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...until 1908 that football became firmly established at Harvard. After losing to Yale six years in a row the Crimson realized that something had to be done. Percy D. Haughton had the answer: he introduced deception...
Ernest Ver Weibe was called upon to spearhead the Crimson attack for the entire first half and a part of the second half of the game that year. At a moment of confusion on the field, Haughton sent in an unknown, vic Kennard, to replace Ver Weibe. Kennard received the pass from, center standing on the Yale 25-yard line and the Yale line, expecting a field goal attempt, rushed in on the right side...
...Haughton was the great mastermind of the time and when he resigned from the head coaching position in 1916 his teams had given up a total of 19 points to Yale opponents, while scoring 119 themselves. Haughton's great achievement, the winning of the Big three title for four straight years, 1912-15, was never challenged until Princeton duplicated the feat this year...
...team in that fourth quarter has never been completely described. An 80-yard drive was pieced together out of short thrusts, then an end run by Frank Foley was good for nine yards and the score. The 13 to 6 victory gave Harvard its first big three championship since Haughton's victory...
...Haven, Conn., Nov. 18.--In the gloaming that enshrouded the Bowl this evening, Charley Caldwell was lifted somewhat precaviously on the shoulders of sundry Princeton stalewarts--lifted as high as Harvard's late and immoral Percy Haughton. --from the New York Herald Tribune...