Show Irish Eleven Will Discard Famous Shift SOUTH BEND Ind F Feb b. b 2 27 W Notre P-Notre Notre Dame is going to discard discard discard dis dis- card its backfield shift an es established established established es- es part of the football system system tem tern that has made it a power orthe on or the gridiron for 30 years and replace replace replace re re- place it with the orthodox T formation Frank Leahy getting ready for spring practice for his second season season season sea sea- son as coach announced the change yesterday He said Angelo elo Bertelli of West Springfield Mass star sophomore sophomore sophomore more passer of the thc unbeaten 1941 team would be moved from left halfback to quarterback to become become become be be- come key man in the new play Rockne Idea Knute Rockne whose career a as player and coach coincided with the rise of the Irish developed the backfield shift in 1912 and 1913 1911 as an undergraduate end and perfected perfected perfected per per- it in m his early coaching years In this play the quarterback crouched crouch d just b behind hind the center and fullback and two halfbacks stood In a row behind the quarterback quarterback to form the top bar ofa of ofa a T Just before the center snapped the ball to the quarterback theother the theother theother other backs would shift suddenly to the right or left and the quarterback quarterback quarterback would carry the ball himself himself himself him him- self or hand it to one of them In the straight T formation the backs start from the same positions po- po posItions positions po po- and the qua quarterback r t e r b a c k handles the thc ball on every play but there is no shift More Deception Seasoned students of at Notre Dame football told of Leahy's plan predicted It would make for much more deception in offense a better balanced plan for pass receivers more delayed line bucks and more criss cross s Notre Dame will begin spring practice Monday Owen Dippy Evans of South Bend will be shifted shifted shifted shift shift- ed from fullback to Ber Berlins Berlin's ellis elli's left halfback spot Creighton Jerry Cowhig Boston freshman will play at fullback Bob Dove of Youngstown Ohio will be moved from left end to left guard and Harry Wright of Hempstead N N. Y from quarterback quarterback quarterback quarter quarter- back to right ht guard Leahy said Dove and Wright t were good blockers blockers blockers block- block ers with enough speed to fit Into the fhe new plan |