The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-29
MANY TIGERS
 NOW COACHING Hub Barks To Be At Baylor; John Shirey
 With CulIInan

AUBURN, Ala, August 2S.-(Spe- cial. According to information being received daily at Auburn q larger num- Der of ex-Tiger football stars are en- gagged in the coaching profession than ever before. The fact that practically every high school and preparatory in the country have football and other ath- letic teams has caused keen demand for college-trained coaches, who are employed to handle the athletics in the prep institutions.
 Up in south Carolina, a. Wofford college, Rip" Major, backfield star and kicking ace. is head coach, while at Trinity college in North Carolina, Sam Burbage is starting his third year as assistant football coach and head coach in basketball and track. Moon" Ducote, who was assistant coach with Mike Donohue at Louisiana State uni- versity. last year, has been elected as head coach at Loyola, next year. Du- cote, who was one of the best backfield performers ever to play on an Auburn Tiger team; played his last year with the Tigers in 1917, after which he turned out number of excellent teams teams at Sringhill college in Mobile.
 John B. Pitts, head football coach at Auburn, has a record of being one of Auburn's greatest centers in the years from 1910 to 1913 Another star of these palmy days is Kirk Newell, who, in addition to coach ing in preparatory institutions, was as- sistant to Coach Dononue at Auburn in 1917 and for the past two years has been freshman coach on the plains.
 Three Newcomers
 "Flivver" Ford, Captain Rip" Rea- gan and Fox Howe are newcomers in the coaching game. These three men will enter the coaching field for their initial year when the schools start in September. Reagan has spent the sum mer at the University of California, where he took coaching course under the direction of Coach Andy Smith, well known mentor of the Pacific coast. Ford will be at the helm of coaching affairs at Troy State Normal. Reagan will be in charge at Gadsden High and Howe will coach at the Alabama Milf tary institute at Anniston. Assisting Howe at the Anniston institution is "Pete" Garland, who played his last year on the Auburn varsity in q.
 Red" Harris, one of Auburn's best fullbacks, especially when his weight was considered, will again coach at Bes. semer High, where he has met with enviable success for several years and has established fine record as coach of the Jefferson county institution. The two Creel brothers, Homer and Paul, have signed as coaches at Marion insti- ute, where the latter was located last year. Homer Creel was give flthe first degree in the coaching world vast year at Barton academy in Mobile, where he made a good record.
 Unconfirmed reports have it that c. 0. Bush and Ed Wrenn win return to Jacksonville State Normal, where they turned out a good team last sea- son. Indefinite information has also been received as to the whereabouts of Doe" Ray and Noisy" Grisham, who played their last year at Auburn in 1922. The former was coach of the Hamilton Aggies last year and the lat ter was at Jackson County High at Scottsboro. Reports have 1t that Gris- ham will go to Pratt7ille, while Ray has accepted a position in North Caro- lina.
 "John Barleycorn" shirey, demon