The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-18

Il.
was never acquainted with.
the Car OF Russia, but he could
not haye been any more Of an
4utocrat than Percy HaughtOn was
on the football field"
Off the field II was different, y
BricklAy continued. HE was fine,
human and one of my best friends.
Haughton never came into per-
9Onal contact with the players On
the field except on rare occasions.
At Harvard he always had about
twenty assistants and, being .
great executive and organizer, he
directed them. He was really
coach Of coachea
"Aly, first meeting with p. d.
was amusing but not at the
time. however. He ignored the
fTeshnIel even more than he did
che varsity and my rep o. prep
scieol player didn't count with
Percy.
I'm my first year at Harvard I
yss out one day ct practice Kick.
1ng goals all by myself when
Haughton came up and watched
me. He stood there for five min.
utks and never said word.
81 was scared 70 death. The
funny part Of It was that knew
he knew me. Finally, with studied
gfuffness, he said: What's YOUR
name? I told him. What are
you doing on this team" he
I'm out for backfield.,
How much do You weigh?'
One hundred and ninety
Where dia You learn to drop
i don't know how / learned.
Nobody told me.
wen. don't you let anybody
natural style. Do it your own
way, PrSctice fifteen minutes
Every day In the year and III
make YOU the greatest drop
Kicker IN the country. Then he
walked away and ne never spoke
again TIN next year.
II oheyed his instructions sum.
nler and winter. with the result
that ] kicked sixty-two goals from
the field out Of sixty.five attempts.
'Haushton was wonderful
speaker and the greatest thing he
did for Harvard football was a
speech / heard my E:rst day. out for
thu varsity as sophomore. He
addressed the squad:
There seems to be an impress
sion around here that the Harvard
team IL made up Of fellows with
big family names and money. /
want to tell you right now. and re.
member It'll don't give damn Il
you are Irish, Swedish or Jew; il
you haven't cent or a family; II
you can play better than the
others you're going to get on this
team
yale used to have Harvard's
gOat before Haughton's day. They
, would come On the field uishaveTl.
Just like Jack Dempsey in q fight
Percy was a great Psychologist and
kept pounding Il into US that we
were the greatest team in the
world.
'sae was sbuIlish' instead Of
DeaFish,' Hike GIL Dobie. Instead
og letting our wlllsIKers grow Tor
Yale, Percy would say: 60 get
q shave and q shampoo. Go on
the field WeIl.gfObrned In spick
ana span equlplaeiit. Don't tank
to the Yale players before Or
during tho game; ignore them
before the Yale game in 1913
~. b. sent eight manakers on the
field with me carrying about forty
footballs. He said: Kick 100 drop
kicks In q row when the Yale team
comes on the field. Don't try diff
Gcult angles I want them to know
that you are sure. Neither side
win score by rushing today. Tell
Logan to have you kick on the
second down IL he wants to when
you get inside the 40.yard line,
and think you ought to get there
ct least three times this after
noon.
'.ANeiI, Percy was right. No
tDuchdowna, but got five goals
and we won, is to s.
He made me practice drop
Kicking under game conditions. /
stood eleven yards back and Percy
stood right behind me, holding q
stop-watch. Now you boot that
bali over and get it away in two
seconds or I'm going to boot YOU
was timed at, l.58 and never had
q kick blocked"
tcopyright John r. Dills co.,
= Il