Evening star., 1950-08-27
High School Coache,
Moan Over Loss Of
1949 Football Stars
By Bill Fuchs

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High school football coaches
this week are in mourning for the
departed stars of last season and
probably no coach will use more
crying towels than Gonzaga's Joe
Kozik.
The Eagles squad which de-
feated Wilson, public high cham
pion, in the 1949 Public Catholic
title game, has only one player.
Guard Bucky Byrne, who was on
last years squad.
st can't even get up q first
string" says Joe, who got the
jump on most schools by opening
practice 10 days ago. Outside of
Byrne none of the boys out for
the team ever has played in a
high school game. This Is the
toughest I ever have seen It,"
Gonzaga in the Catholic League
and Wilson in the public high ex-
pect difficulty in retaining their
titles. Wilson has lost its entire
first-string backf1eld of Leo Speros,
Lee Brinson, Carl Prigg and Tom
Sandoz. All-High Center Preston
Kavanagh and Tackle Don
Meaney, whom Coach Joe Carlo
describes as "the backbone Of our
line last season."
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All the District public high
teams except Wilson, Bell and
Western. will start practice to-
morrow. Carlo has called his
first session for Friday, while
Bell Is undergoing a face-lifting
and won't begin practice until a
week from tomorrow. Two new
wings are being added to Bell.
Western starts practice Septem-
ber S.
Students who attended Central
last year are permitted to enroll
at schools of their choice. Thus,
any football talent that wasn't
graduated at Central is expected
to be scattered. Lou Chacos.
football coach at Central last
season, has joined the staff at
Roosevelt where Pete Labukas
again will handle the gridders.
Frank Kley. jr.. former assistant
coach at Eastern, has taken over
the head football coaching at
Bell, replacing Walker Welc. who
has switched to Kramer Junior
High.
Joining Kozik and Carlos in the
mourning department are Zuzu
Stewart of Anacostia, Ed Solo
mon Of Tech. Ken Batson of
Washington-Lee, and Phess Wood
son of George Washington, to
name a few. Schools in Virginia
opened practice Friday.
Split Sessions Will Help.
Batson, despite the loss of some
Is lettermen, will have an advan-
tage over rivals in one respect:
WI. will have a split-sessions
system this year. which means that
IL Batson gets his squad enrolled in
the morning class. he'll have them
all afternoon for practice. The
morning shift starts at 8 and let's
out at noon.
Tech, which lost the public high
title to Wilson by one point, has
lost all but three members of its
first team. while Anacostia's once
powerful line has been riddled by
graduations. The Indians. how
ever, will have the services of
Buddy King and Bobby Chatlin,
backfield stars.
The District public high league
will be divided into two even di-
visions. Anacostia, Eastern, Will
son. Western and Chamberlain
will comprise Division /. Tech,
Coolidge, Roosevelt and Bell will
make up Division 2. Each team
will play other teams in its divi-
sion once each and two teams from
the other division.
Prince Georges County teams,
Bladensburg excepted. will start
Friday. Bladensburg
opens against Tech September IS
and will start practice tomorrow
Montgomery County schools will
start the grind also on Friday.