Evening star., 1932-03-02

r zap HARDELL, coach OF tht
- championship Tech High
4 / foot ball eleven, alone Of
District public high schoo
grid mentors opposes Spring train
ing for schoolboy pigSkinners
Coaches Chief Guyon of Eastern
and Dan Ahern of Western plan
to get grid aSpirants on the field
next Monday.
Bert CogginS, Central tutor, is
uncertain whether he will be able
to arrange for Spring drills, but
favors them, while Lynn Wood
worth, Business coach, believes in
them, but because of lack of facili-
ties and time cannot arrange for
them.
Hardell is convinced that Spring
training imposes an unnecessary strain
both physically and mentally on high
school gridder and benefits derived
from it do not compensate for the time
and energy expended by the youngsters.
CUYON and John Paul Collins, for
" mer coach, who now is assistant
principal of Eastern and president
and treasurer of the Inter-High School
Athletic Association, both figure that
workouts for schoolboy foot ballers at
this season are worth while if they're
not too strenuous.
Similar views are held by Ahern, Cog
gins and Woodwork, who feel that
Spring training can be beneficial both
through the physical and mental train
ing the boys get and the fundamentals
they learn. All three, though, empha-
size that drills at this time of the year
should be more in the nature of organ
lied play than honest to-goodneSs
preparation of the sort that the boys
are called upon to undergo in the Fall.
DESPITE that Eastern, defending
- public high school track champion,
showed more strength in the
Catholic University meet in gaining
team scoring honors in the high and
prep school class, close followers of
track and field among the scholastics
here insist that this means little and
that Central still stands the best chance
annual title meet in May.
They point out that there were no
field events in the c. q. affair and
that Central doubtless is decidedly
more formidable in this department
than either Eastern or Tech.
Incidentally, there1l be nothing more
doing for the schoolboys In a competi-
tive way until the University OF
Maryland meet at college on May T.
Most of the track squads are taking
1t easy for time, but soon will re-
sumo training at top speed in prepara-
ton for the outdoor campaign.
WESTERN, with field now at hand,
w is making determined effort to
build a foundation for a formi-
dable track team. Dan Ahern. who is
tutoring the Georgetowners, appears to
have quite few capable boys and is
confident that Western will gain some
points In the Spring championship
meet. No dual meets are planned for
the Ahern-coached squad, the Western
mentors big idea being to get the
sport firmly established at the George
town school, which in the old days
turned out many crack tracksters.
Under direction of Coach jake Ray.
formerly of Eastern, aspirants for
pitching and catching jobs on the
Central nine are tossing EN- around
with will in the school gymnasium.
Should the weather be favorable RAY
plans to get the whole squad outdoors
the last Of this week or the first of next
week.
Emmett Buscher and Dick Cook, ace
pitcher and catcher of the 1881 Cen
tral team, again are available De Bet
tencourt, another last seasons hurler,
also is on the job, as is Bill Moran, son
Of Charley Moran, former Catholic Uni
versity athletic director, who is show
ing real promise as twirler.
In all there are some 10 pitching
aspirants at work and a half dozen or
so candidates for catcher.
A fine schedule, which will contain
upward Of 30 games, is being arranged
for the Central diamonders.