Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21
FIRST CALL FOR FOOT BALL
Harvard Men to Be on Practice Field
September IS.
COACH HAUGHToN LIKES RULES
Crimson Instructor IL strong Advo-
cate of New RuIes--Men Have
Been Training in Light
Manner for some Time.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2O.-In spite of swell
tering, days and the distinct preference OF
folks for the bathing suit type of costume
the season when moleskins and sweaters.
knee pads and head guards, will be donned
is not so far away, and it's coming is an
ticipated by the announcement that the
first call for Harvard foot ball candidates
will be issued on September IS. OF course
this does not mean that the men have been
idle until now, or that a program of ease
is laid out for them up to that momentous
date, for they have been preparing for the
strenuous season to come all through the
summer and have been keeping at the course
of light training which Head Coach Hpugh-
ton outlined for them.
Haughton, by the way, is enthusiastic
about the new rules and is one of their
most ardent supporters. He believes that
much that has called for criticism in the
past and many of the admittedly obnox-
ious features of the game will be done away
with by the rulings that are TO be enforced
this year. There are many who sigh for
the good old days when the number Of
men in a play was not limited. when the
forward pass was a thing undreamed of,
and the smash and grind of powerful
close formations brought the stands howl.
ing to their feet. But It took an expert
to appreciate much of the old game, and to
the thousands who now witness the big con
tests each year, the sight of the ball sail
ing far down the field in a successful pass
or the shift and uncertainty Of open play
is more attractive. And then they say
too, that there are going to be fewer
broken bones in the contests this year.
Many Recruits to Play.
The men who hope to wear the big III, -
or who have already attained that distinc-
ton, are not the only ones who are soon
to make for mountain and lake resorts
for preliminary training. Practice is due
to begin In many places early next month,
and the sight of a big man with bunch
of husky companions who spend their
days outdoors and seem to be having the
best sort of time will soon be no unusual
one in the resorts where the air is brac-
ing and puts snap into any activity. Ur-
gent letters from managers and coaches
have gone out to many men in the colleges
who have shown promise or have demon
strated their ability on the chalked field,
to attend these late summer schools OF
foot ball
Coaches are anxiously scanning new ma
terial this season, for the decided change
in the rules makes the veteran less of a
distinct asset than he has been in the past.
His quality is known in so far as the old
game is concerned, but 1t may we'll be that
men who have not had the rudiments of
the more closely knit foot ball drilled into
them will prove more adaptable to condi-
tions which prohibit pushing and pulling
and make mention of keeping, one foot on
the ground when an opponent Is being
stopped. For this reason the famous line
plunger of last season. the end who has
made a name for himself as deadly
tackler and other good men and true OF
the elevens constituted on last years sys-
tenn, will not bring the same sense of de-
pendability to the coaches heart as their
peers have done in other seasons. when
their advent to the training camps was
hailed with delight.
Army Coach Summoned.
Word comes from Missoula, Mont, that
Lieutenant Philoon of the Fourteenth Uni.
ted States Infantry, stationed at Fort Mis-
soula, has been recalled from the maneu
vers at American Lake, Wash, In ordel
that he may lend his services to the coach
ing staff of 1.-THE army foot ball team thii
| autumn. Lieutenant Philoon was the cap
tain of the cadet team in 1908, and played
his position of center so brilliantly on thu
| field above the Hudson that Walter Cam
picked him as an all-American player. They
need men of this caliber to give all the as
sistance they can to the wearers of the
"a" for the West Point boys are tremen
dously handicapped by having 50 littl'
time for practice and by the other hinderine