| Show Woo Woot t i HE HE value of ot tho huddle inI In l I modern football is IB stressed In Inthe the tho first ot of o The Sports Sports- iman man by Charles C Duell for for- former fornier for former mer nier Harvard c captain and full tun- fullback full back back Ho lie writes as follows In a nutshell the value of the tho huddle as JS an weapon is hi 1 the effect which It has hIlS the tho defense Front apparent chaos comes perfect or- or or order der cr followed 1 almost Instantaneously ou ly by the offensive blow fhe as u n unit nit docs does not have hate time to take taki Its correct position Against a and well well- well huddle Individuals may correctly but invariably g p t ill appear In the line Tho The quarterback mu must musi t notice these holes holeB when they appear and ana plan his next heat formation and play accord accord- accord Not Not until the tilt offense ortense Is almost In position I In II the strength Of o tho shift revealed and can the defense finally commit Itself Then Then they must move mon and woe betide bell de even the most powerful defensive e line which is caught mo ln moving laterally when the ball bali I li k put in play Some indication of at the th power ower of ot a fast tast-movine tast moving mo shift ny nuy be ha had l from Itom the decision of ot the tte rules committee to requiring curtail this power by Ins ing all nil but one onu man to come to a complete stop before the ball Is pAssed and even ven he ho must not be ben n n motion toward the line IIno of scrimmage Jt It Is ismy my my that the ottense has a slight Id with the and tI tIe t-p pass lass as its most recent weapon Another year may find tind ad adequate quat defenses against aj offensive both bOlh but in the meantime ot of coach f are not letting the th grass grow erow under uHler ui ler their feet The rhe defense has the second move Its Us sit Is similar to that of the butler batter facing a pitch pitch- pitcher pitcher er Cr Ho lie has io to o guess whether It wilt will bo be a fast one ne a II slow one or ora ora II a hook book Tho fhe defense has to sue gueco c whether r tho team In possession ot of othe the ball will run kick or pass pas Such is tho the I as the tho 1926 season cornea t I In a close A vast amount of m hA has hau been energy nercy ex- ex exp cx p but It if there thero is any value alue In competitive athletics surely the labor has not been spent pent in vain aln All AJI TC T ruM PUp U The s state te if of California durin during 1926 was en enriched S 0 AS the result ot or the th state athletic commission according to a ft report received today ty ly the th writer from Walter VAlter A A Ya wood secretary fromI a I former Og Quite Quito are ar the thi he facts and figures regarding the gross cross re- re receipts receipts re receipts and attendance ct Cf the th box box- boxIng boxIng ins box Ing and wrestling clubs of ot Cali- Cali California Cali California fornia It I is unbelievable to think that during th thu year 1925 fans the th exhibitions exhibitions ot of o th the tha l sport and paid into the tho fV lIm n In I yu v two and one-half one million dollars During the first eleven elC months I ot of 1926 1 2 the total receipts of the clubs in California amounted to 2295 with a record at- at attendance at attendance of persons At- At Attending attending at tending the thc chows chow's Thus it can be seen that boxing today in California represents represents nearly a three million dol lar tar business annually A very ery conservative estimate Is that at least FP te per cent of ot the gross OSS receipts receipt of ot a show Is Im- Im Immediately immediately Im Immediately mediately paid to the boxers boxer SO with wilh very ery little le figuring t one can i easily see seo thy the amount of money turned back I tO the th channels chancels of trade trado from th this localized legalized sport As a result of ot the Initiative measure In California many thou thou- thousands thou thousands sands of ot in all walks ot of Ute life including ladles ladies have been beenen en to witness boxing and wrestling conle amid decent and orderly surroundings I |
