The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-26
How to Play Seeker Football.
By j. c. Purcell.

shoots the bali across the goal mouth,
relying upon the center or the left in
side to either head or kick the ball
through.
Upon the half backs falls the brunt
of the play, as they are forced TO at
tack and defend in turn. it being their
duty to break up all passing move
ments and also back up the forwards.
The center half back is the pivot Of
the team, as, having his forward Inc
in front of him, and also the backs Of
his opponents, he is in position 10
see any weakness in the opposing de
Tense, and direct the ball according
10 the position from which it is easiest
TO score II is his play to see that the
forwards are served with the ball jul
diciously so as not TO OVerWork either
of the wing players. When his for
wards are oYerplayed by the CpqOs ng
backs he must drop back TO de end,
this being where the center half is
indispensable owing TO him filing his
position for his ability to head and
kick the ball from any position.
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The two full backs are the men upon
whom falls the resp possibility OF keep
ing the goal intact, bearing the hrunt
Of the defense. AS a rule, they are
sure. strong kickers, Well able 10 kick
the ball from any position. II is their
PLAY to back up the half backs and
break up combination plays. and at
all times TO protect their goalkeeper
from being charged in the act either
of throwing or listing the ball away.
As a rule. the fuilbacks are able 10
kick the ball well into their opponents
half, but generally are satisfied 10
clear goal lines, knowing that the
halfbacks are ever ready to force ii
forward.
The goalkeeper is the last man upon
the teams, being its only hope when the
backs are beaten, as he is privileged
to THROW himself upon the ball, or first
it away .in-any manner, and it is safe
to say that a good goalkeeper has been
the means of saving many a beaten
team from an ignominious defeat by
his clever handling of the ball. This
was the experience of the Pilgrims,
who always found the goa keepers the
best men during their tour of this
I cOuntry-
If the ball is kicked out Of bounds
it is in touch, and thrown back into
play by one of the halfbacks of the
| opposing side to the player who kicked
it out. The bah must be thrown with
two hands from behind the head, the
thrOWer standing with his toes to the
line and his feet tat upon the ground
! The player is allowed to throw il in
any direction. but must not again
touch it until someone else has played
/ il
/ If the bali is kicked over the end
lines it is, cut of play which then PER
mits goal kick. the tall being kicked
/ into play from the siX-"ard line, eth
/ er by the goal kicker or one of the
! backs. If the ball, however. crosses
/ the line, being played over by one OF
/ the team defen6aing that end, it is
/ a corner kick. One Of the oppOsins
players then takes the bah to the COZ
ner. from where he kicks ii into the
/ goal mouth, the rest of the team try
/ ing TO rush the ball through. This
! is where the weight Of the fullbacbS
| is used to advantage in preventing (,
I players from rushing the gOalkeeper.
! 4 goal is scored when the ball has
| crossed the goal line between the TOsts
and under the .5ar. unless il has beeI
/ scored by ofkside play.
Association football has been playe-
! in England for many years. but II i
! since 1855. when professionalism was
/ legalized in Lancashire, that the game
I has doomed SO much that at the pres
| ent time there are over forty football
/ leagues, each league having twelve [
! twenty clubs in it.
| There are over a hundred leagues il
| England and it is a common occur
renee to see from 10000 TO $4,000 spec
! tators at first league game while fol
an English final cup tie there have
/ been 10000 paid admissions.