The Detroit times., 1914-10-31
Condolences Mark the
Ders Of Yost and Haughton,
Master Coaches
LII TACKLES IN
THEIR SCHOOL DAYS
Football Cars and Both
X Up Tasks When Schools
Were in slump

III HAROLD v. WILCOX.
cday the master gridiron wizards
f on the aeld or battle. For the
time In their remarkable ca
-. Fielding II. Yost. car OF the
M and Percy Hangnton, car OF
east. have an opportunity 10
*lch their handiwork. And the eyes
1he entire football world, from the
rams OF the days when Yost and
Iehfon themselves fought for their
- mater clear TO the infant grid
- Of the grammar schools, are
med toward Soldiers fed at Cam
Ieither coach will have the best
~ he Is capable OF In the field this
&rnoon. both have had a season
OF mishaps and disappointments.
- Crimson eleven is not as good
~ was last year. and neither are
81 defenders OF the Maize aud Blue.
W 10 Is in adversely that these mas
coaches are greatest.
f Is remarkable how parallel have
rs the gr;diron careers OF both Ia
lis mentors Both played tackle
<eams that football history records
rreat. Yost was q member Of the
@6test eleven that Lafayette ever
ned out Among mis- teammates
r. Reinhart, one OF the games
1ndest guards. In Yosts la.
tette defeated both Pennsy and
6ceton, and the Tigers that year
tmplished the overthrow OF Yale.
Is in turn won from Harvard.
nughton played tackle on Ben
|hle's wonderful Harvard eleven in
~ when Yale was routed by the
Tnson. IL 10 O.
nth took up the tasks that won
IA tame, while football at the re-
&ctive schools was in horrible
Rp. both were given absolute con-
over the gridiron destinies of
= schools. and while their methods
|coachine are dissimilar, their every
3m Is indelibly stamped with the
|nonality OF the mentor Neither
suffered the ignominy of really
3 season.
10Th yost and Haughton early
- to coaching. the Hurry-up man
|tfing at Ohio Wesleyan, where he
Ned everything the Buckeye stale
n to oifer. That was before he en-
"a Lafayette. Then In succession
Scoached at Nebraska, Kansas and
and Stanford, making a remark
~ record at each school. The year
- he carried Stanford to victory,
~ California, Yost went to Michi-
he Was destined to win imper.
1ble gridiron fame. That was IA
~ ago.
3u Through his apprenticeship, his
thing was marked by that bril-
~ DISH and spirit which has won
(ten for the Maize and Blue. Al
- Yost has been the strategist
driver. while Haughton has been
builder.
he Harvard star started at Cornell
- gave the Red two OF its finest
ms. There his work was charac-
ned by his doctrine of gradual de-
Dpmenf, and he led his proteges
~ an early disastrous showing 10
liant successes. Haughton soon
~ up coaching. entering business
Boston, and II was with great re-
lance that he gave up his business
<ou years ago to teach the pigskin
+ 1t his alma mater The Crimson
y In a bad slump at the time. and
)nghton's first task was to convince
quad that Yale could be beaten.
1908 he did beat Yale, to o, and
he then Crimson victories over the
- have come with pleasing regu-
10th Yost and Haughton are gen.
men OF pleasing personality. great
ice and great resource IN emergen-
~ When occasion demands, none
. be more caustic I'm criticism than
". and through II all, none can
re surely retain the loyalty and
rect OF their players.
Wonderful. all around. splendid
ops. are these greatest OF gridiron
ards.
rem Rubt Oldring's statement OF
q ease he probably thinks hts first
srrisge contract had a ten-day
>use In II.