| Show FORWARD FOR PASS Ur T ERNIC America NEVERS America All k 1925 1923 I OX THE last 10 years the has become a II prominent nt factor In college college foot football ball During DUling the past past five years cars there has been but little to distinguish between the caliber ot of o the leading lending teams of or the ea east t and west When I speak of ot the tho west very cry naturally I 1 have e a reference to the Pacific coast elevens California stanford Washington Southern California and the rest of the teams comprising the Pacific coat coast conference Since the colleges of or the Pacific Pac coast e lave made mader such rapid strides stride r In n the tho past few I often years ears am asked what style of oC play JI has B mader mader made r r such recognition 4 possible As Ae I 1 have 1 said before I do not belle believe that the coast elevens na con con- contine con confine fine tine themselves to toI toa I a 3 particular sUye 91 It f play pray that dif dif- ers ere from footballs football s as play I c-I In the colleges of ot the S various other sec sections sec sec- sections sections ot of our coun coun- country country try I would say that the coast elev elev- elevens elevens elevens ens play a diversified same game lIne I know that Is Cry true of oC Stanford as coached by Glenn Warner In Jo Incidentally I might add that ho he believes In mixing the plays play up Last tall fall on our first game ame ot of the year he gave instructions that short passes should be bo the chief offensive weapon weapon- In our second game gains we used plunging plays playa nl- nl al almost most entirely In our OUI third con con- contest con contest test we resorted to kicking tactics In the first three periods of oC that game came It wa was not at all uncommon for us to kick on the first tir t down In this connection I would like to say Bay that I am nm not In favor or pt pf any legislation tending to Jo curtail the use of ot the forward past pass The rhe forward pass has been bren the theono theone ono one greatest factor In making makinI football foot foot- foot football ball ban so 50 popular I am I convinced that any rule ule for formulated ed to o curb the pass Is la a 0 bad thing for the game Football thrives on en uncertainty and no one ono thing has haa done more to create such a condition than the tho pass When I make this statement I have ha In mind a 11 defeat Stanford suffered against t Notre Lame In which Intercepted I I d passes proved the undoing of ot our team Without In any way trying to disparage o the victory ot of Coach Knute Rockne's groat great Notre Dame team I feel that Stanford was Wile a better eleven I still aUlI have some Interesting stat sta stA- stA stAtistics statistics ot of o that game well In fn mind they are Sian Stanford ford gained In yards from scrimmage scrim mago to 0 I for tor Not Notre Dame And while the victors made only five fhe first flut downs downe their margin at the finish left lert nothing to be ques Ques- Questioned questioned Two Intercepted passes followed by runs ot of o 70 and 80 yards also atso mother nother long run after aCter recovering a fumbled punt gave ga Notre Noire Dame the winning margin The Tho breaks were tho the deciding factors I am strong for tor the tha forward pIUs pass I 1 feet feel the rule mikers are making a 11 big mistake any time they seek to curb Its use 00 |
