South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-03
HAUGHTON MAKES
GOOD At HARVARD
With Little to Start With He
Built One of the Best
Teams in America.
BY Frank G.. Menke.

BY Frank e.. Menke.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3. Percy
Haughton is the wizard of the grid
iron. The pigskin game never has
known a more wonderful teacher.
Those who were skeptical about
Haughtons skill. of Haughtons ge-
Mus, are skeptical no longer.
When the season began il was re-
garded as the season that would
test Haughton-would answer the all
absorbing question
Was it the wizardy of Haughton or
the natural football power of his
men that made fame in the other
years?
The answer Isl
Percy Haughton.
The Crimson coach found a diff
cult task confronting him when the
season began. Brickley was gone
so was Hardwick and 50 were Pen
mock. Logan, Francke, Trum ball,
Underwood and those other stars.
None of the satellites of other years
except Eddie Mahan was left.
HaughtOn had to build around Ma
han with green materials he
built a superb machine
Outside of Mahan none of the
Crimson players of 1915 were really
brilliant. But Haughton was UNI
daunted. undiscouraged. He ham
mered. he tinkered. he took out old
cogs from his machine and then re-
placed them. He made numerous
changes and in the end for that Yale
game he presented for public appro-
baton one Of the smoothest work
ing. and most powerful football en-
gines that ever steam-rolled a grid
iron.
HaughtOn's Coaching Methods.
What is Haughton's system?
A simple one. He never directly
wastes his time on really raw ma
terial. He let's his assistants do that
and he handles only the semi-fin-
ished article.
When the football candidates pre-.
sent themselves Haughton spends q
few days looking over the assortment
of newcomers. He has uncanny
and lightning-light judgment in pick.
ing out real players from among z
| bunch Of raw recruits. After he ha.
/ looked over his whole squad Haugh-
ton picks out his veterans Of tn,
! year before. selects a dozen promis
| ing looking youngsters as candidate.
for the places on the substitute var.
sity He leaves the development Of
] the others to his assistants.
Haughton has his own theorie!
about developing men. and his assist
ants follow his dictates. Above al
else, Haughton is boss. He demand
obedience from his men and the alb
solute following of his rules by hi
assistants.
/ If Haughton. after experimenting
| for a while with his varsity candi
dates finds that some OF them don
measure up to standard he turn
them over 10 his assistants. Whel
/ Haughton needs new additions TO hi
first string squad he sends an orde
to his assistant thusly:
Il want a halfbacK. fellow VIII
is fast. weighing between 10 an,
100" or, Il want a guard" or e
want an end-One who is good a
/ handling the forward pass" An
jHaughton's orders are filed. becaus
his assistants know they are subiec
TO just such calls and they are pre-
lpared FOR them.
Haughton il a Driver.
The Crimson mentor is a driver
He works TO the full limit of hi
lenergy-he puts his whole heart an
soul into his work-and ne expect
his men TO do the same thing. II
will not contenance sloth. Ever
man who wants TO play on a Harvar
eleven under the Haughton regim
must be willing TO stand up undo
1.-THE strain Of scrimmaging "a hour
n day should Haughton decide tina
such an amount was necessary.
HaughtOn isn't talkative, on IN
football field or off. He talks rarel
but always to the point. He neve
wastes a word. His orders 20 hi
men are brief as far as speech
concerned The tone OF his vote
and his nervous gestures nil IN
gaps that the words may leave. An
no one ever misunderstands
Haughton command.
To what do you attribute foot
ball success ?" Haughton was aske,
And Haughton answered:
ITO work-hard work-and pier
, ~ Of it"