"In spite of all this talk about de-emphasis," Lloyd Jordan told newsman at the Hotel Vendome football luncheon yesterday, "football is big business and I'm in favor o making it bigger. The evils have been overestimated--it's just that the present day coach has to be a good organizer and a good businessman."

In scoring five touchdowns against Brown Saturday, fullback Tom Ossman passed Eddie Mahan's Harvard scoring record of four touchdowns and five conversions against Yale in 1915.

The varsity will hold closed practices all this week. "I think the boys would rather be by themselves," was Jordan's explanation. The squad leaves for New Haven at 8:30 a.m. Friday.

At the luncheon Brown coach Alva Kelley praised the work of blocking back Gil O'Neil and of the Harvard line. "The offensive line showed rare snap reactions in single wing blocking," he said. "Their blocking on the short side was remarkable--it kept our weak side end and linebackers flabbergasted."

Kelley, whose Bruins have played both Harvard and Yale, predicted a low-scoring contest for next Saturday, with either team winning by about 13 to 7.

Jordan agreed with Kelley on the excellence of Ossman and O'Neill, and added praise for the key blocking of center Buddy Lemay, and the general offensive play of Paul Crowley and John Nichols.

Thomas "Chip" Gannon, former outstanding Crimson back, resigned his coaching position at American International College last weekend. Gannon will join a New York lithograph firm.

Eddie Doherty, whose Rhode Island State Rams played Art Valpey's UConns Saturday, says that Connecticut pressure groups are already after the scalp of the former Harvard coach.

According to reliable reports, down on the Nassau campus no one speaks to cover boy Dick Kazmaier any more. It seems that if you speak to him first, you're a hero-worshipper; but if he greets you, you're a wheel.