Evening star., 1943-08-29
Shortage Of Coaches
NOT as Severe as
Was Expected
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Football practice for District pub
lie high schools begins this week
with calls issued to six squads,
Coolidge, Tech, Wilson, Central and
Western on Thursday. The teams
have less than a month to get ready,
with the first internigh series games
scheduled the week end of Septem-
ber "a.
There are four new coaches in
the eight schools this year. Joe
Carlo succeeds Carl Heintel at Will
son, Dick Mentzer follows Willard
Brlstor at Eastern, S. w. Duke
Jacobs takes over in place of John
Cla,y at Tech and Zuzu Stewart is
at Anacostia in place of joey Kauf-
man. All the men replaced have
gone into the services with the
exception of Bristor, who is being
transferred to another school. Carlo
is former American u player,
Mentzer comes from Penn State,
Jacobs played at the University of
Maryland and Stewart at George
Washington.
Here's the lineup of all coaches
and their time for starting practice;
Anacostia-Stewart, $50 am.
Wednesday.
Central-John Jankowski, 10 am.
Wednesday.
Coolidge-Gil Conn, Wednesday,
pm.
Eastern-Mentzer, Tuesday, Sep
tember 7, $50 am.
Roosevelt-Artie Boyd, Tuesday,
September 7.
Tech-Jacobs, Wednesday, 10 am.
Wilson-Carlo, Wednesday, $50.
Western-Fred Mulvey, Thursday,
SPIN.
Jankowski, in calling out the CEN
tral candidates, asks them to bring
shoes and light equipment.
Seek Pearce's Successor.
There are several matters affect
ing the physical education setup in
District high schools to be decided
before schools open next month.
One is a successor to Hardy Pearce
as acting head of the department of
health and physical education
Pearce has gone into the Navy. A
new man for the job will be selected
from three under consideration, all
from District high schools, by the
Board of Education at its meeting
early next month.
Other issues to be settled are the
question of whether to play night
football, whether physical education
lie hn wit, ~,
struction and what to do about the
shortage of instructors.
District schools are in a good spot
to try night football again this year.
There are numerous dates available
at Griffith Stadium for the first
time, and the financial return prob
ably would make it worth while.
Night games also would serve as a
spirit and morale builder and would
give more football games to the gen.
eral public here than now are avail
able with all universities except
Maryland dropping the sport.
Wants Boys Conditioned.
A suggestion was made last spring
that, during the war at least, the
physical education and military de-
partments be combined War De-
partment officials have not given
their backing to this, and Secretary
Stimson was quoted to the effect
that the Army needs boys in good
physical condition rather than with
smattering of military drill knowl-
edge. The Army can teach them to
drill quicker and better than can
be done in the high schools.
Shortage of instructors right now
is not as acute as was feared it
would be, although many will 90 if
fathers are drafted. With the pres
ent staff and the few additions being
made, the five periods a week OF
physical education instruction can
be continued with a bit of extra
work on the part of each man
There are few qualified men avail
able, however, to fill all vacancies if
fathers are drafted.