“I shall never forget Davis after Lafayette had beaten Cornell 6 to 0, in 1895, at Ithaca.  That night in the course of the celebration Parke uncovered everything he had in the way of entertainment and gave an exhibition of his famous dance, so aptly named the ‘dance du venture,’ by that enthusiastic Lafayette alumnus, John Clarke.

“I have been at Michigan fifteen seasons.  My 1901 team is perhaps the most remarkable in the history of football in many ways.  It scored 550 points to opponents’ nothing, and journeyed 3500 miles.  We played Stanford on New Year’s day, using no substitutes.  On this great team were Neil Snow, and the remarkable quarterback Boss Weeks.  Willie Heston, who was playing his first year at Michigan, was another star on this team.  A picture of Michigan’s great team appears on the opposite page.

“Boss Weeks’ two teams scored more than 1200 points.  If that team had been in front of the Chinese Wall and got the signal to go, not a man would have hesitated.  Every man that played under Boss Weeks idolized him, and when word was brought to the university that he had died, every Michigan man felt that its university had lost one of its greatest men.

“I am perhaps more of a boy’s man to-day than I ever was.  There is a great satisfaction in feeling that you have an influence in the lives of the men under you.  Coaching is a sacred job.  There’s no question about it.

“There is a wonderful athletic spirit at Michigan, and when we have mass meetings in the Hill Auditorium 6000 men turn out.  At such a time one feels the great power behind an athletic team.  Some of the great Michigan football players within my recollection were Jimmy Baird, Jack McLain, Neil Snow, Boss Weeks, Tom Hammond, Willie Heston, Herrnstein, grand old Germany Schultz, Benbrook, Stan Wells, Dan McGugin, Dave Allerdice, Hugh White and others I might mention on down to John Maulbetsch.”

Reggie Brown is probably one of the most famous of the Harvard coaches.  His work in Harvard football is to find out what the other teams are doing.  He is on hand at Yale Field every Saturday when the Yale team plays.  He is unique in his scouting work, in that he carries his findings in his head.  His memory is his mental note book.

[Illustration: 

Craft McGugin Gregory Yost Graver Baird Fitzpatrick
Wilson Snow White Shorts Heston
Sweeley Weeks Redden Redner Herrnstein

MICHIGAN’S FAMOUS 1901 TEAM]

In talking with Harvard men I have found that the general impression is that the work of this coach is one of Harvard’s biggest assets.

Jimmy Knox of Harvard is one of Haughton’s most valued scouts.  Every fall Princeton is his haven of scouting.  He does it most successfully and in a truly sportsmanlike way.

One day en route to Princeton I met Knox on the train and sat with him as far as Princeton Junction.  When we arrived at Princeton, a friend of mine called me aside and said: