Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-05 | Page 12 | No Grandstand Stuff in Blocking but it Saves and Wins Games

No Grandstand Stuff in Blocking, But It Saves and Wins Games -p-r- t First of a number af artletaa by Paul Purman showing haw H, S Oico.t, fewmsr all -American center, and coach of tha Oraal Lakes fool ball turn, taachaa hia man tha asms. By Paul Pur man Fool ball may well Ire divided Into four fundamentals, which must ha thoroughly learned before the fin point of tha fame ara taken up. A team might know scorea of playa of H7rT(niI7'r TT TV feHaownlnoneor two of tha fundamental tha playa would not aava It from defeat agalnat any team wall versed In afia fundamentala. Tha fundnnientala may ba divided Into bloc kt riff, tackling, Interferon and akllt and sccursry in rat lie vine and panning Ihe ball. Blocking la not ooa of tha brilliant spectacle of football. A man may aava a gama by Mocking or h may ha Instru mania) In helping hia iMm ecore winning folnla, but he la not I ha one who get the hand In lha aland. Tha good blocker r eaa'ntlat hecauea he keep tackier away from tha man with lha ball and hold tha opposition away during the seconds It takaa a lsrk-field lsrk-field man to gat off a euoceaaful kirk or forward pan. Kvery man on a team ahould know how to block properly. Tha accompanying photograph ahowa a man being eucceeefully blocked. Tha man In tha foreground haa naarad tha man with tha ball and waa pra pared to make a tackle when tha blocker whoee face la ahown throwa himaelf in front, atopplng hia man completely. At tlmea It la lm-poaalhla lm-poaalhla to block completely. Then tha hiorken ahould turn hia man with hia shoulder, throwing him off balance and aavlng tha man with tha ball. In blocking block-ing always hit low. Read Turman'a next football article In Monday 'a Telegram. I Haw Great t-aae football pi ay ara ara taught to block opponent. Photo toy ft. . I ! Dorman. Paaae by U. ft. canaor.