The sun., 1913-11-23
EACH FOOTBALL PLAYER
COSTS HARVARD $1,000
"Hiyh Finance" Figures of
Team show HauYhtOn Gets
Zig Cents a Second.

BosToN. Nov 22.--Har>srd developed
her football stars this year at 4 cost OF
>l,"co each. Football like everything
Else. has increased in cost and the ap-
rearance of eleven well conditioned. thor
oughly coached players on the field
against Princeton and Yale represented an
outlay OF more than $1,000. Football
championships come high in price and to
retain her honOrs the Crimson employed
the best coaches obtafnablc
The entire coaching stan this season
cost about $4,000. and to this must be
added the heavy expense Of e,Iuipping
and training big squad Of players. the
hire of special trains and many other
items Of cost. 1t is figured that each
one OF the thirty players composing the
1918 Harvard squad cost the athletic
training. and this in a season that lasts
only about nine weeks
Harvard. with her big outlay Of money.
isn't "a bit more extravagant tnan other
leading colleges. Yale Princeton. Cor
nell. Penn and Dartmouth annually spend
fortunes on their teams. but the Grim
sons list OF expenses, showing the cost
liness OF the strenuous gridiron game, is
interesting.
AT the start OF the playing season more
than 100 youngsters came out for prac-
tice at Cambridge. Every on" had to he
equipped with uniforms. shoes and jer-
seys Gradually the weaker men were
weeded out and "A regular squad OF about
thirty established, At this time the train
ing table, with its specially prepared food
and private chef. was ordered for the
thirty fortunate players. and the cost to
Harvard In reckoned almost entirely on
the money that has been spent on these
Youngsters for their coaching and train
ing
The greatest item OF expense. how
ever, il the coaching stafY. Head Coach
Percy Haughton. chief engineer OF the
Crimson machine, draws down salary
of sS.AOO a year, which means about
nine weeks OF work
Haughton's contract. under which he is
employed now. calls for $4,000 for IA
term OF three ye3rs An additional sum
Of $4,000 for the same per1od has been
guaranteed by prominent alumni which
brings his total remuneration to about
400 ceason.
The celebrated coach IL on the field
about two and half hours daily for five
DAYS each week. Roughly estimated his
daily income from football amounts to
$50 Drawing the scale little finer
HaughtOn receives about -. cents every
second for teaching the Harvard players
the proper knack OF mauling their op-
pOnents on the gridirOn
Coach Haughton watches each game
from the sidelines. many times giving Or
ders to his charges, but this time IL not
included in the foregoing computations.
Approx imately the entire Harvard
coaching stan costs nearly $4,000 a
wear. Leo I.eary. first assistant coach.
who drills the ends, pockets annally the
tidy sum OF $500 for his labors. The
remaining coaches. l.othrop Wilmington,
Rob Fisher. Derry Parmenter. Dick Wig
ellsworth. Bob Guild and the other
coaches who come 10 Cambridge for
weeks at "A time during the playing sea-
son. receive moderate sums FOR their SER
vices.
Though football In an expensive sport
| II In a good investment. The latest re-
port Of the graduate manager showed
| that the football season Of iol2 had total
recelpta Of sl23,oo0. The total eNp'nd',
lures amounted to $4,000. showing net
n,o ohi OF $4,000 sum that WAS sum
.i,nt TO dcfray all the college sporta for
the year except baseball which, like foot
ball, V self.sustaining.