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Show S FOLLOW, THE BALL v ' Coach Bob, Ztippke of Illinois tells in three words how MM-, to be a good football player. "Zup" says : "Follow the ball !"' Zuppke willviorgive a player who misses a tackle . provided H-l he rises from the ground instantly and races after the man with the' ball. Wherever the ball is, there the real players must berno-TrratterTvho has it "we" or "theyf You never know what will happen to the. ball, either on the gridiron or in real life.- It's always in motion. It's insecure in your hands. The opposition may steal it. The , rules may take it away from you. A fumble is always im-ijf im-ijf minent. So the thing to do no matter where the ball is ' or who has it is to get there at once. Follow the ball ! The ball may be opportunity. The ball may be trouble. The ball may be hard work. But follow the ball Are are I never in doubt about what we should do next. But we often km and haw, procrastinate, refault, run away from, or stand around hating "the next thing to do." It's human I nature not to follow the ball. We assume it will take care I of itself, will right itself automatically. We hope "George" I will do it. Or we tell ourselves it doesn't amount to a row I or pins. Anyhow we don't follow the ball. To follow the ball is simply to tend to business, to keep on top of the same. '-We may say: "If only I had known that simple! ' secret when I -was going to school. What a great football Player I could have been. Just think all you have to do is follow the hall." in . We're 'still "going to school and we're . playing in the iior biggest and mosot crucial game anybody could enter the ts Same of life. We have far more chance to make our knowl-a knowl-a edge count now we can turn it into money, intto fame, :al into personal satisfaction. Let's win the big game. Let's follow the ball. Shop V Talks S - SOIII! i |