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Show TRICK PLAY THAT BEAT LAFAYETTE SO OLD IT HAS GRAY WHISKERS! . : 1 BY BILJLY EVANS. , thei- are a number of distinct Playi In football Some of these aro known by nam.', some by number. The identity of many becomes lost. In the Iufayette-Washington and Jefforaon game on tho Polo Groundi recently, Washington and Jefferson I tied the score at 13 in the second 1 half by using a play that had not been seen before by many who attended at-tended the game. In reports of the Km.- (tits play was described as one Invented last year hy the University of California. Others credit It to Percy Houghton, former head coach at Harvard. This play is one of the oldest In football. It was invented by Fielding H. Yost. Michigan's great coach, and used by him when he ooaohed football in California before he ever came to Michigan, He has. Inctd.ntii;iy. used the play eor since he took charge of football at Michigan. Dost season tho play waa tried twice by Michigan, failed each time, and has not been used this season, tho Wolverines apparently deciding the play too old and well known, but 1 was this play tliat enabled Wa.shln-ion Wa.shln-ion and Jefferson to win what win probably bo known as the best game Of th- 1922 season. IN LSE TWENTY YEARS. This play bos for more than 20 years been known as the "Statuo f Liberty' It Is worked from punt tor matlon. The alleged kicker takes the pass from center. The opposing ends and linemen are permitted to sift through. All rush for the alleged kicker. He hands the ball to one of his mates In the back Held as the tacklers swarm down on s!nl and the runner, as you see. has an excellent chanco of sitting through. When the forward pass was written writ-ten into the football rules the play became a finer weapon for Yost. In - ! stead of faking s punt a forward I pass was faked. The alleged passer 1 1 drew back his arm aa if to throw and. after the defense sifted through and j , ho was about to be tackled, one oT his matea grabbed the ball and ran i l nt'l ho took the ball this mat. was I apparently Intent only on protecting the passer by blocking Washington and Jefferson workel tho "Statue of Liberty" hy fakinc a forward pass It went throuRh per-! per-! fectly for a touchdown Then Wash-, Wash-, Ington and Jefferson followed with another surprise play by forward 1 passing for the point after touchdown land that one point was the margiu I of victory. As Mr. Yost remarked onco upon la time: "The old ones generally go beat. The older they are the l tt. for tho older a play is tho less an i opposing team ever expects to see It I worked." |