The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-31

yard and Michigan football teams meet in the Stadium at Cambridge this afternoon the contest will be as much battle between coaches as elevens. On the Michigan ssside of the field the western gridfron contin- gent will be in charge of Fielding H. Yost, while on the Crimson bench Percy D. Haughton will direct the Harvard campaign. Two coaches of greater fame have not been opposed in football in many years and the struggle between the machines devel- oped and taught by these past masters of gridiron strategy is expected to be one of the classics of the autumn sport.
 Although differing widely in person aIity and methods Haughton and Yost year in and year out achieve wonders with the material that reports for football at the two great universities which they represent. EIaughton is a. coach who talks little, thinks deep ly and is ureless in action. Once the early season preliminaries are completed Haughton rules the squad with an iron hand. He plays no fa- vorites and his instructions are sharp and to the point He demands ex- pIicit obedience and expects inme- diate improvement in play once a fault either individual or of the team as a whole has been pointed out and the proper method of play explained.
 Harvard's head coach is a keen student of football and knows the game both ancient and modern in ev- cry phase He is an autocrat on the field, inclined to be sharp and caus- tic in his instructions and remarks and a coach who believes in hard practice and plenty of it for both the Varsity and second string players. He is quick to detect ability in a candi- loo nIxfT fzT H planning his system and plays to fit he type of team material at his dis posal Haughton is inclined to be conservative in his methods of at tack although he can and occasionally does devise startling and unusual plays which completely upset the op- posing team because of their striking novelty and the cleverness with which they are developed from ordinary for nations.
 Yost might be. aptIy termed a foot bah fanatic. Like Haughton, he was a. aIpIayer and a brilliant one in his un- dergraduate days but has never ceas- ed to absorb and keep up with the rapidly changing game. In fact many of the plays and rules now part Of the annual autumn college sport are di- srectly traceable to the Michigan; coach. On the field he is much more active and demonstrative than.
  fire of comment and criticism and frequently jumps into line or back. field in order to personally illustrate just how the play he is aiming at should be made. Speed and dash is almost a mania. with lost and his constantly repeated phrase Hurry upi Hurry up!'' has caused it to be tackled on to his name-in the west un- til the general follower of football be- neves that he was baptised Hurry up Yost-'
 The mentor of the Ann Arbor foot ball teams is particularly famous for the brilliant, daring and unusual plays and football strategy which he works out with the aid of his Mich igan eIevens. While he knows and teaches all the fundamentals of the game and the ordinary running and aplunging attack these are but tine ground work Yost rises far above the ordinary fod&baI plane. Given the Sproper material with which to work he builds up @ series of skill fully conceived plays which because of the originality cause consternatfon among opponents and frequently the game officials. Yosty however, is g. keen student of the rules and seldom springs a play which a careful read ing of the regulations will not prove to be legitimate.
 Off the field Haughton and Yost are as unlike one another as they are when in action. Haughton seldom talks football while Yost will spend hours discussing the game in all its phases, illustrating particular plays with whatever objects are handy. He can play a game with eleven chairs or salt cellars, using hall or 8 table as the case may be and never fails to Keep his audience spellbound as he shifts his team with lightning rapid ity. Both coaches are comparative ly wealthy and men of business affairs and interests during the months when the football is dead. They coach more for the love of sport than be cause of the financial returns ai- though both receive large salaries for their three months work each fall, While the average spectator at to- days game will not see it, there will be a great battle of wits and strategy at Cambridge this afternoon and foot ball experts from all parts of the country will be present to see the outcome
 Norman Brookes and Anthony F. Wi1ding. the Austra1asian winners of the Davis Tennis Cup are advocating changes in both the English tennis champi onship regulations and the Da- wis Cup rules well. In each case the famous racquet experts sugges- Hons are sportsmanlike and made with the idea of improving the game and creating greater interest in the sport Wifding and Brookes both state that they believe that the Eng fish singles championship holder should play through succeeding title tournaments instead of standing out and meeting the winner at the end of the tourney as is the case at present. Since Brookes holds the honor at this time his advocating Of change in the rules to conform with the Amer fcan plan carries unusual weight.
 His suggestions regarding future Davis Cup play are even more radi- cal and coming from a player of his age are stripped of any personal ad- vantage since the plan would favor