The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-15
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Central Basketball Mentor
Has Hands Full to Match
Team Of. 1923
By ROSS 1. cONKLN.

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Coach Bert Coggins, ex-Univer-
sity of Maryland and Technical
High School all-around athletic star,
is having his troubles at Central
developing a basketball team that
will compare favorably with the
whirlwind combination which went
into the serni-finals of the Uniyer-
sity of Pennsylvania basketball
tournament last year. The team
which in that tournament brought
Central much fame and glory is
but a fond memory now.
OF the men who took part in the
games only three are LETT. Captain
Dean, goal shooting fool, land
Hale Dezendorf are the remnants.
They are being used as al nucleus
for the coming team, but according
to Coggins the latter two aren't 60
ing any too well. Maybe they will
perk up when subs get their jobs.
Captain Dean, one of the lightest
of the squad, is one of the best
players in the high schools. He
was supposed to graduate last year.
During his four years eat Central,
Dean developed an aversion to
music. He stayed away from those
classes and now he has to make up
all his cuts before he can graduate.
Coggins is thanking the fates.
The Central team is in the
same boat as the other high
and fast. Most of them have
played basketball on the Epiphany
teams, and, therefore, know the
game. That helps a lot. It's
more than Sanborn, at Tech, can
say, because his candidates are
absolutely green.
Coach Coggins doesn't think so
well of his teams prospects, de-
spite the excellent showing in the
Penn tourney. He opined that Hale
and DeZendorf, two who were on
that team, are not taking things Sc.
riously and may not make the
first team. Outside of Dean the
players are only of the average
caliber.
Macdonald, Chatlin, Clayton, Mo-
ser and Lamb are the men who are
pushing each other around for the
coveted vacant places. They each
rate about the same thought from
the coach p 80
Central has. had many proffers Of
games. The school authorities have
begun in earnest the task Of re.
making the athletic prestige which
has been. shattered in recent years,
and Coggins intAnds starting his
team off on the right foot. Thirty
games have been booked and more
will come. Since the squad now
numbers about fifty there are plenty
OF men to take the places of any
who develop charley horses or who
fail to maintain speed through the
games.
COggins demands speed. His
men must have THE ability to
maintain a terrific pace through
out. There is no letting up for
them, and when O. player shows
signs of firing he is quickly
Yanked. COggins believes that IL
he can develop some good reserve
material he will give any schOIas.
tic team q tough run for the
championship.
Every coach bemoans something,
and Coggins main kick is that his
team is light. He would buy corn,
or any other fattening food, for
chap who bore signs of becoming a
heavyweight. Give the mentor
young beef trust and he would be
as amiable as the next one.
Central may not win the scholas-
tic championship, for the reason
that Eastern and Western, and may.
be Business, have ample material
and look good. Coach Goggins says
that he will have team that will
make any of them step lively to get
the verdict. In Dean he has a good
start, il that youngster can keep
his Uranium down to the usual di-
mensions.