Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-15
HAucHToN MAY SIGN
MAHAN 70 PLAY
Crimson Athlete Undecided as t,
What He Will Do When He Leaves
College.

There is slight chance that Bos-
ton sport followers will lose sight Of
Eddie Mahan, Harvard's athletic idol.
tfter his graduation from Harvard in
June, for the possibility If his join
Ing the Boston Braves is regarded as
fairly safe bet. Mahan is slated for
the big leagues, if he cares to take
the jump and there is only one other
field OF endeayor that has the same
attraction with him as professional
baseball. That is football coaching
Will Be Free Agent.
When he gets his degree at Harvard
in June, Mahan will be free agent,
unshackled of all amateur restrictions
and the like. He may then choose to
do as he wishes in the way of earning
q yearly wage. Because of the close
association of Percy D. Haughton and
star will give his former coach the
prior right to claim him as an en-
ploye, if Haughton wishes to.
Mahan has one more season of COL
lege baseball to go through before he
will have finished his athletic work at
Harvard. Next month he will answer
the preliminary call for battery candi-
dates for the varsity ball team, and
report for work each day. AS a result
of his steady work in the pitchers
box last year, Mahan is slated to be
one OF Harvard's pitching mainstays
during the coming season. To pre-
serve his amateur status, however, Ed
die must hold aloof from all binding
contracts, and so there is no chance
of his signing up with the Braves or
any other major league bail club I'M
til late next June, when the last of
the Yale Harvard baseball games has
been played.
A year ago Charles Brickley was in
a similar position, for he had been Of
fered the head coaching job at Johns
Low 90 p H.,
standing with the Baltimore college
and signed no contract until after the
Harvard baseball season came to a
close.
Mahan Undecided.
Mahan has promised to sign with no
team as yet. He has not made up his
mind exactly as to what he will 60
when he leaves college. He has re-
eeived many good offers to be football
coach at universities and colleges in
the South and West, but so far he
has not revealed his inclination. Unless
the professional baseball lure proves
stronger, he may go into coaching.
Professional baseball clubs have
looked rafferty, longingly at the Har-
ward star for more than a year. Scouts
from half a dozen big league teams
have Looked him over in his games for
Harvard; and Barney Dreyfuss of the
Pirates was reported to have been hot
on Mahan's trail with a contract
but Mahan denied that he had any
agreement with the Pittsburgh mag
nate at the time.
Should Mahan decide on baseball as
a career he will undoubtedly go to
the Braves, for his friendship with
Haughton would lead him to follow
under P. DIS banner. Mahan has a
great respect for his head coach and
would like nothing better than to en-
bark under Haughton's direction if he
chose baseball to follow. He will have
nearly six months in which to make
UP his mind, however. for his signing
a contract will be out of the question
until the latter part of June. Mahan
is not only a pitcher of the first calibre
but a very clever outf1elder. Danny
Moeller of the Washington team, who
saw Mahan playing centre field in a
college game, said he was the best
outfielder he has ever watched in col
lege baseball. Mahan bats for about
.270 VIXEN he is in normal form.