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Show I Sherlock Holmes of Grid Heeded for Winning Team By "Bo" McMillin All Ameeiee Qaali ihai k. Th scout has com to play a Vry Important Im-portant part In modern football. Tan years ag;o a team without a eeacb was Just about ahelpIeS as ths present day learn would be without a scout. It used to be that whea a scout was ent eut to see rival team play his mala Ihousht was to get th signals of ths opposition op-position . Today It ha developed Into a ranch finer art to properly scout a team, th man doing do-ing It has to taM many thine Into consideration con-sideration asid from th mur ef mre ta-naia gotbsll Is still in the svrertmentsl stage. Because of this fart th eoavbe ar employing em-ploying different methods of attack sach year. Tbey ara tryinc to develop a new tyis ef play, one that will be distinctly their own. and wth which they will b abl to spring eumathing new on their oppo- ball coiXKOKf) DANc.mors. Thl system h ta been of great advantag 1 th smaller en lies ea. L'elng It. they hav demonstrated conclusively that th team depending upon Its wlht and strength can easily be defeated by a fast passinc lven. . Scout ar sent out rh season t not the development and Dot only to esra ths method of attack and defense of ths thr team, but to cm new Ideas of their own. Hfor I scouted th Harvard cam In IMS I wa totally lsnorant of th Harvard styls of play. 1 waa very much surprised to see their Quarterback taking the bell from under tb renter. Nearly all th teams In our section of th country, the South, used only direct p see to th man carry-lee carry-lee th ball. I aaw them ealy straight pi ay a but the wer blchly developed ; tha. la every avails hi mio Interfered for the man with the hall Kvfr-.rOKT TO lilellH TOR. on my retura to Danville I went Into the offlcs of our athletic director, Rob Wyra. and said "Chief, it la golnc to b a battle between two systems. If our trick snd passes can offset thetr welcht and' knowl-edc knowl-edc nf old style methods, w will win." I was abl to tell our lln what to expect and I wapoaltlv that our passe snd snds would work. FSm right In: my prediction except the Harvard lln gav us a llttl mors than w could stand, and w lost. A football scout I open and abov board with every mov that h make. Thoee representing moil of th larcer institutions usually co In and hav a cnat with the coach of the opposing team before th gam. This year 1 hav sent out va passes to th ce ache and th captain of all tb teams en my schedul snd will be glad to hav them visit our field at any of th game durtnc the season. Kridl lleiien. famous Harvard star, spent about evn day in our camp In 110. In 1121 Harvard detailed one of their coache to com to Danville, where b spent a week with us before th big gam. DI'TT OF TOOTH A I J. WOIT. Seldom is a football out sbl to gt much of e Hn en ny of th deceptlv features fea-tures f a team's offen. Much plays are rarely uncovered In th minor- game. Th ecout. however, by watchlnc a few gam. I ebl t cat a good lln on th Csneral style of play. It I alo pslbl for htm to pick up ary of th unusual feature fea-ture -bat Invariably ar a part of every eoch'e system. Mkewls It I polbl to pick out th weak and at rone section of the Use sssinst certain styl of play. Th nds can aleo be slxd up for their outstanding outstand-ing feature. Very often It !s ao1b1 for a scout to unearth a certain weakness In th play of snm Individual that la ef vital Importance. Import-ance. . In baseball pitcher can constantly work en the weakne of a baiter. Ia foe t bail th successful Quarterback must do th asm with th oppoeinc line. Th scout furaish th dop to work oxu |