The Washington times., 1922-10-19
.5EE:SREVENGE.
!: !: !. .FORHARvARD
!. OVER CENTRE
Crimson Should Win by Two
Touchdowns, Declares
= z hz$! Tom Thorpe.
! By TOM THORp.

by. TOM THORP.
If speed, weight, a versatile at
tack and a stonewall defense are
attributes of a winning football
team, Harvard should have one
this season. The Crimson lads
have shown unusual qualifications
IN all of their games. If they
continue to improve during the
few remaining days of the week,
In the same even stride they
have consistently maintained
since the first call for candidates
early in September, they will re-
ceive full compensation for the
humbling that Centre College ad-
ministered to them last season.
The lads from the Blue Grass
region are going to find the
Cambridge collegians ready for
them when they trot out on the
gridiron on Saturday. Harvard
should win by at least two touch
downs.
4, Much has been written about the
Harvard coaching system. Many
have said that 1t was nothing more
than successful football. These in
dividuals are putting the cart be.
fore the horse.
Harvard's football system is one
founded on basic truths of the
game. 1t depends upon proper
teaching of the fundamentals of the
game. It calls for full co-ordina-
ton of all parts Of the machine when
the various parts are assembled.
No cogs are left out. All are cut
to the right dimensions. Little lost
motion can be discovered.
The machine Is as complete a.
football mc"Hanics can make II.
No No wona Won, 4 " 1T It runs Sn,s smoothly m, ai,E
for repairs.
Percy HaNghton is the individual
accountable for the present Har.
ward system. Those up at Cam
bridge call 1t "Haughton's system"
Well might II be named that. 1t
was the great football brain OF this
magnificent sportsman that de-
vised the machine Itself and then
organized the shop to guarantee the
annual production of the machine.
When he took hold of affairs up
at Cambridge they were In the
slough Of despair. Yale enjoyed an
annual picnic on the gridiron at the
expense Of it's Harvard rival. Moth
ing but the most, heroic methods
cutfid have saved Harvard. Haugh-
ton, lost no time in getting down to
brass tacks.
He called to his aid the best foot
ball brains at Cambridge and then
told them the secrets Of his system.
From that moment Harvard began
10 rise to the surface OF the football
world. In four years her teams
Travelled from the cellar to the veIy
apex. Since then they have ridden
on the crest OF every seasons wave.
It looks as II they were riding on
one this year.
Bob Fisher is a product OF the
Harvard coaching system. He Is .
firm believer in what he breaches.
He played on Crimson teams that
won because Of the sOundness of
the system. lie allows no one to
question the principles which
HaughtOn laid down years before.
Because Of this his coaching career
at Harvard has been a most sue
cessful one. While the material
has not been of the finest. yet he
has obtained good results.
IT takes system and material TO
make successful teams. Good sys-
tenn without material cannot win
. over sound system and good ma
terlal.
Some say that II Is teaching.
Others hold that 1t is men that make
football teams. We maintain that
Il is men and system. Harvard has
n sound system and she looks to
have the right sort Of material. For
this reason close-studying critics are
looking forward with much conf
dence to witnessing a well.earned
victory for Harvard over Centre on
Saturday.
In Capt. Charley Buell. the Cam.
bridge lads possess one of the
craftiest field generals Of the yea-.
Every man who has faced a Har.
ward team generalled by Buell. will
testify to the craftiness Of the Grim.
son quarterback. It was his fine
head work that won over Yale last
seasoff. -
During most OF the year Buell. was
fair catching all punts. Against
the Ellis he crossed his admirers by
catching one and making a run back
OF forty-seven yards.
This proved the turning point Of
, the rbig classic. Harvard scored lis
first touchdown after this, and from
then on had things much its own
way.