Show I 0 How Big Eastern Teams A r Shaping Up i L PART THREE ill ni JOHN JOJN ji H rosTin Expressions of opinion which have ha boon been Cleaned from more than a n dozen of or tho llio most prominent football coaches conches of ur the United States State are arc much alike c in that U they predict more moro open play pIn this year car than took place in 1906 Exactly how this open play Is to be worked od c out Is something of or course that the coaches aro arc not o to- to tJI discuss cu Co for l' l It happens that the working out methods of pIa play Is part palt of ot their stock in trade If tho they make e public their plans In advance l the they L will vill find other coaches coache copying with s systems t m of defence delenco to beat them thom Yet most of them have ha little hesitancy hesi tancy In saying that all of or tho the tren trend I of oC the game Is toward open oren work worl Whether It will be ue end work worle or feints 1 I 4 it t f A. I I 7 f t l l r t WOMANS WOMAN'S V WAY AY f j c V He ic I-ic-Don't Dont Don't they fight like t fiends r 4 She Yes She Yes they're awfully 1 1 stingy y Why dont don't c each cach ch of them have has a ball bait to play with I J f f through h the line or 01 Intricate passi ing which shall lend to 0 contuse confuse a n defending defend defend- ing tt team teun Is IJ something which pla players ers f must conjecture but the tho coaches conchEs will l. l begin ln eai early i to teach leach running plays plas t which were only attempted last sea- sea won lIon after the practice had IZIl been a J month ol old ana when it was discovered t that there thelo must be something more r than old fashioned mass play if It a football football foot foot- ball Lall eleven Is Ig to be successful against 1 Its opponents Joe Quill the former Yale player an and a valuable and sturdy halfback who was South la last t year ear with one ono of or the elevens below Mason Ia on and DIxons DIxon's line linc an and who began earlier than some 11 of his lUs former a associates to work worl out new plays In itt a conYer conversation atlon In New NewYork NewYork York after tho tIu season eaon was over onI made mae the broad uloa assertion that the more d. d open the thc up line-up of or a a. team b becomes come under tinder the thc new rules the greater ruhl the chance it il will have to tu fool jt its adversaries adversaries' adver lI 1 i saries' saries ns ItS the defence will u be so badly that it It concentrate t Jf I ty the v t cru cay iqs ss tr- tr Citi itz i roi uld s ittis For Instance sal said he lie he suppose that I should scatter scalier my eleven cleven across the fiel field so that the forwards were anywhere from six to lo ten feet apart an and the backs were placed at Irregular lar Intervals Inter behind behin them an and that I should begin a series of at running formations for for- an and deceptive e pa passing sing so that the ball bail went from rom one po position of the thc theline line to another before the defence had i 1 solved sol the lie method of fairly advancing ancin I the baH ball you ou suppose that I would woul succeed pretty well If It there f I 1 were eleven cleven players player on my team we knew exactly what was to take tale place S while there were eleven cleven on OIL the other i team t-mm who knew h 1 by the thc Vel very fact that t. t my up line was wa not concentrated anywhere any any- t I S where As s a matter of fact I have ha 1 tied this plan and found that I could gain greatly b by it an and It is Js not a play pla which cannot be Le the theer i repeated repealed for er very reason that you ou can shift the course f- f of to ball batt as often a as you OU wish Attention has alrea already y been called v to the fact that a a. team to 1 play la the new lie game g mu must t have en ends with speed nils This will vilt be j emphasized l all this year oa us as It becomes more and more evl eviden en i that there I is to be he a u diversity of plays 1 aroun around the lac Hanks flanks 5 of the larger elevens 1 1 v T rhen too loo the end must lie he a watchful chap chaJ lie must not flot be bo deceived decel b by b z a feint to in throw the ball hall toward the en em end endl tt l him fur for with wiLh a light am amI v fast team that Is cal capable able of gica great t r speed an and Is made malIc up Uj of quick I J. J this his Is one of or the mo t mu-t t successful rul of alf al all f- f plays plas to turn the tho wings I 1 i More lore than one eleven en suffered ii in hI tA 1 1007 because of or the weakness of It ends Even I if Ic the they were able alle to follow foi fol- foi- foi low the ball hall there thero were verc some who WilU lacked the speed er to keep keel up tip with th the thc S' S runners and others who lio walked waH Into Inlo e every trap a against t. t them tient by l' tin tin- attacking side Princeton Prince Prince- t ton tOil an and Yale Vale were vere hleE blessed cd with fairly fair fair- 4 I ly oo g-oo good ends la last t fall all Th They y Were nearer the Iho l Ideals eals for fur the now new style of play than an any of ot th the men mell in th the varsities Both Boli the Army an anthe and the Navy a wei were e fortunate II in having bavin excellent cn end ends ll The play of the en ends s p i on the part of the Navy y In the s Navy avy game ame at Philadelphia was one of L the most exhilarating e exhibitions that thai 1 Z the sport witnessed all the year ear car Si Speedy cedy Ends Juuls fOl for OiL fd Kick IkI i IL II that the en ends s u be Ca fast t and true truo If the tho e kick I is to lo be L. L played playe to any extent Yale found this out before tho the season of or last laai year al was wasa i a fortnight old oM and the the Ells Ell 1 I were ivere developing the c kick the they L t. t J 1 I l 1 l 4 I J J i I PROTECTED Bruter's got a big head on his playing don't dont you think J 1 Yes EYes Yes they ou o ht to make him hut wear Wr a h hrad hd d gear nr to keen kep it o I were at nt tlC the sante lime line developing uP ends I who would b bt b. of great rat a assistance to them in the more mor imp games gaines to tobe tobe be uc pla played tho the clo close e of the sea sen- so son SUIl I There was a n time when Yale could not lot b be approached In using the lil kick l. l but as the on sc progressed the larger elevens learned to scatter their forces more on the Iho defence an and In hint manner away from them al although although al- al though until tho the last lust moment the Ells persisted In tr trying the play whenever cr they thought that the thc conditions were for It Its It As s a pIa play for or the last resort both Princeton and Yalo Yale men seem scent to that It Is highly serviceable seS' providing a team has the proper r players to work it out It ne needs a n sure SUlO and accurate nt punter and ends who will be oil ott for foi the iho ball the moment that the thc signal for fOl the 1110 Is and who will be I 1 able to run ruti alin st IJ by Instinct to that part of or the field Held where th the ball Is to tn drop rop of or Yale could kick Idel beautifully beautifully fully for Cor this play Ia He lie lifted the hall hail ballat at nl K an an anglo lo over o the heads of built both elevens and dropped It repeatedly In games gaines almost within a Cl yard of or the end who was running to protect him So often was this done that there could bo be no accident ent about It It and the Iho feat fent showed showe great Icat proficiency on tho the part of oC the Yale Th The l Ells Hs used used the life play when they theyon Were on th the l last st down and anti about to lose the ball If th they fa failed II ell to gain through h the thc line Its a good oo risk sal said Foster Rockwell If It you OU lose the tho ball bail you vou have O got to take tako the We defensive sive s1 whether you rou are In the middle of the field or oJ n near ar the goal S of oC the opposIng opposIng opposing ing players If you ou mal make e your our outside kick conic come off orr successfully you OU have ha gained your minimum distance nn and perhaps t twenty went or OJ thirty yards moro more The Tue ball bali Is once onee more yours on n a first down nn and you ou have inspired your team with energy because they are that hint much nearer tho the goal of the opposing opposing- I players Palt of or tho Iho I to Open Game The kick comes conies in the tIle category cate- cate gory jory OI of open work which Is believed helie to o become the fashion In tho the game this year rear It Is a dan dangerous crous play to try tn with a team which has hns had little experience ex cx- In It It and any coach conch sl should give I c his men plenty of instruction In practice and antI follow It H up with plenty plent of or work against the scrubs if it he lie expects ex ex- to use it in a game of or import Import- ance On the other oilier hand han as a play pIny of last ast resort It Is as likely to lo work well wellor for or the team which resists It It In other oilier words words- where the attacking ln team I Is I Imal mal making ing- ing the thc last stand in Ul the words of the old farmer It may as well die for foran foran foran an old ollI sheep a as a. a lamb Iamb I As a ground round gainer when the on- on side kick does ilces come cone come off of successfully it Is likely to be br wonderfully success success- ful CuI If the ball ban happens to roll riI free an and the end of the side making the kick is In an any Wit way able to tu elude his opponents pick up the ball lIan and ln run it itIs its It Is s 8 by nl no means ans impossible that he can jain ain aln half haIr the length of or the Held if Ie he he remains within boun bounds s On the other hand there is a possibility possibility Jossi- Jossi that In trying the me onside kick I Ithe the ball will nIll be he mi ini mio o ocl l IJ by the UlO attacking ide SIde In which ea ca c e the wit with it good work on the lie part of or Il Its ends and amI I LI 1 14 F 4 I J I i t Pi pr fM Not ot only onh was CX CIt In making makins mak mak- ing ins the kick Icicle for fur Yule but Knox developed much talent In capacity capacity capa capa- eit city in addition to pla playing a admirably in the back field Ho lIo was one of the best running Lunning backs of oC the tile year tackles l Is W likely el to get ol through the Hue of or the team trying to force the ball hall and catT carry the spheroid a lon long dis- dis lance hack back and antI within tho the lines 0 of the theat at attack lack The rhe illustration which accompanies this article shows thu ihie onside i e I kick lck at nt its very best bet In the lie Yale-Harvard Yale game gamo If f 1 11 II i Illustrates perfectly the thc formation use used by both Loth the attacking and ami defending el elevens an and shows how well Yale had teamed learned to deploy dello her players lo tu the strategy at nt Its Ils best advantage nul Plu KI to ool l Opponents It H seems to have ha been the time experience of or a u majority of the cu che that It Is la often advisable ad to lo employ th the Iho onside Kick when least expected If H a team makes a a pra practice of or attempting the play pIny as us S a it Unal resort l before the thc pos pos- of losing the thc ball on Oil downs downs' i it will viii not b be belong long before defending will perceive the regularity of the an and be prepared to tu nice IL H. ILOn ILOn On the other uther hand he lie would be lie a aVCI during c captain who would e take a n nance hance ii with ILli the kick the moment moment mo mu- ment that he got ot th the ball In hi his posse possession pos pos- se session In and yet et there are times on a football I Held Hed when wIlen during daring more than tJ deliberation To wat extent thi th the forward pa pass oe use used this year Is a U. question thai tha no nome nome me Jile pUll pan r lo to put lint l J the more immure accurately it I Is probable that hat the forward pa pass be u used l' l ed 11 I most one nn hundred per cent ent oftener I than It was walS In ilL the he h season eason of nf J I HOller of or Princeton was warm H t great believer in la It lael t year e U r. r and he lie ills his team learn wll wIth i It from ruin rom the ut stat t. t but under t the he nl very eyes of everybody I Yo Ie perfected a U system of or forward forwar passing which was IJ brilliant spectacular and n racking nerve nI III In its first exhibit us no Ito tine one seemed Ii to think It pO possible of or success t I 1 do ilo not hut believe l that tha t army any football hall ro of the t I size alze of tho those c ahi which helm lire lira ty amea ever eVel tat silt In more JUrt breathless ax- ax loni than titan that which wl nc sed se Yale Yule and amid Princeton play IhLY last year ar v ihen hen Veeder feuder the Yale Yule back haick made the first of or those giant foi ward passes which were vete the sensation of or the year oar Nor was wa there rc more inure of or a n lion LiCit over 1 a Li play than there wat ivas when I I j W I II I II I r I I I tAz v I I c t k f. f I 57 I i- i IL I YALE A It 2 5 J PA PAM TO 70 Aj I IC ABOUT TO 10 8 This photograph Is one of the most wonderful ever evem taken on u u. sensational play piny II in a a. football gani The The- shutter was snapped after the ball left hands haild and was half way to its destination From the pIcture some Idea may be had as to the I length of ur the time pass Yale Yalo succeeded with the long palms which shows that thal tho the American pub pub- lic lie for Cor one thing is V very IY apt In lit gatherIng gather gather- In lag Ing the finer points of or all aH the pastimes which it favors and takes talles a notion to commend Ia Pass Wholly hoH New Xe I The pass b by Vee Veeder el was nut not ur of the nature of the tIU low driving pass which Is characteristic of oC English It was ins a high bight arching throw whICh is splendidly ly shown In the illustration accompanying this article Y r cler at al althe atthe the extreme end of or his line pau paused aCt after I a fent rUt run turned l out and threw the hall ball for fat over the heads of or those who tyke were ivero trying to block him and far h beyond the line hue of ot defense of the Harvard d team the thc the Illustration b by bythe bythe the wa way ivay showing a play in tn the Halvar Harvard liar Hal var vard ard game ame similar to that In the Princeton game where game where Alcott the me theal Yale al end was waiting to catch It When the forward pass was first experimented experimented ex ex- with In the lie earl early part of at 1 the season most of or the coaches had in I mind that about all nil there was in It I Iwas was a possible han handing of or the tho ball bali forward by on one member of a u. team to I i at nt a psychological moment In tho the game or 01 a a. quick JiCk toss around time the ends end I Doth Both Princeton and West Vest Point worked largely with the fast passing aLtha ends and both made profitable gains with the play Nobody baa hao I Thought of throwing the ball malt halt the length length of of ot the tite Held field as one might t to toss tosE I Uie balUn basketball It is said that Joe Quill far fal down downIn own In the South worked out the play anti and that he wrote to Yale und and advised that It bo be attempted The Yale men mn were t hesitant about taking it up but Yale sel seldom om lets anything get set away awny without I giving It a tt trial and while others othel'S were were wholly in the time dark i us to what the he were doing they practiced the tho play I and their sensation in the an sprung I Princeton game Well Yell they gained 1 by It anti and the they gained also with the ti-me I same sarno play In the Harvard ard gamp game It is true that it is a very risky performance pet per unless you have hav the material mater mater- ial hal to accomplish pUsh it successfully and a general in charge of or the eleven to I I know when it is the right ht time to use it It I IAmon Among Amon the preparatory schools andIn arid and In the |