Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
Aside Foot Ball Drills Harvard in Nev Order of Things

Sey's men find jam, jelly and peanut
butter more frequently on their menus.)
Hanley's boys are screened running
over hurdles and straight arming
padded posts. Bunny cakes at Mon
tana has his men charging srring-base
dummies and suspended dummies In
line formation. Bankhart at Colgate
has boys charging under ropes and
some coaches charge the men under
fences. Years ago Haughton had CEN
tiers practice passing through hole in
a canvas, something like the Hit the
colored gentlemen in the head and get
scent cigar" game.
Harvard Different.
But It isn't so at Harvard. Eddie
Farrell, foot ball trainer, was looking
over the candidates as they moved
about. All through practice he was
right on the heels of every scrimmage.
II man came up with limp Eddie
ordered him off the field. II the
mans shoulder pads were not properly
adjusted, or any part OF his ordained
equipment had been sacrificed because
of heat or carelessness, Eddie was there
to put him right.
"We've given 1t all up" said Eddie
when uueried about caliSthenicS. De-
cided It exercises lot OF muscles you
don't need. It takes time. You can
get all the limbering and exercise
necessary in other ways"
Those other ways were in foot DALI
AS for mechanical equipment-there
was the old-faShioned tackling dummy,
swinging on q rope so that a coacn
could yank it across the plowed ground
while the tackler made his dive.
There was the new-fangled dummy,
the only. new piece OF mechanical
equipment at Cambridge. and this Is
wear old. This dummy is on merry
9o-round and can travel and jump up
and down in a circle.
There were a number of leather base
upright dummies, or rag dolls, spaced
at about five yards each, standing IN
a row. And there was the buckin9
machine-a padded fence on a supStan-'
tial wooden base, against whlcn tle
linemen showed and butted and grunteu'
There was one other piece OF equip
ment which is quite new ana snoulo i DC
mentioned here. That Is the drinking
supply. The thermometer was at ~.
The boys were thirsty.
ugh"
The water was full OF salt. JUST 80
the bows wouldn't drink TOO mucn anu
get logy. You'd have to be awiui
thirsty to drink it. The boys Woulo
walk over with parched lips, put
rinsing was in order and not a orlIk.
Practice is simplicity itself NO pep
talks. Those are passe: 1t is taken tor
granted that boy who goes out Tor
foot ball has inspiration enough.
Coach Casey outlined the new plays
he was going to use: Coaches cnaiKeo
up the board until the squad had
grasped the technique OF the play.
Then on to the field.
Men separated into squads, Backs
with one coach. ends with another, line
men with another, for separate work
outs in their own positions. Linemen
were at the bucking machine and tack
ling the dummy. Ends were running
under kicks, catching forwards. Backs
were receiving passes, working on back
field formations with the center, get
ting signals.
Five O'Clock and practice is over. To
the showers. The rubbers go into &C
ton.
There are X-rays to be taken, right on
the spot no hospitals needed. DR..
Richards has a hospital there as eff
Gent as any accident room you could
find.
Tea Is waiting in the field house. No
dainty china, but the thick mugs from
some one-armed joint. A platter Of
lemons. The squad refreshes itself with
a hot cup before heading for the Var
sity Club and the training table.
That is the week Of eight and one
half hours before the Saturday after
noon kickoff.
p. S.-The reporter, yellow-topped
Jersey and all, was eliminated pronto.
With men battling Tor berths on the
team and ready to die for dear old
Harvard, what could you expect?
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