The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
MORE ABOUT FOOTBALL
UNDER AMERICAN RULES

down 8, goal from field 5, touchdown and
goal kicked G. safety Chat is, a touch
down behind their own goal for protec-
ton by the opponents 2 is declared to
have won the match
So much for the basic principles of the
sport. But there is much more than this
that even the ordinary spectator may en-
joy by learning something of the process
es by which plays are built up,
@ 1t is readily seen and appreciated that
a single man running with the ball can
be readily stopped by the three or four
men who at once attack him. For this
reason modern football means the proper
protection of the runner by others of his
team who get between him and the op-
ponents who are endeavoring TO reach
him and stop his progress. This assist
ance which they render the runner is
called interference. and there are various
forms of it. One or more big men may
be taken back from the line to start with
the half-backs or back, and the three or
four men thus grouped form very
strong barrier behind which the runner
proceeds as far as possible. But it will
be readily understood that If this barrier
of three or four men meet three or four
opponents chaTEing through, the impact
will practically bring both bodies to 4
stop, and the runner. if he close be-
hind the barrier, and running in the
a stop and his attempt thus be made fu-
tile. Hence it is the aim and end of
coaches developing plays to make various
outlets for the runner. For instance,
running behind this barrier of men, he
may, just they strike the opposing
line, go out around the end of the group.
skirting the players at both sides, and
thus make a long run. One or two men
from the barrier may break away from
the group with the runner, and going out
to the end thus make a secondary inter-
ference for him when he reaches the eX-
tfeme wing man of the opponents Or.
still again, the barrier of men, when they
strike the opponents, may open up, and
thus pushing the opponents aside, make
a break in the line through which the
runner with the ball darts.
On these principles practically are bas-
ed almost all methods of laying out plays
for the running game.
9 The kicking game is more open and ap-
parent to the spectator, and needs but
little in the way of explanation. The
principal feature of ID is that the kicker
shall send the ball high enough so that
the two end men on his team may be
able to get down the field and be ready
70 tackle the man who catches the ball
When the kicker is near the opponents
goal then he may try drop-kick. which.
if 1t goes over the goal bar scores, as
already noted, points for his side. A
player who has made a fair catch-that
is, caught kick by one of the other side
before it has touched the grounds en-
Titled if he wishes it. to a free kick, and
may either punt the ball-that is, kick
it directly after dropping it from his
hand, and before it reaches the ground
drop-kick it, as already described, or he
or one of his side may place the ball for
a pIace-kick. In that case, the player
who is placing it holds it just above the
ground aiming it according to the d.
rections Of the kicker. who when he has
sighted it, gives a signal, and
ball is Immediately placed upon the
ground. and the kicker kicks it while the
man who has placed it holds it lightly
with his fingers to keep it from moving.
Such. in brief, is the plan and progress
Of a football match under the present
American college rules.