Name/Title
"FOOTBALL AND HOW TO WATCH IT"Entry/Object ID
2003.57.1.1Description
Color: Black; Red
"Football and How To Watch It," by Perry D. Haughton (Boston: Little, Brown and Company,) 1924. The 227-page hardcover book is red with black lettering, consisting, on the front cover, with the title and author's name at the top, under which is an image of a football player in a kicking motion. On the spine is the title, author's last name, and publisher's name. The work consists of eleven chapters concerning watching and understanding the game; differences between offense and defense as paramount in the game; preseason preparation; the season; medical aspects; intelligence in the game; offense; defense; details of the game; modern advances; and a conclusion about the game. There are thirty-four photo and four diagram illustrations, most of the photos of game sitautions, mainly involving Harvard University, which the author coached from 1908-16. The diagrams are of offensive formations. With cover corner dents, surface soiling, and stains, as well as page browning, foxing, and stains, the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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