The sun., 1916-09-19

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Sept 1s.-The Har-
ward football squad entered the stadium
Tor the FIRST time this season to-day, the
coaches also starting secret practice.
Some OF the scrimmaging will be open.
but all Of the coaching will DO lone In
the absence Of spectators.
The drill for all hands was hard. There
was no s~crimmaging. although the mid
field work on plays sent at the substi-
tutes BY the regulars was little short
OF the real Trims. Fifteen coaches
worked with the individuals, the kick
ers coming In for some hard drills and
the catching Of punts by the backneld
squad finally showing an improvement.
There were two important arrivals In
camp. Moseley Taylor. one Of last years
guards. who returns Weighing 100
pounds. was started at tackle. where he
Ia almost sure to play regularly. lie was
n Of the most active i!nemen Harvard
had last year. Dick Harte. the tennis
player, also Joined the squad. He played
regularly at one OF the wings on Ma han's
team and scored Harvard's first touch
Wv SNtth' cto W "
muffed kick.
Veterans on Lias.
There are now three veterans on the
rushline. Dadmun. Taylor and Harte.
Batchelder and Clark. from the fresh
men. are at tackle and guard Harris, a
substitute. Is centre. and Ha' riley, a sea-
soned man. Ia at end. The backie'd
combinations have not been changed.
Experiments were tried In the stadium
tonight with electric lights, but the
coaches fear the rays may not be 70.
Elected satisfactorily.
Diverg!ng from one OF the fast rules
OF the Haughton system Of coaching,
Charles l.. Brickley will number his Bos-
ton College players this season. accord
ing to a statement made whilo he was
visiting Soldiers Field. The objections
which Harvard's head coach. Percy d.
Haughton. has against the idea are not
considered very strong by Br'ckley. and
he hnds the advantages outweighing the
disadvantages.
Harvard's objection TO numbering Oh.
players IL based mainly on the fact that
II helps the rival scouts in their work
and IL therefore dangerous TO the sue
cess Of the team. The scoreboard used
In the Stadium during the games shows
the spectators who IL carrying the ball.
90 that there has never been an appeal
on the part OF Harvard undergraduates
that the players BIO numbered. More
over the followers OF the gante In the
Stadium soon get acquainted with the
~players OH the field. and few would need
the numbers to pick h men making
the plays.
Mahan Opposes Numbering.
Brickiey stated that he did not ccn.
slider the advantage to the rival scout
20 great and that he has not found any
other strong objection to the scheme
The undergraduates at Boston College
arc In favor OF the project and the bos-
ton College head coach will not be op-
posed.
Edward W. Mahan. who followed
Br!ckley as captain Of the Harvard
team. Is not In favor OF numbering the
players. finding that the Disadvantages
are great. Although he Is not mead
coach at tho University OF California
where he IL coaching. the chances are
that he will object strongly to any at
tempt to have the players numbered.
Al weatherhead. end on the Harvard
team last year. will number TIL players
at Bowdoin, where he is head coach. He
az rees with Brlckley that there IL no
objection to the scheme. Or. Paul with
!ngton, Ernest Soucy and Jack Doherty,
three Harvard players who are to coach
at the University OF Wisconsin. VIII md
their team accustomed to numbering the
players, and any attempt to change tins
system at the present time would prob
ably be met with objections.