New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Cargan Signs to
Coach n. 7. i.
Football Team
Former Georgetown and
Fordham Mentor to Take
Charge for Two Seasons
Frank Gargan. former Fordham foot

Frank Gargan. former Fordham foot
bail star and coach and the "m.rac e
mn" of New York University's 1919
football season. Wi. take charge Of
grid.ron activities at Univers ty
Heights for the next two year.. The
appointm Mt of Galgan was annSu1ceo
Ira Ca"r Joint mee..nZ
of shs --4.--rsi.y Athletic Association
and -r.n aavlsDry board.
Ihat the choice is popu ar ons
to both alumni and undergr duatcs is
evidenced by the s.lt-ments of How
ard F. Lang and. secretary Of the Cen
eral Alumni Association, and Frank
We nheimer. captain of next years
with Gargan for coach and the nu-
ceus we have left from this fals
eleven the umn: feel that New York
University will have one Of ( best
teams in its history" said Langland
Captain Weinheiner dec ared Gars n's
success in bringing tie team ouo Of
its early season slump this fall hac
ou' undergraduate body solid be
hind him.
1ne new coach is a graduate of Force
ham Preparatory School and Fordh r
University. He was member Of ths
football team tf Il ese institutions the
entire eig t years that he attended
them. and was captain and quarter
back of the famous 1909 even, which
he Princeton to to score and
de eated all other rivals, including
Cornell.
Coached at Georgetown
After graduating from Fordham in
1911 Gargan wen TO Leorg tow a. ID
fer three .ears was successful in turn
ing out winning teams for tha. unlver-
1915 he wa ca ed to For ham
his alma mater and succeed ded in win
MS p.a ed
- me { ose of that season he en-
listed in the ambulance service Of the
French army and later became q lieu
tenant in the dental corps OF the
United States forces. Since his return
from abroad he has been connected
with local insurance firm.
New York University had lost its
hrst three games this fall. when Gar
gan was secured as as istant coach
ana asked to take over most of the
active work. FIR m a potential lot o,
individual football stars he hammered
out powerful fighting machine which
won four out Of its FIVE remaining con-
tests, including a decisive victory over
Columbia. The only team to win from
sne reJuvenated Gargan machine was
the undefeated Stevens aggregation.
"Dac' Gargan. when informed of his
appointment, said that he was conf
dent Of turning out successful team,
IN 1920 If he could have the splendid
oFeratIon that he received this year
Although | Will lose Cam, STOREY
and brlnn, the three men about whom
this years eleven was built he said
! Il still have oOOd deal lo<t
Gargan Tells of Plans
The biggest difficulty will be to ge-
all Of the footba material in schoo
to come out. The different depart
ments of the university are 50 ia,
apart that it is diffic 1T to get men
from the downtown departments d .o
the Heights for practice. However. /
am gong TO try and make some ar
rangements whereby We can draw OF
al! of oar material
season. | VIII be assisted bv Bull
Lowe: an AllAmerican tackle in 1915
and bunny Corcoran, an end both star:
OF the 1915 Fordham even. who Ia
season played on Jim Thorpe's pro
esslonal team, the Canton Blu. Digs
Besides Cam, Storey and Brinu
.iooney, an end; Su ger a guard. ano
ul-oon backfield man, will be los
20 next years team because Of rradua-
ION. ITO yever. there will be Thomu-
on and T rkhurst who pla~ed aim 81
'egu arly as varsitv ends; Baker Hor-
gan I'D Martin da'e ro~u ar tackles:
Macromber, guard; Ferguson, quarter,
ach; -aae stein, substitute center. and
Ven elmer, Cohen. Tynee backfels
men, left as nucleus for next year's
even.
From this years freshmen eleven
.ynch. Robinson and Bates in the bock-
ae q; Mitchell and Thro~p at end; Ed
sar at guard. and Hill at tackle
nreaten to make many of the VARSITY
'llgioies work hard to hold their posi-.
rgan succeeds j. B. Longwell a.
Coach OF the Y Y = -