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...Coach Haughton took charge of the football work on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. There was no dummy practice, the whole time being devoted to work on the new rules, the forward pass being the first rule to be studied. After Coach Haughton had explained this rule and given the backs their positions, he had the men devise their own plays and work them out. Special attention was paid to the forward pass going directly over the centre of the line. Both teams were given a chance to advance the ball and simple plays were used...
...Coach Haughton played on the University football team in 1896, 1897, and 1898. In 1897, he played fullback, but both of the other years his position was at right tackle. The last team on which he played defeated Yale, 17 to 0. He was also very prominent in baseball, playing on the University team from 1896 to 1899, inclusive. He was captain...
After graduating, Mr. Haughton coached the Cornell football team for two years, turning out a victorious eleven in the second year. He has also held the national racquet championship, and for several years was assistant coach of the University football teams...
...time, started the new system of coaching whereby one man as head coach has absolute control of his assistants, instead of there being several men with equal power acting as a board. The graduate committee which was appointed by Burr and approved by the Athletic Association, recommended Mr. Haughton as the head coach. This system worked well and a championship team in 1908 was the result. Last fall, the team was not so fortunate. Early in the season injuries retarded development, and a defeat by Yale followed...
...Haughton has been assistant secretary of the City Trust Company for the past five years, and when this trust company was recently consolidated with the Old Colony Trust Company, he was elected to the same position in the latter. He has lately resigned this office, however, to enter the brokerage house of Mossrs, Hamlin, Nickerson...