Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-08
FEETBALL RULES.
A Little Good Advice for the
Players.
Sons Pointers Not Usually Found in
the Guides.
Suggestions for Those in Today's
,,.x Maine College Games.
LESSON I.

ers Of feetbal1 are strength, cunning
and a hOmicidal mania. The coach
should first select his candidates, after
carefully considering a list of theil
past performances. He should Their
turn them loose in a large lot and per-
init the law Of the survival Of the
toughest to weed out the undesirable
players.
Practice should begin with light cases
of mayhem and gradually become more
severe, the players being carefully in
structed in assault and battery, assault
with intent to MAIN, assault with in
tent to kill. and so on, through various
degrees, to manslaughter.
Cunning should be developed espe-
cially. as cunning is required to COM
NIT manslaughter without being seen
by the referee or umpire.
In the next lesson 1 will take up the
subject of proving alibis when accused
of killing one of the rival team and
deal In detail with each position.
w. hurley GUY.
p. S.-Use Callousine. 1t hardens the
feet.
LESSON 1.-THE CENTRE RUSH.
The qualifications of the centre rush
are beef. a thick skull and good teeth
Any man with the instincts of a bull
dog and qualified to kill steers at the
stockyards would make a good centre
rush.
Some centres stand with one foot be-
hind the other, some on both feet, but
the best stand with both feet on the
opposing players neck. The centre
starts the play. He should snap the
ball quickly with one hand, while with
the other he craftily twists the ear of
his opponent. He should then lunge
forward, raise his head sharply and
butt his opponent on the nose guard.
When playing on defensive he should
use his head as a battering ram. If
his opponent plays low he should reach
over and bite him. If his teeth are
good he can hold his opponent and at
the same time wave both arms to show
the umpire that his opponent is hold
ing. When man is bit hard in the
arm. he usually grabs the man who bit
him. This gives the centre a chance to
wave both arms and attract the Off
calls notice. and it often results in
gaining ten yards because the other
man is holding.
LESSON lll.-THE GUARD.
There are several kinds of guards,
among which may be mentioned rear
guard, advance guard, nose guard, shin
guard. right guard, left guard, elevated
railroad guard. guard of honor, body
guard, black guard, watch guard,
guard mount, and the thing on a cary
ing fork to keep you from cutting
yourself.
This article, however, has to do only
with the right and left guards in a
feetball eleven. They are supposed tn
have originated in human beings with
intelligence, and on the hoof should not
weigh less than 225 net. The guards
are put on either side of the centre,
and are called guards because they are
not.
Guards should be taught to cultivate
all the instincts of an automobile, eX-
cept they must not give the customary
warning of impending slaughter. In
order to prevent this the cowcatcher
or pilot of a guard is made of heavy
leather straps and a gum arrangement
with Il gag on the lower end which is
damned between the guards teeth
when he is not biting his opponent.
ANY gent with the instincts of a pile
driver and the tender Sensibilities of
punching bag should make good
guard In offence he should be an ir-
resistiblc force; in defence an immov-
able body.
Our next article will explain the du-
ties OF tackles.
LESSON IV.-THE FULL BACK.
The full back is in no way related to
the straight front. In modern feetball
the full back is the murderer of last
resort When all others have failed in
their efforts to mutilate or kill the run
ner, it is the duty of the full back to
put him hors de combat.
In stopping "A runner the full back
should plant himself squarely in front
of him and dive through him. trying to
make his head meet the runner so as
to produce both stomachache and lum-
bago.
In defence the full back must solve
all problems of direct contact. Begin
ners should practice breaking legs.
Even an amateur will find that, by
dropping his knee on PROSTATE foe
and at the same time jerking his leg
sharply, holding the man by the ankle.
he can either break or dislocate leg.
In attack the full back must do a
big sltnre OF the line plunging. The
best full b. ks have V-shaped heads;
capable of penetrating an opponent.
LESSON v.-THE HALF BACK.
The duties of the half back include
homicide and suicide. Those unfa-
miliar with the game may easily recog-
nize the half back. He Is the man you
cannot see when the ball is down and
the last one to be dug out of the mud
after a scrimmage.
The half back has no vital spots. but
he can be disabled by a kick directly
over the knee. In offence he stands
seven yards back of the line in a
crouching position, and when ne gets
the ball he falls in behind the behemoth
delegated to interfere for him. while
another behemoth comes behind him
to shove. The next he knows Is the
behemoth in front stops and the one
behind keeps no telescoping the front
behemoth. regardless of the half back
The half back then falls with the bal
under his stomach, while nineteen men
all heavier than he is, sit on him. The
whistle blows and the half back ex-
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