| Show CADETS FOOTBALL TRAINING Gridiron Expert Tolls How and Why System Differs From Last Season Many times 1 nm asked It West Taint docs not Intond playing Daly this year The answer to this question llhrstratcn tho policy of the men In authority at tho army headquarters Last year after the great samp with tho Navy on Franklin field from tho countenances of tho Arm Hupportors you might have judged the Army had lost Many 1 people wondered at the lack of Joy when they know the Army had secured what they had no ardently hoped and conscientiously l worked fora victory over the Navy The reason for their gloom lat your and the reason for not playing Daly was a slump last season and the fear of It thin year After having Lied Yalo and Princeton and beaten Pennsylvania with holding Harvard to a tie they concluded all they had to do wan to walk on Franklin held and have a victory vic-tory handed to them But In this they were aadly mistaken For excluding the work of Daly In a 101yurd run ror a touchdown and a goal from the Held WeaL Point was outployed by a lighter team And why Simply because they lad developed a team which was In championship cham-pionship form when It played Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia ten days before their annual match with Annapolis Tho bruising and tho nerveracking experiences of contests with every member or the Big Four caused the Army team to go etale The life and snap they had shown In their games l with Harvard and Yale wan acklng Instead of that t rcslstjcsa charging charg-ing there wa a UdllcoH sleepy air and what the Big Four had been unable to do AnnnpollH found Il simple task gain ground against West Points defense rIds year the Army conches say they will Profit iy last seasons lesson So every effort la being made to hold the team uack In developing Simple playa nro being used Great attention Is being paid to details new material IB being tried out To allow tho difference In tho way football foot-ball at Pennsylvania and at West Point la i supported we have to look at the enrollment en-rollment and the number of men trying or positions on the football eleven At West Point the attendance Is ITQ ncn At Pennsylvania enrolled students arc over 2300 men Tho number of candidates Who appeared for trlul at West Point was 80 Tho number at Pennsylvania never overt over-t Those llgurcn arc the best Indication for the showing at Penn this year Daly Is helping coach and puts on a suit to dome do-me kicking catching and a little running run-ning i I remember how whito and haggard he looked last year after tin Annapolis same It was plainly written In his face overworked over-worked He has a very nervous tempera mont and does not need the constant drillIng drill-Ing that Home players have to go through with IIo has had plenty of experience so they are wisely saving him until after the Yalo game Then ho will try to prepare pre-pare for a repetition of last years work which well earned applause from President Presi-dent Roosovolt This method shows the development of substitute material which will be of Immense advantage If any accident ac-cident should befall Daly In fact this idea Is being carried forward In all positions posi-tions no leas than three substitutes for some positions being tried In such short halves as twenty minutes you can easily see that with a change of players there Is llttlo chance of their golnrr stale There Is ono feature of West Points game that many teams might cop with lot only Immense value In adding to the popularity of the game but In their moral development When a West Point rutu places tho ball on the ground tho center does not edge or roll that ball a few feet further ahead Ho puts It In play from that spot When n ball needs to bo measured meas-ured for first down 1 have never seen any team or player ot either West Point or their opponents endeavor to move the ball Tho Eportamanahlp of any set of men Is shown by tho tactics they teach their athletic teams Unfortunately a great many people have an Idea that football Is a rough lighting game True It Is not ping pong nor an afternoon tea The opinion IH well Illustrated trated by a story from 1 Vest Pointer who had returned from a Western army barracks They had several post teams An Irishman noted for his size and pugilistic pu-gilistic ability como out to try for one of the elevens He was placed at guard the quarterback gao the signals whereupon the Irishman nrOSi and In all tho glory of his six feet 1W pounds strength and yelled Never mind your mystic signs Just show sue tho man This spirit 113 pervading an unfortunate ly 1 large number of teams Football properly prop-erly taught and In the right hands plc yates the moral tone of any school West Point plaved a slow same In the first half Saturday against Williams In the second part the substitutes came on and In order to show their coaches what U mistake the coaches were making In not ida > in plhom Instead of the regulars proceeded pro-ceeded to line up with ginger and played with snap and Ore They brought forth a modification of Harvards offense ai the only variation of straight formation It was a fourman tandem on guard Ticrie four players line up directly back of whatever position they t dealro to attack It worked very well Saturday Shannon for West Point handled kIcks very well and ran them back In good ntyle but slowed up the armya attack by his poor signal giving AVilllams1 team seemed siow and lacked determination They seemed as If they hind lost their most Important Im-portant game and had nothing of Import Imprt mice for tho rat of the season Consequently although it Is considered an Important game It offered little chance to Bet a line on West Points real strength I IB apparent that tho team Irt 1 gradually finding Its power Captain J3oycrs at center Is playing tho strongest strong-est game Ho rashes a capable leader and Is tackling In fine form alll The feature that gives thn Army the moKt encouragement vas the holding pf Harvard for downs an their threeyard line The defense Is their principal ob ject of attention and it promises to be a great one Tho learn I sccma to havo better bet-ter material than last year and it Is far behind in development Everything points to another brilliant match on Franklin Field on November 20th Jordan Drown the great Yule guard Sllllman Bull and Harmon 8tlmnl Dul ald Graves all of Yale aro assisting Nolan Casad and Smltncr th graduate playcra of tho Army who are coaching tho Army Xa Ihou P Slauffor |
