Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24

he played he made show Of Easton though
/ there was nthis TO be said that Easton
! wouldn't have had anything happen to Will
/ us through him for the world, and | noticed
| ne played rather ginEerly, and kept on VIII
! lis sound side rs much as he could.
or course. I f'watched Willis very closely
/ ana saw that the point that made him so
/ superior was the direciness and force Of his
movements. He seldom made any attempt
to avoid The interferences. but, having
! Jumped forward and determined where he
| Thought the ruhner ought 20 be. he went
| straight for the spot, and II an interfarer
struck him II was more likely to be the in
terfe.er who Went down than Wills. He
was heavy, II Is true. but not as heavy as
Warner, ara yet he broke up interference
better, becausr, owing to his confidence, he
was almost always going faster than the in-
terferer when they actually met. | saw that
here was a point that | might readily profit
from, andf made UP my mind to get on my
speed when next | met interference.
AFTER we had played about fifteen minutes
In the regular way Hartley and Greene went
over TO the scrub side and placed the men in
position to try the Chatham wedges At first
there was considerable confusion and more
or less fumbling, but after ten minutes Hart
ley announced that the second eleven were
ready and the two teams lined up, the sec
ond having the ball and forming nearly
as could see exactly as Chatham had done.
ANA the mcst serious part of 1t all was that
they made ground against us, too, just as the
orig majors had dene We fought ha d agsirs.
1t, and did Ccasonally stop them without
gam, but 1t was hard work and by no means
sure. | was wondering why Fairfax was moi
taxing more part in this, but | slw him
studying the play most carefully. first from
IN. varsity slde then from the sc:ub.
When we stopped to rest | asked Greene II
Fairfax didn't. behave in the play.
Why, my dear boy. of cource h g does"
Thsn l don't see why he didn't help you
out when the rest OF you w;re g:tt.ng 1t
straight" ss,d |.
IN tell you. Goddard, and you'll have
chance to see it demonstrated, too, before
long. FAIRFAX has a perfect genius for meat-
ing p!ays--a defensive eye--I believe he calls
IT, never saw his equal fer dev!sing tn
most certain blocks for any play or ssre, Of
plays but in order to do 1t effectively, that is.
to be of proper service to actual players l.
has to study the play without toe great
knowledge OF how 1t is performed that Is. he
wants to see ii played rather than planned |
You remember Saturday when he had only
seen that Chatham wedge once or twice he |
tod our center men to stick together rather |
than try to go through"
surs.y enough just then Laagtoa came over
ana said Fairfax wanted a word with the |
endn and tackles
We went across and he explained Just what
ne wanted us to do at different parts CT tn
play. II want it crowded toward tn, center"
ne SAID. III you cant stop 1t turn il in all |
you can. And ends, don't you close in until
you s5e the man with the ball. Keep outsida
until them
Then he took the guards and center and
gave them fsw instructions. snd W. began
again. Hartley and Grssne had by this time
settled upon a method of turning ths wcdga
out upon the t2cfla by giving the ball to the
end man-that is the half back-of either
side Of the wedge. This was similar in ef-
tect to an opening wedge we were In The
habit OF rlay,r &, AID the men took to It easi v
The result was that we tackles and ends mad
our hands full and were glad when time was
called. Thai -eBening too we went through
1t all again mp stairs in the gym for It was
now the lastnwesks and after Thursday thars
would be no mcns practice and nothing be-
tween us afId vintory or defeat at Brock
.on. U.y /