Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-11-15 | Page 16 | Only Five Plays in Football, Says "Tiny Maxwell

Only Five Plays In Football Says Tiny Maxwell TN N THE THE gridiron sport says Bob BobI I IN I Maxwell 1 the Philadelphia writer I. I and referee we have five fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental plays and although disguised disguised disguised dis dis- dis- dis guised occasionally they are used constantly They are the punt drop kick which also Includes placement kick kicking ng forward pass end run and plays tHrough the line Every attack Is built around those plays because that's all tUi there are You read about teams which have fifty or different signals but that gets them nothing No team ever has used more than a dozen different different differ differ- ent plays plas In a big game and the maJority majority majority ma ma- use but four or five I remember one championship game In which I officiated where only three plays plas were used by the winning team They were a buck off oft tackle and end endrun endrun endrun run and forward pass pasI The quarterback quarterback quarterback quarter quarter- back was a a. good field general discovered discovered dis dis- discovered dis- dis covered the tte plays which were most effective and used them And that by the way Is la the secret of successful successful successful success success- ful football l Find the weakness of your our opponent and play It Nothing could be more simple than that Involved Intricate ate plays Ia's seldom are arec successful c l T That Is because c they can b b. b used only IY once e Irn in a game and l also l because the quarterback Is sometimes afraid to call the signal The team pilot favors the plays he be and hi his teammates are acquainted with and nd lets it go at that Too many trick plays have ruined many a football team because they were practiced constantly Instead of ot thereal thereal the real OI old ground gaining dependable kl di f ones One good t trick play y is enough for a a. team