Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-23 | Page 15 | Good Blocks Needed in Wingback System

Good Blocks Needed In Wingback Wing back System tern 44 y S I I v r I h I P Here's Heres what Coach Tiny of Stanford means by expert blocking being essential to success in any football system that's Tiny himself with the ball He played for lor Pop Warner Varner at Pittsburgh Pi By TINY THORNHILL Frequent criticism Is heard that the double wingback style of t offense does es not click at some soma time or another another another an an- other when it Is most vitally I sary Actually this criticism should apply appy t to any and all so-called so systems toms tents or types of ot play In theory any of the standardized or popular methods of ot advancing the ball are fool If It every player handles his assignment perfectly there is s no apparent reason why the tho ball should I not advance To theorize on the blackboard Isone is isone isono one ono thing but the execution of the play on the field is something else again One of the reasons why the thc double wingback offense docs does not click cUck at nt times is the failure lo to get tho the interference interference inter inter- ference terence cut It Is almost necessary to have hav I played this st ste of ot football to really make it function from a coachIng standpoint There are arc exceptions exception to the rule of or course but such cases case have been few and far tar between There are arc certain contain steps used b by the thc linemen and backfield me men which make it click Necessarily anyone who through actual pla pIa play has learned the fundamentals o othe of the style of ot pla play popularized b by Glenn Scobey Warner Wanner should i Inmost in inmost most most cases be better fitted to teach it t than those who have acquired their knowledge through coaching schools or by observation Tomorrow The Tho Old Od T I 1 Formation