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Show WARIED FORMATIONS ARE NECESSARY IN FOOTBALL TODAY I j-' DMCE) the ten yard rule and the J forward pass have come Into ? j th game or football forma - Tc"- tlons have developed until ItH .'pey are esstentlal to offensive . jtrength. When five yards was the 3. jeaJred gain the formations were -' -5M'P:ned lo !ncrcase the strength of .!oe 'attack at certain points, but the Ij ;jiMnt or attack was readily dlsccrnl- LSr? ,n mosl c;iscs- The- formations qjgMed In the "now" game have the same -j"2bject In view, but it Is necessary to -:5i tn defense guessing, and to do lijjSSl""-' thu forjnatlon must bo so deslgn- fln'ii?? M not t0 disclose the point of nt- V"-JRCk. saya Lyle Pottljohn. tho former -MMJnncaota football star. I "fcE'prma tlons are moro necessary in J,JBe game of today than they formerly eere. It Is doubtful if any eleven stars --ijfl the country could make consistent MsfaJna without the use or formations . CrflMPH'ndayB, whereas In the old gamy 4rfjfl'ny of tne Rains were made from jriat la known as "regular formation" gg'MOd the straight tandem buck was very i jnJcccsBful. Abolishing the pull and 'Ov.'flyyBh methods of attack has resulted '38 maWns deception of opponents morel ndjuir1Jortant than outweighing them ' Dutguesolng the defense brings the, Di8 success as outplaying them for- pBcrly did. and the only offensive plays ' LU,Fhlch cannot be diagnosed by the de- Tlsnse are those which come from dc- JSfBPtlve formations, 'aifcThe Minnesota shift became famous 41 country over for tho reason that jW- was so quickly executed and well ';-gflnned that the opponents did not . -3F ve an opportunity to flguro out what 3, tjswils coming. Starting from one for- L,-l3jtatlon. It was possible to shift Into 'irHTilny ne f 8everal others and get the 7Cfc y before the defense got sot- Jl'jfcSfed. It in Just such formations as thnt ' Jftie which have made "new" football i JJljSUCcess, for without quick shifts the ' ''r"7 Bamo would bo Impossible. So llSr " 8lrcnBth, speed and weight arc: JBpncerned the defensive team general- iSNw- Can cnecl nny kln(J ot an advance 'Tmfndor the present rules, but when ror- JrWatlons begin to work the defenslvo JiJjkrenEth la split up and only a small f-iart of the defense ta available. f Formations have come to stay, and b team with the better formations II win the majority of gamesj It is I so much the necessity of having rnorpua formations ns it Is tho nd-ntage nd-ntage ot having a few which are 'ffeally deceptive. It might be well In Tyjtbe same connection to stale that a LjhjP'eceptlve formation Id not nccossarlly $&Zx&'?Ji- - ' v ' WMBm mMk JlMmk iSr Sil$ " i?W$fr$! Sm Photo Dy American Prcw Association. E An Exciting Moment In Princeton-Dartmouth Game. Morey of Dartmouth Going Around End a showy or fancy one. but rnthcr one which will leave the defensive players play-ers In doubt as to tho point nt which the attack Is to bo aimed. It Is always al-ways an advnntagc to bo able to use any kind ot attack rrom any rormnJon, for then the formation Knelt docs not Indicate the style of play to be UKcd It Is as bad to use only certain plays from certain formations as It Is to uao any other play easily diagnosed. Formation play calls for grealcr nglllty on the part ot tho linemen, and It also requires that each man in the line know nil or tho signals perfectly A veteran tackle or end should be almost. al-most. If not quite, as capable ot changing chang-ing places with the quarterback as any or the bnck field men. It Is machine-like machine-like precision on the part of the whole team that makes successful formations. forma-tions. Every man must know where he belongs before and after the shift, tthai ho is to do while shitting and after getting Into the new position, who Is to carry tho ball and whore the piny Is to strike, and. lastly, ho must know how to act so ns not to give the derense a tip on what Is coming. The same names are used to designate desig-nate tho different positions as havo always boon employed, but the names mean little or nothing to the spectator nowndays excepting at the klck-ofT Unless ono knows a man by sight It 13 next to Impossible to keep track of blm on the ofTenso. whllo his defensive play may be that of some other position posi-tion than was tho offensive. So far ae tho backs and ends are concerned they might Just as well all be designated desig-nated as backs, for the successful teams ot the last few years have In ajmost every Instance used tho ends and backs Interchangeably. Tackles. guards and centers are tlcu dowu, u H U were, by the rule regarding tne as H of any of the "Uvo ceotermen" to ad- H , vance tho ball. This, however, onlj H affects them as regards .their placet H j with reference to the line ot scrim- H -mage and docs not materially tnter- H fore with their carrying the oalL H it might be said In all truth thai H I "formation play Is new football." No'. H but what formations were used in ol H I football, but rather that tholr use lz H he new game Is absolutely necessary. H Formations formerly were the exeep- tion rather than the rule. In speak- H Ing of formations one naturally thlnki H only of the offensive formations, but H ihr- defensive ones arc equally Import- jH ,ant even though not sq Intricate and IH , spectacular. Defensive formations ar H ' moro In tho line or individual Judg- H Iment than or team play. The deron- jH ( slve players must work together and IH must know without looking or being H loin what their fellows are doing, bnl H the Individuals themselves and gooC Judgment nro the best part ot daten- H slvo formation play. Every man on tha defense should IH I know all about offensive formations 01 IH else he cannot cope with them. The H linemen should shift accordingly as the offense shifts and should trust the H backs to take care of the open plays. Each man has hUi own work cut out IH for him and none can afford to try to hnlp or coach another whom he can- IH not see. Tho men backing up the line IH may coach the forwards, but the for- H wards may not coach each other. The defense must of necessity be speclallz- H ed whllo the offenso Is broad and gen- IH oral. The defense 1b split Into two or IH three separate tactions, according to IH tho system used, and each faction takes H care of a certain class of playa, while H the offense at all times la free to uo l any style of play, IH It may be misleading to speak or do- fenslyo formation play as such, for In fact good defensive play Is nothing more nor less than knowing the weak- n esses of offensive formations. For IH matlon play lo the whole thing in tht H present game, however, and only those H teams which have solved the problem ; H ot quick shifting can succeed. To off- 'IH set quick shifting on the part ot tne IH offensive team tho defensive players ; IH must have a knowledge ot the Inber- jJ ent strength and .weaknesses of vari- H ous formations. Use of this knowledge ! iH and proper physical qualifications arc IH ot course all Important, for no amount il of knowledge of formations will mak up for a lack of physical ability. H |