Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
MORE IMPORTANCE
GIVEN TO THE ENDS
What Has Been Developed by
Practice With New Foot Ball
Rules This Fall.
By E. r. Bushnell.

The new foot ball rules had their first real
test in actual games during the last week,
when several of the minor colleges piayed
their first scheduled games. But the eN
merits of the game did not look for results
from these contests. They want to see what
the .'big five" of the east and the Dig
nine. of tho middle west do with the game
,,pdar the reform code. For, after all, these
bip colleges are the ones which set the pace
for the whole intercollegiate world Inc
big universities do not start their shedules
before next Saturday, and they nave kept
their foot ball secrets pretty Wen uhoef
cover. Indeed, it will be surprising IL 'neS
10, the outside world see anything very
,,,ucb ont of the ordinary until the seasoh
ia advanced to the big games Ihere are
NOW too many spies ABOUT 10 MAKE II 9s'i0
for the coaches of any of the Dig teaiiis ~
let their new plays lie around loose. IN
,ay plays to be contributed to the ives. " II.
NOT he seen until the middle of Octoper' iol
these institutions have no scheouieu soA'o'
until that time. 49,, ,,s,itu
The practice of the week at tlie "a IN
tions of the big i've has demonstrated III
nnmistakable ways that the coaches nave
by no means abandoned mass pays. !ne
new rules apparently will merely Chdnse ..ie
makeup of this formation by letting tue
tuo hair hacks and the full back operate
the tandem play, instead or drawing paCn
one or two of the line men. 10 MAKE ,n.s
nlsy successful means that the backs must
be strong and fast. If they are NOT 1ast
they will have to give way to hghter men;
and the efficiency of the tandem plays VIII
be greatly lesSened
The Ends All Important.
The various coaches have decided almost
unanimously this year that the ends are TO
no the all important men. The end has al
vvaxs been one of the most active players
ON an eleven, but this year his work Will
be nearly doubled. We certainly have seen
the last of the light ends which mace
Princeton famous in the days Oh the 1 oes'
The end this year must break up the inter
ference. run with the ball especially on tne
forward pass get down the field on KICKS
and do a host of other things that Will re-
qure unusual speed and endurance. feil-
izing this, the coaches nave Deen "ol Ming
TO find such men, either already developed
or failing in this to develop them IN a
hurry. Ex-Capt Shevlin of Yale, although
always star. would have been greater
than ever this year. Because OF the ne"
rules his loss to Yale is well-nigh lrrep-
arabic.
At Cornell Coach Warner has grasped the
situation and has already moved capt.
Cook last years star tackle. out to this po-
sition Cook weighs 1S5 pounds. and is cred
tied with ability to do 10 10 seconds for the
100 yards, therefore possessing the rlght
capabilities for an end. At Yale Coaches
liar pair of ends. but having lots of
trouble to find them. The same conditions
hold true at Pennsylvania. Harvard and
Princeton. In order to tighten the work of
the ends special emphasis will be laid on the
work of the tackles, who must be faster,
stronger and shiftier than ever this fall
At all the colleges the search for good
kickers goes on with relentless vigOr. The
problem is not so much to find a long pun
ter. but one who can get his kicks off with
out their being blocked, and place
them accurately. There never time,
especially in the east, when good kickers
were so much in demand and so scarce as
right now. There is not an institution in
the east which has frst-clas - punter, and
as no new men are available this fall the
coaches must develop their punters. A year
ago Sheble, the Pennsylvania half back,
was the best punter in the east but he is
gone. and the coaches there face the prob
lem of developing a successor from a lot of
Sccond-rate material. TOoker's graduation
leaves Princeton in a similar position At
Harvard the dearth of good kickers is so
great that Burr. a lneman, has to be
brought back, and this will be attended with
even greater dangers this year than ever
before.