The Washington times., 1916-01-20

With ali due respect 70 III" undouhtcd
genius of Percy y. HaUEhton as foot
ball coach, he may find the going just 4
little bit tough in his now role as preS'-
dent OF the Boston Braves. saws
writer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
JIaughton IS placed IN the difficult
position Of man who has lot TO
learn In one direction and just as much
to unlearn in another. In Lhc first place.
he must acquire talent for meeting all
sorts of people and making q good m
preston Oh them In the second, he
must forget that he knows anything
about the playing end of baseball.
one Of the principal fun, tons O a
club president is to keep the fans IN "a
good numOr. He must DO lot Of hanh-
shaking and must kid en- along when
Things ar" not going well m" better
along. providing nc has tn" necessary
executive ability to look after tho bust
ness affairs OF his office.
The Harvard coach Is about as af-
fable as fish. 1t is a comparatively
easy matter TO- drop around to the pal
ace and have nice informal chat with
the Car of all the Russias All YOU
have to DO IS TO get past a few hundred
soldiers aud secret police. run the Sant-
let Of countless aides de Camp and Soc
ence. Nick will hand out good 1O-cent
cigar and talk base ball. war and poll
ties as nicely as Nou please.
But getting confidential with Percy
Haughton Is something else again. AL
most anybody can meet him on the
street and Try to buttonnolc him, but
the man who assays il needs a fur
overcoat and heavy gloves. Percy is SO
and the men who arc IN his vicinity
have to wear heavy nannels and car
muffs on the warmest days.
As head of his wonderful. victory
producing Harvard football system ne
has been abl" to hold himself alOOf from
everybody and act the part Of Czar. SC
many people want to attend Harvard
big games that the dem-<@ for tickets
exceeds the supply several times over
Harvard football is sort of Just
omonc yourselves affair. anyway. and the
public doesn't hAV" TO b" considered.
The rrimson'S alhcr"IhS car" mothlnf
about the personality Of tn" coach. Sc
I long as he delivers the COOd" anc
/ iaughton does not have ia "mitt any
) bod when his team is wiDinG ny th'
! gridiron with Yale annually. Anyone
, " hn complained that tho coach was too
! ar''"cratic would nc ;iirucCd hN a re
| CitI Of the scores mad" hV IIaughton'
! team. IN recent seasons.
Things are different in baseball how
| ever. There will be no danger or c"ttini
| too many fans into the lUammOt
| Braves field and til" management ha
| to make an effort to DlCaSC all its Gus
! tonIcrs and to keep Oh getting new ones
| lust as soon as HauGhton attempts t.
! freeze some wcll-mCaninG Individual. tn
word will spread that h" is trying t
! break il off in til" public and It will no
| take long for him to lose a lot of pa
! trOnS.
Among his personal friends HauGht"l
, is r,C doubt pleasant companion, hu
tnat will not get him anvthimG when h
! begins to rub w against III" Erea
, American public. Bostons fans arc vor,
! Jealous of their pTorOEHtiNeS. too. AM
| several times have disciplined ndgnate
| who have presumed too much on th"i
! patlCnCe. No longer ago than 1912 tn
! Roval Rooters Thought thcmsCIvc
! abused because no seats had been re
! served for them al the seventh game
, and they uuit cold on the club.
The result was that the 4ttcndanc
| at the final battle iCll far below Wha
! il ourht To have been and the con
tenders lost thousands Of dollars. Al
most of the whole body Of fandom an
he nl"yor as ", i tool. - the root
",s' quarrel and =. : generally be
lirvcu that Nc \ lrrr and MC'tuY had t
cult the Hub l1Isl aus, of the fuS
lhlt enSued.
II is entirely T"ssihIr tNal IIaugh
ton will dlop his huHlcur when H.
enters upon his now DUTIES Per
hapS he ASSUMES tn" attitude q
alnofn",S in Tue hcD, lh4t it bcS
served the ends Of "'fl"i""C,. his on
god. Man hc he viii hIoSsuI0 out a
one Of the most aCCabir nC men.
seems unlikely, however that he vii