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...would be transferred from his position as coach of the tackles to that of line coach received no definite confirmation last night from W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics. According to Mr. Bingham, the choice and appointment of the football coaching staff lies entirely with Coach Arnold Horween '21, and final substantiation of any report must await his arrival in Boston about the middle of next month...
...Bingham stated that in view of the fact that Horween's contract holds for only a year and that the possibility of its extension is extremely doubtful, the athletic authorities have deemed it wise to place on the 1929 coaching staff those men who are outstanding candidates to succeed to the post of head coach. Casey's record with the Freshman squad has brought him more and more into the running for this berth, he said...
...Bingham not long ago supported Coach Horween for his liberal attitude in giving privileges to his players. It is, therefore, consistent that he oppose any move which would take away the players' power. The election of a captain is a privilege which essentially belongs to the player. Any action impairing such a privilege is in his opinion not to be considered...
...return of Arnold Horween as coach of the football team will be welcomed by all Harvard men who have seen the working out of his influence on the game at Harvard and on the men who play it. For the three years during which his system has been operative, there has been built up a tradition of hard football that counts the game as more than the winning of it, and a carrying the ball always against the other team as the best way to play the game. It is a worthy tradition, whose worth needs no testimony...
Football at Harvard occupies a position almost unique in American colleges. It is one into which Horween's sense of football values fits admirably. Harvard faces another season of that success which no stamp of victory can make more genuine...