The evening times., 1896-10-24
THOSE WHO RUSH AND RUN
Tall and Short, Fat and Lear
Can Play Football.
QUARTERS SHOULD BE SMALL
Players With Plenty of AvoirdupOis
Are Generally Placed at Center.
Slim Fellows Are Good Ones to
Push Through the Line-Fullback
Should Be Medium Sized.

What makes a good football layer"
asked the old collegian of the man who
didn't go to college and simply yells.
The man who yells had an idea that a good
football player must be strong, agile, endur-
ing and courageous; tn athe must he scrap
per and a wrestler, and that he must give
and accept fearful wounds as calmly as if
he were dealing a h and inpoker where there
was no real money in the game.
Correct, in some ways, answered til ccul-
Iegian. Yet there are special qualifications
for footballists, and for different kinds of
footballists at hat. There are as many DIFF
ferrnt kinds of football pla yers as there are
OF baseball stars, and it is Just as hard for n
man TO play different game or d different
position as for baseball player to be shifted
about the diamond.
"As in baseball, there is room in football
for all kinds and sizes Of men. The little
fellow need not despair when he sees the
burly fighters Of the rush line He can use
his activity and even take advantage Of
his small size by pla wing quarter. Quarter
backs seldom average over 140 pounds in
weight and are supposed to be as active as
hornets. big quarterback is as rule,
not near enough to the ground to stoop and
take the low snaps senthim by the center,
and the little fellow has ever reigned su-
preme in that department.
MEDIUM SIZE FOR FULLBACK.
IF man is Of medium size let him prac-
tice for half or fullback. A man OF middle
stature, weighing say l 5S Pounds is a hard
thing to stop when he come butting at You
and equally hard to catch when he is sprint
ing around the end A tall fellow NAV be
able to run Well and buck finely, but his
long legs and attcnuated body afford an
extensive field for grabs by the tacklers
and he will seldom get over the ground COW
cred by the middle-sizcd fellow, while, on
the other hand, a very small man. unless he
eludcs tackle by agile dOdging is sirnplv
seized, held prisoner and often rushed back
by tie first one OF the opposition to grab
him.
IF you are tall and bony, get into the rush
line as guard or tackle A tall, wiry fcl-
low can do wonders in the line. for the push
ing, showing strength OF long man is
usually something enormous. If You are
tall and fat, a ripe 200-pounder, yet strong
and active for so big a man, you belong at
center. An immovable center rush can
have lots of fun Just tossing tie other fel-
lows off by his very bulk.
IF you are mixture and don't belong
10 any OF these classes, get on an end. There
are good ends of every size, for the great
requisite of an end is his ability TO skate
out diagonally and induce an escaping run
ner to lay still
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
"Of course there are exceptions. knew a
team once that was simply irresistible. and
thatteam hadits smallest man at Center Its
largest men for halves and a big fellow at
quarter. Tie little center rush, who was
game and wiry, would snap back the ball
snd be lost in the crowd of rushers which
instantly shot past him. to be followed
the next second by the .gantic halfhacks,
who hurled themselves upon the hostile
line like two mighty bulls.
Il never saw the line which could hold
a gainst the rush of those two elephants,
who trampled over all opposition, and run
ming as slowly ana cluIusily as spawned
COWS, nevertheless plOwed through the
broken lines and carried the ban far up the
field.
Another team had its largest men for
guards and three light fellows for full and
halves. when the runner darted forward
with the ball the big guards strode along
on either side and butted away all at
tacks of the enemy.
"a football player need not be a fighter.
II eshOuldhave sufficient strength and STAN
ina to take a punch or two without weak
enng, but if he can keep from scrapping
and pay all his attention to the game he
will outrank the quarrelsome fellow. And.
as said before, he need not be fast run
ner nor big fellow: No matter what his
size, weight or physical qualifications, he
can find some chance to show his mettle"