Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-25

Description OF the Game q. the Crack
EIeven- Fxpound It,

Of the many spectators who witnessed the
foo, ball battle yesterday not more than half.
probably Understood what was going on before
them. Goals. touch downs. touch backs. fair
catches. puuts and drop kicks were mysteries
n thousands.
To begin with. saws the New York Herald
the field on which the teams .'line up is a par
aIlelogram $50 feet long by 16O feet wide 1t is
crossed transverssly at intervals OF five yards
with vhi;ewa-hed lines. giving the field the ap-
pearance Of hinge gridiron- The purpose Of
th-se lines Is to aid the referee in judging dis
tances.
At the beginning Of the game the side which
has won the toss will have the ball The ball i;
placed in the r,iide of the field and the eleven
men OF the -sde having the ball form a big V. a
human wedge. with the heaviest players nearest
the apex. The apex points against the opposing
team. which Is lined up on the whitewashed line
ten yards distant.
TIE IN MOTION.
INSIDE the wedge. protected by its lines, is
one cf the smaller players who has great
capacity for standing knocks that would dis
able an ordinary mortal. At the word '.play'
the wedge becomes more compact: the apex
stands over the ball. and. just touching it with
his fOot.a formaity necessary to the kick of.
passes OF hands IL back to the player inside the
wedge. At the same moment every member of
the places his hands on the hips back OF
the man in front. and the whole body dash ut
top speed against the line formed by the other
side. The latter masses 20 receive the V; some
fall in front Of il. causing the runners to trip
and fall. Others dash against the wedge or jump
over the lines to get st the little inside
with the ball The little man finally dissp-
pears under \ mixed up mass OF struggling legs
and arms. When he fBis he can 60 ahead no
further he calls down and the heap gets of
him The wedge or il old trick invented
by Princeton. which almost invariably.
when used by the weaker team. results in a
gain Of i've yards. OF course the spectator I'M
derstands that the object Of the team having
the ball u 20 advance II through the ranks Of
the other -ils and to carry II over the line at
tine end 81 the field. Their opponents will
sist this effort and try 10 get possession Of the
ball. when thev Wi! themselves try to advance
10 Co the other end Of the field.
After esch down seven PLAYERS each
side will line up facing another. These
are the rushers or forwards. The PLAYER in the
middle of each line is the center rush; each
side Is a guard; the PLAYERS at the end of the
lines are the end rIshers AMI those between ths
ends and the guards the tacklcrs. Close
behind the line stands the quarter back n
little further back are the half backs. while
the one fHrthest from the line is the full back
Who Is expected 20 do most OF the kicking.
PUTTING The BAIL Is PLAY
The center rusher will roll the ball back be-
tween his legs TO the quarter back, who will
throw it 70 one Of the half backs. 70 the full
back or viii hand il TO one Of the rushers who
will leave his place in the line TO run around
and get the ball. The man getting the ball be-
comes the runner. He tries of course to carry
the ball over the line at the opponents end of
the field. His opponents rush at him. catch
him n possible. throw him down "a hard ss pos
sible and pile up on him. II one of them gets
both hands on the ball and cries Held" or if
the runner is satisfied that he can advance the
ball no further and shouts down" the ball
becomes deas, and has to be put in play again.
There is rule which SAYS that unless the
side having ,he pail advances u nve yards In
~, s-1-,srJs- he hall 10 The o,har 81 n,
course il Is 20 the advantage o. the side having
the ball If they must surrender the bali, to
give II up as Tar away from their goal as posi-
pie AeeordlhgiS AZ me end OF the tnird down
the paii y passed 10 'ne iuH oack, VINO KICKS "
as TAR As ne can
The upright posts at the end OF the field with
the crossoar between them are the goal posts
10 score goal the DAN must be kicked over the
crossosr oy the opponents from drop or
place NICK. drop KICK Is made by letting
the ball iali from the hand and Kicking 1t just
~ It begins TO bound. and place kick by kick |
ing the ball from the ground. usually when held
IN the hands OF another player. goal from a
place kick scores six points. and from a drop
kick i've points.
A punt Il a kick made by dropping the bal.
from the hands and kicking it before il touc hes
the ground Ii cannot score a goal
touch down is made when player Ste
ceeds in carrying the ball over his Opponen IS
goal line that Is, the line on which the goal
posts stand touch down scores four points.
The side making the touch down has the right
W "! iof guar irOlh place hch from n posi-
81 -. -. -. so,- -. MN Mn - n
down no Longer counts. II the k;ck doc nor
score a goal the four points allowed for the
touch down remain After each touch down or
sOai 'he pay begins again, IN the middle OF the
ne4"- rs a. tne opening Oh the game.
wHErE POINTS ARE SCORED.
scor;r, ~ ,ossibIa o,I- n, ,ho 81 - Al,
81, ~ a i'
Neu M nc WIN uo-e d! 'he team IN the
.iinhe OF the ground / only the struggle to
get the ball over the goal line. So when YOU
hear Wild cheering a player makes long
kick catches one or throws another PLAYER
harder than usual or makes a long run with the
ball before lie Is tackled. don't ask YOUR neigh
Dor how many points have been scored. A
good play does not mean points unless it ends
in u touch down or goal any more than base
hit IN base ball means run unless the runner
succeeds in getting TO the home plate in safety
The goal lnIe IL 10 the foot ball man what the
home plate y 10 the base ball player.
The PLAYER VINO runs with the ball would
have hard time Of it if he had to get through