Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-10-08 | Page 42 | How the Defense Has Been Shifted since Rule Code Has Been Changed

OO X C O O 0 CX OO X O X OO g 0 HOW THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN g 0 y 0 8 SHIFTED SINCE RULE 0 0 ot 0 X 8 CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED I O o O o V f METHOD OLD l 60 o CK Iii t ft P. P 1 e SACK BACK CK f CK i Y J j r O 1 l Jf i O. O a l' l if 1 J 1 i T- T ACK CK cl i J l i j. j if 5 F f. f s o 0 v CENTRE o 0 0 0 4 7 1 1 NEW METHOD L BACK i 1 f. f J 1 J r G k J r r T Sl J I A I J BACK I l' l t I f. f CENTRE G for tor the forward orward pass passI M MANEUVERS I are arc ns as infinite as all other plays plas of oC the football field but here Is Isa Isa isa a pIa play which fooled tooled one of the Im Important Important important Im- Im Elevens levens of the cast three times In Jn one afternoon and with a Il little variation vari van perhaps would puzzle an any eleven cleven more than once The teams were lined up for scrimmage scrim mage mac with the thc attacking side Ide s seemingly seemingly seem seem- emIng em- em Ing In formation to try an end run runor runor runor or to get et between tackle and end Tho The ball bali was passed from the center to the quarter who started back and a lit littie little little lit lit- tle tie to tho the right right as if It h he meant to make malte a quarterback run The Tho 10 right rig half halt and the tho rl right ht end started toward the defending side as ns If It the they Intended to Interfere for him In Inthe Inthe Inthe the meantime the tho loft left halfback turned turnell to the right and pursued the quarterback quarterback quarterback quarter quarter- back but hut a few tei feet back of ot him Sudden Suddenly the quarterback wheeled made malle a a. backward pass to tho the left leCt half halt back who upon catching tho the ball bait shot It beautifully over oer the rl right ht end of oC the defending Ido to the tho left end of ot the attacking side sido Most of or the defending defend defend- ing lag side had been drawn Over to their left flank expecting the attack In that quarter and ont only the thc quarterback and the fullback of oC tho defending side were close enough to the left end ef eC the attacking sido to threaten him As a matter of fact tact tho quarterback of oC the defending side seemed to be the only man who had fathomed the play Of course there was wa a 0 little compUtation compilation complication compU- compU cation tation In the play In that a short backward backward backward back back- ward pass was necessary before the ball could be delivered red to the thc left halfback halfback half halt back bacle of the defending side More than that tho halfback had to bo be ver very clever to be able to stop top his run and sail the ball bail accurate accurately but he did dill so and the unexpectedness of oC the pIa play took the tho attacking side off oft Its feet