San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-08
School Superintendent Says
Plan May Not Go Into
Effect This Year But
, VIII Be Installed Even
'tually-Coaches Up in
the Air Regarding Situa-'
! ton. -. !

Coaching of the athletic teams OF
the San Antonio high schools will
eventually be placed in charge of fac
,ulty members, DR.. Jeremiah Rhodes,
superintendent of the public schools
here, declared Wednesday. The super
intendent, asked for a statement to
spike the many wild rumors clrcu-.
lated recently regarding the coaching
= Situations at Breckenridge and Main
Avenue high schools for the approach
: ing football season, said that he was
, gradually working toward the estab-
; lishnent of a faculty. coaching sys-
ten to replace the present plan Of!
employing outside coaches. lie ven.
4 ured that faculty control might not
20 into effect this fall, but that event
ually the team coaches would be teach,
ers at the schools He. indicated that
il this plan is not inaugurated this
fall it. will be in force for the 1874
football season. a.
"Of course. we will secure men OF
high coaching caliber for this work, =
DR.. Rhodes explained. "There is no
intention at all TO cripple the quality
of the athletic teams at the San An.
tonic schools by placing teachers with
an inferior knowledge of coaching IN
charge Of the teams. The men will
be considered as much for their abil-
.ity as coaches as for their teaching
knowledge when they are proposed for
election, before the board OF educa-
lion" =.
-. :, Cannon Offered Place.
az. Dr. Rhodes declared that Bobby
.2Cannon, former Texas University ath-
letie star, who was principal OF q
border town high school last term and
successfully coached the football
eleven there, has been offered a fac
ulty position in one OF the high
schools here. Mr. Cannon has not in
termed DIR. Rhodes of any decision he
might have made in the matter as
yet.
Guy Morrison, now pitching for the
San Antonio baseball team in the Tex
as League. has sought n position as
Breckenridge High School coach. Nor
pison~iss a school teacher in the win
ter. He taught in the high school al
! ,rerre Haute, Ind, last winter and
> sGOacneuSIue sChoOl iootuuiA tc"hi. Ia
is graduate of West Virginia Yves
Ieyan University. where he participant
ed actively in several branches e OF
/ sport. ''i' >.
Ia not awate." said DR.. Rhodes
Wednesday, whether the two higf
schools .hepe have coaches under con
tract for the coming season. If theJ
have. Of course, the men under con
tract will coach and my faculty plans
will rest until next year. Then, again
j desire to treat each high schoo
~. same and / shall not stand il
: the way of the employment OF an out
side. coach by one in case the otheI
!, happens alEsadB totIbaye "A coach .nn
der contract - p. 1850
Go Ahead With Plans.
3.~ Alfred Eilgore, who has had re
markable success with the Bracken
ridge High School team, winning sew
craI championships in the last few
years. and Phillip s. (Spitz) Clarke
who won the city title last fall witt
his strong Main Avenue High Schoo
eleven, have both applied for their OLE
positions for the coming season. Meth
err has been given definite answer
they say. Both. however. have gon,
ahead with plans for the season OIL
the spposition that they will be re
appointed.
Main Avenue High School employe,
Will Rob Briggs, an outside coach
for baseball this spring, but the Brack
enridge team was under the tutelag
of L. ID. Williams, faculty member
Both schools employed outsid
coaches for basket ball, .Hilmer Engel
bert enjoying another big season a
breckenridge last winter. and Loui
Goodrich developing a good team a
Main High.
DIR. Rhodes expects 10 reach def
mite conclusion in the coaching mat
ter before the schools open in Septem