The Washington times., 1913-09-07
HECOK MAY COACH
TECH TEAM AGAIN
Appointment of Wayne Hart
May Bring Veteran to Take
Charge of Manual Trainers.
COSTELLO AT MISHAWAKA
Georgetown Captain Spends
Summer in Camp in the
Minnesota WiIdS.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Inc SWITCH III lSl VI COoCueS dI-
nounced for Georgetown University by
Graduate Manager James A. Walsh may.
in a roundabout way. bring Clarence E
Hecox. veteran coach of the Technical
High School football teams for the past
ten years. into the game for the Man.
nal tt siners again.
Georgetown first announced, through
Graduate Manager Walsh, Gargan as
coach, with Ray Brown assistant. The
remainder Of the board as first an
nounced is intact, with the exception OF
Wayne Hart, who is to assist Gargan
This puts Brown out OF the running fol
the position of assistant coach.
Wayne Hart, according to information
from Tech, has already signed a con.
tract to coach the Manual Trainers dur.
ing the coming season. As he will take
charge with Gargan at Georgetown /,
may mean that Hecox Will be coaxed
out of retirement to take charge at the
old stand at Tech 1t is known thai
Capt. Noel White, of Tech, is in favor
OF Hecox as coach, and ii may be that
influence will be brought to bear so that
Hicks" will again be in charge Of the
big Tech high team.
Last year Hecox announced that he
was through. He bent his efforts after
having won a baseball and footSA.l
championship for Tech to rowing, and
succeeded in turning out 4 great crew
men together until July 4, Hecox sue
cceded in taking first hpnors at the peo-
pies regatta in Philadelphia White
vas a member of the crew, and his at
the veteran coach out of retirement
when II was learned that Hart has
signed as coach at Mckinley.
Capt Harry Costello is at Camp
Mishawaka. Nina, with George Green,
Cathedral School for Boys. The
Georgetown captain is a councillor at
the camp and has been spending a
great summer in the wilds of Min
nesota. According to George Green,
the Georgetown captain is unusually
popular with the boys out there and
has been the leading spirit in the ath-
letics at the camp.
Costello has been doing track work,
playing baseball, tennis, and spending
days on canoe trips and is likely to
report in grand shape for the football
campaign. Costello has been at Mish-
awaka since the latter part of June
and is expected back some time this
week for football practice, which
starts tomorrow week
Ray Brown, the Rochester halfback.
team last season. may be approached
10 coach the Tech football team, ac-
cording to reports, although il is eX-
pected that as Captain White, of
Tech, is keen to have Hecox handle
his team this year, Brown may not be
approached on the subject
Two weeks from tomorrow the high
schools open for the year and it is
expected that the squads will be out
during the last week of the month
At the present time Central, Business,
coaches, while Western and Tech are
waiting for developments.
A good line on the various high
school teams will not be known until
the boys actually get out for the
practices. Many of the stars of the
teams have failures in scholarship
and some time will be given to boning
up for exams.
At Maryland Agricultural College.
Coach Byrd expects to have an even
better team than that of last season.
Several Of the stars will be back and a
strengthen the eleven. Although "Coun-
try" Morris is hobbling about on
crutches, the result of two injuries to a
bad knee in playing baseball this sum-
mer, ne IS expected to be in shape in
time for the games this year.
The veteran Shipley with Knode are
slated for the quarterback position. Nor
ris will take care Of a halfback job
Hoffecker, in tine backfield, will return
Huntemann. former Business player
with Loomis, will again be on the job
while the squad will be augmented by
Doleman, the Tech end of last season.
Billy Cloth, former Virginia captain
and All-South Atlantic center and one
OF the best informed men on football in
this section. Is to coach the Alexandria
Cardinal team Cloth will also go to
Charlottesville when needed to put the
finishing touches on the line men be-
fore the big games.
Little is heard from Gallaudet as Yet.
but rumors have it that Hip" Dugan
will take charge of the Kendall Green
ers this season. Dugan had charge OF
the Gonzaga School team last fall and
turned out creditable eleven.
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II must be remembered that in Wayne
Hart. Georgetown IS obtaining one of
the best nnernen ever developed in this
section. Hart,s work was beyond ques-
tion on par with anything that was
seen on the local grids in the years he
played here. Such men as Glenn War
ner. Tom Thorpe, DR.. w. A. Lambeth.
and fercy G1VSn, VINO nave seen all of
the great football men. maintain that
Hart was by all odds one of the best
tackles in the country. --.--
Last year Hart took Joe Oliverfs Wig
liant team through a successful indepen-
dent football season. and while the ex-
perience gained was calculated to be
beneficial In every way Hart will have
greater chance at the Hilltop this
season.
Georgetown's first game, according 10
the schedule. is with the SeaInen Gun
ners. The game is scheduled on Sat
Urday, September Il. and it Is expected
that by that time Coaches GarGan and
Hart will have a fairly fast eleven in
the field. Just what material Is due at
the Hilltop Is unknown. Rumors flying
fest say that Tug Fury, baseball cap
tain. and member of the football team
for the past three years. win not be
out this year.
All Of the stars of last season are ex-
I,ected to return. in the back!ield Cos
tello. Cainan, Foley, Van Dyne. and
Fury are counted upon heavily. Mori-
arty, Barron. and Petretz are the re.
turning linemen from the varsity of
last year. while Martin, Donnelly, and
Bergin, on the ends, are. again looked
Tor.