The New York herald., 1921-08-21
NEW RUSH LINE Is
HARVARD'S PROBLEM
Two Ends Are Only Varsity
Players Available as
Forwards.

Special Despatch 10 THE New York HERALD
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Aug. 20.-Harvard
football which has for number OF
years travelled high on the wave OF sue
cess, is this year to meet test that
will prove the real merit of the Haugn-
ton system, which has been continued
by Head Coach Bob Fisher, now serv-
ing his third year in the Stadium. With
rush line shattered from tackle 70
tackle. where experience and strength Is
most needed to a successful season.
Harvard's prospects are far from prom
ising. The backfieid material Is, how
ever. OF the choicest. but must have the
united support OF a powerful rusn hhe
to do its best.
or the seven men who played the for
ward line against Yale last November
two will be eligible for the eleven again.
tt ey are the ends. Kit Kane, captain,
and Jack Crocker. The rest of the
rush line was composed of Charley
Havemeyer, at centre: Tommie Woods
and Jim Tolbert. pair OF husky
guards; Bob Sedgwick and Wynant
Hubbard, splendid twain of hard
working. aggressive tackles. Substitute
linemen who have graduated are Henry
Faxon, tackle Robert Finley and John
Castor, ends.
Behind the rush line the only abb
sentee of the regular backs will be
Arnold Horween. Charley Buell., the
clever quarterback, and George owen
and Roscoe Fits, the halfbacks, will re-
turn to college. Joe Fitzgerald. substi-
tute quarterback, and Winnie Churchill,
q halfback, are letter men available
again, while Dick Humphrey, Arthur
Hamilton and Mitchell Gratwick are out
of collega.
Coaching star Selected.
Bob Fisher has practically decided on
his coaching staff for the fall DR.. Der
ric Parmenter, '13. will be in charge of
the centres, while Tommie Woods of last
years eleven will have the guards under
his wing. Fisher is trying to get Wallie
Trumbull, Is. to take the tackles again,
and Bob Sedgwick, '21. is expected to
help him out. Charley Coolidge, IT.
who has coached the ends the past two
years. finds his studies in the Harvard
Law School too exacting. and Ernie
Soucy '16. who was a member of the
1914 and 1915 team. and who did some
centre coaching last fall. is being con-
sidered as his successor.
ley Brickley and Eddie Mahan's teams,
will be in charge of the backfield coach
ing The quarterbacks will have the
services of Dick Wigglesworth, '12; Don
Watson, '16, and Winslow Babe" Fell
ton, '19. who were with the staff last
season. and Billie Robinson of the 1915
team. who will be on from New York for
couple of weeks. Jimmie Knox will
have charge of the second team again
and do considerable scouting. The fresh
men will be handled by Tommie Camp
bell as head coach. and Billie Murray.
the 1920 captain. and Bill Snow OF the
1916 team.
A new ruling that any student who Is
placed on probation cannot be taken off
when college reopens deprives the team
of Charles Eastman. a substitute tackle:
J. NJ. Cooper, another lineman. and Tom
Carnegie, who was one Of the best backs
on the 1924 eleven.
In the first place. Fisher hopes by
strategy to bolster up tho rush line by
the possible shift of Capt Kane from
end to tackle. He Is considering like
wise a move that will bring Charley
Tierney. substitute centre, to a guard
position. Kane played the position year
before last, and Tierney was a guard at
Boston College before transferring to
Harvard.
The ends available . exclusive of
Crocker and Capt. Kane are. Clark
Macomber, who made his letter against
Yale in November: Ted Weatherhead
and Joe Hartley OF the second team,
and Raoul Pantaleoni and Leonard Lar
rabee of the 1920 freshman team. Two
pair of consistent ends should easily be
picked out of this squad
Leaving Kane and Tierney out of the
tackle situation, the two tackles of last
years freshman eleven, Capt. Dan s.
Holder and Charley Hubbard, whose
brother Wynant was a regular varsity
player. are most promising. Holder is
a six footer and weighs 100 pounds;
Hubbard is 6 feet inches and weighs
305 pounds In condition. Barklie Henry.
another 1924 lineman. is good and strong
and built for the position.
Practice starts Tuesday. September s,
on Soldiers Field The season opens
September "a with double header. two
teams composed practically of the whole
squad meeting Boston University and
Bowdoin.