Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-31

the scouting, a not unimportant p
Mills graduated from Beloit
College and coached there for
several years. He then took
charge of foot ball at Creighton
University and did such a good
job that he soon was recalled to
his alma mater. His work at
Beloit again was so good that
Knute Rockne called him to Notre
Dame to fill job that he wanted
taken care of by a man who knew
foot ball and in whom he could
place implicit confidence.
Rockne turned over the base ball
team and the freshman foot ball squad
to Mills, and no coach has done better
job as one of the integers in the Rockne
system.
Mills is expected to make good by
everybody who knows him. Lou Little
said last night that Mills ais one of the
best men that Georgetown could have
got and I know he will make good"
Tom Lieb, Rockne's first assistant,
who did such good job in handling
the Notre Dame eleven last Fall during
Rockne's illness, said mills is one
Of the finest men know. and he will
do good Job for Georgetown. We GER
tainly shall miss him at Notre Dame.
What Is Notre Danes loss is George
towns gain"
A PersOnabIe Fellow.
No more pleasant chap could be found
than Mills. One meets him and comes in
contact with man OF perhaps As years,
OF fine personality and jovial counte-
nance. Pleasant, Mills is the kind of
man that everybody Is sure to like and
the kind of coach that players will
swear by. From Just a casual acquaint-
ance, one would judge him to be of the
quiet persistent type that gets things
done without ostentation and without
apparent effort. The general opinion
here among coaches is that George
town has made wise choice.
Frank Murray, coach at Marquette
University, who probably knows Mills
as well as any other coach, says mills
has made good at everything that he
has tried, and will make good at
Georgetown. Everybody who meets him
around Washington will like him"
It developed that Georgetown actually
has not made as many offers of the
coach job recently vacated by Lou Lit
tie as has been rumored. "Chuck" Col
Inns, coach at North Carolina, was def
initely offered the place at salary Of
It down when North Carolina boosted
his salary considerably. One thing
that probably swayed Collins some
what in remaining at North Caro-
lima is the fact that he probably will
have the best material in the South,
and no coach shuns good material.
Mills Is the only other man definitely
offered the Georgetown job, and Mills
accepted it, though the salary has not
been announced and probably will
not be.
Meeting Uneyentful.
The annual meeting of the American
Foot Ball Coaches Association here
yesterday developed nothing of star
Ting nature. In fact, everything the
coaches did was very conservative, even
to the Jokes they told In the famous
Brown Derby contest which was part
Of their banquet last night. The COM
mittee which worked out some suggest
ed changes in the rules, one Of which
was to eliminate the one point after
touchdown, presented its recommends
tions, but the association, when the sug-
gestions were presented, promptly voted
them down. In other words, the
coaches association went on record as
favoring leaving the present rules as
they are. with the exception Of the re-
codihcation now being made by the
rules committee.
The coaches spent the morning part
Of the three-seSsion meeting listening
to q lot Of reports that were more or
less tedious and part of the routine
that was, to say the least, not especially
interesting. The afternoon was given
over to technical discussions Of different
branches Of foot ball offenSe and de-
tense. Al Kruez Of Pennsylvania dis
clssed the art of place-kicking and
Kipke Of Michigan took Is minutes to
tell all about punting.
Kipke was one of the great punters
Of the country when he played half
back for Michigan a few years back.
Last Fall he was head coach at Michi-
gan. Casey of Harvard discussed for
several minutes Harvard's lateral-pass
play and Stuhldrerer of Villanova told
of the Notre Dame system of forward
passing.
The defensive part Of the technical
discussion was featured by talks by
Dobie of Cornell on defense against
power plays. by Bible of Nebraska on
defense against double wing back and
by Littlefield of Texas on defense
against lateral-paSs plays. Tom Lieb
Of Notre Dame discussed at some length
the system of conditioning which en-
abled him to keep the Notre Dame
players in good shape during a strenu-
Gus session, during which they travelled
q total distance of 5000 miles.
The banquet during the evening was
featured by a real common-sense talk
by Charles w. Kennedy of Princeton
and by the brilliant anecdotes of Bob
Zuppke of Illinois. 1t really was
Zuppke who kept the affair alive and
scintillating by his witty remarks and
comments.
Two Big Questions.
Comment in connection with the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Association
meeting here tomorrow centers mainly
on two things, the Carnegie report anC
the presidency.
It generally is presumed that the
Carnegie report will be accepted as q
good thing and discussed in way that
will lead colleges to make real anc
practical efforts to do away with al
kinds of surreptious scholarships fol
athletes. As far as the presidency il
concerned, there seems to be two diff
ferent opinions. 1t is felt by one grouL
that the nominating committee i,
something Of loaded proposition anC
that it will again nominate Gen. Pierce
for the presidency despite the state.
ment of the general that he desires Il