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...forward line of the regular team was tentatively shifted, Weston taking which will compete in a series for the Haughton Cup. The regular second team will play several outside games, but will be used mainly for practice against the University team. The "H Second" insignia will as usual be awarded the members of this team...
...winning eleven in the Haughton Cup series will receive 15 cups to be distributed among those of its men participating in the most games. Moreover, men showing particular promise in the series will be promoted to the regular second eleven, while members of the second eleven who do not display the desired proficiency in the game will be relegated to the Haughton Cup series. Thus two important results will be secured: the standard of the second eleven will be kept at its maximum height, and an opportunity for practice and development will be afforded every member of the squad...
...running game, his drop kickers--notably Brickley--have achieved reputations, and there is a sound basis for everything he does; but it is curious that football men in general, and the coaches who face his team in particular, do not seem to realize that to beat Harvard and Haughton it is necessary to consider Harvard and Haughton's vital, and to my mind correct, principle--which is not drop kicking or placement kicking, but punting...
...cloud thrown out by the Harvard system under Haughton is its much and carelessly criticized conservatism. It makes opponents think what the Harvard system wants them to think. Part of this system also has been the knitting together of loose strands that have always been woven through Harvard football. The rest of the system is familiar to men who have played under Haughton. But the keystone of the system is punting. And the keystone, better judges than I believe to be right...
...Wherever Haughton or his men set their foot, there will be punting. And there will be punting until the rules are changed, for with rare exception, in matches of the first importance, the running game will not decide the issue. The theory of the punting game takes little account of the early encounters with teams so weak that they may be beaten without it. It is concerned with only one thing--the game one must...