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Show PERFECT LINE PLAY SECRET OF YALE SUCCESSES FR yt are football coarhee hav. tried to invent atyle of pla; to aurceeefully combat the Yal. system. hut tna only mentoi eucceeeful haa been Percy Hauehton. tha Harvard coach, who but Tala in 1IU-M-14-1S with Old Ell a own v-(am. v-(am. 4 Tale'e ncrm In footbaH waa due mora to ita llnea than to tha men who advanced tha 111. It la a football tradition at Nw Havan that Yale'e team, muat hava pow- erful forward walla. Thla waa neoeeeary flrat of all to cheek tha opponente and. second, to open up hole a for the oacne. Thla ayatem of play haa been handed down to hundred a of mentors, so when two elevena coached by Yale men g-et together to-gether there la alwaya a battle between the two llflee. The outcome of thla atrug- all geneiiillj dendaw tha laana. Tkiaa ia not a trick known to line plav that ia not taught every team coached by a Yale player. It ia thla thorough rteaa that made Yule, football superior. THIN YALE WAS BEATEN. Before Percy Hnughton took charge ef the coaching situation at tf'amhririge Hr- vard'i tAhii rs beaten nn regatariTr. Occaatonally the Crlmaon wo-ild win. but it haxl to be . vaally auperior- to do Haughton marie a study of the Yale etyle of play and decided that the only way Yale could be beaten waa In the develop-ment develop-ment of a forward wall which, would be etrong-er than Old Kit e line. Haughton made thla theory known In Cambridge, and Immediately the -ry, "We muat have a line to beat Yale!" waa taken up On tha campuft. Instead of tha backs, enda or quarter receiving all the attention, atten-tion, the forwarda were drilled aa no other Crimson linemen ever were In the history . of Harvard football. Haughton'a ache ma worked to perfection, aa waa shown by the reaulta of tha g-amea during; tha yeara . ha coached. STUNTS TO DEVELOP FLAY. In the'Weet, Stagg and Williams, Yale ' men. the two oldest coaches from tha I point of tears in active service, hava- always al-ways pursue I thla policy. When the J Maroons and Oophera clash the Isaua Is I always decided by the play of the lines. Any player who haa learned football under un-der either coach mill readily recall the daya when the candidalea for line poel-tlona poel-tlona were compelled to go through what seemed to be foolish stunts. Theae drills consisted of the big fellows tying on trter backs and rolling fifteen or twenty yards the aame aa a boy rot la downhtll. -watking on all fours for five yards and then hitting up the pace until they fell flnt on their stomachs, and hour of work with tha charging machine. The pivot blocks combined with throwing throw-ing one leg around to atiike an opponent amldahlpa. the proper uae of the handa to get paat an opponent, not to mention the,. many waya to charge and then lock in opuonent'a lag u.ider the arm. STAONQ LINE AT IOWA. Howard Jonee of Iowa and Fred Murphy Mur-phy of Northwestern, ex-Yale players teach the. aame kind of football, and. If given the material, have always develcped strong lines. Jones has a strong line thia year. His forward wall successfully wit h- stood the attacks of the oreat 1akei backa and at times held Ita own with the j Bluejacket wall, which also waa coached j by a former Yale player, Herman oicott. j Dr. AI H ha rue. coarh at Cornell, la an-I an-I other Yale player who haa employed ha alma mater'a atyle of footle 1 1 sunt he took up coaching. - When Khaipe vred to . brine- hia Itha.j tennn to Ami Arhor to play Michigar. even the Mi.'ninl of the Wolverine i net I tut ion would say that good line play would be aeen on the day Of the game. YOST ALSO DEVCLOPS LINEMEN. Although not a Yale man, Yoet. who piayerf hia football at -Wwf Viigtiita and lfayette. Is a stickler for gxd lines. Like IStagg ard Williams, he las plenty of stress on drills for his forwards early In tbe aeaaon. Ht ill another great prlnc'nle of Yal play which Is rot aeen muh CTfpt by teama coached by former Klf players ia (close following of the hall. Yale cnachee make It Imperative that evei y piayer t muat be In tha locality of tha ball or try-T try-T Ing te get there. 1 In connection with the play of the line-j line-j men, football fane ahould not he too eager I to give too much prae to the tnnn who j advances the ball. The forwards., who (open up the holes, are deserving of eoni of the credit, an' thla is one reason whv so much more ie heard of Yale foraarn-i rthan those of other Institutions. Yale undergraduates know that the ae-ret of ; Old Klt'i eiirreaa rests with the forwards, : and tbev gejdom fall to give the linemen 1 diia cre-lit |