The sun., 1915-10-03
HAUGHTON FACING REAL
TEST, SAYS HOLLENBACK
Harvard Tutor Has Zig Task in Rebuilding Crimson
Machine Wrecked by Loss Of Stars, Declares Former
Penn Captain Discussing Seasons Prospects.

out for him. as the two Mittendorf twins
who hailed from Baltimore are on the
hunt for a position. Both these men
have the physical makeup However 1t
will take a lot OF hard work to develop
them into hrst-cIa players.
The end positions held by Hardwick
and Coolidge will be hard to fill. The
most promising candidates for the line
cxtremities are Soucy. Charlie Coolidge,
Harte. catcher on the baseball team {;
Curtis. who Is also a tennis and hockey
crack. and Weatherhead. who had con-
siderable experience last year.
Pennock will ill In Fishers place as
line coach. and II he can impart his
knowledge to the candidates IT is n
foregone conclusion that the Crimson
line will fulfil all expectations. Par
menter will spend his entire time with
the centre candidates.
The back field Is not giving Haughton
much worry. To ne sure the loss OF
Bradle-, Francke. Brickley and Logan
will he felt. but he has very capable men
to fill their places. Mahan at fullback
is fixture. King. substitute last year.
Ia a great line piunger and the best In
terfercr Oh Soldiers Field. He will un-
doubtedly hold down halfback position
Enwright. fullback on last years fresh
man team, Is a real star and should fll
Brickley's place. He Is. like Mahan.
strong in all depa rtments OF the game
Mcknlock sub last year. will also be
reckoned with. as will Whitney. who has
great possibilities and may win a var
sity berth.
Watson. who played part Of all the
games last year as quarterback. II be-
ing groomed 20 all Logan's shoes. He
possesses the natural ability. but did not
us the rare Judgment In selecting plays
that his more experienced predecessor
did. holes. not eligible last year, Will
also put up fight for the quarterback
position. He is a good all around player
Murray and Taylor from last years
freshman team may be heard from
Wilcox, the fastest man on the squad.
will be used both at quarter ard half
back. where he should aid the team q
great deal
Haughton. rated as the greatest coach
in football to-day. can attribute his suc-
cess TO the great system he has worked
out and the thoroughness of its execu-
ton. For instance the practice Is timed
TO the minute: II work starts at 3 30
Haughton will appear on the stroke OF
the clock
The afternoon work at first consists
OF a fifteen minute talk on what is to be
accomplished and the mistakes made on
the previous day. The squad Is then
divided into sections--lnc men are
turned over TO the line coaches ends 10
the end coaches. backfleld to the back
field coaches In other words the team
is made after the fashion OF an automo-
bile. wherein each and every department
has its own expert in charge. Each part
is made and tested by the assistant en-
gineers under the direct supervision OF
the chief In Haughton's system the
assistant coaches take the crude mate
rial and teach them the fundamentals
OF the various positions. The teams are
then turned over to r. u H.. who pol
ishes on the rough edges and mouids the
team into a perfect machine. His motto
is Eleven men on every play" and de-
mands that every man lie a student Of
the game.
lie has several distinct formations on
defence The captain will shift his men
on n given signal the same as an OF
fence, to meet an open or closed forma-
tion. This makes II particularly hard
for opponents to gain ground consist
emily against Harvard.
The Harvard coaching stan consists
Of Haughton, head coach Reggie
Brown, who is a very capable assistant
and who also acts as chief scout; PEN
mock and Parmenter. who will see that
the line is well taken care Of, and
Logan, who enters the Harvard Law
school this fall and who will assist in
coaching the backfeld. "Tacks hard
wick who is CHIEF assistant to Jonas
Ingram at the Naval Academy. will
spend the week before the Yale game at
soldiers Field. He will be n valuable
addition TO the STAFF.
Harvard will take a lot Of beating be-
fore they will relinqush the champion
ship Charlie Brickley predicts that this
years team will be equal to or better
than last years champions.