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Shortly after Christmas the candidates for the freshman nine will be called out, and it is now very necessary to arrange for their proper coaching. Last year the freshman nine had no regular coach until two weeks before the first Yale game. For this reason the nine was not so good as it might have been. The captain had double work, for he had to do all the coaching and also the choosing of the players. It is not fair to the class to give the nine no coach, for it is sure that a good coach is necessary...
...only positions which must surely be filled by new men are third base and left field, while possibly first base and centre field will also be vacant. It has been rumored that John Clarkson, the well-known pitcher, would coach the 'varsity this spring, but no such arrangement has been made. The chances are that Tim Keefe, who has coached in the past, will do so again this spring...
...Banjo Club numbers nineteen men and is under the temporary leadership of R. B. Flershem, who is also playing with the 'varsity. As is the custom, the Banjo Club will probably have some professional instructor to coach the candidates. The material is decidedly above the average for a freshman club and with practice it will be an unusually good club...
...call which the coach of the freshman eleven has made to men who have played on the upper class teams should meet with prompt response. As is pointed out, it is of the greatest importance to the team that it be given a chance to try its signals and formations with opponents who are not also perfectly familiar with them. We are very confident that the policy of keeping 'varsity men off the freshman eleven will prove a wise one. While the teams are not likely to be quite as heavy as usual, there is every reason to expect more...
This year during the entire fall Harvard has had at the head of her body of coaches Dr. William A. Brooks, Jr., '87, a man particularly well qualified by his football experience to fill the position. A knowledge of the details of individual play Dr. Brooks gained by two years training as a varsity player on the Harvard eleven, of which he was captain in 1886; but it was not as an individual coach that he was intended to be of service this season. He has rather taken a position similar to Mr. Camp's at Yale as chief adviser...