Show as to the of thee Forward Pas r Y 7 JL the opposition may mayA A have been to the forward pass pas and even If It Is la not a popular lay lay with all an of those who are ore sticklers BUcklers or straight football it is Ie Incorporated n n the rules rube of 1911 and It seems to be bet I t play play which will stick until it wears weara I out or until It becomes acceptable accept accept- I able ble to all who are aro fond of ot the game frame ame f t That being the tho case it Is 18 evident hat ever every eleven which takes the field his year ear must be prepared not only o use uso It in attack but to block It possible In defense J The latter qualification is perhaps asler osier than the former The play Is 4 pen and the best preventive against ts is successful completion Is never nevor to lose the tho defense so tight that the the- rings Ings of the defending line are left holly unguarded i T There hore arise certain situations in a a. alne acne aine in which it is 18 more moro probable that M h he forward pass paBS ass will be used sed than In to 0 These These situations are as elent evl- evl ent to the defending side aso as aso o the side which is attack- attack ng rig If U the defense under such makes no provision to against the pass it shows a ack of generalship and observation for tor the capitain of ot the tho eleven seems ol o be the tho player to hold responsible a t k To make the forward p pass s with suo sue ess is another proposition Nor Is IB it rrt proposition which has to do solely e Ith passing the ball b S he r It takes cleverness to pa pass s the tho ball well Some players are arc far Car more effective tive than others When the pass first b began gan to be used with effect thelong throws which were made across the tho field by Tale Yale for for Yale Talo players first demon demonstrated rated its general usefulness were a revelation Somehow the g general gun gen n- n eral Idea of making a forward pass hn had 1 been based on the theory of a short overhand toss toS and when Yale proved that the ball could be ba advanced almost as If it had been punted football Jl en enthusiasts enthusiasts en- en th opened their eyes ces In astonIshment aston aston- It Is IR true that no forward pass can be made and at the tho same Limo be legal under the tho present rules I If It crosses In Inthe Inthe inthe the air a line which Is twenty yards in advance of oC the tho point from Crom which the tho pass I Is started However there Is 18 little fault Cault to be found with that pro pro- vision Islon Any pass which Is good for any distance under sixty feet teet will be found to have accomplished some- some thin thing thin tr In passing the ball under the modified modi- modi tied fled rules which are In existence in 1911 It may be found that the player who can shoot the ball on a a. line for a Il distance of twenty to thirty feet teet will willbe willbe willbe be the most t valuable man to attempt the play It was noticeable in n the season seMon of 1910 that those teams which employed the forward pass and which were tho the most successful successful- It were almost I Invariably teams which made no ef- ef 1 F t t G. 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J o. o a t L Lr cv r r 11 v I. t dj r THe Pf 99 Q Tut TH l.- l. u. u STRIKES Y HD I IS HOW THE FORWARD PASS FALLS DEAD DEAp fort for tOr long arching I posies but teams which confined the pass to accurate shooting something like that which is 18 seen seem In basketball games The forward pass makes the spectator tor who has knowledge of basketball think of ot the Indoor game garne for tor it is a 11 pIll play which seems to have havo been borrowed borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed In a a. measure out of the basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball storeroom On One N R Requisite I Practice for tor the player or or- players upon whom will fall faIt the tho task of ot passing pass pass- ing f the ball will be found to be worth I I while white There is as much accuracy to tobe tobe I be learned in passing the ball as there Is in n punting It The more proficient a player becomes In n handling tho the bothersome leather spheroid the better for tor his team There Thoro Is one other point however In regard to the forward pass pas which should be observed this year with better better bet bet- ter care than it has been in the past and that Is catching the ball after It la is passed There Thero has been too general an idea that almost anybody can pick a It pass out of the air In the youn younger er cr ranks ranka few tew of the players have wasted very much effort In trying to catch the forward forward forward for for- ward pass They havo have gone sone on the tho principle that if It a punt could bo be caught It t would sure surely y b be casy be-casy e easy cagy to catch a a. pass and that Is a mistake For that matter It has frequently been boon tho the case that the man who was supposed to catch the forward pass barely had any experience merely trusting to hold the ball on general principles While the tho backs have ha been worked d dally daily lly on catching punts which Is one of ot tho the principal qualifications of ot good football there thero has been no one to give the end for Instance or the tackle or any other player who was to receive a a. forward pass even occasional practice U tics tice in holding the ball in all kinds of conditions In All Conditions Captains of all elevens this year should see to It that practice is given the catcher of ot the forward for pass It is 18 not enough that tho the ball shall bo be passed to him in the open but ho should be given practice against a a. defence do- do fence so 80 that he shall become tomed to meeting Interference and learn how to govern himself accordingly accord- accord The player who IB is to receive the forward forward for tor- ward pass does docs not get the ban ball aa as an outfielder In baseball where there J la Is no obstruction in front of him On the contrary cc ho he Is 18 likely to be surrounded by active opponents This coming g Ma Mason ason a- a son when a forward pass Is made mado the player catching the ball may be tackled tack- tack a led precisely the same as a Player ma may be tackled after catching a 8 punt who Intends to run back the tho punt when he receives receive the ball This moans means great deal a a. more for tor ac accuracy ac- ac curac curacy in fa receiving tho the ball and for tor that reason the fact Is la emph emphasized that abundant practice should bo be given to ta handling the ball under these conditions condi condi- It is 18 quite true that some player players hays haye L a natural knack in catching a football There are men on the tho gridIron gridiron grid grid- lr Iron n who are almost as nil accurate In holding punts as ae the ball 1 player laxer who rho 1 it 11 reputed to be a 8 sure sure catch among his fellows If such a a. player can oan be found available available avail avail- able to receive the forward PUll ass It will bo be to tho the advantage e of his hiB team but even then It is advisable to give him plenty of ot work for there Is noth noth- ing practice to fit a footh football player playe t to o meet all kinds of ot emergencies |