The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-25
Use Your Head.

The star tackle has at least a half dozen
different ways OF getting through his man.
and these six ways he varies, go that any
one is effective. Beard, however, mas
but one way, ard naturally his opponent
soon learns that fact and as quickly
hits upon 4 way Of effectively blocking
him. Beard. however. Is an intelligent
player, and az such does not require
great amount of hamMering in order 10
lnstill an idea and get him TO make a
practical application OF It, says the Mail
and Express
Line positions more than that Of half
or fUIl-back require hard work, and the
| player TO become proficient must OF ne
cessity think. lie must think all the time
and 10y thinking he eradlcates, uHcoH-
sciously. faults and develops his posi-
tiop.
ileneihnger more than any other play
er used his wits when playing, and thus
IL was he made the guard position What
! il is to-day. When "Hen' played there
waa no Cne TO tell him what 10 DO out
| side of the ordinary principles or the pJ-
siton. lie was forced, therefore. TO 50 II
] alone.
/ Ills method was this: Playing on the
] defensive, he would assume CERTAIN po-
( sition 10 DO a certain thing when the
opponents made centre play ana ne
Would always remember whether that
play was effective or not. III the latter,
! t5en the 1eXt time the same play Wis
J made he would try another way TO meet
| the attack
Thus ne thought Always and az 10
J time was his game a mechanical one
Particularly IN getting throt gh the me
did Hettelnnger devote many hours 81
study as well as muse uldr power, ana
IN cOnseQueI ce he had only 10 lShl
against an opponent tve minutes or so
10 know just how 10 meet any attack OF
/ jump through him.
/ rule in foot ball. but an invaluable one
| But one cannot know his man on nand
unless by constant drill he has accus-
| toned himself to think all the while he
McCrea might be cited as an instance Of
1 a PLAYER who never thinks. and the re-
I suit is his game is no better to-day tfaA
Hickok today is not thu player he
! should be and to a great extent because
/ he has not used his thinking powers so
much as he should have. on the other
hand, with Beard y Is safe 70 Pre ,h,t
! that he Will eventually turn out all thdt
! could be desired. simply because he mas
I learned 10 study his position.
! To show that Beard thinks while ne
! plays. IL is only necessary 20 tak WIN
! him a1tcr any game In which ne ha3
, participated. For Instance he VIII ull
! YOU Just how such and such 4 play sue
| ceeded through him, and HOY nnally n,
hit upon way OF stopping IT, lie WIN
| tell things which his opponents did right
| ly and the reverse.
,, The fact that Beard has but one way
| OF breaking through may De accoupteI
| Tor from the fact that the way ne ndt
accustomed himself 70 last year al"ayS
worked we'll. IL is safe TO say that M
he slipped up badly at any time ne
would have hit upon another way III
Chadwick is another example OF a man
who never thinks OF using MS head anu
INC result Is he is but an or1inaIy pia,nnei.
though possessing an ideal build TOT eitner
tackle or guard, as well as the strength
OF Beard ard a half
But there are d0saA Chadwtcks NJ fale