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There were about 300 men at the dinner. At the head table sat the eleven and the principal speakers; and below were tables for the coaches, the substitutes, and the baseball team. Most of the other guests were graduates, with a very few undergraduates...
...dissension and discord he produced concord and the well defined system of coaching and training which has brought Harvard to victory. Instead of having under him a large number of miscellaneous coaches, he established various departments each of which had a responsible man in charge, on whom the head coach could rely for advice. The offense was simplified, the number of plays cut in half, and the team made to know them so well that they became second nature. Under Lewis's able guidance, the Harvard defence was perfected, now as distinctive a feature of Harvard football, as are Crimson...
Under the old system there was no settled plan of coaching or training. Each year there was a head coach, who had under him from twenty-five to fifty sub-coaches, each with his own theories and ideas...
...Yale was the favorite at the start, but Harvard gradually advanced while Yale stood still; and as a result the Crimson eleven beat Pennsylvania for the first time since 1893, and Yale for the first time since '91. The coaching had been more systematic. The plan of having sub-head coaches was perfected and more strictly adhered to. The plays were cut down to a minimum and for the first time in the history of Harvard football a special defence was worked out to meet Pennsylvania's guards-back. The distinctive feature of the 1898 eleven was its kicking game...
...attempt was made to combine with the Weld Boat Club and broaden rowing. The four-oared races were first held, and after that a race between four eight-oared crews, two from the University Boat House and two from the Weld. Mr. E. C. Storrow '89 was appointed head coach, and the style adopted was a compromise between that taught by Mr. Lebmann and that which had been in vogne during the few years preceding him. It was felt this year that something more permanent than the class crew system should be adopted, so the Newell Boat Club was formed...