Evening star., 1922-09-12

ago. but NlID VIII DIT iloIC III
coach. This means tina. Central viii
some one who can be at hand &C
directly instruct the squad in accort
The Centraliies have been wres-
Ting with the problem all summer;
settled the matetr with the appoint
ment of a man who had played with
Blue and White teams in the days
when they were coached by John
Thomas. 1t is no secret that Robert
(Dutch Acorn was the man in line
for the job. His retention was dis
cUssed publicly and freely by men
prominent in the &c" Club.
= Many Considered for Job.
He was selected as head field coach
after number OF college men and
practically every Central man avail
able from teams of the past ten years
were considered Acorn. who gradu-
foot ball squads there for four years
and played in the backfleld with the
eleven in '12 and '13. He attended
Lafayette College in I914-I5 and was
q member of the varsity team coach
ed by Crowell. famous drop-kicker.
, teams, but the Central authorities re-
,garded him as capable man tor the
position
But circumstances prevented Acorn
from accepting the position, although
Re was willing to assume the duties.
could take up the work. Finally.
cvertures were made to Joe Deering,
Washington business man. who has
been most successful as basket ball
played foot bali while at Manhattan
College and atterward taught the
game at Classon Military Academy.
Wsscheste-. v. Y. Since then he has
devoted most Of his athletic work to
basket ball.
peering coached th. qulnt at Co.
1vmb!a University last winter, but
probably would have taken the job
at Central this year If negotiations
had been conducted with bit more
speed. Now. in all likelihood. the
elsewhere. for Columbia has made
Deering an attractive offer for the
coming basket ball season and he is
sAr!ously considering the new prop
cs1t!on.
King VIII Aid Kirby.
Several alumni have volunteered
their assistance in overcoming the
difficulty. but none OF those who would
King. star OF the 10. IL and '12 Blue
and White teams. has offered to help
two or three days a week. Murph
was . whale OF a player. both IN the
line and back field. and in years past
has shown that he is able to impart
his knowledge OF the game to Central
team aspirants. Two or three other
alumni prominent on the gridiroa in
their schooldays have intimated they
will assist Capt. Kirby. If acceptable.
IT acceptable" means Just that
Kirby has insisted that no one will be
appointed to his coaching stan who is
not really to follow the plans formu.
lated by the head coach. Kirby has
intimated to those who besought him
to take the job that he will brook no
he Is boss of the works.
Given good support, this stand OF
klrby's should mean much to Central.
The athletic system has not always
foot ball. While Central has not been
q failure on the gridiron in recent
seasons. the general opinion Of fac
ulty and alumni is that the school
has not been doing as well as IL
should have at the game.
Kirby Experienced Coacher.
In Kirby Central has a coach who
is likely to get something out Of the
squad if his Instructions are followed.
For the past fifteen years he has been
prominently identified with foot ball
as . writer on gridiron topics and as
coach. He has assisted in the de-
vslopment Of varsity teams At George
town. and in 1908 helped Branch Bo-
cock tutor the squad at the University
was instructor Of the Central squad.
Just why Central Is going outside
tts own faculty for assistant coaches
IS somewhat Of mystery. With the
school now are John Thomas, Bert
Coggins and Clarence Hecox. all men
OF experience in foot ball tutoring.
Thomas succeeded Kirby as Central
ooach in 1910 and was in charge OF
the sport until Metzler took it up In
fs1s
Thomas did well with the squads.
Aespite considerable opposition on
the part Of some OF the players The
former Lafayette man is a vel!
versed student OF the game. 1t would
ssenn that his talent is being wasted
when the school is SO much In need
Of aid in this respect.
Coggins starred at Maryland as .
hneman and since has enjoyed some
Hs is especially good at instructtng
forwards. Bert may be called upon
% help Kirby this fall. Hecox. while
ut Tech. was responsible TOR the de-
velopment Of several powerful teams
and has kept In close touch with the
game since.
Central probably will make every
effort to complete its coaching stan
this week. A pretentious schedule has
been arranged for the eleven and
much preliminary work must be done.
Buckley, Littell, Duffy and several
other stellar players of last falls
team will be among the missing
when Centrars squad reports Nom
day. but plenty Of good material 10
expected to be found among the near.
" fourscore candidates due to turn
out ANY time wasted In the next
two weeks developing the squad 10
nksly to tell heavily against the
Blue and White during the campaign.