The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
FAST WORK THE RULE
THINKS COACH FOSTER
Nebraska New Football Mentor
Thinks Speed Is Para
mount This Year.
Special to The Journal.

Lincoln, Neb., Seut. S.-The football
season. for 1906 at Nebraska university
is to have an earlier start that the
cornhusker athletic authorities had ex-
spected. The original arrangements
provided fol, practice on Saturday,
Sept: 9, simultaneous with the arrival
in Lincoln, Of the new coach, Amos P.
mouth, and for the past two years coach
at CINCINNATI university. It has de-
veloped, however, that Foster is more
Jealous than had been anticipated, and
as proof Of his zeal the new coach ap-
peared upon the scene a full week in
advance of the program. Fosters ar
rival led to hasty revision of the
Captain Glenn Mason gathered together
nearly a dozen candidates for the corn
husker eleven, and put them to kicking
the. pigskin and performing other pre-
liminary stunts, with the new coach in
charge.
Foster has already made a good i'm
preston upon the athletic authorities at
Nebraska. He is well-built, square
shouldered chap; unassuming but
genial, He comes highly recommended
and Chairman Lees, Of the Nebraska
Captain Mason are already satisfied
that. Foster s eleven is to make cred.
liable showing.
The new coach has spent the summer
in the New Hampshire mountains.
Much of his time has been devoted to a
study Of the new rules and in devising
new plays. From what he has to say
Captain Mason and Manager Eager are
convinced that the rules adopted for
the government Of football point almost
to a revolution of the game: A strong
believes, as do Yost, Stage and other
well known western coaches, wj~s
chief essential to strong team under
the new regulations. Dashes around
the ends, mixed in with trick plays,
will also prove an important factor.
''You cannot Judge the game played
for the first time by teams unfamiliar
with the rules any more fairly than
YOU could judge baseball if played
"Fcr the same reason it is pretty near
ly impossible to say just how the game,
as a whole. is to be affected by the new
rules. To the coaches the game will
be almost as much Of new thing as to
the players and spectators. It seems
reasonably certain that the old mass
formations cannot be attempted under
anywhere nearly matched as to weight.
On the other hand, don't believe that
the forward pass, of which SO much
seems to be expected, can be worked
very successfully. Long passes are al
ways risky, and it seems to me that
the long pass will surely be riskier than
the side or rear pass.
"While the new rules make mass
plays and line bucks rather uncertain
on account of the doubling of the dis
lance to be gained on three downs,
think. it is true that the secondary line
is going to be weakened. The proba-
bility of trick plays around the ends,
where attacks on the line have not
been successful, will tend to make it
necessary to throw at least two men in
the rear of the line to defend the goal.
With the knowledge that you have an
Eckersall in the opposing team, for in
stance, you II be liable to throw a
couple of men back in order to guard
against trick formations. Then will
be the time, Of course, for the opposing
team to attack the line again. 4,