Show Officers Must Quit Coaching WASHINGTON Dec Dee 20 UP UP- UP Gridiron warriors of the future will wil have to get their battle orders from civilians Active army officers wilnot Will wil not be permitted to be football men mentors tors except at West Point A A- war department command effective effective ef et ef- ef January 1 bars officers from rom engaging to act as coaches of civilIan civilIan civilian civil civil- Ian universities s. s Current agreements under which Captain Lawrence M. M Biff Jones l Is coach at Oklahoma university am and Major Ralph Sasse at State are not affected but they cannot renew contracts Shortage e of at officer personnel Is said to lo have prompted the order which forces officers to confine contine their a activities to military Ju functions c o s when they are assigned to K R. o. o T T. v C. C units at schools The order is 5 understood to bar officers from even assisting in nth ath- th- th letic leUc instruction on a a. time part voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- basis if this interferes with the regular military instruction work General MaIm Malin Craig chief a of staff ta is said to tn believe that officers doing college duty have given too much time to athletics Major Robert N Neyland a suc successful successful coach recently returned t to army duty after alter serving as os football mentor at the University of Tenn Ten Ten- n see He l. l is at the Can Canal l Zone Zon garrison Harry Conna Connaughton America All lineman m at Georgetown some years ago Is an assistant U U. S S. S attorney In Chicago |