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...fact that this short spring practice has been a part of the University policy since the Haughton system was first adopted dispels any apprehension that we are failing to prepare sufficiently for the coming season. We can scarcely find fault with any part of a system which has proved so successful. The system, however, can reach its greatest effectiveness only when coach and players alike take their full share. Continued success next fall demands that when the season opens today, a squad even larger than in past years should report...
...work of the spring and summer will be announced by Coach R. T. Fisher '12 and Captain R. K. Kane '22. There will be further speeches by members of the active coaching staff and of the graduate advisory committee on football. Among those present will be P. D. Haughton '99, W. H. Trumbull '15, R. B. Wigglesworth '12, Dr. T. K. Richards '14, and T. S. Woods...
...Committee considered but took no action on the elimination of the goal after touchdown as recommended by many coaches and students. It also considered the suggestion advanced by P. D. Haughton '99 that a forward pass blocked behind the line of scrimmage should be considered a free ball, but failed to adopt it. The question of preventing stalling by a change in the method of timing, which was discussed so energetically last year, did not receive much attention nor did any of the proposals as to overtime periods in case of a tie or goals after touchdown kicked from scrimmage...
...features of the football season was the appearance of Centre College in the higher circles of intercollegiate athletics. The brilliant performance of Captain McMillin and his team-mates at Cambridge proved them to be worthy opponents. "It was a great game," said Percy Haughton; "one of the best I ever saw in the Stadium." The Southerners left behind them a reputation for clean play and sportsmanship that earned them a lasting welcome at Harvard. Now the wearers of the White and Gold again invade a northern field of sport; they bring a winning combination, a veteran team. This...
There appears to be no question of Mr. Haughton's suggestion being taken before the Rules Committee this winter. The opinion expressed by the former University coach in public print has evoked a very generally favorable attitude amongst other college coaches and football officials, who know whereof they speak...