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Show BRAINS BIG FACTOR ON GRIDIRON O O O O O O O O O O o o BRAWN NO LONGER EIG ESSENTIAL U: - Mm. W , "BO' M M1I IIN s PJ3HTING FACE By "BO M'MXLLIJi All-Amerii tun Quarterback What part does brut..- strength play In modern football Is brain and spevd more essential than brawn in the open play that now (features the grid game? When a coach looks over hN available avail-able material what style player has tho most appeal ' The good old game of football lias I changed much In the last 1 ' years. The successful coach must adapt hlm-;se!f hlm-;se!f to existing conditions. A coaching coach-ing system that was successful in , years hack, would be an absolute failure fail-ure today. There was a time when football i'. i roes were won by brute strength and awkwardness, but today wo can't find a place on a successful team for the man with "a million-dollar uody and a 10-cent head " I My experience has proved conclusively conclu-sively to me that this scientific game of football is still in the embryonic Btage therefore it is imperative that I We choo.se the most active and Intel- I ligenl men for our eleven. K.i i h .season we are introducing new modes in attach and our field general Is constantly changing hi defense in ! order to successfully cope with lhe3? Btrong offensive experiment! I The general concejftlon of a quarter- back Is one who directs be atta k. but today, both the defense an I offense is ' directed by the wise, field general. Ml ST SHIFT ST1 lA ZS It has been my pleasure to act as field general for Centre collegre dut - j inc the past four years. It was ne- j ossary to chango our style of pla for each game From my experience at Cambridge In 1920 It was evld.-nt that our sue-i sue-i In 1921 depended upon the ability j of our field to Instantly diagnose uai b Harvard formation and meet It with i j the proper defense. As 1 barked up !the line I was in a position to direct my linemen. ( Those of you who saw 'he game, remember re-member that I bad my center out of the line on practically every pass that Buell attempted Although our 19-' 1 line was lighter than the- line Which Harvard whipped in 1920 we were able to stop their Hue thrusts because our center had been shifted up Into the line. I have always tried to direct an offense of-fense which would require the lenst bit of energy because when we shitt to the defense we want our backs and I ends to have plenty of Bpeed to come in iusi on opponents ouense. RESORT T STRATEGY In the Tulane, Auburn and Washington Wash-ington & Lee games last year, our secondary sec-ondary defense always came in excep tlonally fast and never allowed our opponents op-ponents to gain ground b the ends or by forward passes. Our team was criticized by a number num-ber of sport writers for getting our plays off ao slow, especially was this noticeable In the Harvard game. Centre Cen-tre had a reason for using such methods. meth-ods. On closo formations I would call a series which would Indicate the polm to attack. We would then try to widen wid-en the hole In the defense by calling short series of signals and shifting ti and fro to pull the defense over. Just 'as soon as the hole was assured the snapping signal was called and our backs were through the hole like a streak. J Yes. It takes a smart team to play that kind of football, but, as I Bald ; before. 75 per cent of the gamo of j football Is played above the shoulders. oo |