made. ! was consulted as to the
Coaching before leaving Washington.
Iou may say for me that the COACH
ing system as planned for next year
locks to me to be the best ever.
JOtiN p. HGGARTY. Captain.
NewDuryport, Mass. Dec. 10.
The first authentic explanation of
Georgetown's decision in the matter of
its football policy came today whsn
the announcement was made on the
highest of authority that the athleiic
association was simply confronted by a
situation that made the action Iec-
essary.
Will Miss Several.
Georgetown without the services of
several who have been prominent in
giving the university it's successful
management for the- past two years.
The untimely death or r. ]. Watkins.
alumni football director, robbed the
institution OF one of its wisest and
most, enthusiastic advisers, While the
TACT that in the natural course of
faculty athletic adviser are, in ali
probability, serving their last terms has
meant that Georgetown was threatened
.s,,h usher h IN new scholastic season
ton In athletics vested in an inex-
perienced set of undergraduate mana.
Sers who were taking UP their work
The condition, of the finances OF the
athletic association would not warrant
me engagement of a. high salaried
sradsate eoas and at shs sa%s time
every feature OF the case the alumni
board and the Undergraduate executive
committee, with the approval OF the
manager who was to be head Coach of
1.-THE football squad ana depend for as
sstance upon volunteers from among
the alumni.
Captain Hegarty said on the day OF
his. election he expected to see Eddie
Daley, of Dartmouth, during the holi.
days, and might be able to induce him
coaching. When the directors of the
business end, however, had thoroughly
gone over the matter they could not see
their way clear to pay the two salaries
and decided to have the graduate man.
ager. Vincent Daley, probably in closer
touch with athletic affairs than any
one in the university. was named, ant
he has already taken up the work Of
outlining his plan of action.
while we naturally regret that there
should be SO much, opposition from
certain quarters to dur move. the &C
ton has been taken and there is NJ
chance of resembling it," said mem
Der of the executive committee today.
All this talk Of the abolition Of coach
y rather misleading. The creates
teams Georgetown has ever had hav
been coached by Georgetown men. Th'
eleven OF 1904, which swept through IT.
Barry directing it. while for the pas
two years, when Virginia has twic'
been beaten, it has been Georgetown
men who have done the instruction
Nielsen and Cox each being holders o
degrees, while Gargan Is now studen
in the university.
Toward Grade System.
In order to insure a continuity o
policy and adherence to one system
instead of being dependent entirely up
on one man who may jump at an offe
of a larger salary for some other col
football Is toward a graduate system
in coaching. 1t means that mai
after becoming an alumnus is able t
return as one Of the coaches with tn
same ideas as when he was a student
The day of the one-man coach in foot
ball has long since passed, and today
barring a few of the institutions in tn
middle West, practically all the sue
cessful football teams of the countr
are receiving the combined instruction
of alumni instead of hoping for singl
man to do the work. 1t will be recalle
that last fall even Yost called upo
men who had played at Michigan t
help that team round up for the i'll
fated Penn eleven. while at Mime
sofa, another essentially one-man rul
in the past, DR.. Williams has had tn
benefit of the instruction of such me
as Shevlin. Hefflefnger. and Brooks.
1t Is not unusual to hear from Yalt
Harvard, Pennsylvania, and Princeto
that there has been an alumnus fo
every player in the lineup. while Oar
mouth, West Point, Cornell Annapolis
and the other leaders have long sine
appreciated the necessity for alum
help in printing their teams. The usut
method of proc edure is to have a boar
of strategy and then a committee
field coaches to carry out the plar
adopted, the length of time a feel
coach remaining with the squad d.
pending entirely on how much time h