Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
HAUCHTON AND
STAGE PRAISED
FOR SUCCESS
Harvard and Maroon Coaches Use
Entirely Different Tactics on
Gridiron Field.
Bv Frank G. Menuc.

NEW YORK. Nov. 24-The fact
~ that Harvard in the East and
Chicago In the West to-day
hold undisputed claims to the cham
pionship in their respective sections,
although coached IN entirely different
ways, has led to much speculation as
10 just what coaching tactics pro-
duce winners, and just how lar
coaching enters into the success Of a
football team
Haughton, Of Harvard drove ms
cam to victory Stage. Of Chicago,
ed his charges to the crest Of West
orn football Haughton Of q stern,
forbidding type when handling a team
drives his men at top speed every
moment they are on the ned, and
inspires something like fear In his
men. Stage, with "A gentle, kindly
temperament, makes his men love
MIN and fight for him because they
do love him He never gives out the
idea that he is their boss, rather, MS
attitude is that OF big brother one
who sugs ests. more than orders, what
his men should do
pRAISES are being sung to day Cor
both these men, and they are
given immeasurable credit for the &C
complishment OF the teams in their
charge. Yet, with all due respect fot
the marvellous coaching skill OF
Haughton and Stagg, as well as Yost
of Michigan. Warner, of Carlisle, aud
the legion OF others, II seems 10 US
that the success of a football team
10 hp
caliber OF the coach as Is generally
believed.
II Is our theory that the best coach
in the world can not produce a win
ner unless he has the material and
that the most mediocre coach, having
great natural players under him, vii
head q championship team.
Nost and the various Michigan
teams stand out as the best example
Of our argument Several years ago
\ OFT took charge OF the Michigan
eleven and soon whipped 1t into he
greatest football aggregation that
ever donned the moleskins. Yost
praises were sung throughout the
length and breadth Of the land. True
1ost in a measure, was responsible
for the success OF the Michigan teams
in 1901 -0S-04 but around in 1908
and 1907 and for a number OF years
later II was plainly shown that a
coach, without football marvels under
him, can not produce a winner.
DACK in 1906 Michigan's position
ID as star in the football hrma-
ment began to wane. Yost still Was
in charge. He certainly knew more
about the art of coaching then than
he did when he took charge in 1901
He had the benefit of experience.
Yet he could not put through a win
ner, The Michigan team for the past
five years-with the exception OF the
1913 aggregation--stC ked up as only
ordinary teams.
The fault was not with Yost He
didn't have the players. But he was
back in the arena thi year with
team that reminded one Of the aggre-
cations In the days of Heston, Rel
den and Snow. The aggregation vert
through the season with only one
defeat. and that at the hands OF the
despised Michigan Aggies, a team
that the Michigan eleven had under.
rated, and which swept its way To
vlctory before the Wolverines woke
up TO their peril
= TAGG is another example Ten
- years ago Chicago ranked with
Michigan as one of the greatest
teams in the country. That was
when Eckersall the famous drop
kicker, and others OF his kind wore
the Chicago uniforms. But the ranks
of the Chicago team were depleted Of
its stars by graduation a few years
later and Chicago sank back.
Stage did what he could to pro-
duCe a winner in the intervening
years, but because he lacked the ma
terial he failed This year he had
the material and chicago Went
through the season undefeated.
Football records at all the other
colleges will show parallels OF the
Stage -Yost failures. and seem to con.
vince beyond a doubt that the great
est coach in the world can not pro-
duce a champion unless he has the
material.