The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-29
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Columbia will close her gridiron ranks and carry on the 1924 football campaign in spite of the stunning blow sustained by the death of Head Coach Percy D. Haugh- ton.
 This was decided today by university athletic authorities, who announced that the game at Ithaca Uext Saturday with Cornell, as well as those with New York university, Army and Syracuse would be played as scheduled.
 Dr. Paul c. Wilmington, former Harvard pupil of and first assistant at Columbia to Haughton, was appointed head coach for the rest of the season.
 University MOurns
 The entire university today was plunged into mourning by the loss of Haughton just as it seemed that the 1 Blue and White, reaching heights it has not known in years by crushing Williams last Saturday, was about to lead Columbia out of the gridiron will Gerness.
 Although tke team, accompanied by a large delegation of students, will go to Ithaca Saturday, all demonstrations planned in connection with the trip have been abandoned out of respect to Haughton's memory.
 While thousands of messages of con dolence reached the university today, plans were made for fitting memorial tribute to the man who transplanted the famous Harvard system" to Morn ingside Heights. A memorial mass meet ing will be held tomorrow noon under student auspices.
 Body Sent To Boston
 The casket bearing HaughtOn's body was sent to Boston by train tonight and arrangements have been made for funeral services in St. PauPs chapel Boston, on Thursday. Simultaneously services will be held in the Columbia university chapel.
 Tribute to Haughton's personality successful coaching ability and influ- ence on the gridiron game was paid to- day by football men throughout the east The famous Harvard system" which he created at Cambridge and which lifted the Crimson to its greatest heights marked a new era in football. It was built up in sound principles, fine at tention to details and constant ham mering at fundamentals. Something of mystery surrounded HaughtOn's grid iron work in the pOpnlar mind, but in his own words his system" was merely 'hardwork, discipline and hard work. '
 HaughtOn's Great Record
 During his eight years at Harzard from 1908 to 1916, HaughtOn developed not only some of the greatest teams in the country, but individual stars whose names are by-words in gridiron annals Members of his elevers were selected or all-American teamse annually while ht was at the helm. Two of them, Pen mock, a guard, and Eddie Mahan, full back, were named three times on these mythical teams, the former in 1911 1913, and 1914 and the latter in 1913 } 1914 and 1915. Others were Robert T Fishers, star guard in 1911, now heat coach at Cambridge; Charley Breckley backfield star and famous drop kicker in 1912 and 1913, and Percy Wendell all-American half back in 1910, ant 1911, now Williams head coach, who bowed to the strategy of his former teacher Inst Saturday. -| Wilmington Head Coach
 Dr. Wilmington, who will succeed Haughton in charge of Columbia! squad, is a product of the Harvard school, as are also most of the assistan members of the coaching staff. He play l ed guard and center on the 1908 an