Show Dead Indian Play Sure Scorer for Haskell T Team earn F Faked Injury Deceives Defense Defense Defense De De- De- De Paves Way for forS Touchdown S Editor note sate W W. IT U. Lone Star Diets DIetl Is II s famous for be football tricks hi his Indian d 4 teams m pull pail l In t this the fourteenth of or a a. series e t of l football tb 1 Articles written by bythe bythe the tho roaches coaches themselves Diets explains the old dead Indian play he learned at Carlisle durIng the regime of or Pop Warner By W W. 1 H. H Lone Star Diets Diet Head Football Coach Haskell Haskeil Indian Institute LAWRENCE Kan Nov Nay 20 P P- P The Dead Indian play as It became known mown was originated at Carlisle by y Glenn S. S Warner about 1910 and was successfully used for several seasons thereafter several touchdowns re resulting resulting re- re suiting from its use One of the most notable runs scored from this play occurred in the Penn Penn- Carlisle sylvania-Carlisle game In 1911 in which Gus Welch Velch clever quarterback and open field runner who at the present time is assistant coach at the University of Virginia carried the ball 65 yards for a a. touchdown USE ON KICK FORMATION The play is most effectively used In Ina Ina ina a teams team's own territory about theAO- theAO yard line where a kick formation is a constant threat at with the defensive backs playing rather deep and the defensive line somewhat scattered The back behind center gets the jail ball on a lob pass drives Into the theline theline theline line between left guards and tackle Je and Is generally tackled by the defensive defensive defensive sive right halfback who plays In front of ole the hole Naturally the other defensive backs are drawn up to this point In backing up the play FAKES INJURY The offensive line Une then moves up to o the point where the ball ban carrier is lying on the ground in a rather prone position Another back addressing the he prone one says Are you hurt The ball carrier gets up slowly and responds Oh Im I'm all right and throws the theban ball ban to a third back who with the aid of the flanking linemen and backs bades circles around the opponents' opponents end usually for long gains which have resulted In many touchdowns In late years I have abandoned the play lay play but there Is nothing In the rules to o prevent a backfield man from acting acting act- act ing ng as a passer of the ball from the end position and the play Is perfectly legal egal In every respect |