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Show BIG TEN COACHES OF FOOTBALL DROP SHIFT PLAYS OF ATTACK XSBBBBBBBBY t)K ' 'V iaBBBBBBBBBT f V 'i f ,H tf VVrt 'f M Big Ten coaches of football appear to havo thought tho East highly excited ex-cited over tho shift plays of attack. Tho Mlddlo West apparently has discarded dis-carded tho shift attack, which has highly stirred Op tho Eastern coaches, ofllclnls and rulo makers. Coach Yost Is reported to havo said at tho last meeting of coaches that shift play was not worth a whistle, writes Fred A. Hayner in Chicago Nows. "Wo havo dropped It," said Coach Stagg. "Illinois and Minnesota havo abandoned it and hero ln tho West wo have not used it for many soasons. As far back as 1604 I drew the two tackles back and sent them ahocd of Henry Gale. When I say tho Big Ten has practically abandonod tho shift I mean tho other teams havo found a defense de-fense for it. It can bo stopped nnd stoppod to such an extent tho tlma used to coach tho play can be used far more advantageously ln developing some other attack. Williams at Minnesota Min-nesota hin used tho shift for years, and wo started using it out hero bo-foro bo-foro he did. Rule Is Explicit. "Tho rulo is explicit that both feet of a plnycr must bo on the ground at tho snap of tho ball. If there ls an evasion of tho rulo then tho play should be stopped by tho otllclals. If they aro trying to beat tho rulo that Is unothcr thing. Thero nro many ways ot gutting around tho rule, and those nro often legislated against" Coach Stagg thought tho problem was linemen in motion when thoy wero pullod out of tho line Tho Easterners East-erners appear to bo using tho rulo that ono man may bo in motion toward his own goal wiillo tho ball ls being put In play. This rulo was to allow a do-fonslvo do-fonslvo fullback to run or move back Into position for a kick when his side was about to punt. Coach Hclsman ot Pennsylvania Is working on a shift play again this year and intends to put somo now wrinkles In it known as expansion of an Idea. Tho idea of tho coaches that a play must stop till an "filclal looks It over Is rcgardod as a Joke out hero. While tho ofllclal ls looking It over tho other team ls doing tho samo and shifting men to meet tho attack, for tho do-fendcra do-fendcra may bo ln motion beforo and after tho ball ls snapped, to plan their attack and tako stations which thoy think will block nn impending inimical force. Tho Maroons havo been quizzed ln rules and those who aro lax aro sweating sweat-ing blood as they view tho scholastic work and think of poring over n rulo book. Tho best way to learn tho rules ls to talk about them with other players. play-ers. It will not tako a man long to become wlso ns to tho rulings of tho Big Ten ofllclals. |