Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-11-15
FOOTBALL.
AN ELLSWORTH BOY WRITES
OF THE GAME.
THREE CARDINAL RULES THAT SHOULD
BE EVER IN MIND-UsEFUL
HINTS FOR PLAYERS.

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go low" stFoliow the ball." "Fall on
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| The boy who begins his knowledge of
! foot ball with these three commands OF a
! famous Yale coach, has started Just right.
The first essentials are here; and no
4 player will ever attain perfection il he
disregards any one of the three rules
above. Say these three rules over and
| over again, boys, until you are sure you
will never forget them; and when you get
| into big game some day, therell be some
| old graduate of your school out on the
side lines saying to another ssThat boy is
| football PLAYER. every inch of him. He
is the one the team ought to have for
captain"
$50 Low" That means run low,
crouch low in the rush line. tackle low.
dive into the line low. catch the kickoff
low, smash into the interference low and
shoulder the opponent low when blocking
him off from the runner.
! "Follow the Ball. The game is to ad-
vance the ball over a goal line. Watch
! that ball. Be sure that Won see when II ia
! put in motion. II your side has it. don't
| let somebody else do all the work of push
| ing it ahead. II the other side has it don't
| let anyone distract your attention, Learn
! to look for the hall instead of the man
| who is going to take it, or who is taking
| it, and you will not be victim of the
crisscross. Chase the ball down the field
to the goal line, no matter who is carry
ing it nor how much start he has. Your
own team mates may stumble and drop
the ball, and so may your opponents, even
in a clear field, and you should be on
hand. Be the first man ready for the
lineup and you will be better prepared for
the play. Watch for that ball to bounce
out OF scrimmage, watch for double
pass. Don't stop to argue with an oppon-
ent. Don't think that your opponent is
all you have to take care of. Follow The
Ball.
Fall on the Ball." Fall on it when it
comes along the ground at the kickoff,
when it rolls out of scrimmage, when a
backfield player drops it, when runner
| drops it, when you tumble it, when some
body else fumbles 1t on the kickoff In
short, fall on it every time you get a
| that covering the ball and getting to your
feet again become almost involuntary
motions.
| DROP BAD HABITS.
One of the good things about football is
.he iessoh III rignt living "nich II teaches'
II oenahos gooo care Oh the lungs, the
hears' 'ne s'oihach' inc eyes. therefore
stop smoking stop eating pastry stop eat
ing between lneais' stop staying out OF
ooois IN 'he evenings stop s'ttihg up iate
at nignI' otop al tnese Things ana your
Training VIII oe wen LII hano' Eau peei'
mutton iamo ana eggs Don eat much
PORK OF ch'cken' 20 without dessert ior
aie" weeks IL may scare .he iamily ana
come haro lor you AZ nrst' out the change
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wheh you are III training 30 is mix.
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