The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
TIGER GRIDDERS. START 1923 WORK EARLY THIS WEEK
New Regime Of Coaches In Charge Of Auburn Ath-
 IeticS This Year

AUBURN, Ala, Sept. S.--(Special.) Monday afternoon will find Coach Pitts. his staff of Tiger coaches, and rants on their first days grind In preparation for the strenuous foot ball campaign ahead.
 Coach Pitts succeeds former coach, Mike Donahue, who for nearly twen- ty years was at the helm of football affairs on the plains. The new Tiger mentor Is pupil of the retiring Au- burn coach, and, in addition to ex- perience in coaching prep teams. was for three years a member of Dona- hue's coaching staff.
 Assisting him in his work Of training the Auburn gridders will be Coach Cob" Wilson. who came to Auburn last year and who Is a pupil of the renown veteran coach Michigan. Coach Wilson will again lcok after coaching the linemen.
 Coach H. R. Cole, who has already reached the Tiger camp, is an addi- tion to the training staff He is a former Albion college star and has been a successful coach for two years prior to his coming to Auburn. He will assist in the backfield work.
 
 Wilbur H. Hutsell, head coach and director of athletics, will be In charg of the general training and condi- tioning of the players. Kirk New ell will again have charge of the training of the freshmen teams.
 While the new coach will com front several obstacles during his first year in moulding the 1923 Tiger machine, one of the greatest prob lefus, perhaps that will come his way will be to take care of the heavy losses of letter men at the close of the past year.
 Fourteen wearers of the "A" will not again answer the call or the coaches. The list includes Ex-Capt. sf frey, Shirling, Scott, Garland, Ray, Grisham, Glover, Knapp, Thomson. McLendon, Wynne, Moulton and Gib- son. There is also strong .possi- bility that Baby" Pearce will not return to college this year. While Pearce graduated last year, it has l been rumored that the star tackle had planned to do a years post graduate work at Auburn. Rumors reaching Auburn from Winfield, his home town, have 1t that prospects for his return this fall are not all encourag ging.
 Eight Letter Men Return.
 Not counting Pearce, eight letter men of last seasons lineup are ex- pected to be on hand next week. These include Lawrence, center; Cap tain Reagan. guard; Sitz, tackle; | Pruitt, end; Petersen, quarter; Alien | half; Ford and Howe, fullbaeks l Should these return, open positions will be seen at guard, tackle. end, and at the halfback position. Coach Pitts will probably be compelled 10 make a careful search in the ranks of both the reserve squad and fresh men squads of last season to fill the | gaping holes left by those who have 1 laid aside their grid toggery.
 Of last years reserves, several likely contenders for the various po- l sitlons will be available, Brice, liar. kins,. Luthe, Russell, Trammei. anc l Olinger, linemen, and Crane, Reese 1 Sweet, and Harrison in the backfield will probably be the most promising 2
 Quite a few members of Coach Newelrs last years freshmen team will necessarily be called on to see service in the ranks of the varsity | squad. Those showing most prom nence last fall were on the line McNeil. Franklin, Rox. Ravis, Reed CT. McCulley, Huckeba. Couch, Nor | gan. Market, McFadden Hunnicutt and Spinks. Among the freshman | hacks, Patterson, Green. Williams l Orr. Evans or Yates will probably prove to be promising candidates.