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Show How to Tackle Id the Ikkfield 1 Noted Football Experts Discuss tho Merits of High and Diving Tackles. "What about the fullbackn the bnck field?" asked a football man, recently, says the Chicago Dally News. "Is he to be taught still to go at his man high, carefully ignoring the ilyintf tackle, In intercepting- a runner who has broken through? Or will the defense de-fense change and permit a -Hying' tackle? "Now, Eckersall has advanced on his rran in the traditional manner up high dodging with his man, preparing to get under a stiff arm and embrace the man carrying the ball. It Is believed be-lieved to be the only sure way. Yet Eckersall missed tho heavier B-othgcb Saturday. Johnson of the Northwestern, Northwest-ern, fell down on a stiff arm by the freshman, De Tray. At Madison. Jones could not get within a block of Hes-ton'8 Hes-ton'8 stiff arm. In two of the threo cases mentioned, the runner was far heavier than the little man who tried to stop him. I figure that the flying tackle would have done more good than the other." "I would Hko to see any man try a flying tackle on Heston In the open field," said Yost, yesterday. "He would not come within ten yards of him after he left the ground. The only place the flylnc tackle would do Is near the side lines, where a man would have to dodge out to avoid the tackier." "A qtlff arm can be dodged like a blow," comments Walllc McCornack. Where the fault lies, it appears to the writer, is that the avcracc fullback is not played near enough to tho line to get a runner coming through before he gets up his top speed and before he straightens up for the burst of speed. Johnson, Eckersall, Jones, nnd even Norcross of Mlchlgnn, play the deep field, alert for fifty-yard punts, which never come. The coaches evidently figure fig-ure It would be ruinous for a punt to no over a fullback's head. Even allowing al-lowing this, the only quick kick that will catch a full unprepared Is the quarterback kick, and this Is seldom long enough to embarrass a shifty fullback. On a fullback kick he has an opportunity oppor-tunity to get back where there is no wind, then the fullback on defense can be drawn within twenty to twenty-five yards of the line. If he sees a line play he can move up closer and when he sees the ball In the arms of a run-rer run-rer coming through he is near enough to go In and make his tackle. The runner run-ner Is not clear, ho has not worked up his speed and Is still off his balance from the attack of the secondary defense. de-fense. A flaw In the formation Is that a trick play carrying the ball round the other end would see the fullback hopelessly hope-lessly sewed up. Thnt would necessitate necessi-tate the full staying out until he actually actu-ally saw the ball. The trouble with most fulls, us mentioned above. Is that thoy permit too much territory between them and tho man they are after at the start of the duel. The chances of a fleet runner In the open field against a fullback are cood In the West this year for an almost sure touchdown. It must be, It Is thought, because the fullbacks full-backs aro either not coached up to some of tho most Important work In their department or else the present system Is wrong. |