The Washington times., 1932-10-31
NEW COACH
To REPORT
TODAY
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Georgetown has no inten-
ton whatsoever of departing
from its announced policy Of
refusing to grant athletic
scholarships"
The words are those of Rev.
John j. Kehoe, athletic director
of Georgetown.
I'VE will seek opponents in
our own Glass; adds Father
KehOe.
Back AS Head Coach
And, into Georgetown once
again comes John L. Jack" Hag-
erty, this time as head coach OF
the Georgetown football team.
He was a student at the Hilltop
from 1922 to 1925. and graduated
in his final year after having
been a varsity backfield star for
three seasons.
Out of Georgetown goes Thomas
E. Tommy" Mills, who came to
the Hilltop from Notre Dame,
where he had been assistant to
Knute Rockne Tommy took over
his coaching duties at George
town in September of 1880.
Assisting Hagerty in his new
duties will be Maurice "MuSh"
Dubofsky, who graduated from
Georgetown last June, after hay
ing been a varsity line star for
three years, and Charles Brick
man, whose football career at
Georgetown was brought to an
abrupt conclusion by an injury.
Assistants Resign
Leaving Georgetown with Tommy
Mills are Frank Kersjes and John
Carberry, both of whom came to
the Hilltop after graduating from
Notre Dame. They were assistants
to Tommy while he was head
coach.
Mingled feelings on the part of
students, alumni and friends of
Georgetown greeted the announce.
ment that Tommy Mills had ere
signed"
Students at the Hilltop are to-
day visibly upset. They are
wrought up more on the score Of
no athletic scholarships than on
the score of Tommy Mills "resig.
nation" They point out that it
is not possible for Georgetown to
'faVorably compete with The very
best teams of the nation unless
athletic scholarships are passed
out"
Some Are MyStified
One portion of the Georgetown
alumni is thoroughly mystfied by
Mills resignation. This is the
minority group of alumni, and the
one which has for two years agi.
tated for the elimination of Cd
all athletic scholarships, (2) high
powered football tactics, and 80
overemphaSiS of athletics, particu-
larly football.
A second portion of the alumni,
said to be composed for the most
part of New Workers, appears
quite satisfied, now that Tommy
Mills has been dethroned as head
footboll coach.
The minority group of alumni
asks only that Georgetown's foot
ball coach be man of character
and culture, and that Georgetown
adjust her athletic situation in
such a manner that football and
other sports at the Hilltop will oc-
cupy their proper positions as part
OF the general educational scheme
of the university.
Majority Sees No Wrong
The majority group sees no
wrong in athletic scholarships
and superior grid teams, and in.
SlSts that Georgetown be capable
of favorably competing with the
best of the Nation. This group.
incidentally, stands ready and
willing to pay the freight"
In some quarters the passing
OF Mills is hailed as a victory for
the majority group. However.
Father Kehoe's words anent ath-
letic scholarships does not bear
out this notion.
In other quarters the passing
OF Mills is hailed as victory for
the minority group. However, the
minority group, itself, admits
that it favored Mills as the coach
under conditions which will
exist when our plan il accepted
by university academic authori-
ties"
Want Definite Stand
All alumni groups are clamor-
ing for an announcement from
Hilltop academic authorities of a
definite, coherent policy for inter
collegiate athletics.
The minority group, which
advocates that Georgetown return
to natural, traditional and his
torical rivalries, is Supremely
confident that when the
announcement of policy comes
from Hilltop academic authorities
such announcement will blaze a
new path in athletics and offer
an admirable example to the rest
of the intercollegiate world.
The majority group, which
advocates "big-time" teams for
Georgetown. is just as confident
that when the announcement
comes it will indicate that George
town will be perfectly capable
of playing on a par with such
teams as Notre Dame, Pittsburgh,
Southern California, Alabama,
Tennessee, ct al.