Back in 1935, Athletic Director Bill Bingham used up six weeks finding Eddie Casey's successor, Dick Harlow. Five weeks have elapsed since Harlow resigned. Which means precisely nothing, except that five subtracted from six leaves one.
Meanwhile, everybody but Bingham thinks he knows who the mystery man is. Recently, a red-hot load from "reliable sources" had the new coach for sure. The source knew the coach's name but not where he came from. The man turned out to be dean of one of the graduate schools here. Bingham said yesterday he had "not yet made a real proposition to anybody." The Athletic Committee has been alerted, though, for any possible special meeting that might be necessary if something crystailizes.
It is possible that Lou Little, crafty professor of football at Columbia, may be holding up the works at the H.A.A. offices. Here's why. Like a baseball manager juggling pinch hitter against relief pitcher or vice versa, Bingham may be waiting to see what happens at New Haven, where Little is supposed to have the inside track. "We want to make certain," he said yesterday, "the man we choose for the Harvard job will match the ability or potential ability of whomever Yale picks."
Athletic Director Bingham cant't afford to wait too wait too long. Spring practice generally starts around March 15 and applicants for the job know it. They have been cramming the H.A.A. mail bag. The place de resistance was a sincerely-penned communique from the wife of a mid-western high school coach. She was convinced her man was the logical choice to lead Harvard out of the football wilderness. "This is between you and I, Mr. Bingham," she said in her letter, "as my husband yet knows nothing about my writing to you."
She went on to say what a terrific guy her husband was and how the 16- and 17-year-old infants on his team had mauled everybody they played last fall. At any rate, whoever gets the job--Valpey, Glassford, Jordan, or even Skip Stahley--he will have to get it pretty soon. Time is running out.
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