The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-28
HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL UNDER THE NEW RULES
Copyright. 1906. by the Philadelphia Inquirer
Company. All rights reserved.)

8(COpyr1gnt, 1906, by the fh1ladelpn1a lnqulFeI
Company. All rights reserved.)
~ HE football season has advanced
far enough now for the clever
tacticians to work out the posi-
bilities of the new game under the new
rules.
Coach Yost, of Michigan, who came.
on to the Pennsylvania-Swarth
contest, has been giving out opinions
about the new game to the effect that
the forward pass would not be used
very much.
u Coach Yost well deserves his name Of
foxy if this is his stand.
The best eastern coaches have come
to the definite conclusion that under the
new rules where two teams are evenly
balanced ard both teams can kick and
catch equally well, that it will be i'm
out the aid Of trick plays made with
forward passes and short kicks, or scor-
ing with "forward pass tricks place
$ment kicks, drop kicks for field goals.
I 1t has been pretty well proven that
mo team playing against an evenly
matched eleven can gain any great dis
tance of ground consistently on straight
football, therefore if it cannot gain the
ground en- kicks the one alternative
of the new tricks will be based on the
forward pass, because the possibilities
in that direction are very great.
Another very important point to be
considered is that THE FEAR OF
FORWARD PASSES WILL, TEND TO
SHAKE UP THE DEFENSE SO THAT
A POWERFUL. SIMPLE ATTACK
WILL PROVE VERY FORMIDABLE.
IS In the first article Of this series, pub
lished before the football season
opened, it was set forth very plainly
that the use of tricks under the new
rules would be highly effcacious in
forcing the second line Of defense well
back and therefore in this way making
#the quick opening attacks chru the line
very effective.
The Diagrams Today.
Z In the two diagrams today, the
theory of attack under the new rules
is set forth very clearly.
{ In both Of these diagrams the attack
ing side has been PLACED ON WHAT
might BE CALLED A RIGHT FOR
EMATION; that is, the left tackle has
been placed in line on the right side,
thereby throwing preponderous
BEEN MOVED OVER TO THE
RIGHT SOMEWHAT.
) Now our problem is to keep the
weight Of the defense evenly balanced,
because if the weight of the defense is
not shifted to balance the weight of
the offense we have secured a distinct
advantage in favor of the latter.
i How are we going to keep the weight
.of the defense evenly balanced2
The very first move in doing this is
never to shift your ends to one side or
the other. I have seen several teams
this year shift ends. 1t is certainly a
very foolish move. To illustrate, sup
pose we move our left end. in diagram
9, over to the right side of the line in
stead of moving our left tackle, as in
the diagram. Immediately the oppos-
ing team would realize that we could
not make any forward pass on the weak
side Of our line 1--WE will call the left
the weak side, because our weight is
shifted to the rightly.
THE TRICK SHOWN IN DIAGRAM
9 IS INTENDED TO KEEP THE De
5FENSIVE FORMATION FROM BE-
ING SHIFTED TO MEET THE
SHIFTED ATTACK.
: In this trick the quarterback receives
the ball from center and makes believe
to run to the right. After he has gone
couple of steps he turns and runs to
the left. The left halfback has done
exactly the same thing. In the mean
time, the opposing right end has prob