Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-25

man among them who might be called
a star. He played a wonderful game
in the line and is All-American tackle
for almost all of the mythical elevens.
There are besides several good men
coming from the freshman team, but
none of them stars.
Harvard needs this efficiency sys-
tenn then more than ever before. The
material is, on the whole, not better
than that at any one OF ten or twelve
colleges in the east, and inferior to
many. But with a large squad OF men
and with P. D. Haughton running his
war office" then Yale. Princeton. Cor
nell and others beware.
The idea of efficiency is at the base
of every good football team and the
difference comes when 1t is at the very
bottom, as it is at Harvard. A man
may be a star and yet be useless to
Haughton without certain training and
certain changes in the playing of every
other man on the team. The quarter
back at Harvard, for instance,very sell
dom carries the ball or offers interior
ence. His Job Is to think from the be-
ginning of the game to the end. A man
who could rush the ball would not be
useful, because he would probably not
be able to think as well as man
trained to think alone. His playing
ability would be wasted, and there
would be a loss of efficiency. In this
Watson was invaluable to Harvard,
while Barrett of Cornell and Click of
Princeton, although more dashing
players, could not have served as gen.
erals on the Harvard eleven In the
same way Boles carries the ball little,
but provides all the interference and
serves as a star on the defense. That
does not mean that he cannot carry
the ball, but that he was developed in
other lines for the sake of efficiency,
And when Percy HauShton refuses to
Al Ill Inc
that no one is capable of doing such a
thing, he is but reasoning along the
lines of efficiency. There is not a man
on any of the other teams who could
have played in place of one of the
Harvard players in the Yale game and
great his individual playing. he could
not have fit in the complicated mech
an ism of the human combination.
Veterans Necessary.
Veterans are necessary to the team
at the beginning of the season because
their particular charaC teristicS are
known and their efficiency may be
considered 100 per cent. The other
players are then tried in the combina-
ton until every man can make use of
his qualities in such a way as to make
him a star and yet part of the human
machine. Next year Harvard Will have
J. A. Gilman, Il, the captain, al
tackle; NJ. Taylor and H. H. Dadmun
at guard, r. Harte at end and w. ]
Boles in the backfield. These are the
veterans, but c. y. Coolidge at end
and D. Duncan at guard are two mer
who were almost regulars. All of these
men will play in 1916, and thus the
line is practically filed, with the back
field to be formed. Besides Boles, there
are T. H. EnwTight, Nj. Horne, R
Horween, n. V. Nelson, T. ThaCher. NJ
Wiggin and w. Wilcox from the var
sity squad. with Casey, Bond anC
Flower from the freshman team. Fol
quarterback there are Robinson, Muir.
ray, Taylor, William Murray and
Gardiner. ]. c. Harris and q. A. Sa.
gar are among the candidates for cen.
ter, while Likins is out for end: w. 3
Snow and w. Purr are varsity mel
out for guard, while G.. c. Gamer is gu
for tackle. The freshmen are send.
ing up a lot of promising material this
| year, so that although there are NJ
stars, the squad is one with solid stuff
one which the Haughton effiCienc!
| system can work with profit and will
| good results.