Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-11-16 | Page 11 | Strong Line Most Important This Season in Football

Strong' Line Mosi Important j This Season In Football HHERE seems to ho a raco In foot-ball foot-ball oetwoen the running attack and the open game, notably the forward for-ward pass. Under George Brooke. Swarthmoro de-cloped a running attack at-tack that was tho undoing ot Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, while with the forward pass n sequence or them, as a matter or fact Williams worried Harvard and Lafayette annoyed Yalo. There Is some significance In tho rnct that when the llrst string backs were returned re-turned to the game at Cambridge the derenso against the forward pass improved im-proved rapidly and Williams could not get ncross the goal line. Lehigh's victory over tho Navy was of the utmost Interest from tho Tact that from all accounts the strong Nnvy center trio was outpluyod by the men rrorn Bethlehem. Kendy's team apparently ap-parently did not suffer rrom the same stage fright that troubled them at Princeton, and the Navy undoubtedly was at Its worst. All or which detracts not a whit rrom tho credit that Is due the Bethlohem eleven, which apparently appar-ently is a good one. The problem all over tho country seems to be the line, which means that the opinion of most football mon before the season opened, that tho lino was really the most im- j portant tactor this year was well . founded. I